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The Manny Marroquin Distortion Black Friday deal from Waves brings this parallel distortion plugin to $29.99, 69% off, until Nov 26, 2026.
The plugin was made with mix engineer Manny Marroquin, a 10x Grammy winner whose credits include Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Lizzo and Future.
It is a distortion plugin that layers its effect in parallel, so the grit sits alongside the original sound instead of replacing it.
The maker says the distortion growls and teases instead of crushing. The idea is to add character to a sound without flattening it.
Marroquin's own words on the product: "Whether or not it's audible, sometimes I just want to feel distortion."
The maker lists these uses:
On vocals, the maker says subtle settings punch more than a limiter would.
For synths, the maker says it makes them sound less sterile so they fit better in a mix.
On drums, it is described as a way to get a bigger, more powerful sound.
The maker calls it the ideal fix when a sound is just too "clean".
Four pre-distortion EQ stages let you focus on the frequencies that get saturated. That means you pick which part of the spectrum feeds the distortion, rather than driving the whole signal.
A pre-distortion compressor shapes the dynamics before the distortion stage.
Attack sets how quickly the distortion develops. Release decides whether the distortion lingers with note tails.
So you can keep the effect tight on a snare hit, or let it hang on the tail of a sustained synth or bass note.
The plugin runs on both Mac and PC. Waves lists these requirements:
If you work in a DAW that hosts VST, AU or AAX plugins on those systems, the Manny Marroquin Distortion plugin is built to load there.
Yes. The Manny Marroquin Distortion Black Friday deal takes 69% off, which puts the Waves plugin at $29.99. The offer runs until Nov 26, 2026.
The maker lists thickening digital synths, adding grit to bass amps, toughening up drums, adding punch to vocals at subtle settings, and making single-coil pickups sound less thin and more assertive.
On Mac it comes as VST, AU and AAX, for macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 or Sequoia 15. On Windows 10 or later it comes as VST and AAX.
It has four pre-distortion EQ stages that focus on the frequencies to be saturated, and a pre-distortion compressor for dynamics. Attack sets how fast the distortion develops, and Release decides whether it lingers with note tails.
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