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MetaFilter Black Friday pricing from Waves comes to 79% off, which puts this filter plugin at $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
MetaFilter is a filter plugin that Waves pitches as a creativity engine. It runs 6 modes, with envelope following, LFO and sequencer control, drive, bitcrushing, delay, sidechain and MIDI learn.
The maker says it works on synths, drums, guitars, bass and samples of all kinds, adding movement to any of them.
You get 5 filter curves: HP, LP, BP, notch and comb, plus a VCA. Cutoff, resonance and delay time can each take multiple modulation sources.
That means a static filter can turn into a moving one. Add a small amount of animation, or push into sequenced resonance and wild LFO textures.
The envelope follower tracks the incoming signal, so the filter reacts to how hard the source is played. You can also run an external sidechain input to drive it.
The LFO offers 5 waveforms, random among them, for sweeps or wobbles.
The built-in sequencer runs from 1 to 16 steps. It has variable level per step, plus swing and sync controls.
The delay has an analog sound option, and you can offset the left and right channels against each other.
For grit, the plugin includes saturation and bitcrushing. The maker puts it as shoveling some dirt on the sound, and you can leave it clean just as easily.
Waves says the range covers everything from DJ-style filtering to sound design.
On Mac, MetaFilter supports macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15, in VST, AU and AAX formats.
On PC, it needs Windows 10 or later, in VST and AAX formats.
The 90-plus presets are there to get you going fast, so you can load one, then dial in the modulation from there.
Yes. The MetaFilter Black Friday deal from Waves takes 79% off, which puts the plugin at $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
MetaFilter has 6 modes, 5 filter curves (HP, LP, BP, notch, comb), a VCA, envelope following, LFO, a 1 to 16 step sequencer, delay, saturation, bitcrushing, sidechain, MIDI learn and over 90 presets.
On Mac it runs as VST, AU and AAX on macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15. On PC it runs as VST and AAX on Windows 10 or later.
Cutoff, resonance and delay time accept multiple modulation sources. You can envelope-follow the input, use an external sidechain, run an LFO with 5 waveforms including random, or use the sequencer, which has 1 to 16 steps.
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