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The Musicians 1 Black Friday deal from Waves takes 57% off the bundle, which puts it at $49.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
Musicians 1 is a plugin bundle built around vocals and guitar. The maker says the controls are kept simple so you spend less time on settings and more time on the part you're recording.
It pairs compressors with time-based effects. The idea is that you can build a full vocal or guitar signal chain from one pack, in the box, without hunting for extra tools.
Six plugins make up the pack:
The maker also lists a Renaissance Axxe processor in its feature notes for guitar and bass.
Renaissance Vox, or R-Vox, is the vocal compressor. It has 3 controls, and the maker calls it the quickest route to a legendary vocal sound.
Waves also says it has become the go-to vocal compressor for Grammy-winning engineers. Drake's producer Noah "40" Shebib is quoted calling it one of the most important vocal plugins ever made.
Renaissance Axx handles guitar, bass and other stringed instruments. The maker's reasoning: an all-purpose compressor carries parameters you would mostly set and forget, so Axx trims the layout down to the two or three you actually tweak.
Doubler multiplies a voice or instrument part. The maker lists thickening vocals, spreading mono instruments, filling out background vocals and adding width to acoustic guitar parts.
MetaFlanger goes after tape-reel flanging in the style of the 60s. You can use it for dramatic flange sweeps or for gentler chorusing.
SuperTap is a multi-head tape delay with 6 independent stereo delay lines. The maker says it does what the vintage hardware did, with more flexibility, and you can use it to add rhythms and echoes.
Waves suggests following the Renaissance processors with these effects. It also points to Doubler, MetaFlanger and SuperTap as additions to amp sims.
Low-latency operation is part of the pitch, and the maker says it suits live performance.
On Mac, the bundle 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.
Yes. The Waves Musicians 1 Black Friday deal takes 57% off and brings the bundle to $49.99. It runs until Nov 26, 2026. The pack covers vocal and guitar compression plus doubling, flanging and tape delay.
Musicians 1 contains Doubler, MetaFlanger, Renaissance Axx, Renaissance Vox and SuperTap. It splits into compressors for vocals, guitar and bass, plus time-based effects for doubling, flanging and multitap tape echoes.
Yes, Musicians 1 is available as a VST plugin. On Mac it also comes as AU and AAX, on macOS Monterey 12 through Sequoia 15. On Windows 10 or later it comes as VST and AAX.
SuperTap is a multi-head tape delay for spacey echoes and rhythmic repeats. The maker says it does everything the vintage hardware did, with 6 independent stereo delay lines for more flexibility.
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