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Playlist Rider Black Friday deals start at 46% off, bringing this Waves utility plugin to $79.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
Playlist Rider is a level-riding plugin for the master bus. You set your mixer input levels, load Playlist Rider on the output, and it moves the level to hit a target for you.
Waves pitches it as the assistant engineer you always wanted, built for jobs where many audio feeds have to sit at the same loudness.
Broadcasts, podcasts, panel discussions, theater groups and pre-show music all share one headache: the feeds arrive at different levels, and someone has to keep balancing them. Playlist Rider takes over that chore.
It rides the output level dynamically and accurately, so the program lands on your chosen target without you chasing faders.
The maker also describes an optional tone shaper that matches the tonal character of the different feeds. That smooths out the differences between sources, which Waves says adds a professional touch.
The variable threshold is what Waves credits for keeping the result natural rather than squashed.
The detector option matters on material with fades. Excluding the quiet tails keeps them from pulling the ride around.
Playlist Rider runs in real time and is multipoint touch-compatible. Waves lists it as ideal with its eMotion LV1 mixer and the SuperRack plugin host.
If your DAW or host loads VST, AU or AAX plugins, that covers the supported formats.
Yes. The Playlist Rider Black Friday deal takes 46% off this Waves utility plugin, bringing it to $79.99. The offer ends Nov 26, 2026.
Playlist Rider matches the output to three target levels: -24, -18 and -14 LKFS. It rides the output level dynamically to reach the one you pick, and a variable threshold keeps the sound natural and uncompressed.
On Mac it comes as VST, AU and AAX, running on macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 or Sequoia 15. On Windows 10 and later it comes as VST and AAX.
It is an optional feature that matches the tonal character of the different audio feeds. According to Waves, it smooths out tonal differences between sources, which adds a professional touch to broadcasts, podcasts and similar material.
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