Pulse Black Friday Deal 2026: $22, 63% off

The Pulse Black Friday deal from Wave Alchemy takes 63% off this PCM-60 reverb plugin, bringing it to $22 until Nov 15, 2026.

Pulse is a reverb plugin built around the sound of the PCM-60, a digital reverb released in 1984. It comes as AU, VST3 and AAX for macOS and Windows.

What is the PCM sound in Pulse?

PCM stands for Pulse Code Modulation, the technology that became the main way digital audio gets processed.

In 1984 it was heard as lo-fi, grainy and unrealistic, the opposite of the organic, clean plates and springs of the 1960s. Wave Alchemy says those same traits are why the sound is wanted again now: characterful, punchy and unmistakable.

The original unit had few features and was often used on a console send with EQ and compression after it. Pulse adds custom DSP and tone-shaping controls so you can dial it in quickly.

How was Pulse made?

Wave Alchemy says it bought a PCM-60 in pristine condition and sampled every reverb variation with mastering-grade converters.

The maker then extended the dynamic range to get a noiseless version that goes beyond what the original hardware could do.

The engine is a hybrid. It combines the DSP of an algorithmic reverb with the accuracy of convolution modelling.

What do the main controls do?

• **Shape:** lowers the transient volume going into the reverb, so the tail comes out lusher, thicker and darker. The dry signal stays untouched.
• **Duck:** works with Shape to handle reverb dynamics with one control, so you can place reverb in a mix without extra routing.
• **Flux:** a custom DSP algorithm for movement, modulation and natural width. Used lightly it adds gentle 3D depth. Pushed hard it gives chorus-like modulation and lo-fi textures.
• **Smooth:** a pre-reverb transient shaper that suppresses transients going into the reverb.

Loud transients can make a reverb sound thin, because the tail sits well below the initial hit in level. Shape is aimed at that problem, and the maker says it removes the need for a separate processor on the send.

Because Shape and Duck handle the dynamics inside the plugin, Pulse can also sit directly on a track as an insert instead of only on a bus.

If you use a Pulse Black Friday deal to add this reverb plugin to your signal chain, the formats above cover most current DAWs on macOS and Windows.