PUNISH Black Friday Deal 2026: $49, 75% off

PUNISH Black Friday pricing is $49, 75% off, until Dec 18, 2026, on Heavyocity's dynamics processor in VST, AU and AAX plugin format.

PUNISH puts compression, saturation, transient shaping, EQ and limiting in one plugin. The maker says it adds anything from subtle warmth to extreme drive to a mix bus or a single instrument track.

It is the same PUNISH effect that ships inside Heavyocity's virtual instruments, now available as a standalone PUNISH plugin for any DAW that hosts it.

What does PUNISH do?

The modules chain together for the signature PUNISH sound, or you can isolate one and use it alone. According to Heavyocity, the chain is modeled on the custom analog signal chains the company uses on its own instruments.

The maker lists the modules like this:

• Compressor with three models: Console (Class A-style bus compressor), Modern (aggressive, fat, with a classic knee) and Classic (vintage limiting amplifier style)
• Saturation with three models: Vintage (broadcast mic-pre), Modern (chunky harmonic saturation) and Tube (fat tube saturation)
• Transient shaping with attack, sustain, output gain and a Hold control for the length of the attack
• EQ that lifts highs and lows, switchable to Pre or Post
• Limiter with soft clip amount and release time controls

How does the PUNISH knob work?

The central PUNISH knob is the control the plugin is named for. Hit the edit button and set the halo values, and that one knob moves all the linked parameters together.

Set narrow ranges and you can start clean and warm, then push toward punchy. Widen them and the same twist takes the sound much further. The maker says this brings movement into your sounds quickly.

The transient module is there for a specific reason: after saturating a sound, you can bring stronger transients back into the signal.

The EQ's Pre/Post switch decides whether the highs and lows are shaped before the compressor, saturation and transient stages, or after them.

What presets come with PUNISH?

PUNISH ships with over 90 presets across six categories: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys/Synth, Vocals and Mixing/Mastering. A bonus folder holds some Heavyocity staff favorites.

Heavyocity pitches the presets as starting points, and you can save your own too.

Formats and requirements

• Plugin formats: AAX, VST and Audio Units (AU)
• Mac: OS X 10.10 or later, natively compatible with Apple Silicon
• Windows: 7 or later, 32 and 64-bit
• Hosts: Pro Tools 10+, Live 9+, Cubase 8+, Logic Pro X+
• Activation needs an internet connection and a free iLok account, no iLok USB dongle required