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The RWND Black Friday deal takes 87% off Thenatan Audio's halftime and reverse multi-effect plugin, bringing it to $10 until Nov 19, 2026.
RWND is built for Mac and Windows. It's made to build a transition in one move, so you don't have to bounce a halftime take, flip a clip backwards and drag it back into the timeline.
It runs two varispeed buffer engines side by side. Hold HALF and the track drops to half speed. Hold REVD and it plays backwards.
According to its developer, RWND was designed for transitions from the ground up rather than as a general stretching tool with a transition mode added. It works without FFT analysis, lookahead buffering or granular windows, so there are no such settings to adjust.
Each side is a pair of crossfaded read heads moving through a buffer at a rate you set. That keeps the CPU load tiny, and the maker says it sounds like tape rather than a plugin imitating tape.
Pressing HALF cuts playback to 0.50X, and it returns to normal the moment you let go. Until you press it, the display stays at 1.00X, so the current speed is always clear.
With REVD, the speed glides from forward through a true standstill into reverse, so the sound halts for an instant as it changes direction, much like a tape reel does, while the arrows on the panel swap sides as the turn happens.
Short ramps snap it round. Long ramps give you the full decelerate, stop and rewind arc.
The RATE control determines the time it takes for the pitch and speed shift to occur, while the duration of the effect is a separate matter. Set the time to 10ms and the pitch falls away abruptly, or stretch it out to 2 seconds for the gradual slowdown of a tape machine losing power.
Let go and the effect fades back to your dry signal in about 4 milliseconds. That's quick enough to feel instant and slow enough to avoid a click. The engine only hard-resets once that fade closes, so every re-press starts clean.
Each side has its own dry/wet mix. You can tuck a halftime ghost under the dry track, or bring a reverse swell in behind a vocal. At zero mix a side is bit-transparent.
Both triggers are automatable parameters. Play them live, or draw them in an automation lane so the fill lands on the bar line. Because release is a fade and not a hard cut, drawn automation sounds the same as a played take.
With no FFT and no lookahead, RWND adds zero latency. The maker says it's light enough to leave on drums, vocals, busses and the master at once, and bypass works as a true gate.
Yes. The RWND Black Friday deal takes 87% off Thenatan Audio's multi-effect plugin, with the price at $10 and the offer ending Nov 19, 2026. It's the same plugin with both the HALF and REVD engines.
It gives you two varispeed buffer engines in one plugin. HALF drops playback to half speed while you hold it, and REVD ramps through a full stop into reverse. Hold both together for a tape-stop into rewind fill.
The maker says it adds zero latency, with no FFT and no lookahead. Each channel runs just two crossfaded read heads, so it's light enough to leave on drums, vocals, busses and the master together.
Yes. Both triggers are automatable parameters, so you can play them live or draw them in. Each side switches between 24 tempo-locked note values that follow your host and free time from 10 to 2000 milliseconds.
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