Scheps Omni Channel 2 Black Friday Deal 2026: $29.99, 79% off

Scheps Omni Channel 2 is a Waves channel strip plugin designed with Andrew Scheps, and the Scheps Omni Black Friday deal takes 79% off, which brings it to $29.99 until Nov 26, 2026.

Scheps is a Grammy-winning mixer whose credits include Metallica, Jay Z, Adele and Low Roar. Waves says the plugin pairs the cohesive sound of classic analog channel strips with the sonic variety and flexible shaping that only digital offers.

What does Scheps Omni Channel 2 do?

It puts the compression, EQ and saturation combinations Scheps reaches for on his mixes into one window. You mix and match them to build a channel strip sound.

The plugin has 5 modules, covering preamp color, EQ, de-essing, compression and gating.

Scheps calls the original Omni his dream plugin: everything he likes to use in every mix, in one window. Channel Strip 2 adds the options he kept reaching for after using it as his main mixing tool for several years.

What is new in version 2?

Waves lists four additions:

• CRUSH, a fourth saturation flavor built for aggressive distortion
• SOFT, a soft-knee compressor that joins the VCA, FET and OPT types
• A new 24dB-per-octave filter with serious resonance, aimed at filter sweeps and other creative effects
• Hosting for any VST3 plugin, from Waves or any other maker, in the Omni's insert point

That insert slot lets you drop another effect straight into the Omni signal flow.

What else is in the channel strip?

The core feature set, as Waves lists it:

• 4 analog preamp saturation colors with filtering
• 4 compression options with A/B/C/D comparison
• DS2 dual de-esser, which Waves says goes beyond conventional sibilance control
• Re-orderable signal chain, so you set the module order
• Internal and external sidechains with filters
• Internal MS, Duo and Stereo routing per module
• Zero latency, which Waves positions for studio mixing and live use

There are 250 presets from Andrew Scheps, plus presets from other Grammy-winning mixers. His FOCUS presets put the key controls for a given mix in front of you.

Formats and system requirements

On Mac, the plugin runs on 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.