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Studio Classics Black Friday deal: the Waves Studio Classics Collection is an 11-plugin bundle of console EQs and compressors, down 84% to $164.99 until Nov 26, 2026.
The maker pitches it as first-class studio processing built around SSL, API and the V-Series.
It covers SSL's 4000 E and G console sounds, API processors, and the colour of the 1066, 1073 and 1081 mic pre/EQs, plus the 2254 compressor.
The bundle holds eleven plugins:
That gives you channel strips, a bus compressor, graphic and parametric-style EQs and a stereo compressor in one install.
The SSL plugins are there for mixing with the 4000 E-series or G-series consoles.
The API side leans on musicality and transparency, according to the maker.
The V-Series EQs and V-Comp are the colour option. Waves describes them as the way to inject character into a mix.
You get three distinctly different compressor technologies in the collection: the API 2500, the SSL Master Buss Compressor and V-Comp. The several EQ designs are meant to cover a wide range of jobs, from broad tonal shaping on a bus to surgical cuts on a single track.
Every processor ships with presets from top producers and mix engineers, so you can load one and dial in from there instead of starting at zero.
On Mac, the collection supports macOS Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 and Sequoia 15. Formats are VST, AU and AAX.
On PC, it needs Windows 10 or later, in VST and AAX formats.
Waves says its modeling brings these classic sounds, once out of reach for all but a select few, into the box. The pitch is that you choose your era and your sound, then slot these tools into a digital signal chain.
Yes. Waves has the Studio Classics Collection down 84%, which puts it at $164.99 until Nov 26, 2026. The price covers all 11 plugins, including the SSL, API and V-Series processors, in a single bundle.
It includes the API 550A, 550B, 560 and 2500, the SSL Master Buss Compressor, G-Equalizer, E-Channel and G-Channel, plus V-EQ4, V-Comp and V-EQ3. That is a mix of EQs, channel strips and compressors.
Mac versions come in VST, AU and AAX, on macOS Monterey 12 through Sequoia 15. Windows versions come in VST and AAX and need Windows 10 or later. The plugins load in hosts that support those formats.
Yes. Waves says all processors include presets from top producers and mix engineers. They give you a starting point on each plugin, so you can load a setting and adjust from there.
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