x Make Believe Studios Howies179
The deal
$89 at Pluginfox (down from $179), 50% off. No coupon needed. Sale runs through August 20, 2026.
What it is
x Make Believe Studios Howies179 is a compressor/limiter plugin that recreates the NTP 179-120, a rare piece of mastering hardware built around Howie Weinberg's own personal pair of units. It captures the box tone and distortion characteristics of the original analog circuit, aiming for the same glue and density that shaped thousands of Grammy-nominated masters.
Who it's for
Mastering engineers and producers who want a hardware-style bus compressor for final-stage dynamics work, and anyone chasing the specific character of a vintage limiter that's otherwise impossible to get your hands on.
Key features
- Modeled directly from Howie Weinberg's personal NTP 179-120 compressor pair
- Streamlined interface built from over 40 years of mastering experience
- Available in AAX Native, AU, VST2, and VST3 formats
- Runs natively on Apple Silicon with flexible iLok licensing (cloud, machine, or USB)
