Slate Digital is running a Spring Sale with the coupon code SPRING26, which knocks $25 off your order in the shop. A handful of paid plugins are currently priced at $24.50 each during the sale, so the discount covers the full price and brings them down to zero.
The crazy part is that the code can be used multiple times, at least for the moment. I tested it and can confirm that you can reuse the code.
With five separate checkouts, you can grab five paid Slate Digital plugins (totaling $250) for free. Add the two existing Slate freebies (Heat Wave and Fresh Air), and that’s seven plugins in total without spending anything.
I’m not sure if this will last, though. It might be intentional, as a way to get more people into the Slate ecosystem, or it might be a bug that gets patched today.
This reminds me a bit of the IK Multimedia offer from last year that let you grab a pile of plugins with a small purchase. This one is different, though; fewer plugins are involved, and no purchase is required.
Either way, it’s worth acting on now if you’re interested.
The five paid plugins available for free at the time of writing are VMR Essentials, Eiosis Air & Earth EQ, FG-36A, FG-Bomber, and the Virtual Preamp Collection. Each normally costs $49.
VMR Essentials includes six modules for Slate’s Virtual Mix Rack: the FG-A EQ, FG-DS 902 de-esser, FG-2A compressor, Trimmer gain stage, The Monster compressor, and Revival enhancer. It’s a drag-and-drop channel strip workflow in a single window.
Eiosis Air & Earth EQ ports the heart of the Eiosis AirEQ into two VMR modules. Air adds high-frequency brightness without harshness, and Earth shapes deep lows with a transformer-inspired character. Both include resonant Hi and Lo Cut filters with slopes from 6dB to 36dB/oct.
FG-36A is an emulation of a 1960s vintage exciter for the Virtual Mix Rack. Two knobs (Intensity and Output) are all you get, and it’s designed to add shimmer to vocals, hi-hats, drums, and more. I like it best on vocals, though.
FG-Bomber is an analog-modeled transient shaper with Drive, Intensity, and Tone controls (Present, Fat, or Tight modes). Slate pitches it as a way to add depth and punch to individual tracks or full mixes.
Virtual Preamp Collection bundles the FG-73 (modeled after a famous British solid-state preamp) and the FG-76 (modeled after a vintage German tube preamp). It’s pretty good for adding analog color to clean tracks or pushing into saturation.
I’ll share a few practical notes here to help you with the checkout process.
You need to check out separately for each plugin, because adding them all to the cart pushes the total above $25 and breaks the discount.
You’ll also need a Slate Digital account, and the checkout still asks for credit card or PayPal info even though the total is zero. I tried it and wasn’t charged.
An iLok account is required for activation, but no physical iLok USB key is needed.
All five plugins run on macOS 10.15 or later and Windows 10/11, in AU, VST3, and AAX formats (64-bit hosts).
Download: Slate Digital Spring Sale (FREE with code SPRING26, while it lasts)
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Last Updated on April 22, 2026 by Tomislav Zlatic.
