Black Friday is the best time of year to save on music production gear. 2020 brings new deals that are just as competitive as last year's, if not more. With so many deals floating around the internet, it can be difficult to determine what's worth spending your money on. I’ve rounded up the best Black Friday deals for music producers and filtered out the deals that aren't worth your time.
As we get closer to Black Friday, additional companies will start to announce sales so I’ll be updating this list of deals daily.
Deals Last Updated: November 27th, 2020.
Plugin Boutique (Editor's Choice)
Deal: Up to 95% off plugins, synth presets, effects, and more. Plugin Boutique sells plugins from a wide variety of plugin companies like Accusonus, iZotope, Krotos Audio, and Output.
The best part about Plugin Boutique is that you earn points on your purchases. These points can be redeemed as cash when making future purchases, saving you quite a lot of money.
Currently, any product you buy through Plugin Boutique also comes with either Drumazon, ANIMATE, Quadravox, or the Reason Lite Rack plugin for free.
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Waves (Free Plugin)
Deal: Sign up to get Waves' new CLA plugin for free. Waves is also offering various other Black Friday Deals. View the current plugin deals.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Slate Digital (Free Plugin + Giveaway)
Deal: Get Slate Digital's Fresh Air plugin for free—this is their new dynamic high frequency processor. It breathes new life into your mix with just two knobs. You can also get $300 off the VMS ML-1 Modeling Microphone, save $400 on the VRS8 Audio Interface, and get the All Access Pass starting at $9.99/month.
Giveaway: Enter to win the ML-2 Modeling Microphone and a 1-year All Access Pass subscription.
Deal Ends: December 4th, 2020 (ML-1), December 20th, 2020 (ML-2 and All Access Pass Giveaway), January 1st, 2021 (VRS8), and the date’s not specified for the All Access Pass deal.
Accusonus
Deal: Get fresh inspiration for your beat and drum programming using accusonus tools, including Rhythmiq, Regroover, Beatformer and the Beat Making Bundle. Save up to 90% with prices starting from £7.95 / $9.99 (Includes upgrades).
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
Amazon
Deal: Amazon is running a Black Friday Countdown, in which different musical instruments and products are heavily discounted. The deals change by the hour, so make sure to check back once or twice a day. View the current musical instrument deals on Amazon.
Deal Ends: November 27th, 2020.
Arturia
Deal: Save 50% on flagship software titles like the V Collection 7, FX Collection, and Pigments 2.
Deal Ends: December 5th, 2020.
BABY Audio
Deal: Save up to 40% on individual plugins like Super VHS, Parallel Aggressor, Comback Kid, and I Heart NY. Also, get up to 38% off their regular plugin bundle deals.
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2020.
Cableguys
Deal: Save 10% on the ShaperBox 2 bundle.
Deal Ends: December 1st, 2020.
Celemony
Deal: Get Melodyne 5 Essential for 50% off, Melodyne 5 Assistant for 40% off, or upgrade from Melodyne Essential to Assistant for 33% off.
Deal Ends: December 2nd, 2020.
Eventide
Deal: Get the H9 Series plugin bundle for 40% off.
Deal Ends: January 4th, 2021.
FabFilter
Deal: Get up to 26% off FabFilter's mixing, mastering, and effect plugins.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
Heavyocity
Deal Ends: December 7th, 2020.
IK Multimedia
Deal: Hammond B-3X, T-RackS Tape Machine Collection, T-RackS Leslie, Dimebag Darrell CFH Collection for AmpliTube, AmpliTube Leslie and the libraries Alternate Keys, Hitmaker: Synthwave, and Hitmaker: Trap have been added to the ongoing Happy Holideals for up to 50% off MSRP.
Deal Ends: January 4th, 2021.
Image Line
Deal: Save 50% on Gross Beat, Harmor, and Vocodex as part of a bundle.
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2020.
iZotope
Deal: 71% off iZotope’s Tonal Balance Bundle, 78% off a Tonal Balance upgrade from Ozone or Neutron Standard or Advanced, 95% off iZotope’s Holiday Bundle, 77% off Ozone 9, 77% off Neutron 3, and 50% Music Production Suite 4.
Deal Ends: December 8th, 2020.
KiloHearts
Deal: Get 41% off Phase Plant and a selection of KiloHearts' Snapin effects, or get their Phase Plant and Toolbox PROFESSIONAL bundle with all the Snapin effects for 43% off. The KiloHearts Toolbox Ultimate is available for 40% off as well.
Deal Ends: December 10th, 2020.
Krotos Audio
Deal: 50% off the Sound Design Bundle, 50% off the Sound Design Bundle 2, and 50% off the Everything Bundle.
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2020.
KV331 Audio
Deal: Up to 82% off Synthmaster.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
Leapwing Audio
Deal: Save 40% on their entire range, with each plugin now available for only £133.95 / $149 each. (Including the new RootOne!)
Deal Ends: December 3rd, 2020.
Lexicon
Deal: Save 50% on every Lexicon plugin bundle.
Deal Ends: December 31st, 2020.
Loopmasters
Deal: Get 3 months for £3 / $3 and receive Loopmasters' Bass Master plugin for free.
Deal Ends: December 2nd, 2019.
Mastering the Mix
Deal: Save up to 50% on informative and accurate plugins from Mastering The Mix. Featuring REFERENCE 2, LEVELS, BASSROOM and more!
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2020.
MeterPlugs
Deal: Save 30% on all products using discount code "BLACKFRI20" at checkout.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
MusicLab
Deal: Up to 60% off all of their virtual guitars.
Deal Ends: December 2nd, 2020.
Native Instruments
Deal: 50% off over 190 software products.
Deal Ends: December 8th, 2020.
Novation
Deal: $50 off the Launchpad Pro MK3, $40 off the Launchpad X, $30 off the Launchkey Mini MK2, $10 off the Launchpad Mini MK3, $735 off the RedNet D16R, $70 off the Scarlett 18i8 2nd Gen, $190 off the ISA Stereo ADC, and $1200 off the RedNet A16R.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Oeksound
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
Output
Deal: Save 35% on the creative instruments and expansions.
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2020.
PreSonus
Deal: Save up to 30% on Studio One Professional, Artist, Upgrades, and Crossgrades.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
Reveal Sound
Deal: Get 31% off Spire, which is Reveal Sound's powerful polyphonic synthesizer.
Deal Ends: December 4th, 2020.
Scaler
Deal: Up to 34% off Scaler 2, which is a powerful music theory workstation. You can also save up to 25% on the Scaler 2+ Bundle and save up to 28% on the Scaler 2+ Advanced Bundle.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Serato
Deal: Save 50% on Serato Sample, which is a powerful and intuitive new sampler plugin for producers that allows you to quickly find, chop, key shift and time-stretch samples.
Deal End: Date not specified.
Softube
Deal: Get up to 61% off Softube effect plugins.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
Sonarworks
Deal: Save 40% on the Reference 4 Studio Edition and Reference 4 Headphone Edition.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
Sonnox
Deal: Up to 75% off Sonnox plugins. Check out the Sonnox Inflator to squeeze that last little bit loudness out of your masters.
Deal Ends: December 3rd, 2020.
SoundSpot
Deal: Get 90% off FAT2 and save 88% on NEVO.
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2020.
Soundtoys
Deal: Save up to 70% on some of the worlds most revered music software products; including the incredible Decapitator, Little Alterboy, Effect Rack, and Soundtoys 5 Bundle.
Deal Ends: December 3rd, 2020.
Sugar Bytes
Deal: Get up to 57% off synths, sequencers, and multi-fx.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Sweetwater
Deal: Up to 70% off pro audio gear, guitars and basses, amps and effects, drums, software, keyboards, DJ equipment, accessories, and lighting. Sweetwater is also offering up to 48 months 0% interest special holiday financing on select brands.
Deal Ends: November 28th, 2020.
Synchro Arts
Deal: Save up to 50% on world-leading audio alignment software.
Deal Ends: December 31st, 2020.
Toontrack
Deal: Buy EZDrummer 2 to get one free EZX. Up to 40% off EZX expansions, and more.
Deal Ends: December 31st, 2020.
Universal Audio
Deal: 12 days of saving up to 60% off.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2020.
Wavesfactory
Deal: 50% off Cassette, TrackSpacer, and Spectre.
Deal Ends: December 3rd, 2020.
XLN Audio
Deal: Up to 50% off products like XO, RC-20, Additive Drums 2, and more.
Deal Ends: December 1st, 2020.
Make sure to enter Black Ghost Audio’s giveaway for a chance to win Slate Digital’s ML-2 Modeling Microphone and a 1-year All Access Pass subscription—this bundle is valued at $298! The giveaway ends December 20th so enter to win before time runs out!
