If you’re looking for impressive 10 Black Friday software and hardware digital deals in 2023, you came to the right place. So you want to upgrade your interfaces or add new plugins to your existing suites but also wanted to save some green, you’re in luck. We complied a list of websites having digital sales for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
Most music producers and sound engineers are always looking for the newest samplers, synthesizers, and instruments to incorporate to their DAWs, digital audio workstations. A lot of technical gearheads are now interested in digital side of things where plugins are now emulating popular processing units such as compressors, eq’s and more.
Whatever it is you are looking for to attach physically or digitally to your Mac or PC you can find in the list below.
Arturia V Collection 9 and Sitewide Sale – 50% Off
The _V Collection 9 is a premium range of professional software instruments compiled into an interface that allows immaculate production workflow. At the moment the collection is priced at half-off original amount with the option to make monthly payments also available.
_V Collection 9 features the following
- Compatible with Mac and PC Windows
- 14 exclusive sound banks for new collection with 9 instruments
- Easy navigation browsing and editing under shared interface
- Easy MIDI mapping to any keyboard controller
- 33 software titles such as augmented strings and vocals
FabFilter Mastering Bundle – 25% Off
Plugin Boutique is now offering the FabFilter Mastering Bundle at 25% off regular cost. This software provides a user-friendly experience with plug-ins and great processing power. You can expect the bundle to include their professional limiter, EQ, multiband dynamics, and compressor.
The following are only some of the many features that you will find within the bundle
- Beautiful retina interface with unique interactive multi-band display designated for an optimal workflow
- Extensive interactive and help hints
- MIDI learn
- Excellent Linear Phase processing mode, eliminating audible artifacts when quickly changing crossover frequencies
- Smart Parameter Interpolation
- Different display ranges: 3 dB and 6 dB ranges for mastering, 12 dB and 30 dB for mixing
Gullfoss – 40% on Sound Theory
Sound Theory presents 40% off of Gullfoss software. The easy-to-use tool is for all types of musicians and sound-makers. The clean interface offers a simple display of parameters for both amateurs and professionals. Using a new patent-pending equalizer technology, audio is prepared so that the brain can gain the most information at once out of it.
Gullfoss EQ plugin features
- 5 parameters set at the their default values
- Equalizer that capable of changing its frequency response more than 300 times per second
- Ability to fix balancing issues between different sound elements without access to the individual tracks
- Presents accessability for quick and precise fixes
- Highly advanced computational auditory perception model that has been developed by Soundtheory
KORG Sitewide Sale
The KORG website is live now with sales on both software and hardware. The hardware selection includes but is not limited to synthesizers, samplers, and keyboards starting at $49.99 USD. The software sale contains music workstations such as TRITON, M1 and multi-effect plug-ins starting as low as $24.99 USD.
The modwave native, wavestate native, and opsix native, fully compatible soft-ware counterpart to the hardware modwave are now on sale at the KORG website as well.
The KORG Gadget 2 for macOs and PC are available as well as the plug-ins bundle starting at $149 USD.
FL Studio – 25% Off on Image Line
FL Studio is celebrating 25 years of existence and is offering 25% on all 3 versions of the music production software on Image Line. For those who have already purchased the DAW, 50% off on upgrades are available. The FL Cloud is also giving an introductory price for those who are new to the software.
The Producer Edition – Save $50
- Full song creation
- Cutting-edge stem separation
- 92 instruments and effects
Signature Bundle – Save $75
- Includes all features from producer edition
- Additional instruments and effects
- Gross Beat
- Newtone
- Vintage phaser and chorus
All Plugins Edition – Save $125
- Includes all features from producer edition
- 112 instruments and effects
- LuxeVERB
- Transistor Bass
- Pitch Shifter
- Transient Processor
Waves Plugins – Sitewide Sale
Waves is hosting a sitewide sale on plugins for drums, guitars, synthesizers, vocals, and so much more. Some of the plugins are starting as low as $9.99 USD.
Plugins are usually coded pieces that are either “plugged in” or installed into DAWs. The different categories of plugins are sound synthesis, signal processing, and analysis. There is a vast variety of plugins such as equalization, dynamic range control, reverb, delay, and virtual instrument, according to MathWorks.
Plugins are used for a many different genre’s of music and can be used to manipulate or add effects to vocals. Rap and Hip-Hop producers will at times use plugins for the vocals of the artist to test new sounds.
Native Instruments – 50% Off of Komplete 14
Komplete 14 is one of the newest production suites that allows access in any DAW. Loaded with presets and effects, the bundle is created for all genres of music producers and sound designers.
Native Instruments is selling the 3 different versions of the program for 50% off each. Fit for all types of workflow and creativity, each model comes with its own tools that anyone can use to create their perfect sound.
Komplete 14 Standard
- Platforms for sampling and synthesis
- 15 synthesizers
- 37 sampled Instruments
- 9 percussion tools
- 19 effects
- 38 expansions
Komplete 14 Ultimate
- Platforms for sampling and synthesis
- 21 orchestral and cinematic instruments
- 18 synthesizers
- 48 sampled instruments
- 15 percussion tools
- 31 effects
- 65 expansions
Komplete 14 Collector’s Edition
- Platforms for sampling and synthesis
- 27 orchestral and cinematic instruments
- 19 synthesizers
- 48 sampled instruments
- 15 percussion tools
- 32 effects
- 103 expansions
Melodyne – Up to 80% Off Upgrades
Melodyne created by Celemony is a note based editing software that specializes in digital audio pitch correction. So for those who are looking to get precise and work with notes rather than waveforms, the different versions of Melodyne are for you.
Plugin Boutique offers the Melodyne studio for a limited time at over 50% off original price. Various upgrades of the software available on their website for some with the price tag set up to 80% off.
Diva – 50% Off on u-he
For the sound designers that love to modify and create an analog-like sound, the Diva synthesizer plugin is available on u-he at half-price. The plugin contains an arrangement of oscillators, filters, effects, and envelopes. The u-he website states, “Diva is the first native software synth that applies methods from industrial circuit simulators in realtime”.
The Diva plugin features the following
- 5 oscillator models based on classic synth hardware
- 5 filters models based on classic synth hardware
- 3 ADS(S)R envelope models with keyboard follow and velocity scaling
- 2 host-syncable LFOs with multiple waveforms
- Polyphonic (up to 16 voices), duophonic, monophonic, or legato mode
- Host-syncable arpeggiator
- MIDI learn page and editable list
- Compatible with macOS and Windows
Native Instruments Maschine MKIII – 200$ Off
To end the list we are offering a multi-purpose piece of hardware, that you can physically call your own.
The Native Instruments Maschine MK3 Groove Production Studio is a controller and audio interface that allows for recording and live performances. Right now you can cop this colorful arrangement of pads and effect buttons for $200 dollars off on the Reverb website.
Some of the Maschine MK3 Groove Production Studio features
- Create full arrangements and songs without picking up the mouse or looking at your computer thanks to two high-resolution displays
- 8 knobs below the screen that have capacitive touch sensitivity
- 16 large, velocity-sensitive pads
- Tweak parameters in real time with the touch-sensitive knobs
- Use as a VST or AU within any DAW or in stand-alone mode
- Full Color Displays
- A mobile and home production studio
