Black Friday is upon us yet again, and so are an assortment of deals on music production software and gear. 2021 is full of discounts and savings. There's plenty of virtual instruments, creative effects, mixing plugins, mastering plugins, expansion packs, sample packs, eBooks, and pro audio gear that you can get your hands on for a fraction of its usual price.
As we get closer to Black Friday, additional companies will start to announce sales so I’ll be updating this list of Black Friday music production deals daily. Companies marked with "TBA" have had Black Friday sales in the past, so there's a good chance their products will go on sale again this year. Make sure to bookmark this page and check back regularly for the latest updates on the best Black Friday 2021 deals for music producers.
Deals Last Updated: November 26th, 2021.
Plugin Boutique (Editor's Choice)
Deal: Up to 95% off plugins, synth presets, effects, and more. Plugin Boutique is a third-party distributor that 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.
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Waves (Free Plugin)
Deal: Sign up to get Waves' new plugin for free. Waves is offering various other Black Friday Deals as well. View the current plugin deals.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Accusonus
Deal: Get any of Accusonus's plugin subscription plans for 20% off.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
AKG
Deal: Save up to $100 on AKG microphones.
Deal Ends: December 31st, 2021.
Amazon
Deal: Save big on music production hardware, as well as musical instruments.
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Arturia
Deal: Free Mini V, Stage-73V, and REV Plate-140 plugins ($397 value) or up to $100 in Sweetwater Bonus Bucks with the purchase of select keyboards. Also, save 50% on Arturia V Collection 8.
Deal Ends: Various dates.
BABY Audio
Deal Ends: December 5th, 2021.
Blue Cat Audio
Deal Ends: November 19th, 2021.
Cableguys
Deal: Save up to 43% on Cableguys plugins like NoiseShaper, VolumeShaper, and ShaperBox.
Deal Ends: December 5th, 2021.
Crane Song
Deal: $250 off the Crane Song Phoenix plugin suite and Peacock Vinyl Emulation plugin.
Deal Ends: December 15th, 2021.
Celemony
Deal: Get Celemony's pitch and time correction software, Melodyne 5 Essential, for 50% off. Also, save up to 40% on Melodyne upgrades.
Deal Ends: Various dates.
EastWest
Deal: Over $250 off select virtual instrument libraries.
Deal Ends: December 31, 2021.
Eventide
Deal: Save up to 80% on plugins and 45% on Eventide's new SplitEQ.
Deal Ends: Various dates.
FabFilter
Deal: Save 25% on all plugins and bundles.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2021.
Heavyocity
Deal Ends: December 8th, 2021.
IK Multimedia
Deal: Up to 60% off software bundles containing virtual amps and mixing/mastering effects.
Deal Ends: January 4th, 2022.
Image Line
Deal: $100 Off FL Studio All Plugins Edition.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2021.
iZotope
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Kazrog
Deal: Save up to 67% on Kazrog plugins like KClip 3.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Kilohearts
Deal: Save $70 on Kilohearts' popular Phase Plant synthesizer, or save $200 on Toolbox Ultimate.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Korg
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Krotos Audio
Deal: Save 50% on everything. Browse Krotos Audio's sound design bundles, plugins, and SFX libraries.
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Line 6
Deal Ends: February 28th, 2022.
Loopmasters
Deal: Save 50% on tons of sample packs.
Deal Ends: Date(s) not listed.
Mastering the Mix
Deal: 15% off RESO, which is a dynamic resonance suppressor, and 50% off combinations of mixing plugins, mastering plugins, and eBooks.
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2021.
Melda Production
Deal: Save 50% on the entire Melda Production range.
Deal Ends: November 28th, 2021.
MeterPlugs
Deal: Save 30% on everything with discount code "BLACKFRI21".
Deal Ends: November 29th, 2021.
Mixed In Key
Deal: Save up to 50% on Mixed In Key software using coupon code "LOYALVIP."
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
MusicLab
Deal: TBA.
Deal Ends: TBA.
Native Instruments
Deal: Save up to 50% on Native Instruments products.
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2021.
Neumann
Deal Ends: Date not specified.
Novation
Deal: TBA.
Deal Ends: TBA.
NUGEN Audio
Deal: 50% off NUGEN Audio's Paragon ST Convolution Reverb plugin.
Deal Ends: January 9th, 2022.
Oeksound
Deal: Save up to 33% on Soothe2 and Spiff.
Deal Ends: November 29th, 2021.
Output
Deal: Up to 37% off virtual instruments, audio effects, and expansion packs.
Deal Ends: December 6th, 2021.
Plugin Alliance
Deal: There are three rounds of deals that will occur. Currently, the deal is that you can get any plugin for $29.99 when you use code BFD1-2999.
Deal Ends: First deal ends November 27th, 2021.
Polyverse
Deal: Save up to 50% on Polyverse plugins.
Deal Ends: December 8th, 2021.
PreSonus
Deal: $50 off the PreSonus ioSTATION and $30 off various audio interface, microphone, and headphone bundles. Also, save 30% on PreSonus Sphere, Studio One 5, and Notion.
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Roland
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Serato
Deal: TBA.
Deal Ends: TBA.
Shure
Deal: Save $40 on Shure's popular SM7B microphone, often used by rappers, podcasters, and YouTubers.
Deal Ends: December 31st, 2021.
Slate Digital
Deal: 37% off Slate Digital's VMS ML-1 large-diaphragm modeling microphone.
Deal Ends: January 9th, 2022.
Softube
Deal: Up to 55% off select Chandler Limited products and up to $535 off hardware bundles.
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Solid State Logic
Deal: Free Solid State Logic FlexVerb and LMC+ ($398 value) with the purchase of an SSL2 audio interface.
Deal Ends: December 31st, 2021.
Sonarworks
Deal: Save 40% on SoundID Reference.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2021.
Sonnox
Deal: Up to 75% off Sonnox plugins.
Deal Ends: December 1st, 2021.
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 1st, 2021.
Sugar Bytes
Deal: TBA.
Deal Ends: TBA.
Sweetwater
Deal Ends: Various dates.
Synchro Arts
Deal: $240 off Revoice Pro 4.3.
Deal Ends: December 31st, 2021.
Universal Audio
Deal: Get up to $1,444 in UAD plugins when you purchase a Universal Audio interface.
Deal Ends: December 31, 2021.
Wavesfactory
Deal: Save up to 50% on Wavesfactory plugins.
Deal Ends: Date note specified.
Warm Audio
Deal Ends: Various dates.
XLN Audio
Deal: Save 50% on XLN Audio plugins like XO, RC-20 Retro Colour, Addictive Drums, and Addictive Keys.
Deal Ends: November 30th, 2021.