Deals on plugins, WAVs, loops, VST instruments and more
Websites
- pluginbutique (https://www.pluginboutique.com/) - sales are rotating, come back often to get the best price; lots of free VST and music loops etc.
- kvraudio (https://www.kvraudio.com/deals.php) - deals and news for the latest VST plugins for MAC, WIN, Linux
- vstbuzz (https://vstbuzz.com/) - always two superdeals (60-80% off) on high-quality VSTs on top of the site - shut down in 2024
- bpb (https://bedroomproducersblog.com/) - deals and reviews on (free) music software
- audioplugindeals (https://audioplugin.deals/) - timed deals each week
- audiodeluxe (https://www.audiodeluxe.com/) - deals and bundle savings across all major vendors
- dontcrack (http://www.dontcrack.com/) - audio software deals from many different brands
- plugindiscounts (https://plugindiscounts.com/) - plugin discounts (requires login)
- musicsoftwaredeals (https://www.reddit.com/r/musicsoftwaredeals/) - music software deals from reddit (> 1000 readers)
- bestservice (https://www.bestservice.com/index.html) - usually has deals around the whole year
- time&space (http://www.timespace.com/) - time and space has software and sales and specials all the time
- vst4free (http://VST4FREE.com) - good collection of free VST instruments, samplers, drum machines and other free music tools
- gearslutz (https://www.gearslutz.com/) - website for all kinds of discussions and pro audio things
- everyplugin (http://everyplugin.com/) - steep plugin discounts (requires login)
- rekkerd (https://rekkerd.org) - website for music production and reviews
- vi-control (https://vi-control.net/community/forums/deals-deals-deals.138/) - deals on musicians helping musicians
- PluginFox (https://pluginfox.co/pages/deals) - VST deals from up north
- SampleLibraryReview (https://www.samplelibraryreview.com/) - Deal compressor with vast dealz
- ProducerFeed (https://www.producerfeed.com/) - free deals, templates and VSTs
- ComputerMusicJP (https://computermusic.jp/) - deals, deals, deals
- Cakewalk CoffeeHouse (https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/forum/34-deals/) - Cakewalk Coffee House v2.0 deals
- FaceBook Free VST group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/freevstplugins/) - discussions, recommendations and free VSTs
- PluginPicks (https://pluginpicks.com/) - VST and sample pack deals
Instrument and content producers
- Native Instruments (https://www.native-instruments.com/) - NI has deals of their own products, but also partner deals with steep rebates around 50%; NI usually has sales with 50% off for Komplete in summer/thanksgivings/christmas.
- Catooh (http://www.catooh.com) - powered by MAGIX has one free download every (free media of the week) and deals and sales all the time; that includes thematic sound pools such as wav and ogg collections with ~1000 wavs.
- Waves (https://www.waves.com/) - has perpetual sales going on, especially on holidays. Best strategy is to go for bundles (gold, platinum or signature series) when they are on sale (70-80% off).
- Magix (https://www.magix.com) - usually has deals along major holidays or discounted bundles.
- Kontakthub (https://www.kontakthub.com) - lots of third party libraries for NI Kontakt
Reddit channels
- WeAreTheMusicMakers (https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers) - discussions of all kinds of music making issues
- AudioProductionDeals (https://www.reddit.com/r/AudioProductionDeals) - best deals on audio software plugins and hardware
- musicsoftwaredeal (https://www.reddit.com/r/musicsoftwaredeals/) - general post about upcoming music software deals
Music Shops
- JRR Shop (https://www.jrrshop.com/features/specials/) - JRR has a great newsletter for specials, really well designed, lots of interesting deals; JRR Shop does not spam, the special newsletter is coming out only once a month and it is worth to be signed up
- Sweetwater (https://www.sweetwater.com/dealzone/) - deal zone, mostly matching prices on available deals
.. thats it, enjoy.