The Sound Board

Here it is, the annual thread. The actual date of Black Friday is November 23rd, but some sales are starting in early November. All tip offs added gratefully received, and will update the OP as time allows. Not an exhaustive list, but hope to catch all the most interesting. NB - resellers may offer steeper discounts.

Sample Libraries / Virtual Instruments

8dio
40% off everything with code 8M8ZING til Nov 30.
https://8dio.com/

Audiobro
Up to 67% off
https://audiobro.com/ab-store/

Audio Imperia
Up to 40% off
https://www.audioimperia.com/

Arturia
V Collection 50% off @249 dollars or euros. Upgrade for v5 owners - $99/€99.
https://www.arturia.com/black-friday

Chris Hein
40% off all libraries except CH-Ensemble Strings
https://www.chris-hein-shop.com/sound-l ... s-1-0.html

Cinematic Studio Series
20% off Studio Strings, Solo Strings and Studio Piano
https://www.cinematicstudioseries.com

Cinesamples
40% off the range
https://cinesamples.com/products

Dream Audio Tools
50% off
http://new.dreamaudiotools.com/product- ... t_count=15

East West
Up to 60% off til November 30 and free copy of Play 6 with any order (usually $30)
http://www.soundsonline.com/november-super-sale

Embertone
Solo Strings bundle for $199 via Audio Plugin Deals
https://audioplugin.deals/intimate-solo ... embertone/
Walker D Lite $10 until 30th
https://embertone.com/

Fable Sounds
50% off products and upgrades
https://fablesounds.com

Fluffy Audio
Up to 60% til November 30
https://fluffyaudio.com/

FXpansion
50% off BFD3 at JRR Shop
https://www.jrrshop.com/fxpansion-bfd3

Heavyocity
Up to 50% off
https://heavyocity.com/products/

Ilya Efimov
Up to 75% off across the store
https://www.ilyaefimov.com/products.html

Impact Soundworks
83% off Orchestral and Shreddage Bundles at Audio Plugin Deals
https://audioplugin.deals/impact-soundw ... -bundle-2/

In Session Audio
Shimmer, Shake, Strike and Expansion $50 off
https://insessionaudio.com/products/shi ... ike/?ref=4

Keep Forest
Up to 70% off
https://keep-forest.com/

Musiclab
Up to 60% of RealGuitar etc
https://www.musiclab.com/buy.html

Native Instruments
50% off instruments, effects and DJ hardware
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/

Orange Tree Samples
35% off using the code OrangeFriday2018
https://www.orangetreesamples.com/products

Orchestral Tools
40% off Berlin Series
http://www.orchestraltools.com/

Output
25% off
https://output.com/products

Pettinhouse
Complete Bundle $99, reductions on individual instruments
http://www.pettinhouse.com/html/bundle2018.html

Piantoteq
30% off Pianoteq Pro at JRR Shop
https://www.jrrshop.com/pianoteq-6-pro

Realitone
Up to 67% off
https://realitone.com/collections/frontpage

Red Room Audio
35% discount on everything
https://redroomaudio.com/

ReFx
€50 off Nexus 2, €10 off expansions (nb some older expansions now permanently half price)
https://refx.com/nexus/

Rob Papen
20% off many products using code INSPIRE20 til 26th
https://www.robpapen.com/

Samples From Mars
Entire catalogue for $39, RRP $1,367. Code xX$19-AllxX3 currently working at time of posting to price it at $19.
https://samplesfrommars.com/

Sample Fuel
20% off instruments, 40% off bundle
https://www.samplefuel.com

Sample Logic
70% off Morphestra 2 with code MORPH70
https://www.samplelogic.com/products/morphestra

Sample Magic
40% off store-wide
https://www.samplemagic.com/

Sample Tekk
77% of Essentials bundle at Audio Plugin Deals for a few hours
https://audioplugin.deals/77-off-the-es ... ampletekk/

Sonicouture
Up to 50% off selected products
http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/

Sonic Projects
OP-X PROii €85 reduced from €179
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/purchase_full.html

Sonokinetic
50% off Maximo and Grosso
https://www.sonokinetic.net/sale

Soundiron
40% off non-Player libraries, 30% off Player ones
https://soundiron.com/collections/all-products
...and via Audio Plugin Deals, a bundle of 5 instruments including Venus Womens' Choir for $99
https://audioplugin.deals/5-1-soundiron ... al/ref/10/

Spitfire Audio
"Random acts of kindness" (it says here) at 9pm GMT 22nd-27th November - 25% off libraries up to 77% off collections
https://www.spitfireaudio.com

Steinberg
60% off Halion 6 at Best Service
https://www.bestservice.com/deals/stein ... 0_off.html

Steven Slate Digital
Up to 67% off selected products
https://www.slatedigital.com/steven-sla ... iday-2018/

Sugar Bytes
50% off at everything JRR Shop
https://www.jrrshop.com/sugar-bytes?dir=asc&order=name

Toontrack
Various deals during the week, changes daily
https://www.toontrack.com/black-friday/

Triple Spiral Audio
Up to 40% off
https://www.triplespiralaudio.com/

U-he
Up to 50% off soundsets (inc Dark Zebra)
https://u-he.com/products/#soundsets

UVI
30% off storewide
https://www.uvi.net/store

Vengeance Sound
25% off VPS Avenger, expansions and other plugins - enter code FRIDAY at checkout
https://www.vengeance-sound.com/index.php

VSL
Up to 50% off Yamaha CFX, VE Pro, MIR
https://www.vsl.co.at/en/News/2018-11_B ... iday_Deals

Xtant Audio
30% off everything until November 30.
https://xtant-audio.com/


Effects

AAS
60% off at JRR Shop
https://www.jrrshop.com/aas?dir=asc&order=name

Acon Digital
Up to 70% off at JRR Shop
https://www.jrrshop.com/acon-digital?di ... _from_date

Celemony
Melodyne Essential 50% off, upgrades up to 67% off at Audio Deluxe
https://www.audiodeluxe.com/search/site/celemony

Eventide
Up to 75% off until November 30
https://www.eventideaudio.com/specials/holiday-sale

Exponential Audio
35% off
https://www.exponentialaudio.com/latest ... _BmHWacaL5

FabFilter
Up to 50% off at Audio Deluxe
https://www.audiodeluxe.com/category/brands/fabfilter

Goodhertz
25% off in the new Megaverb
https://goodhertz.co

IK Multimedia
Up to 50% off
https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/index ... ideals2018

Image Line
50% off at JRR Shop
https://www.jrrshop.com/image-line?dir= ... _from_date

iZotope
Up to 90% off deals at Best Service
https://www.bestservice.com/deals/izoto ... 0_off.html

Kush
Up to 50% off inc Goldplate
https://www.thehouseofkush.com/store

Liquidsonics
30% off Seventh Heaven and Illusion
https://www.liquidsonics.com/

Lexicon
Up to 70% off til November 30. NB - Thomann doing some even better deals I believe.
https://lexiconpro.com/en-US/product_families/plugins

Melda Production
50% off everything, first time buyers get extra 20% off on top with referrer code: MELDA9346328
https://www.meldaproduction.com/

Oeksound
Soothe and Spiff 33% off
https://shop.oeksound.com/

Overloud
Up to 76% off at JRR Shop
https://www.jrrshop.com/overloud?dir=asc&order=name

Plugin Alliance
Various deals on Brainworx, Lindell, Unfiltered etc
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products.html

Softube
Up to 67% off selected products at Audio Deluxe
https://www.audiodeluxe.com/search/site/softube

Sonarworks
40% off Reference 4
https://store.sonarworks.com/collection ... riday-2018

Sonnox
50% off til November 30
https://www.sonnox.com/promo

Sound Theory
Gullfoss 23% off
https://www.soundtheory.com/home

Soundtoys
50% off Soundtoys 5 bundle, extra discount for existing owners inc freebies, up to 80% off single plugs
https://www.soundtoys.com/

Waves
Free plugin - Sibilance, a new de-esser. General sale.
https://www.waves.com/lpn/black-friday-2018/free-plugin

zPlane
30% off throughout store with coupon CYBERDEAL
https://products.zplane.de

Zynpqiq
Up to 40% off UNFILTER, INTENSITY and UNMIX DRUMS at JRR Shop
https://www.jrrshop.com/zynaptiq?dir=de ... _from_date

DAWs

Avid
20% off subscriptions and updates of Pro Tools and Pro Tools Ultimate at Sweetwater
https://www.sweetwater.com/c696--Avid-- ... e-catchall

Presonus
Studio One 4 Professional 50% off at Audio Deluxe
https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/da ... ofessional

Sound Effects Libraries / Soundsets

Boom
3 for 2 on individual libraries; reductions on some bundles
https://www.boomlibrary.com/shop/

Hollo Sound
50% off everything until November 26. (Discount applied once added to shopping cart.)
http://sound.artenuovo.com

Sound Ideas
50% off also includes Digifects, Frank Serafine, Hollywood Edge etc
https://www.sound-ideas.com/Page/Specia ... mo%20Codes

Tonstrum
Various SFX libraries and Whoosh for Reaktor 30% off
https://mailchi.mp/tonsturm.com/tonstur ... -to-30-off

Yaaaaas! It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Thanks for compiling and updating the list, Guy! I’m really thankful this year to have a trusted place to continuously look this up.

Think I am going to hide this years Black Friday over here

On a more serious note. 50% off storewide at Musicalsampling till the 12th of November which is also last sale of the year - https://www.musicalsampling.com/

Plugin Alliance is having a different sale every week for November. Worth a look:

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products.html

Thanks Luke. Jaap, since the Musical Sampling sale ends before Black Friday it didn't make it in on a technicality!

Output just announced a November Sale: 25% off all software

Output

Not sure if this applies to BF but Cinesamples has a discount on their CineStrings Solo library - down from $399 to $279

Also, Audiobro are having a Fall sale (if this counts as BF?). Currently up to 62% discount - the Genesis choir looks tempting at $299, down from $399

tempted by the EW sale, I decided to spring for adventure strings instead

so far, I think it'll have more utility, atleast combined with other libraries

Up to 50% off.

https://heavyocity.com/

A few more updates, inc Arturia - lowest price for an upgrade from V5 to V6 $99/€99 (just like they promised they would never do).

You can add Native Instruments as well with their Thanksgiving sale (runs till the end of November) with 50% off (except on upgrades and Komplete)
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/

Oh! I put it up yesterday but its vanished! Not sure how I did that, soz... it shall be restored...

Many of the our instruments are on sale through November 30th. You can save up to 40%..... check it out.....

www.samplefuel.com

Botdog Samples is discounting everything on their site by 95%. Beat that!

botdogsamples.com

Chili - can only see one freebie on that site. Haven't added for now, but if you can find a link to that sale will gladly add it to the OP.

I believe Exponential Audio is having a 35% off sale.

Soundiron also started a sale - up to 40%
30% on all Kontakt Player/NKS libraries + Bundles
40% on all non-player libraries

https://soundiron.com/

Guy, let me know if you'd like help with the curation work. I (or any of the mods) can edit your OP with the feedback from the community here if you're ok with that.

Yes absolutely Jason, be my guest! My only criteria is that its a genuine BF sale, there's something relevant to link to and its likely to be of interest to TSB members really.

EDIT - so Soundiron have a BF page so added, but couldn't find anything on the Exponential Audio site and no mention of dropped prices when you add something to the cart. Prolly something I'm doing wrong...

EDIT - found it! Exponential and a few others added.

A few more:

Dream Audio Tools - 50% off - http://new.dreamaudiotools.com/product- ... t_count=15
Audio Imperia - up to 40% off - https://www.audioimperia.com/
Keep Forest - up to 70% (starting on the 18th according to the newsletter) - https://keep-forest.com/
Fabfilter - 50% off via Audiodeluxe - https://www.audiodeluxe.com/category/brands/fabfilter

Thanks v much, Jaap, all added along with a half price Studio One offer at Audio Deluxe.

...and added a ton more via JRR Shop - as a rule I much prefer to link to developers, but many of these I can't find anything on the official site. Take it as read that what goes for one reseller will likely go for them all.

Also Waves have a free plugin if you sign up - https://www.waves.com/lpn/black-friday- ... gin-signup