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Pinch hitting for Guy this year, who reliably and generously has managed this in the past. Thanks Guy!

Below is a list of noteworthy Black Friday deals. It's not an exhaustive list, rather a curated one based on sales we think will be more broadly of interest to this community.

Buyers on your marks. Ready! Let the sales begin!

Sample Libraries / Virtual Instruments

8Dio
Their "biggest sale ever" - up to 80% off
https://8dio.com/

Arturia
40% off V Collection, upgrades 67% off
https://www.arturia.com/products/analog ... n/overview

Audiobro
Up to 62% off*
https://audiobro.com/ab-store
*Modern Scoring Brass - $499

Audio Imperia
Up to 50% off
https://www.audioimperia.com/

Audio Ollie
LA Modern Percussion ($399) - Scoring Synths ($149)
https://www.audioollie.com/

Blink Sonic
35% off until December 2
Use CODE: BFS19
https://www.blinksonic.com/

Best Service
40% off many products until December 2
https://www.bestservice.com/deals/best_ ... _2144.html

Boom Library
3 for the price of 2 until December 3
50% off Complete bundle and 20% Basic bundle
https://www.boomlibrary.com/shop
*Keep Forest is selling Boom Library effects for cheaper somehow on their new store - 3 for 2 still only available on Boom Library
https://keep-forest.com/

Cinematic Studio Series
25% off all libraries from November 25 to December 4
https://www.cinematicstudioseries.com/

Cinesamples
50% off everything, including bundles until December 3
https://cinesamples.com/

Dream Audio Tools
15-30% off bundles
http://new.dreamaudiotools.com/bundles- ... libraries/

Drumforge
72% off their Drum Production Starter Bundle, plus 15-20% off individual products
https://drumforge.com/collections/all

EastWest
60% off
http://www.soundsonline.com/mega-sale

Fluffy Audio
Up to 70% off until December 3
https://www.fluffyaudio.com/

Frozen Plain
20% off at Kontakt Hub until December 4
https://www.kontakthub.com/label/frozenplain/

Heavyocity
Up to 50% off until December 9
Plus buy 3 products, get a further 10% off (Vento excluded)
https://heavyocity.com/products/

Hidden Path Audio
70% off
https://www.hiddenpathaudio.com/

Hollo Sound
50% off all items until Dec 2 with coupon code THANKSGIVING.
http://sound.artenuovo.com/

IK Multimedia
Up to 50% off
https://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=8698

Ilya Efimov
25-75% off single instruments and bundles.
https://www.ilyaefimov.com/products/

Impact Soundworks
10-30% off based on amount spent until December 2
https://impactsoundworks.com/specials-deals/

Keep Forest
50%-75% off
https://keep-forest.com/
*Keep Forest is selling Boom Library effects for cheaper somehow on their new store - 3 for 2 still only available on Boom Library

Libre Wave
30% off everything until December 14
https://librewave.com/

Man Makes Noise
50% off The Lobby Piano until November 31 using code BLACKFRIDAY19
https://www.manmakesnoise.com/the-lobby-piano

Native Instruments
50% off instruments and effects until December 9
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/s ... -xxl-2019/

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

Pettinhouse
40% off the Complete Bundle
https://www.pettinhouse.com/html/bundlebf.html

Realitone
Up to 66% off
https://realitone.com/

Red Romo Audio
Up to 35% off until November 30
https://redroomaudio.com/shop/

Sample Fuel
30% off everything until December 1 with coupon code BFS-30PERCENT
https://www.samplefuel.com

Sample Logic
80% off Bohemian, Trailer Xpressions, Cinematic Guitars, and Xosphere 2 until December 2
https://www.samplelogic.com/

Soundiron
Up to 40% off until December 2
https://soundiron.com/collections/all-products

Spitfire Audio
25% off individual products and up to 75% off bundles from November 28 to December 3
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/

Sugar Bytes
Black Friday Sale until December 3
https://sugar-bytes.de/

Toontrack
Daily sales up to 80% off during the week.
https://www.toontrack.com/black-friday/

u-he
30% discount on Zebra2 for everyone, 30% discount coupons for existing customers usable on any other u-he product
https://u-he.com/news/#black-friday-zebra2-nks-11-21

Vienna Symphonic Library
Up to 80% off from November 26 to December 2
https://www.vsl.co.at/en/News/2019-11_B ... iday_Deals

XLN Audio
Up to 45% off (including Addictive Drums and XO) until December 1
https://www.xlnaudio.com/products

Xtant Audio
30% off everything until December 14
https://xtant-audio.com/


Effects & Software

Avid
15% off annual updates and subs (not educational versions)
https://www.jrrshop.com/computer-softwa ... /pro-tools

FabFilter
25% off all plugins and bundles until December 2.
https://www.fabfilter.com/shop/

Flux Audio
67% off until December 8
https://shop.flux.audio/en_US/

Goodhertz
35% off until December 2
https://goodhertz.co/

GRM Tools
Up to 60% off (Looks like only at JRR Shop)
https://www.jrrshop.com/ina-grm?dir=asc&order=name

iZotope
Up to 60% off select bundles
https://www.izotope.com/en/shop/deals.html

70% off iZotope Tonal Balance Bundle (Ozone 9, Neutron 9, Nectar 3) at Plugin Boutique for owners of any iZotope product until December 31
(If you're not an existing customer, you can get Nectar 3 Elements for free with any other purchase at Plugin Boutique.)
https://www.pluginboutique.com/articles/1558

JRR Shop
15% off orders with coupon code "Facebook15" (but can't be combined with some existing deals).
https://www.jrrshop.com/

Krotos
Up to 50% off
https://www.krotosaudio.com/black-friday-sale/

Lexicon
60% off most plugin bundles, including PCM Total and PCM Native Reverb
https://lexiconpro.com/en-US/product_families/plugins

Liquidsonics
Up to 60% off
https://www.liquidsonics.com/store/

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

Plugin Alliance
33% off mega plugin annual subscription
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... undle.html

Presonus
50% off Studio One (including upgrades) until December 2
https://shop.presonus.com/Studio-One

Relab
Up to 50% off
https://relabdevelopment.com/relab-store/

Sonible
55% off smart:EQ 2 until December 1
https://shop.sonible.com/plugins/smarteq2.html

Sonnox
50% off most plugins until December 4
https://www.sonnox.com/promo/november-sale

Soundtoys
50% off upgrades until December 4
https://www.soundtoys.com/

u-he
30% off Zebra 2.9 (Update coming end of November)
30% off for existing customers on any purchase in their store.
Sale ends December 4
https://u-he.com/

Universal Audio
12 Days of UAD until November 29
Up to 60% off
https://www.uaudio.com/

Waves
50% off all plugins and bundles with coupon BF50
https://www.waves.com/specials

A new mystery plugin can be gotten for free by signing up before Black Friday
https://www.waves.com/lpn/black-friday- ... gin-signup

Ha ha you crazy fool! I'll PM you a bunch of places to dig...

Lexicon have a Black Friday deal on their own site:
PCM Reverb Bundle USD 239.98
Effects Bundle USD 199.98
Total Bundle USD 399.98
www.lexiconpro.com

It could be worth it to wait until this is through the plugin dealers though.

Thanks Hannes! Keep 'em coming folks

I'm running sales (30% off everything) at both of my sites from November 16th to December 14th.

https://xtant-audio.com
https://librewave.com

Thanks

tack wrote: ↑Nov 15, 2019 6:37 pmKeep 'em coming folks

Just checking you got my PM ok Jason? There's anywhere between about 15-40 deals worth posting in there

Arturia V Collection 7.

$99 for the upgrade and $299 for the whole shooting match.

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 2:47 amJust checking you got my PM ok Jason? There's anywhere between about 15-40 deals worth posting in there

Yep, sorry about that Guy, didn't mean to give you the cold shoulder. Just haven't had more than a handful of minutes over the past couple days. Will be attending to that today.

Hidden Path Audio has a 70% off black friday deal. Barrage is a cinematic percussion library that is a bit under the radar. It seems to be good though. At 44$ it's rather affordable. Also there is a free library called 'Orchestral Risers' in case anybody is interested.

https://www.hiddenpathaudio.com/

* Soundtoys - 50% off upgrades - Ends 4th December

* Sonnox - Flat 50% off - Ends 4th December

* Plugin Alliance - Black Friday Mega Deal - 100's of plugins for $199.99 /Year Subscription - Ends 30th November

* Waves - 30 Plugins at really low prices - check offer on website

* Relab - 50% off Bundles and reduced pricing on individual plugins - Reduced Pricing on Subscriptions as well

* Krotos - 20%-50% off

* Pettinhouse - Autumn Sale - $119 for everything

* 8Dio - Various daily deals

* Output - 25% off all software - including bundles - $599 for everything

* Toontrack - Various sales - 1st November to 31st December - Up to 41% off

tack wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 11:24 am

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 2:47 amJust checking you got my PM ok Jason? There's anywhere between about 15-40 deals worth posting in there

Yep, sorry about that Guy, didn't mean to give you the cold shoulder. Just haven't had more than a handful of minutes over the past couple days. Will be attending to that today.

It IS very time consuming - I'd say there's no shame in saying "actually is there someone else who could take it over?"

Sorry Jason, I just pasted all the stuff in a single post...I have started adding directly to your post now..

Thanks for doing this!

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 1:44 pmIt IS very time consuming - I'd say there's no shame in saying "actually is there someone else who could take it over?"

I do have the time, but unfortunately usually only in chunks in the evenings, so it does mean this thread won't be up-to-the-minute.

I've updated the OP with sales posted here plus others Guy tipped me off to on the side. The curation aspect is challenging. There are tons of sales from smaller developers but not necessarily of broad interest here.

I do encourage the other mods to edit my post directly with noteworthy sales.

Top work Jason and huge thanks for lightening my load!

PS - Arturia worth adding that V Collection upgrades are 67% off as Mikey says. That one's sorely tempting me even though in truth I hardly ever use V Collection, which isn't said with anything other than a weary sigh that I forget how many good tools I have that I don't use much just because I know my way around others so well.

Guy Rowland wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 3:51 pm I forget how many good tools I have that I don't use much just because I know my way around others so well.

I dare say that you're not the only one. Thanks for the reminder during this season of temptation, Guy. These enticing tools aren't just a commitment of money; they're also a commitment of the time it takes to learn them.

Best,

Geoff

I have Analog Labs 2, controlled by my Arturia keyboard-I don’t use it a lot but there’s some good stuff in there.

I can tell you what I am buying on sale: nothing.

Ashermusic wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 9:13 pm I can tell you what I am buying on sale: nothing.

Make that two....

Geoff Grace wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 5:15 pmThese enticing tools aren't just a commitment of money; they're also a commitment of the time it takes to learn them.

That really is the crux of it, isn't it Geoff. There has to be a very good reason to learn Another Thing. Falcon is beloved by many, and I'm very grateful I have the chance to, essentially, demo it in AAX form with my Pro Tools support plan. It a) looks impenetrable and b) I don't like the sound of the presets. Truthfully I feel much the same way about Massive X. Both really good heavyweight products not for me, they don't pass the sonic got-to-have test to warrant all the time I'd need to invest to get anything useful out of it.

The Pro Tools Support edition of Falcon and Massive X currently sit idle on my system too, Guy.

Here's one that I am hoping for: Goodhertz usually has an anniversary sale during November. This year will be their fifth anniversary, so it's hard to imagine them skipping a sale this time around. One has yet to be announced, however.

Their Vulf Compressor comes highly recommended.

Best,

Geoff

I'm having The Lobby Piano on a Black November sale. -50% with the code blackfriday19 until the end of the month.
https://www.manmakesnoise.com/the-lobby-piano

Geoff Grace wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 5:15 pm These enticing tools aren't just a commitment of money; they're also a commitment of the time it takes to learn them.

Imagine you got THAT on sale.... ROFL...

https://nuvomagazine.com/culture/tonto- ... sic-centre

GR Baumann wrote: ↑Nov 18, 2019 1:00 pm

Geoff Grace wrote: ↑Nov 16, 2019 5:15 pm These enticing tools aren't just a commitment of money; they're also a commitment of the time it takes to learn them.

Imagine you got THAT on sale.... ROFL...

That would be great! Please let me know if that ever happens.

Best,

Geoff

Avid are offering 15% off annual updates and subs (not educational versions). Might not sound much, but by previous experience this is probably the only discount of the year. Tends to be an especially good deal for UK users ordering from US resellers, compared to the Avid shop. I'm letting my second non-Ultimate license lapse since they doubled the price in the summer, but keeping Ultimate active.