Plugins are essential tools for anyone recording music using a computer, whether you're making a budget band demo at home, or mixing an album for a Grammy-winning artist.
With so much choice for music makers and producers it can be difficult to know where best to spend your money. The great news is that companies including Plugin Boutique, Waves, Toontrack and Native Instruments regularly host sales on their software, giving you every excuse to load your hard drive with new music-making tools and experiment with more obscure options.
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Plugin deals from around the web
- PluginBoutique.com - up to 95% off the latest music-making software
- Waves.com - daily deals, free plugins and more!
- Loopmasters.com - save up to 80% on plugins and bundles
- Native Instruments - check out their latest software
- Arturia - all the current deals in one place
- Sweetwater.com - shop all the best plugin deals
Our pick of today's best plugin deals
*BRAND NEW PRODUCT*
Waves Abbey Road Saturator: $199 $69.99
The sound of classic tubes and transistors, driven hard from subtle to extreme, and excited by the ultra-rare EMI TG12321, a secret weapon of Abbey Road engineers.View Deal
*BRAND NEW PRODUCT*
Waves MDMX Distortion Modules: $99 $49.99
Three distortion plugins based on the all-time classic Screamer, Overdrive and Fuzz pedals.View Deal
Waves Silver plugin bundle: save almost $500, now just $79.99
Get your hands on 16 professional award-winning plugins for music production, mixing and mastering all for an insanely low price of $79.99.View Deal
Save up to 95% on plugins at Plugin Boutique
Enjoy massive savings on plugins from a whole host of developers, including Arturia, Eventide, iZotope, KV331 Audio and many more.View Deal
IK Multimedia Total Studio 2 MAX – up to 60% off!
There are massive savings to be had on IK's massive plugin bundle and both versions of SampleTank 4.View Deal
IK Multimedia AmpliTube MAX: $499 $249.99 at Sweetwater
This all-encompassing suite of guitar amps and effects is half-price right now at Sweetwater, making it one of the best guitar plugin deals we've seen in a while.View Deal
PRS SuperModels: was $129, now $49.99
Created in collaboration with Paul Reed Smith, the Waves PRS SuperModels plugin models three high-end PRS guitar amps: the PRS Archon, Dallas, and Blue Sierra/V9.View Deal
More great plugin deals: DAWs, filters, EQs and more
Soundtoys Crystallizer: was $149, now $39
Get that retro-cool pitch processing and echo action from Eventide H3000's Crystal Echoes preset in a very flexible plugin. Saving you a cool $110 in the process.
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Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain: was $199, now $49.99
Now is your chance to get hold of five independent mixing and mastering modules, modelled after the EMI TG12410 Transfer Console used in all Abbey Road's mastering suites since the early '70s to this day.View Deal
Vengeance-Sound VPS Avenger: was $220, now $110
Vengeance-Sound VPS Avenger is intense and perhaps the most versatile - and certainly one of the best-sounding - synth plugins the folk at Sweetwater have seen. Hence why they given it such a hefty saving, no doubt.View Deal
Soundtoys PrimalTap: was $149, now $39
Based on the Prime Time hardware delay from 1978, PrimalTap delivers everything from subtle chorusing and flanging to complex multi-tap delays. It's perfect for lo-fi echo effects, at the lo-lo price of $39.
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Soundtoys FilterFreak: was $149, now $39
Want to get creative with your sounds, but you also love that analog vibe? Want to save a whopping $110 in the process? Look no further than the amazing FilterFreak, a filter plugin that gives you a classic, warm analogue effect.View Deal
PreSonus Studio One 4.5 Pro: was $399.95, now $299.95
Studio One 4 takes another step forward with the addition of Harmonic Editing, Patterns and the XT instruments. Get $100 off this hugely popular DAW right now.View Deal
PuigTecEQs: was $299, now $49.99
A bundle of the MEQ-5 and Puigtec EQP-1A EQ, which is a replication of the original hand-crafted unit owned by iconic producer/engineer Jack Joseph Puig (U2, Rolling Stones).View Deal
Chris Lord-Alge Signature Series: down to $69.99 from $399
Six easy-to-use audio plugins for mixing vocals, guitars, bass, drums and more, created with Grammy Award-winning mixing engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, U2).View Deal
Waves REDD: now $39.99 down from $249
Another Abbey Road Studio icon can be yours for just a mere snip of its original price. Based on the legendary REDD.17, REDD.37 and REDD.51 consoles, Waves REDD plugin delivers the classic British sound of the 1960s.View Deal
Waves API 2500: was $299, now just $39.99
Modelled on API's vintage compressor, the 2500 boasts a wide range of incredibly musical parameters which have made it a favourite of engineers the world over.View Deal
Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter: was $299, now $39.99
Modeled on one of only a few tube-powered units ever made, the Aural Exciter delivers all the unique character of the original hardware unit, with all the advantages of software.View Deal
C6 Multiband compressor: was $299, now $44.99
The ideal tool for de-essing and de-popping in the studio or onstage. The C6 gives you all the multiband compression and dynamic equalization you need to shape your sound.View Deal
Reel ADT: was $249, now $44.99
Waves/Abbey Road Reel ADT is the first plugin to successfully emulate Abbey Road Studios’ pioneering process of Artificial Double Tracking, putting the magic of that era in your hands within seconds.View Deal
H-Reverb Hybrid Reverb: was $349, now $39.99
Want richer, deeper reverb tails that sit beautifully in the mix while breathing crisp air into your tracks? H-Reverb is the plugin for you.View Deal
Abbey Road Reverb Plates: was $249, now $39.99
A state-of-the-art modeling of the four legendary reverb plates housed at Abbey Road Studios and used on recordings by the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Radiohead.View Deal
Smack Attack: was $69, now $39.99
Add smack and bite to drums, loops, synth hits and all percussive sounds by designing the level, shape and duration of their transients’ attack and sustain.View Deal