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The Best Black Friday Plugin Deals in 2026

We list, predict and rate the best Black Friday deals for plugins, DAW, synth, bass, guitar, studio and drums

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1. The Summary: Quick guide to the best Black Friday live deals, predictions, free plugins, and retailer deals

⚡️ Top LIVE Black Friday 2026 Plugin Deals from brands

For this summary, we only selected the top 25 live Black Friday deals so far, based on our 5 star rating. For a full list of all live deals in our database, jump to the full deal section below.

For a full list of all live deals in our database, jump to the full deal section below.

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⚡️ Top PREDICTED Black Friday 2026 Plugin Deals

For this summary, we determined the top 10 most popular brands, based on the amount of internet searches in November 2025 for black friday. We then used our extensive research of Black Friday deals offered since 2019, to make predictions for 2026.

For a full list of all predicted deals in our database, jump to the full predictions section below.

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FabFilter Black Friday 2026: predicting 25% off every plugin and bundle, including the new Pro-C 3
13 Nov
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Native Instruments Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 50% off Komplete 26 and individual instruments, in the first sale under inMusic
17 Nov
PREDICTED
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Ableton Black Friday 2026: predicting 25% off Live 12 at Ableton, and up to 39% off at Thomann
19 Nov
PREDICTED
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75
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Soundtoys Black Friday 2026: predicting 60% off the Soundtoys 5 bundle and up to 75% off individual plugins
17 Nov
PREDICTED
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40
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iZotope Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 40% off Ozone, RX, Neutron and Nectar, the first sale under Boris FX
24 Nov
PREDICTED
up to
75
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Celemony Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 75% off Melodyne 5, from $25, with the sale running into late December
3 Nov
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40
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AVID Pro Tools Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 40% off a first year of Pro Tools Ultimate, Studio or Artist
11 Nov
PREDICTED
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Korg Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 50% off KORG Collection 6 and single synth plugins, with the full bundle at about $199
17 Nov
PREDICTED
up to
75
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Spitfire Audio Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 75% off bundles and up to 50% off single libraries
16 Nov
PREDICTED
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Focusrite Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 25% off Scarlett 4th Gen, with deeper cuts on older and refurbished interfaces

🆓️ Top FREE Black Friday 2026 Plugins

There are so many great free plugins available, so why look out for them during Black Friday? Well, a few brands offer free plugins for a limited period of time during Black Friday. We researched the patterns across recent years from the likes of Baby Audio, Waves and Soundtoys, so bring you predicted and live free plugins in our guide.

For details on the free plugin deals, including what plugins were offered before, and what plugins we predict this year, jump to the full section below.

Type
Brand
Free Products
FREE
PREDICTED
Free Waves plugin: a new plugin is predicted for Black Friday 2026, after a new freebie on Black Friday in each of the last four years
FREE
PREDICTED
Free Soundtoys plugin: a giveaway is predicted for 2026, after free plugins in each of the last four years
FREE
PREDICTED
Free Baby Audio plugin: a holiday freebie is possible in 2026, but there was no new one in 2025
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2. The Top Deals: The best Black Friday 2026 deals you can buy right now

As every year, a few keen brands have already started discounting their DAWs and VST plugins from the end of October, with some stretching their deals into January. Now whilst you can buy audio software and hardware in a sale at any time of year, we have so far not picked up any that are called Black Friday.

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Baby Audio Black Friday 2026: Crystalline for $5 (95% off), most plugins 50% to 70% off, live now
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Baby Audio's 2026 Black Friday sale started on 4 November, with every plugin cut at Baby Audio and Plugin Boutique*. The star deal is the Crystalline reverb for $5 instead of $99 (95% off), and most other plugins are 50% to 70% off, such as TAIP and Spaced Out at $29 and Humanoid at $49. The Complete Bundle is $299 instead of $399. Plugin Boutique lists the deals until 9 December. Baby Audio has also added a buy 2, get 1 free offer.

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About five weeks, from 4 November to about 9 December 2026, similar to 2025.
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Everything is included: every plugin, the Complete Bundle and the preset expansion packs.
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Crystalline at $5 (95% off) is a deeper star deal than in 2024 or 2025, and most plugins are 50% to 70% off; the bundle cut is only 25%.
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Thomann Black Friday 2026: Cyber Deals live now, up to 70% off until 30 November
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Thomann's 2026 Cyber Deals are live from 5 to 30 November, with up to 70% off more than 1,000 curated deals on guitars, amps, synths, drums, studio gear and more, on the Thomann Cyber Deals page*. That is nearly four weeks, earlier and longer than in 2025, when early deals started on 11 November and the main Cyber Week ran from 21 November to 1 December. The typical 2025 deal was about 18% off, so compare prices before you buy.

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Nearly four weeks in 2026, from 5 to 30 November, up from about three weeks with the early deals in 2025.
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Every category is included, from guitars, drums and synths to studio gear, DJ gear and software.
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Up to 70% off, but the typical 2025 deal was about 18% off and only 65 of 1,139 reached 50%.
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BUY NOW
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LIVE
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95
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Waves Black Friday 2026: plugins $29.99, any 3 for $49.99 or 6 for $99.98, Horizon $199.99, live now
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Waves' 2026 Black Friday sale is live at Waves*, with more than 200 plugins tagged as Black Friday deals. Most plugins are $29.99, any 3 cost $49.99 and any 6 $99.98, and the Horizon bundle of 93 plugins is $199.99 instead of its $3,999 list price. Waves plugins usually cost about $34.99 outside sales, so the single-plugin saving is small, but the multi-buy brings plugins down to about $16.66 each. Waves has given away a new plugin on Black Friday in each of the last four years.

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About four weeks: early deals from 5 November in 2025 and from 4 November in 2024, up to Black Friday weekend.
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Everything is included: plugins, bundles, subscriptions and a new free plugin on Black Friday.
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95% off list on Horizon, but single plugins at $29.99 are only about 14% below the everyday $34.99; the 3 for $49.99 multi-buy is the real saving.
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95
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discount
BUY NOW*
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94
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discount
BUY NOW*
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BUY NOW
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LIVE
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80
%
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UAD Black Friday 2026: early sale live to 10 November, plugins up to 80% off and any 10 for $99
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Universal Audio's early Black Friday sale started on 4 November at Plugin Boutique*, with plugins up to 80% off until 10 November, such as the Distressor for $39 instead of $199 and any 10 plugins for $99. UA's own UA sale page shows the same kind of offers without a Black Friday label. UA ran a bigger 12 Days of UAD sale from mid-November in 2025, with $29 plugins and a free plugin of your choice from Black Friday, so we expect more to follow. UA repeats many of these prices in its other sales, such as the September 2026 Back to School sale.

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One week so far, from 4 to 10 November; the main 12 Days of UAD sale is expected from mid-November.
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Plugins, bundles, collections and LUNA Studio are included; no free plugin is on offer yet.
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Up to 80% off single plugins and 10 plugins for $99, but UA matched these prices in its September 2026 sale.
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80
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BUY NOW
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17 Dec
LIVE
up to
88
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Sonnox Black Friday 2026: Season of Sound sale with up to 88% off, Core Studio Collection $333, live until 17 December
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Sonnox's 2026 autumn sale, called Season of Sound, is live from late October until 17 December, with up to 88% off at Sonnox and at Plugin Boutique*. The Core Studio Collection with every Oxford plugin is $333 instead of $2,743, and single plugins such as Oxford Inflator ($39) and Claro ($33) are 75% off. The new Oxford Drum Gate 2 gets a smaller cut, at $83. These match Black Friday 2025, but Plugin Boutique's summer 2025 sale went lower.

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About seven weeks, from late October to 17 December 2026, longer than in any of the last four years.
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Every Sonnox plugin and bundle was 75% off in 2025, at Sonnox and at Plugin Boutique.
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Up to 88% off the Core Studio Collection and 75% off single plugins, the same depth as 2025 and the 2026 summer sale.
up to
88
%
discount
BUY NOW*
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discount
BUY NOW*
up to
88
%
discount
BUY NOW
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1 Dec
LIVE
up to
75
%
discount
Softube Black Friday 2026: up to 75% off in weekly deals, Model 72 $39 and Tube-Tech CL 1B mk II $69, live now
Overall Deal Rating
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Softube's 2026 Black Friday sale started on 2 November with weekly deals, up to 75% off and an extra 15% for newsletter subscribers. In week 1, until 8 November, Model 72 is $39 instead of $159 and the Tube-Tech CL 1B mk II $69 instead of $199, at Softube and Plugin Boutique*. New deals follow every week until Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Softube repeats similar cuts in weekly deals during the year, so this is a good price, not always a unique one.

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About a month in 2024 and 2025, with new deals every week from early November to Cyber Monday.
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Most plugins, upgrades and bundles are discounted at some point, but each plugin only for its week.
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Up to 75% off in 2026, just below the 76% of 2025, and Softube repeats similar prices in weekly deals all year.
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75
%
discount
BUY NOW*
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75
%
discount
BUY NOW
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%
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BUY NOW
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30 Nov
LIVE
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60
%
discount
Rhodes Black Friday 2026: V8 Pro $119.95 (60% off) now, rest of the range about 60% off from 9 November
Overall Deal Rating
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Rhodes started its 2026 Black Friday sale on 2 November with V8 Pro at $119.95 instead of $299.95 (60% off) and the nine-product Rhodes Collection Bundle at $414.95, at Rhodes*. Rhodes says the rest of the range joins on 9 November at about 60% off, with Clav Pro at 30% off, and that all offers end on 30 November at 9am UK time. Qualifying orders get free UJAM plugins, and Rhodes hardware pianos ship free worldwide from 9 November.

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Four weeks, from 2 November to 30 November 2026, with the full range on sale from 9 November.
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The whole software range and the new bundles were included in 2025, though the newest plugins had smaller cuts.
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60% off V8 Pro, Anthology, Wurli and the effects in 2025, but only 30% to 45% off Vari-Amp and Chroma.
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60
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discount
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discount
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discount
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3 Dec
LIVE
up to
50
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discount
Image Line FL Studio Black Friday 2026: up to 50% off, All Plugins Edition $224, live until 3 December
Overall Deal Rating
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Image Line's 2026 Black Friday sale is live from 2 November to 3 December, with up to 50% off FL Studio on the FL Studio pricing page*. The All Plugins Edition is $224 instead of $449, the lowest price we have recorded and well below the $314 of the last two Black Fridays. Signature Bundle is $199 and Producer Edition $139, the same as in 2024 and 2025. The Fruity Edition stays at $99. FL Studio includes lifetime free updates, so a Black Friday purchase covers every future version.

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About four and a half weeks, from 2 November to 3 December 2026, similar to 2024 and 2025.
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Every edition except the cheapest, Fruity Edition, is included.
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Up to 50% off the All Plugins Edition, the deepest FL Studio discount we have recorded; Producer and Signature cuts are the same as 2025.
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50
%
discount
BUY NOW*
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discount
BUY NOW
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1 Dec
LIVE
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50
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LANDR Black Friday 2026: up to 50% off, Ultimate Bundle 2 for $399.50 and Mastering Plugin PRO for $197.34, live now
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LANDR's 2026 Black Friday sale is live, with up to 50% off LANDR Studio plans, plugin bundles and the Mastering Plugin at LANDR*. At Plugin Boutique the LANDR Ultimate Bundle 2 is $399.50 instead of $799 and Mastering Plugin PRO $197.34 instead of $299, both until 1 December. LANDR has not published an end date. It repeats 50% off in its holiday and spring sales, so Black Friday is not your only chance.

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About four weeks in 2026, live by 4 November and listed until 1 December; a full month in 2025.
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Studio plans, plugin bundles and mastering are all included, but Standard and Essentials get smaller cuts than Pro.
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50% off Studio Pro for the first year, the same as LANDR's holiday and spring sales, not deeper.
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50
%
discount
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LIVE
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50
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Antares Auto-Tune Black Friday 2026: early sale live, AutoTune Unlimited with Pro 11 free and 50% off vocal plugins
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Antares' Early Black Friday sale is live at Antares*. A year of AutoTune Unlimited comes with AutoTune Pro 11 free to keep, which Antares calls "save over 70%", although the subscription itself is only about 15% off. The Vocal Mixing and creative vocal effect plugins are 50% off. AutoTune Pro 11 on its own was not discounted when we checked on 4 November, unlike in 2025, when every perpetual licence was half price. Antares has not given an end date.

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About four weeks in 2025, from early November to 2 December, and resellers ran on into January.
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Every perpetual licence, upgrade and crossgrade, plus AutoTune Unlimited, with free plugins on top.
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50% off vocal plugins and a free AutoTune Pro 11 with Unlimited so far; perpetual licences were 50% off in 2025 and in March and May 2026.
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BUY NOW*
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20
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Reverb Black Friday 2026: live now with up to 20% off new, used and B-stock gear
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Reverb's 2026 Black Friday sale was live on 4 November at Reverb*, with up to 20% off new, used and B-stock gear. That is a smaller headline than the up to 80% Reverb advertised in 2024 and 2025, although the 80% only applied to a few listings. The listings we checked were mostly used guitars at 10% to 15% off. Reverb is a marketplace, so the discounts come from its sellers and differ by item. Reverb has not given an end date; its 2025 sale ran to Cyber Monday, so we show 30 November.

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About four weeks in 2025, from 4 November to Cyber Monday; the 2026 end date has not been announced.
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Every category of new, used, B-stock and vintage gear is included, from thousands of sellers.
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Up to 20% off this year; the listings we checked were 10% to 15% off, and big-brand new gear was mostly 10% to 20% off in 2025.
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Andertons Black Friday 2026: early clearance deals up to 50% off now, price promise from 28 October
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Andertons has started Black Friday 2026 early, with more than 1,000 clearance, second hand and B-stock deals and up to 50% off on the Andertons Black Friday page, such as the Warm Audio FLF Drive pedal at £99. Its biggest deals come later: in 2025 the main sale ran over the Black Friday weekend. A Black Friday Price Promise covers new products bought from 28 October 2026: if the price falls in the sale, Andertons refunds the difference in loyalty points.

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About a month with the early November clearance, but the main sale is a four-day weekend.
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Guitars, pedals, amps, synths, drums, keys and recording gear are all included; guitar gear gets the most deals.
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Up to 50% off selected items, and the 2026 January and summer sales matched or beat it.
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Cableguys Black Friday 2026: 41% off Snapback, the ShaperBox 3 Bundle for $89 and the Cableguys Bundle for $149, live now
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Cableguys started its 2026 Black Friday sale on 12 October, alongside the new TimeStop plugin, and KVR lists it as running until 30 November. The ShaperBox 3 Bundle is $89 instead of $99, the Cableguys Bundle $149 instead of $179 and Snapback $29 instead of $49, the same prices as the 2025 sale, and VolumeShaper, FilterShaper XL and MidiShaper are discounted too. You can buy at Plugin Boutique* or direct from Cableguys. The same bundle prices came back in the 2025 winter sale, so Black Friday is not your only chance to get them.

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About seven weeks, from 12 October to 30 November 2026, much longer than most Black Friday sales.
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Two bundles and four single plugins are discounted, up from two bundles and one plugin in 2025; TimeStop and most other plugins stay at full price.
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10% off the ShaperBox 3 Bundle and 17% off the Cableguys Bundle, as in 2025; the four single plugins are 34% to 41% off.
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3. The Predictions: The Black Friday 2026 deals we expect in 2026

We analysed the best plugin and DAW deals offered by the most popular brands from Black Friday 2019 to 2025. That information helped us predict what brands are likely to offer Black Friday deals, at what discount, at for how long. Unfortunately, we cannot gaze into the future. However, we are in contact with many companies who share upcoming promotions with us.

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Brand
Predicted Deal
Nov 3, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
40
%
AVID Pro Tools Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 40% off a first year of Pro Tools Ultimate, Studio or Artist
Nov 4, 2026
PREDICTED
40
%
Loopcloud Black Friday 2026: predicting 40% off annual plans plus free plugins to keep
Nov 5, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
25
%
Devious Machines Black Friday 2026: predicting 25% off all plugins, including Infiltrator 2 and Duck 2
Nov 5, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
50
%
Output Black Friday 2026: predicting 50% off Portal, Thermal, Exhale and every Output plugin, from early November into January
Nov 11, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
50
%
Korg Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 50% off KORG Collection 6 and single synth plugins, with the full bundle at about $199
Nov 12, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
80
%
Eventide Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 80% off plugins and bundles, with single plugins from about $29
Nov 12, 2026
CONFIRMED
up to
55
%
Polyverse Black Friday 2026: confirmed up to 55% off plugins from 12 November
Nov 13, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
50
%
Native Instruments Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 50% off Komplete 26 and individual instruments, in the first sale under inMusic
Nov 16, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
25
%
FabFilter Black Friday 2026: predicting 25% off every plugin and bundle, including the new Pro-C 3
Nov 16, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
25
%
Focusrite Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 25% off Scarlett 4th Gen, with deeper cuts on older and refurbished interfaces
Nov 16, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
35
%
Novation Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 35% off Launchkey, Launchpad and Circuit, mostly on older and refurbished models
Nov 17, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
60
%
AAS Black Friday 2026: predicting 60% off every bundle, including the Modeling Collection and The Integral, and 55% off each synth
Nov 17, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
39
%
Ableton Black Friday 2026: predicting 25% off Live 12 at Ableton, and up to 39% off at Thomann
Nov 17, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
40
%
iZotope Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 40% off Ozone, RX, Neutron and Nectar, the first sale under Boris FX
Nov 17, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
75
%
Spitfire Audio Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 75% off bundles and up to 50% off single libraries
Nov 18, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
50
%
u-he Black Friday 2026: predicting 50% off Diva, Hive 2 and Repro in the Autumn Sale, with Zebra 3 likely excluded
Nov 19, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
75
%
Soundtoys Black Friday 2026: predicting 60% off the Soundtoys 5 bundle and up to 75% off individual plugins
Nov 19, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
50
%
Wavesfactory Black Friday 2026: predicting 50% off everything, including Trackspacer, Spectre and Re-Esser
Nov 19, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
50
%
XLN Audio Black Friday 2026: predicting 50% off everything, including Addictive Drums 2, XO and RC-20 Retro Color
Nov 20, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
50
%
Expressive E Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 50% off MPE plugins and 30% off refurbished Osmose
Nov 20, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
50
%
Sonarworks Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 50% off SoundID Reference, with the headphone edition at $49
Nov 20, 2026
PREDICTED
4
%
Spectrasonics Omnisphere Black Friday 2026: no official sale expected, Omnisphere 3 from $479 at resellers
Nov 24, 2026
PREDICTED
up to
75
%
Celemony Black Friday 2026: predicting up to 75% off Melodyne 5, from $25, with the sale running into late December
Nov 24, 2026
CONFIRMED
up to
34
%
oeksound Black Friday 2026: confirmed up to 34% off from 24 November
Nov 26, 2026
PREDICTED
50
%
Splice Black Friday 2026: predicting 50% off Creator annual, $120 for the first year for new subscribers
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4. The Free: Free Black Friday plugins

Many brands offer high quality plugins for free all year round. During Black Friday, we see others release plugins for free for a limited time. This year, we expect the following brands to offer free Black Friday plugins:

Free Baby Audio plugin: a holiday freebie is possible in 2026, but there was no new one in 2025

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Prediction for Black Friday 2026: a free plugin is possible, not certain

Baby Audio released a free plugin around Black Friday or Christmas every year from 2021 to 2024, but it did not add a new one in 2025. We think a 2026 freebie is possible and will add it here if Baby Audio announces one. Four free plugins are still available on the Baby Audio freebies page with a free account.

2025: no new free plugin

Baby Audio did not release a new freebie in November or December 2025. The freebies page stayed the same.

December 2024: Warp x Andrew Huang (still free)

Released on 13 December 2024, Warp is the varispeed module from Transit 2. It speeds up or slows down audio, and its Stretch knob changes pitch independently of time.

December 2023: Beat Slammer (no longer free)

Released on 21 December 2023, Beat Slammer was a punchy compressor for smashing drums. It was removed from the freebies page in early 2025.

December 2022: Pitch Drift (still free)

Released on 19 December 2022, Pitch Drift adds random pitch fluctuations for a natural or lo-fi, out-of-tune feel. It uses the Drift algorithm from Super VHS.

Black Friday 2021: Magic Dice (still free)

Released on 17 November 2021 alongside the Black Friday sale, Magic Dice generates a new delay, reverb and modulation texture with every click. It is based on Spaced Out.

Earlier freebies, not tied to Black Friday

Magic Switch, a Juno-style chorus from April 2020, is still free. Baby Comeback, a delay made with Computer Music magazine in 2020, is no longer on the freebies page.

Free Waves plugin: a new plugin is predicted for Black Friday 2026, after a new freebie on Black Friday in each of the last four years

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Prediction for Black Friday 2026: a new free Waves plugin on 27 November

Waves has released a brand-new plugin for free on Black Friday every year since at least 2022, for one day and a limited number of sign-ups. Sign-ups opened in early November in 2024 and 2025. We expect the same on Friday 27 November 2026 and will add it here once Waves announces it.

Black Friday 2025: Magma StressBox (no longer free)

A new plugin in the Magma analog series, free on 28 November 2025 for a limited number of sign-ups. It now costs $29.99.

Black Friday 2024: IDX Intelligent Dynamics (no longer free)

A frequency-dependent compressor that tames excess energy in a mix, free to 10,000 sign-ups on 29 November 2024. It now costs $34.99.

Black Friday 2023: Silk Vocal (no longer free)

A smart EQ and dynamics processor for vocals, free on 24 November 2023 only. It now costs $34.99.

Black Friday 2022: Lil Tube (free today)

A one-knob tube saturator and the first Magma plugin, free on 25 November 2022. It is now part of the Waves Free Plugin Pack*, so you can still get it for free.

Free Soundtoys plugin: a giveaway is predicted for 2026, after free plugins in each of the last four years

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Prediction for Black Friday 2026: a free Soundtoys plugin

Soundtoys has given away at least one plugin around Black Friday every year since 2022. In 2025 the giveaway moved to December and grew to six plugins. We expect another giveaway in November or December 2026 and will add it here as soon as Soundtoys announces it.

December 2025: 12 Days of Soundtoys, six free plugins (8 to 19 December)

Each plugin was free for two days, starting with Little PrimalTap, a small version of PrimalTap inspired by the Lexicon Prime Time delay.

November 2024: Soundtoys PhaseMistress free until 15 November

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PhaseMistress is more than a simple phaser effect. Its saturation, modulation and resonance controls can transform a track, and the factory presets help you find a sound quickly.

Black Friday 2023: Soundtoys Little Plate free until 1 December

Little Plate is a light plate reverb with just decay, mix and low cut controls. It normally sells for $29.

Black Friday 2022: Soundtoys Little Radiator free with code HOLIDAYHEAT

Little Radiator is the one-knob version of Radiator, the Soundtoys tube preamp and saturation plugin.

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5. The Buying Guide: Helping to choose the best deals for you, without overspending

Before you spend more than you can afford, you might want to consider the following top tips:

  1. Organise your plugin folder: How many plugins do you have in your folder already? How many of them do you actually use? Can you organise your plugins into folders so you can find them better? Can you delete some that you haven't used for the last years? (But be careful if you have used them in any of your projects in the past).
  2. Set a budget: How much can you invest in plugins this year? How much have you spent already this year? Have you got the money saved and ready to go, or do you need to set aside some money now to avoid credit card debt?
  3. List your plugin priorities: Which plugins and upgrades will bring something new and different to your plugin folder? Are you sure you don't already have a plugin that does the job?
  4. Estimate what you can likely afford this Black Friday: Use our guide of predicted deals to work out what discount you might expect this year, using our detailed guide.
  5. Sign up to the musicmanta newsletter: Get the top deals straight to your inbox, when signing up to our newsletter.
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6. The FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Black Friday audio software and hardware deals answered

Can I buy Omnisphere cheaper? Will an Omnisphere Black Friday take place in 2026? Does Omnisphere offer any discounts? Will Spectrasonics offer an Omnisphere sale during Black Friday 2026?

No, we predict Spectrasonics will not offer Omnisphere at a discount during Black Friday. However, you can buy Omnisphere 3 at Andertons, a UK retailer, for £329 (checked 23 September 2026), compared to buying direct from Spectrasonics at $499.

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