The best music making software and plug-in deals right now

Sale-itis has made the full year a maddening deluge of discounts. (You know who you are, inbox plagues!) But here are some legitimately excellent deals on music software available now.

The best (real) deals on gear right now, synths to modules, for Cyber Week

Black Friday/Black Week/Cyber Monday/Week/Month/whatever gets overwhelming. But here’s a selection of genuinely impressive discounts, on gear like Ableton Move and Push, Moog, Sequential, Erica Synths, Polyend, and even a couple of favorite Eurorack modules. I keep an eye on a couple of selections that might make good gifts, too.

Peter Kirn - November 29, 2025

The best Cyber Monday deals you can get now on synths, plug-ins, and more

Cyber Week continues – and most of the deals we picked Friday are still good today. So here’s part two of the guide to “deals your credit card doesn’t want you to know about” – hand-picked from plug-ins to hardware.

Peter Kirn - November 28, 2022

The very best Black Friday and Cyber Week deals on music and motion – a running list

Peter Kirn - November 25, 2022

Polyend and Cyclone Analogic have rare discounts on their hardware

Peter Kirn - November 29, 2021

The best music and creative hardware deals for Cyber Monday from Amazon

Peter Kirn - November 29, 2021

The best Black Friday deals for music software

Peter Kirn - November 26, 2021

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