Cyber Monday plugin deals 2023: Explore our pick of software deals that are still live

Total Studio 4 MAX: Was $/€799, now $/€349
Get all the plugins you need to take your music from a spark of inspiration, all the way to a finished, mastered release with IK Multimedia Total Studio 4 Max. With 170 instruments, more than 500 FX and over 640 gigabytes of sample data, it’s a complete solution for composition, mixing and mastering your music with a combined total value of over €14,000. At this price, why are you still reading this article?

Soundtoys 5.4: was $503, now $258.42
The complete collection of Soundtoys plugins features all the effects you're ever likely to need. Bringing together 21 plugins in one bundle, Soundtoys 5 features its new SuperPlate plate reverb, popular pitch and formant-shifter Little AlterBoy, beloved saturation and distortion tools Decapitator and Devil-Loc, versatile delays like PrimalTap and EchoBoy, chorus and widening effects such as Crystallizer and Microshift... need we go on? This is a stonking amount of effects processing goodness for a phenomenal price.

KV331 Audio Synthmaster 2:
Was $119.77/£94.96, now $31.47/£24.95
They don't call it Synthmaster for nothing. KV331 Audio's Synthmaster 2 is truly a master of synthesis in one application. It uses a semi-modular approach to deliver all sorts of synthesis types including VA, Additive, Wavetable, Wavescanning, Phase Modulation, FM, Pulse Width Modulation, Ring Modulation, Amplitude Modulation, and Physical Modeling. It is packed with more than 2,000 sounds and also comes with some great effects, incredible modulation and a very easy-to-use interface considering the power under the bonnet. Synthmaster 2 for under $32/£25 is a steal, simple as that! Get it quick.

Korg Collection:
Was $485.60/£385, now $251/£199
Korg has many of its software synths, both old and new, in the Plugin Boutique sale. They are typically being sold for between $/£50-100 each at between 30 and 50% off. However, depending on what you already own, you might want to simply grab the Korg Collection instead. This delivers over a dozen classic and newer Korg synths, and is only $251/£199 for the lot, a huge saving of nearly 50%. You get some absolute belters too: classic 70s synth emulations like the MS-20 and ARP Odyssey; the Mono/Poly and Polysix from the 1980s; plus the Prophecy, Triton and M1 from the 90s. It's a history of classic Korg synths!

Komplete 14 Select:
Was $199/£179, now $99.50/£89.50
Komplete 14 Select is a fantastic range of top music production software. You get a total of 19 instruments and effects and 15,000 sounds. As NI says, it's everything you need to make music, and more. The instrument highlights are Massive, one of the biggest-sounding and most enduring softsynths. There's also the classic virtual analogue softsynth Monark, and more vintage synth goodness in Retro Machines Mark 2. Traditional instruments are also catered for with The Gentleman upright piano, Drumlab drums, Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass and Vintage Organs. Komplete 14 Select covers pretty much every instrument, then, and also comes with a fabulous suite of effects (including a delay, phaser and reverb) plus nine expansion packs. That's a huge range of software titles at half price!

Line 6 Helix Native: Was $399, now $199
Harness the power of Helix inside your DAW for half price with Sweetwater’s deal. With 60+ amp models, 30+ speaker cabs, over 100 effects and more, you can have multiple instances of Line 6’s award-winning, world-class studio guitar tone at your fingertips. From vintage to modern classics, rare and sought after stompboxes, and the flexibility that a plugin provides over hardware, if you’re recording guitar then Helix Native should already be high on your list. Save $200 and get your plugin instantly.

Artist Subscription: $/£1 month for first two months
With a Loopcloud Artist Subscription you get access to a huge library of over four million samples, 5GB of cloud storage, a huge 1GB welcome pack of samples, and 100 points a month to spend on more sounds. You can upgrade at any time to Loopcloud Studio or Professional for additional sounds, storage and up to 600 credits to spend a month. Now is the time to experience the future of sampling for just £1 a month for the first two months. Usually you would pay £5.99/month.

Amplitube 5 Max: Was $299.99, now $79.99
Save big on Amplitube 5 Max from IK Multimedia this Cyber Monday. For a limited time, you can score a whopping over 70% off its original price! 

Pro Tools Artist annual subscriptions: Save up to $120
Pro Tools is pretty much the industry standard in pro studio environments, but is actually perfectly accessible for serious beginners - especially at these prices.
• Pro Tools Artist - was $99, now $79
• Pro Tools Studio - was $299, now $239
• Pro Tools Ultimate - was $599, now $499

Native Instruments Komplete Start: Free!
The Komplete Start production suite contains a pretty generous selection of instruments and effects. On the instrument side, you get the likes of the Hypha acoustic-electric hybrid, Analog Dreams vintage synth emulator, and Ethereal Earth soundscape generator. Effect highlights include the Raum reverb, Supercharger compressor, Replika delay and Guitar Rig 7 Player. As a further bonus, you also get the EQ plugin from iZotope's Ozone 11.

Total Studio 4 MAX: Was $/€799, now $/€349
Get all the plugins you need to take your music from a spark of inspiration, all the way to a finished, mastered release with IK Multimedia Total Studio 4 Max. With 170 instruments, more than 500 FX and over 640 gigabytes of sample data, it’s a complete solution for composition, mixing and mastering your music with a combined total value of over €14,000. At this price, why are you still reading this article?

Komplete 14 Select:
Was $199/£179, now $99.50/£89.50
Komplete 14 Select is a fantastic range of top music production software. You get a total of 19 instruments and effects and 15,000 sounds. As NI says, it's everything you need to make music, and more. The instrument highlights are Massive, one of the biggest-sounding and most enduring softsynths. There's also the classic virtual analogue softsynth Monark, and more vintage synth goodness in Retro Machines Mark 2. Traditional instruments are also catered for with The Gentleman upright piano, Drumlab drums, Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass and Vintage Organs. Komplete 14 Select covers pretty much every instrument, then, and also comes with a fabulous suite of effects (including a delay, phaser and reverb) plus nine expansion packs. That's a huge range of software titles at half price!

Korg Collection:
Was $485.60/£385, now $251/£199
Korg has many of its software synths, both old and new, in the Plugin Boutique sale. They are typically being sold for between £50-£100 each at between 30 and 50% off. However, depending on what you already own, you might want to simply grab the Korg Collection instead. This delivers over a dozen classic and newer Korg synths, and is only £199 for the lot, a huge saving of nearly 50%. You get some absolute belters too: classic 70s synth emulations like the MS-20 and ARP Odyssey; the Mono/Poly and Polysix from the 1980s; plus the Prophecy, Triton and M1 from the 90s. It's a history of classic Korg synths, saving £186!

Artist Subscription: $/£1 month for first two months
With a Loopcloud Artist Subscription you get access to a huge library of over four million samples, 5GB of cloud storage, a huge 1GB welcome pack of samples, and 100 points a month to spend on more sounds. You can upgrade at any time to Loopcloud Studio or Professional for additional sounds, storage and up to 600 credits to spend a month. Now is the time to experience the future of sampling for just £1 a month for the first two months. Usually you would pay £5.99/month.

UA Capitol Mastering Compressor:
$440.19/£349, now $124.87/£99
If you need a sprinkle of magic dust on your mixes, then one of Universal Audio's newest plugins delivers the pro sound of one of the rarest pieces of studio gear. Capitol Mastering Compressor is an emulation of Capitol Studio’s CM5511 tube compressor, of which only four were built. This compressor plugin can be used to add presence to elements in your mix, or as a more dramatic effect to add colour to drums and other instruments. But its best use is as a mix lifter - it will add a pro sheen to any song and is packed with quality presets to do just that, and it's now half price! Read our full review of this amazing plugin here.

Waves Smack Attack: Was $79, now $29.99
Waves Smack Attack enables boosting or cutting of the attack and release parts of the transients in audio - a drum hit or string pluck, for example - to give them much more impact. Smack Attack is a fantastically useful plugin and does a great job on all sounds with transient components, and particularly well on basses, pianos, guitars and synth plucks. Read our Smack Attack review here.

Antares Auto-Tune Vocal Comp: £179, now £89.50
Auto-Tune Vocal Compressor uses machine learning to choose the best compressor settings for your vocals so is the perfect partner to the regular Auto-Tune for a pro vocal processing experience. It features two compressors, each of which can access four popular compression types including FET, Opto A, Opto B, and Modern. The plugin analyses your audio and comes up with optimum settings depending on which type you have chosen. Then it leaves any further tweaking up to you so you can refine your sound. Like everything Auto-Tune this Cyber Weekend, now is the time to get a copy of Auto-Tune Vocal Compressor at half price!

Antares Auto-Tune Pro X: Was £459, now £229.50
Described by Antares as 'the most advanced Auto-Tune edition ever' Auto-Tune Pro features the most finessed vocal tuning of all 11 Auto-Tune editions. You can process using the more standard Auto Mode or go into more detail with Graph Mode for more precise pitch and time editing.  With a new Multiview Mode that enables you to see the UI from within other plugins, Antares has clearly been focussing on ease of workflow, so Pro is probably the slickest, fastest, and most accurate Auto-Tune out there. And at half price, now could be the time to get 'pro' with your tuning. Read our full Antares Auto-Tune Pro review here. 

Antares Auto-Tune EFX+ 10: Was £229, now £114.50
In many ways, Auto-Tune EFX+ is the ideal all-round Auto-Tune. As well as its legendary Auto-Tune pitch correction capabilities, it is packed with other vocal effects like Breath, Reverb, Echo, Chorus, Compress, Low-pass, and EQ. It has four modular-style effects slots which you can reorder for maximum signal flow versatility, and this latest v10 features a refreshed UI that is resizeable and supports both light and dark modes. Auto-Tune EFX+ 10 gives you the best of all vocal processing worlds, from the legendary Auto-Tune sound to every effect you need for better vocals. 

Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain: $199, $29.99
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, for a very attractive price.

Waves Scheps 73: Was $199, now $27.99
This is an emulation of the preamp and EQ from the iconic Neve 1073, a processor that has been featured on top recordings since the 1970s. You can use this plugin to add a rich analogue warmth to any recording, and it also features settings as used by the Grammy-winning mixing engineer Andrew Scheps, who has worked with Adele, Metallica, and Jay Z among others. With 86% off the original price you can get more reductions if you buy more plugins.

Scheps Omni Channel: Was $149, now $29.99
We've used the Scheps Omni Channel on pretty much every instrument at some point, whether adding a light touch of vibe or totally transforming the properties of a track. It's a 5-module channel strip that features preamp, EQ, de-essing, compressor, and gating, making it a proper Swiss-army knife tool for your productions. There are loads of great presets built into it that make a good starting point for beginners, and if you know your stuff, plenty of options to tweak and shape your sounds.

Renaissance Bass: Was $79.99, now $29.99
With many musicians opting to go the home recording route nowadays, gathering together an arsenal of useful plugins is essential to getting the best possible sound. Waves Renaissance Bass, or R-Bass as it's more commonly known, has been many producers' go-to for a long time now. Designed to enhance low-end instruments like bass guitars, kick drums, and synths, it's an easy-to-use yet powerful plugin that will make your music sound better. It's got an excellent $50 discount over at Waves at the moment, alongside loads of other great plugins.

Waves Infected Mushroom Pusher: $79, now $29.99
Infected Mushroom Pusher is one of Waves' more unusual signature plugins, this time a collaboration with Israeli dance and electronica duo Infected Mushroom. The plugin is an enhancer and limiter/clipper that is designed to improve the sound of pretty much anything - single channels, busses and even full mixes - and it does the job well and in a natural, classy fashion. Basses are bolstered magnificently, mid-range sounds benefit from extra presence, and top-end material is treated to a fabulous sheen. Read our Waves Infected Mushroom Pusher review here.

Scheps Parallel Particles: Was $129, now $29.99
Another Andrew Scheps signature model, the Scheps Parallel Particles plugin is a brilliant option for enhancing the vibe of a particular instrument that isn't quite cutting it in the mix. Based on Scheps' parallel processing tools, it's a fantastic quick fix for any instrument you like be it a synth bassline, a shaker, or a lead part that needs an extra push to the front. We found it incredibly easy to use thanks to the simple interface and it's one of our top choice saturation plugins.

Amplitube 5 Max: Was $299.99, now $79.99
Save big on Amplitube 5 Max from IK Multimedia this Cyber Monday. For a limited time, you can score a whopping over 70% off its original price! 

Tonex Max: Was $299.99, now $79.99
Big Cyber Monday reductions on IK Multimedia’s Tonex Max package. Big the full-featured amp modeling app Tonex Max for only $79.99!  

Line 6 Helix Native: Was $399, now $199
Harness the power of Helix inside your DAW for half price with Sweetwater’s deal. With 60+ amp models, 30+ speaker cabs, over 100 effects and more, you can have multiple instances of Line 6’s award-winning, world-class studio guitar tone at your fingertips. From vintage to modern classics, rare and sought after stompboxes, and the flexibility that a plugin provides over hardware, if you’re recording guitar then Helix Native should already be high on your list. Save $200 and get your plugin instantly.

KV331 Audio Synthmaster 2: Was £94.96, now £24.95
They don't call it Synthmaster for nothing. KV331 Audio's Synthmaster 2 is truly a master of synthesis in one application. It uses a semi-modular approach to deliver all sorts of synthesis types including VA, Additive, Wavetable, Wavescanning, Phase Modulation, FM, Pulse Width Modulation, Ring Modulation, Amplitude Modulation, and Physical Modeling. It is packed with more than 2,000 sounds and also comes with some great effects, incredible modulation and a very easy-to-use interface considering the power under the bonnet. Synthmaster 2 for under £25 is a steal, simple as that! Get it quick.

UA Moog Minimoog: Was £199, now £49
The Moog Minimoog was the synthesizer that changed the music world. The first attainable and cost-effective synth ever made, it was adopted by bands like Kraftwerk and Yes to set a blueprint for both music and keyboard technology from the 1970s to the present day. The Minimoog started the synth revolution and is a hugely in-demand synth even today. But now you can have one for a lot less than the thousands that an original machine would cost! Universal Audio has painstakingly reproduced the Mini in all its glory as a software instrument right down to the original component level, so now you can enjoy all the amazing sounds of the original - without any hardware limitations - in the comfort of your DAW. And at a huge 75% off in the Plugin Boutique sale, now is the time to see and hear why this legendary machine is held in such high regard.

iZotope Neutron 4: Was £243, now £121
iZotope has many deals over at Plugin Boutique at the moment but this is our pick, Neutron 4, a fantastic AI mixing assistant for just half price! Neutron is a brilliant concept which utilises the latest machine learning technology to help you get better mixes, simple as that. You can employ its AI-powered Audio Assistant, now incorporated into the Assistant View, for mixing guides and suggestions, and load in your favourite mixes and have the software mix and match your new material with them. iZotope makes some of the best music production titles out there and they often use AI to take the strain out of some of the most intense processes, and Neutron 4 is among the best! Read our full Neutron 4 review.

Maschine+ bundle: Was £1,019, now £849
Native Instruments has several bundle deals across its amazing Maschine range of grooveboxes but this is a highlight with a big discount on the top end Maschine+. This is Native Instruments’ first all-in-one groovebox, so allows you to sample, sequence, use soft synths, and create music without the need to connect it to a computer. It lets you run famous Native Instruments software titles like FM8 and Massive all within its own OS and is incredibly intuitive to use and easy to create tunes with. In total you get 18 instruments and 37 effects built in and this particular deal also includes 12 expansion packs worth £588 so that's a saving of over £750! Read our full Maschine+ review here.

Buy a Komplete Kontrol keyboard:
Get Komplete 14 Select for free
Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol keyboards are a fantastic way to enjoy any Native Instruments and other NKS compatible software. They let you control instruments and effects in a seamless way, almost like the software is in the keyboard rather than your computer! NI's Cyber Season deals see four Komplete Kontrol keyboards up for grabs, and with each model, the company is throwing in Komplete 14 Select, worth £179, for free. You can take your pick of the smaller M32 (£109) or A25 (£129), or go larger with the A49 (£179) and A61 (£219), but whichever one you choose you get that massive bundle of software thrown in! We reviewed the M32 keyboard here.

Komplete interfaces: From £69 +Komplete Select free
Native Instruments is not only discounting its Komplete audio interfaces this cyber season, but also throwing in Komplete 14 Select, worth £179, for free with each one! There are three models in the deal with the biggest discount on the excellent six-channel Komplete Audio 6. That's reduced from £209 to £149, while Komplete Audio 2 goes from £119 to £89, and Komplete Audio 1 is reduced to £69 from £89. But again the best news is that whichever model you choose, you still get  Komplete 14 Select worth £179 for free! Check out our 5-star review of Komplete Audio 2 here.