BEST Black Friday VST Plugin Deals in 2023🔥🎛

If you are a music producer, Black Friday and Cyber Monday is often the time when there are the best deals on premium and 3rd party plugins, software, samples and presets. LINKS BELOW 👇
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00:00 - Intro
00:45 - SOUND GENERATION
@NativeInstruments - 49% Off - t.ly/f11Q4
@uheplugins Diva - 50% off - t.ly/oGPOZ
@ArturiaOfficial - 50% off - t.ly/PsEEm
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@revealsound Spire - 50% off - t.ly/4O4A9
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02:46 - EFFECTS
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@sonnoxplugins - up to 76% off - t.ly/e-LIx
@Cableguys Only $89 - bit.ly/3Eyysfz
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09:07 - SOUNDS
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@loopmasters Loopmasters -
2 months of Loopcloud for $2 - bit.ly/33CqJuR
10:32 - DAWs:
@Ableton Live 20% off - t.ly/fA8zT
@FL_STUDIO - 25% off - t.ly/TgCM6
10:57 - AUDIO INTERFACES
Scarlett 2i2 - 10% off - t.ly/mX-wu
Apollo Twin - 20% off - t.ly/R97L8
12:12 - HEADPHONES
@sennheiser HD 650s - 40% off - t.ly/1snXB
12:29 - MONITORING:
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@GenelecMusicChannel 8010 AP - 25% off - t.ly/JwjPH
@t.akustik Audio Treatment Kit - t.ly/Z3Usd
@SoundID Reference - coming soon!
13:46 - FURNITURE
@FlexiSpot Chair BS8 - 35% off - t.ly/dhVbx
@FlexiSpot Standing Desk E8 - 30% off - t.ly/XpIc7
14:33 - EDUCATION
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[@EDMTips]

Fess up, everyone, what have you bought so far? :) 👇

[@adammason1587]

Music theory courses, its not for everyone, but I like to understand everything at a super granular level and the more advanced aspects of music theory, im missing.

[@TwoJeyy]

Upgraded to suite and i got fabfilter pro Q3 and Saturn 2 on discount today👌

[@1sleezballdude]

Again great video! Thank you for these great tips! Very useful especially the plugin section. - Already pre ordered Live 12, that was the easy one. A no-brainer. In the end I'd buy it anyway somewhere next year so that was an offer I couldn't refuse. - I was already scanning for a great deal on an UA Apollo Twin X HE and crossed the Thomann deal, that'll be probably the deal it's gonna be. - For a mic I'm in doubt. Should I go for the dynamic Shure SM7B or a membrane mic which one I've not decided yet. - And for a new set of headphones I'd like to tryout the Focal Listen Professional. They seem comfy for several hours in a row and the specs and reviews are impressive. But I'm still not really sure, Beyerdynamics DT770 looks very promissing too. Just as several AKG's. Sennheisers... Choices, choices, doubts and more choices ...

[@ZeroKami86]

8Dio: Claire Woodwind Bundle, Majestica Ultra + Lacrimosa Bundle Baby Audio: Transit Excite Audio: Motion Harmonic inMusic: BFD3 Audio Ollie: Complete Bundle Really hoping Spectrasonics participates in Black Friday this year (if they did last year I missed it). Love Trillian and hoping to pick up Omnisphere and possibly Keyscape as well! On the fence for ShapeBox & Soundtoys, those may have to wait til next year... but we shall see!

[@nicreid4802]

Diva! 😍

[@crazyfluke]

Thanks Will! This vid is bang on, not just what's cheap, but what you can do with each plugin and why it will help your production. Most of the other Black Friday producer vids don't consider this. Bravo Sir 👏

[@EDMTips]

Thank you, I am really glad you liked it! Itried to make it as useful as I could but focus on the deals we currently have :)

[@biomass3850]

U r very professional talent sharing all these ideas and techniques on your channel. Happy Holidays and new creative ideas!

[@EDMTips]

Thank you so much, and right back at you!

[@davidmcginnis16]

Thanks Will your a true professional with these vids man. I do plan to join your course at some point. Been producing about 2.5 years now just starting to get clean mixes but my song structuring is terrible. Anyway really enjoy your content always great info and you teach it very well. Thanks man 😀

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome, David, we'll be stoked ot have you onboard! I have a lot planned in 2024 so now is the time to join :) Have you picked up any deals this week yet?

[@davidmcginnis16]

Thanks Will I’ll look forward to joining Hopefully soon. I haven’t actually grabbed anything from Black Friday yet. Will have a good look this weekend. Thanks again Will 😎😀

[@froschkonig1084]

exactly the video I needed! thanks 🫡🫡🫡

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome! Let me know what you decide to get this week :)

[@ed_ms]

I got a lot of your recommendations in the past few years on Black Fridays. This year it will be a very budget friendly Black Friday. So far I just bought the Reverb Shaper add-on for Shaperbox, and the Ableton 12 upgrade.

[@heracles3523]

What contribution does Shaperbox make to Live (Shaper MIDI...) ?

[@EDMTips]

Good choices, Ed! Ableton improved on their workflow and l look forward to seeing 12 🙂

[@ed_ms]

@@heracles3523 It's an all in one effects suite with a user friendly interface. Not specific to Live but in any DAW

[@DrVimto]

that dereverb ... never heard of them before.. useful and i hear how well it works.. might be adding to the list..

[@EDMTips]

You will love it! 🙌🏻

[@DrVimto]

it may also come in handy, if i'd mastered something with a fraction too much reverb, if it doesnt ruin the rest of the mix down.@@EDMTips

[@mickharrison90]

Great vid. Always get bogged down when it comes to black Friday. The komplete looks best for me (love my strings)

[@EDMTips]

They offer lush sounds 😊

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

Nice breakdown thanks 🫡

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! Anything you're picking up this week?

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

@@EDMTips Some new budget monitors.

[@mixedinkey]

We have 50% off for Black Friday on Mixed In Key, Captain Plugins, Human and all related products 👍

[@EDMTips]

I will add this to the description now! :)

[@jackc8120]

Mixedinkey best customer service on the planet. I am so loyal to them. Love james!!!

[@ZeroKami86]

I'd love to see some of these websites collab with various musicians, producers, and content creators to build bundles that represent their favorites in various different tiers in terms of affordability

[@EDMTips]

That’s a great idea!

[@gsahookah599]

Hi, I'm a new sub to your channel. I'm enjoying learning so much, thank you. I have a quick question though, I noticed that in your "My Audio Gear" above, neither one of the listed Midi Keyboards are still manufactured/available. Are you actually using those older versions currently, or, have you upgraded but have not had time to update your list? Thanks again mate, great channel.

[@EDMTips]

Thanks for spotting this, I've updated the links in the description. Arturia is definitely still doing Lab 61 and AKAI now has an upgraded version, but I am still using the previous model as it doesn't make any difference :)

[@henryinnes11]

Purchasing the discounted Sound Toys bundle is the only non-regret that I've had in my life.

[@EDMTips]

You have a very non-regretful life then! 🙂

[@iammusicp]

Soundtoys are a must-have.

[@EDMTips]

They have really good plugins, that can make a difference!

[@djstevekelley]

Great video and thanks. Your desk and just out of interest, how and where do your speakers sit? Would love to see please :)

[@EDMTips]

Great question! The speakers are on stands just behind my table :)

[@djstevekelley]

@EDMTips thought so and thanks. Would love to see. Love your videos thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@blacktea4835]

Thank you

[@EDMTips]

You’re welcome, hope it was helpful 🙂🙌🏻🙏🏻

[@brokko_le3]

U-he did have a sale before, at Native Instruments. I bought Zebra legacy then. Powerful plugin, but quite the complex one. This time I got Hive2 and already love it. I also noticed Dune 3 was on sale, which is an amazing sounding synth, but still pricey. Also my very first non-free synth: Synthmaster 2 is 80% off. A truly underrated gem. Great for those on a budget.

[@EDMTips]

If I remeber correctly they did have a sale on Zebra only last year, and had 10% off on other plugins. They haven't had 50% off last year, or year before. Seems like you're collecting all synths you can get your hands on 🙂

[@Chalisque]

@@EDMTips They've had 50% off on u-he twice: the first time I grabbed Hive and Diva and Repro, along with Colour Copy and Twangstrom.

[@Chalisque]

Dune 3 is so tempting, but I have to be strong, and spend time learning the plugins I've already got.

[@Lol_Pig]

Shaperbox has so much to offer. Became my favorite tool.

[@EDMTips]

I couldn't agree more 🙂🙌🏻

[@pptk]

I bought it this weekend and really liking it so far.

[@BorisBeing]

So if I get shaperbox would I need LFO tool by Xfer?

[@Chalisque]

@@BorisBeing No. I also like with Shaperbox how you can trigger things with audio (signal or sidechain) or midi. I also have KickStart, which has a quicker workflow for the specific case of sidechaining to a kick (and can be triggered by midi). I love this in Reaper. Midi routing in Ableton sucks by comparison.

[@photicsonar]

Shaperbox is pure gold! I can't live without it.

[@slippyg]

Great vid bud

[@EDMTips]

Thank you, I am glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻

[@1loveMusic2003]

I love cla vocals too.

[@EDMTips]

Good choice! 🙂

[@FaintOnline]

Will you do a review of the genelec monitors? :)

[@EDMTips]

I can do it right now: they are great! Neumanns are great too! 🙂

[@sonicindustries227]

Not bought anything in this year's BF - so far. Got my eye on Gravity 2 (for sound design) though not sure it's going to be featured in any sales as it's only recently been released. Had some really good SSL plugins of late which came with the hardware (UF8, UF1 & UC1). Sort of tempted by some of the U-he stuff but Massive X is covering most of my complex synth duties

[@EDMTips]

Thanks for letting me know! Sometimes it's good to stick with wehat you know and learn them first :)

[@sonicindustries227]

For sure Will. Massive X (& Alchemy) are rabbit holes I’m still exploring

[@patricklaurin7272]

Thinking of grabbing the Izotope Mix & master bundle...wondering what's your take on it

[@EDMTips]

My take is take it! :)

[@patricklaurin7272]

Thanks, i took it 🙃@@EDMTips

[@juntjackson2647]

This is a wonderful video! But I have some questions. I just started to study music production for EDM, melodic dubstep more specifically. I bought the Ableton Live 11 recently and want to make full preparations for my journey. However, I got stuck by choosing headphones. I have the budget for both the Sennheiser 650 and 660S2, I think the 660S2 was published later, but I don't know if it is better than the 650 or if it is more suitable for EDM music production for new bees like me?

[@EDMTips]

Great question! I haven't used 660S2, but 650 do everything I need them too and I have two pairs in case somethin happens to the first one 🙂

[@juntjackson2647]

@@EDMTips got it! Thank you so much for replying❤️

[@harryandrews3347]

I am in my first year of producing (again) I picked up decapitator as Ive seen basically everyone using it and I am utilising/understanding importance of saturation. also picked up universal audio bundle for £40 which has £350 worth of plugins (apparently XD) is there any others I should pickup? maybe a transient shaper or distortion plugin? any recommendations welcome. Love the channel keep up the good work

[@EDMTips]

Hey Harry, my recommendations are in the video and in the description of it :) I also tried to explain why I recommend them and what you can do with them, so watch the video and make your choices then! :)

[@harryandrews3347]

@@EDMTips sorry will, I wasn't trying to be that Annoying guy, I've watched the vid and have taken the advice , my question was more aimed at other ex Newbies - if they had particular plugins that changed things for them drastically but thanks for the reply :) xxxx

[@justinbeck4197]

Hi Will, I know you've done an organic house session before. But can you do one with a "world" or "Middle Eastern" Cafe de Anatolia feel?

[@EDMTips]

Thanks for the suggestion, I will add this to my list! 🙌🏻

[@justinbeck4197]

@@EDMTips Awesome, will watch for it

[@AndiNovaOfficial]

Went with the Sennheiser HD 650, even tho I got AKG 712pro and ATH r70x, already haha. Price's hot!

[@EDMTips]

Totoally agree! Hope you'll like them :)

[@ChtilaRayen1130]

For you Which good akg k702 or hd650 for mix Master i test the frequencies in sonaworx and i feel comfortable with the k702 what is your opinion about that

[@EDMTips]

I love my HD650 and trust Sennheiser to last for ages but you have to choose the headphones that are working for YOU.

[@creativetrance1]

I just ordered pair of Adam A7V, because got a great deal. 998€ for a pair from a small vendor. It was their last one : )

[@EDMTips]

Nice one! I have a pair of those, and they are good!

[@viktorplevnes9958]

Awesome video as always...anyone has some desktop cases to offer? I want to get some stuff for my Microfreak and Roland TR6S, I want them lifted a bit haha...I saw analogcases have good new XTS ones but maybe the good people of this channel know something better?

[@EDMTips]

This is a great question, I would love an answer too :) I played with Microfreak at ADE this year, really nice!

[@shadowmaniac78]

Hey Will, which display monitor do you recommend?

[@EDMTips]

I am using a 27 inch one but if you want to go wide, you can do that too!

[@conorjake-rw1ct]

I am going to buy them all !😂

[@ivanzu2069]

What's that track you're working on? Is it released? Really digging it 😊

[@EDMTips]

Not released yet but it will be soon 🙂

[@ianriddle9502]

Just to let you know. If you buy any of the Komplete 14 packages Ozone 10 Standard comes with it

[@EDMTips]

Nice one, Ian, thanks for the tip 👌🏻

[@axxojaxx2510]

I'm waiting for the Liquidsonics reverbs to go on sale. Seventh Heaven Pro and Cinematic Rooms. 😃

[@EDMTips]

Nice one! I will check them out today :)

[@axxojaxx2510]

​​@@EDMTipsThe sale is up now in case you are still interested. 🎶😀🎵 Got my copy and can't wait to make good use of it. 😁

[@rudolfschalke9697]

What is better for mixing, Sennheiser HD600 or HD650?

[@EDMTips]

I love my HD650 and would recommend them any time of the day!

[@dj_Davepz]

Trackspacer! 👌

[@EDMTips]

Ah, nice addition!

[@Chalisque]

I grabbed the Ableton upgrade. I was on 10, and 11 didn't offer enough. But it was getting annoying that all the templates and tutorials used 11. I'll probably skip 13 in the same way. Likewise I upgrade V Collection to the even versions, so I'll skip 9, and get 10 when they do a 1/2 price offer on it. I have Arturia FX 2, and FX 4 doesn't add enough, yet. So I'll wait for FX 5 at least. I have the Korg collection that has Triton Extreme, and won't upgrade that for a few versions either. I should be disciplined and learn to use the stuff I've already got, rather than lusting after stuff I haven't. But plugin addiction is a serious addiction.

[@EDMTips]

This is a really good strategy, thanks for sharing! I believe Shaperbox has an unreal upgrade this week, cost only $39!

[@Chalisque]

@@EDMTipsI did the 'complete your collection' thing when ReverbShaper dropped. I already have SB3 and FSXL, so adding MidiShaper (that I've yet to use) and Curve for not a lot made sense. I've yet to use ReverbShaper either. (When I next have a go at Synthwave, I'll see how good ReverbShaper is at producing gated reverb, using its audio triggering.)

[@Chalisque]

@@EDMTipsI didn't realise the 50% off at uhe was for everything. I've grabbed Filterscape and I'm contemplating ACE. I've got everything else except presswork and the tape thingy (the tape thingy I couldn't hear the difference, and I have too many vintage compressors already).

[@andrewdickinson1981]

Just purchased the "become a music making machine" and "loudness masterclass". Bargain sir... Definitely struggle.just getting out of the loop so hopefully this does the job. Many Thanks for the BF discount.

[@EDMTips]

You’re welcome, Andrew, and catch you inside the Academy! Don’t forget to share what you’ve got after a 7-day challenge :)

[@mystikrebel1089]

lets see which deals are the best and needed

[@EDMTips]

Are you after anyhting specific?

[@mystikrebel1089]

@@EDMTips Soothe 2 has my interest on the vocal front

[@EDMTips]

I'd check back later on it, I think they do deals closer to Friday 🙌🏻

[@DjSimplyNice]

@Will does Serum ever go on sale?

[@EDMTips]

Grady question! I am afraid not. Your best bet is rent to buy scheme, maybe via Splice

[@DjSimplyNice]

@@EDMTips OK Thanks Will

[@biggbudd8364]

Synapse audio dune 3 is on offer to until 29th nov

[@EDMTips]

Cheers, I will add them to my list :)

[@bobrv8]

Diddly Squat Will ..... very restrained ... so far! 🤣

[@EDMTips]

Am I? 😎

[@rnahm]

Woohooo

[@EDMTips]

🙂🙌🏻

[@chrisssmith92]

I currently have FF Pro Q and Saturn 2, could buy Pro R Pro C and Pro L for around 250. But are they worth it if I’m only a year into producing and not currently releasing music? I just have major FOMO missing the sale and having to wait a year

[@EDMTips]

I'd wait till you master what you already have and focus on learning what Ableton has to offer first, if I were you :)

[@djchemie]

I just got myself a KORG Minilogue XD so no plugins for me 🤣

[@EDMTips]

Nice choice! Will we hear lush chords in your next track? 🙂

[@djchemie]

@@EDMTips I hope so! I am planning to slowly find my own sound in 2024. This was the first step.

[@bertonsierens861]

presonus one is 30% off right now

[@EDMTips]

Thanks for the heads up, I will add it to the list :)

[@SwagHyde]

it's just nuts to me how everything is so expensive with music production i do a bunch of other digital art and a lot more stuff is free or it's like under 50 dollars

[@EDMTips]

A lot of plugins still come under 50 dollars with a discount

[@JayM928]

I’m into many things both professionally and as a hobby, and music production is easily one of the most expensive (and least justifiable, for me) of any tools/toys I work/play with. It’s also one of the easiest things to be fooled into thinking some purchases will improve your craft. Very few things actually make stuff better directly, if it’s something worth buying, it usually just makes it easier for me to do what I need. That efficiency gain is what indirectly leads to faster improvement. I spend less time fighting less-efficient tools. It’s like a screwdriver versus a drill versus a cordless drill.

[@MoveTrueRecords_]

Appropriate you always man.

[@MoveTrueRecords_]

I been subbed for a while btw lol

[@EDMTips]

Thanks as always for watching and supporting the channel 🙂

Vocal ai ;)

[@EDMTips]

Ah, good addition! I think Vocalfy is on offer now :)

[@theandroids]

Dude you are commiting a sin only using the M1 for 2 sounds. So many cool sounds in there that people look over. Shame on you 😂

[@jimmythegent9190]

Ever going to make a MELODIC TECHNO Song Structure video like the EDM one you made 2 yrs ago? Blessings! @edmtips