Music Software Deals | 16th January 2026

📰 In This Weeks Newsletter

After a quiet couple of weeks post holiday sales, we have a stacked newsletter with lots of new releases, great deals and some fantastic freebies.

Firstly, Fabfilter has released Pro C3!! Featuring a robust dynamics engine offering 14 compression styles across Modern, Classic, and Utility categories, with six all-new algorithms that push the plug-in into fresh creative directions. In addition, it provides Character modes with integrated analog saturation, along with enhanced side-chain EQ filtering inspired by Pro-Q curves. Check it out here! - Upgrade option is available here.

Excite Audio has released another installment to their Bloom series - bloom palette modular. A sample-based instrument that distills the character of high-end Eurorack modules from makers like Mutable Instruments, Make Noise, ALM Busy Circuits, and others, giving you access to authentic modular synth sounds without the usual complexity. Four different purchase options, including a lite version. Take a look here.

Last bit of news before some deals, Waves announced Curves Resolve and are giving it away for free, sign up to get access on January 19th.

🔥 This Week’s Best Audio Plugin Deals

• SSL X-Delay & X-Echo Bundle by Solid State Logic - 91% off ($34.99 at Plugin Boutique)

• Ocean Way Studios Deluxe by Universal Audio - 20% off ($199 at Plugin Boutique)

• Sci-Fi Sound Effects Bundle by Stormwave Audio - 90% off ($19.99 at AudioPluginDeals)

• Elysia Phil’s Cascade by Elysia - 68% off ($39.99 at Plugin Alliance)

• Genesis Pads In Motion by Sample Logic - 65% off ($87 at Pulse Audio)

• Icewave by Moonwave - 77% off ($29.80 at ADSR)

• Parallax by Moonwave - 77% off ($29.80 at ADSR)

• PRIPYAT Pianos by Strix Instruments - 92% off ($14.99 at Pulse Audio)

• Ambient Soundware by Zero-G - 75% off ($17.50 at Zero-G)

• Tekno by Baby Audio - 39% off ($79 at Plugin Boutique)

• Pianoverse MAX by IK Multimedia - 66% off ($99 at Plugin Boutique)

• InstaComposer 3 by W.A.Production - 76% off ($29 at Loot Audio)

• Full Collection by G Samples - 76% off ($120 at Pulse Audio)

🤑Best Deals Under $10

Cash strapped? These are the best deals for under 10 bucks!

• Finisher BOOST by UJAM - 92% off ($5 at Plugin Boutique)

• Virtual Bassist: Dandy by UJAM - 92% off ($10 at Loot Audio)

• Dark Memories - LoFinity by Xenos Soundworks - 80% off ($5 at Loot Audio)

• Kangling by Strix Instruments - 90% off ($8.90 at Loot Audio)

💸Best Freebies

Our current favourite free plugins, sample libraries and sample packs:

• UAD 610 Pre-Amp Collection by Universal Audio (Account Needed) (available at Plugin Boutique)

• Orbit by Phantom Sounds (Email Required) (available at Phantom Sounds)

🎹 New Releases

This is our selection of the best new audio plugin releases this week

• Korg has released Filter Ark. From classic Korg MS-20, Polysix, ARP Odyssey and MicroKorg filters, to experimental tools like Morphing Filter, Waveguide, IR filtering, Spectrum Tracer and Modal resonators, Filter Ark is packed with both vintage character and futuristic sound design potential 50% off [$49 at Plugin Boutique]

• Noiseworks has released VoiceAssist. A smart assistant for clean, consistent vocal and dialogue editing. AI-powered denoising, dereverberation, frequency recovery, leveling, breath and sibilance control — plus many more tools - 33% off [$199 at Loot Audio]

• United Plugins has released DuoFlux. A cutting-edge dual-modulation plugin designed to elevate your mixes and add depth to your soundscapes. With two independent modulation units packed into one plugin, Duoflux offers unparalleled flexibility and creative control, making it the ultimate tool for any producer or sound designer 81% off - [$15 at Plugin Boutique]

• Triumph Audio has released Kev’s Drum Kit. “We threw up a pair of stereo mics in our tight drum room, pointed them at a no-nonsense Ludwig kit, and hit record. That’s it. The sound you get is exactly what a drum kit is meant to sound like: raw, basic, honest, and ready to go. Garage band energy. Punk attitude. Simple, clean, and totally shapeable” - 51% off [$29.99 at Pulse Audio]

• Solid State Logic has released SLL autoSeries. The first plug-ins to combine the legendary analogue character of the SSL 4000 console with sonible's industry-leading Al-assisted audio analysis. Includes autoBUS, autoDYN & autoEQ ($49 individually) - 34% off [$99 at Plugin Boutique]

• Eduardo Tarilonte has released Dark ERA 2. Deep drums, long drones, and expressive voices evolve into music that opens space and carries tension. Dark ERA 2 is designed to build atmosphere, shape movement, and guide scenes musically - from subtle tension to powerful, driving moments [$259 at Bestservice] [22% off - Crossgrade $139 at Bestservice]

• e-instruments has released Velvet guitars. Elevating classic guitar tones with a warm, emotive glow. From gentle sustains to imaginative soundscapes such as toothbrush-played strings and bowed, evolving textures, it offers a uniquely emotional palette of sounds 33% off - [$99 at Plugin Boutique]

🕵️‍♂️Most Popular Searched Products

This week, the most popularly searched products on MSD were as follows

1. Drifter by W.A. Production [Details]

2. Diva by u-he [Details]

3. Soothe 2 by Oeksound [Details]

4. SSL autoSeries Bundle by Solid State Logic [Details]

5. Metric AB by ADPTR AUDIO [Details]

6. Aurora by iZotope [Details]

7. 32Classic Channel by Harrison Consoles [Details]

8. Tekno by Baby Audio [Details]

9. Tape-201 by Arturia [Details]

10. Tape J-37 by Arturia [Details]

That’s this week’s best music software deals around the web. Here’s a silly meme to brighten up your day. Until next week!

Josh