Music Software Deals | 23rd May 2025

📰 In This Weeks Newsletter

Native Instruments has started their Summer of Sound sale, lots of goodies on offer! Including 50% off Komplete 15! One discount that has grabbed my attention is 90% off - The Symphony Series Collection - $99. Take a look at all their other deals here!

This sale also include products from iZotope. For this weekend only grab Music Production Suite 7.1 for $349 — Get the definitive collection of iZotope’s intelligent plugins for its lowest price this summer, through Monday May 26. Upgrade from $199 for existing customers. Other deals include — 50% off Ozone 11 mastering suite & 40% off Neutron 5 mixing suite

Finally, This weekend only, Tonal Balance Control 2 is FREE until May 26 (normally $199).

🔥 This Week’s Best Audio Plugin Deals

These are our favourite hand selected deals of the week

• Clarity EQ by Camp David Studio - 70% off ($15 at AudioPluginDeals)

• Safari Power Pack by Safari Pedals - 76% off ($79 at Plugin Alliance)

• SSL 80’s Bundle by Solid State Logic - 90% off ($49.99 at Bestservice)

• MFX Bundle by ALM / Busy Circuits - 56% off ($40 at Plugin Boutique)

• Quadra Synthesizer by Cherry Audio - 51% off ($29 at Bestservice)

• H949 Harmonizer by Eventide - 75% off ($49 at ADSR)

• EastWest’s Forbidden Planet, ICONIC & LO-FI Bundle by EastWest - 71% off ($199 at AudioPluginDeals)

• 254E by Lindell Audio - 80% off ($15 at Plugin Boutique)

• Soothe 2 by Oeksound - 30% off ($139 at Sweetwater)

• LO-FI-AF by Unfiltered Audio - 81% off ($15 at Plugin Boutique)

• Sordina by Libre Wave - 75% off ($26 at VSTBuzz)

🤑Best Deals Under $10

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

• Zip by Unfiltered Audio - 81% off ($10 at Plugin Boutique)

• Special Flute by GSamples - 55% off ($9 at Pulse Audio)

• WOW Drumkit by Function Loops - 98% off ($8.95 at Pulse Audio)

• TRIAD by Unfiltered Audio - 90% off ($10 at Plugin Boutique)

• Dulcimer by GSamples - 55% off ($9 at Pulse Audio)

💸Best Freebies

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

• Blueprint: Electric Strings by Fracture Sounds Requires Kontakt Player 8 (available at Fracture Sounds)

• AIR Multiband Filterbank by Air Music Tech Requires sign up  (available at Air Music Tech)

🎹 New Releases

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

• UVI has released Click. A hybrid UI and foley designer for film, games, apps, music and more. Combining a massive library of expertly recorded mechanical sounds with a flexible multi-layer sample engine, integrated synthesis, powerful 5-lane arpeggiator, and studio-grade effects. Click delivers an advanced and inspiring toolkit for sound designers, composers, and audio creatives of all kinds. - 47% off [$79 at UVI]

• Sonuscore has released The Score Essentials. A fresh chapter in modern film composing. With 45 dynamic “Stories” and a curated set of orchestral tools, this library delivers everything needed to craft emotional, story-driven music—without technical distractions or creative detours. [$99 at Bestservice]

• DRC - Dynamic Range Controller is the latest release from PSP Audioware. A powerful dynamic processor plug-in inspired by the iconic DBX 118 — not a direct emulation, but a modern reimagining with expanded features. It offers advanced compression and expansion across the entire dynamic range, giving you detailed, musical control over your audio - 38% off [$58.20 at Gear4music]

• Majetone has released Dream Kit: Zenith, A drum synth but not really. Includes 120 Waveforms, 120 unique performances derived from drums, Nuts and bolts, Lugs, Tuning Rods, Floor Tom Legs, Shells, Heads, Drums, Toms, Snares, Cymbals, Pedals and Stands, Percussion, Rims all deeply multisampled with up to 38 velocity layers, multiple round robins to interesting one shots and everything in between - 40% off [$120 at Pulse Audio]

• Vienna Symphonic Library has released Synchron Special Brass. Whether you’re looking for the subdued brilliance of a muted trumpet ensemble or the distinctive presence of a muted solo trumpet, Synchron Special Brass delivers unique brass colors and extended registers. Expertly performed by top-tier musicians of the Vienna Synchron Orchestra, this collection captures the full expressive range of these extraordinary instruments – from contrabass tuba to piccolo trumpet. Use code SPECIALBRASS15 at checkout to get 15% off the already discounted introductory price - 23% off STD edition [$524 at Bestservice] Full library - [$860 at Bestservice]

• New from IK Multimedia - Brown Sound 78/79 Signature Collection. At the heart of the Brown Sound 78/79 collection is “The ONE” — a meticulously crafted Marshall-style amp built from the ground up with the exact same spec as the infamous 1968 Super Lead serial number #12301, including crucial mods that capture the DNA of the early brown sound like no other amp model - 20% off [$79.99 at Plugin Boutique]

🕵️‍♂️Most Popular Searched Products

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

1. Metric AB by ADPTR AUDIO [Details]

2. Soothe 2 by Oeksound [Details]

3. Xpand! 2 by Air Music Tech [Details]

4. AmpliTube 5 MAX v2 by IK Multimedia [Details]

5. RC-20 Retro Color by XLN Audio [Details]

6. Venus Theory Bundle by Lunacy [Details]

7. EZdrummer 3 by Toontrack [Details]

8. Mega Bundle by Stormwave Audio [Details]

9. Claro by Sonnox [Details]

10. Bloom by Oeksound [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