The holidays are less than a week away. Here is our list of the best Christmas 2020 plugin deals and freebies for this holiday season!
We listed the top holiday season deals on VST plugins, music production software, digital audio workstations, and more. Browse the list to find the perfect gift for yourself, a friend, or a family member who is into music production.
The list has three main sections: Software Deals (including audio plugins and digital audio workstations), Soundware Deals (soundbanks, sample packs, and Kontakt libraries), and Freebies.
As always, the no-brainer deals are highlighted in red, and the best value deals are highlighted in yellow. The discount codes (where applicable) are bold.
Also, be sure to check the comments section. BPB readers often post some epic deal suggestions (thanks for your support ❤️)!
Ok, here are the best Christmas 2020 plugin deals!
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Software Deals – Holiday Season 2020
- Plugin Boutique runs hundreds of epic deals this holiday season. Even better, you will get a free compressor plugin with any purchase!
- iZotope Insight 2 Flash Sale (🔥80% OFF)
- Softube Holiday Sale (💡60% OFF, prices from $9)
- KiloHearts Toolbox ULTIMATE Sale (40% OFF)
- KV331 End of Year Sale (50% OFF)
- Bitwig 3 Winter Sale (33% OFF)
- Plugin Boutique RADIO Sale (75% OFF)
- Loopmasters Bass Master + Expansions Sale (44% OFF)
- Arturia V Collection 8 Sale (16% OFF)
- Eventide Holiday Sale (75% OFF)
- DJ Swivel BDE Sale (50% OFF)
- iZotope Holiday Sale (🔥95% OFF)
- D16 Group Holiday Sale (40% OFF)
- SoundSpot Holiday Sale (95% OFF)
- Plugin Boutique StereoSavage Sale (50% OFF)
- Vengeance Sound Holiday Sale (40% OFF)
- Ultimate MIDI Bundle Sale (95 % OFF)
- Deluxe Vocal Bundle Sale (95 % OFF)
- Soundtoys Holiday Sale (💡73% OFF)
- Positive Grid Holiday Sale (50% OFF)
- Baby Audio Spaced Out Sale (43% OFF)
- sonible Holiday Sale (44% OFF)
- Kuassa Audio End Of Year Sale (50% OFF)
- UJAM Holiday Sale (🔥 starts at $9)
- iZotope Music Production Suite 4 Sale (50% OFF)
- iZotope Holiday Bundle Sale (95% OFF)
- Exponential Audio PhoenixVerb Sale (90% OFF)
- Loopmasters KHORDS + Expansions Sale (44% OFF)
- ROLI Studio Holiday Sale (50% OFF)
- FXpansion Holiday Sale (50% OFF)
- Sound Particles Sale (35% OFF)
- Plugin Boutique Carbon Electra Sale (40% OFF)
- Synchro Arts End Of Year Sale (50% OFF)
- United Plugins End Of Year Sale (55% OFF)
- Plugin Boutique BigKick Sale (40% OFF)
- Cherry Audio Holiday Sale (💡75% OFF)
- McDSP Holiday Sale (75% OFF)
- Melda Production Eternal Madness Sale (50% OFF)
- Initial Audio Holiday Sale (🔥80% OFF)
- Future Audio Workshop SubLab Sale (43% OFF)
- Voxengo End of Year Sale (30% OFF)
- PluginFox offers dozens of deals on professional audio software.
- discoDSP Holiday Sale (40% OFF)
- Wholegrain Digital Systems Sale (33% OFF)
- Synthology Winter Sale (24% OFF)
- Boz Digital Labs Winter Sale (🔥80% OFF)
- EastWest Sounds Holiday Sale (60% OFF)
- Audiofier Winter Sale (50% OFF)
- Eventide Holiday Sale (75% OFF)
- KiloHearts Select Plugins Sale (33% OFF)
- Overloud Holiday Sale (55% OFF)
- ProjectSAM End Of Year Sale (35% OFF)
- Rob Papen Go2 Sale (50% OFF)
- Steven Slate Drums Holiday Deals (💡67% OFF)
- Applied Acoustic Systems Winter Sale (66% OFF)
- Fuse Audio Labs runs a sitewide 50% OFF sale until January 10th, 2021. Apply the coupon code XMAS20 at checkout to get the discount.
- Image-Line launched the FL Studio 20 End Of Year SALE with massive discounts on one of the most popular digital audio workstations.
- Ableton is offering a 20% OFF discount on all Ableton Live versions and upgrades. Purchase now and get a free Ableton Live 11 upgrade.
- BABY Audio runs a 44% OFF intro deal on the newly released Spaced Audio multi-effect plugin.
- 💡VALUE! Native Instruments launched a 60% OFF sale on U-He software (only NKS-compatible plugins are included). We rarely get an opportunity to get U-He plugins at such a discount.
- Polyverse runs an up to 33% OFF sale on select software plugins until January 4th, 2021.
- Plugin Alliance launched the XMAS Callendar Sale earlier this month, with up to 90% OFF in discounts on their best-selling plugins. New deals are added every day until Christmas. Be sure to sign up for their mailing list to receive the discount codes.
- 🎄GIFTS! Reverb.com published the Holiday Buying Guide for music producers with some great gift ideas.
- VSTBuzz launched a 60% OFF deal on the BUTE Loudness Analyser Stereo plugin by Signum Audio.
- Time+Space runs the Christmas sale with up to 87% OFF on individual products and bundles. Spend at least $10 or more to get the AAS Solids Chromaphone 3 pack for free. There’s also a 73% OFF deal on Zero-G Inspiring Guitars.
- Toontrack launched the Toontrack Holiday Sales with a range of deals on virtual instruments and expansions. Buy EZdrummer 2 and get a free EZX of your choice. Thanks to our reader Mr. T. for the tip!
- Akai Pro recently launched a Holiday Sale with massive discounts on sound libraries and AIR virtual instruments. Get a no-brainer 90% OFF deal on timeWARP2600 and the SONiVOX synthesizer bundle. Thanks to Numanoid for the tip.
- 💡VALUE! Black Rooster Audio runs a 75% OFF deal on the Vocal Mix Essentials and Drum Mix Essentials bundles. Thanks to Lesha for the tip.
- Reason Studios launched the Season Of Reason sale with a 30% OFF deal on Reason and up to 70% OFF in discounts on Rack Extensions.
- Sugar Bytes is running a sitewide sale until January 4th. Get up to 60% OFF individual plugins and plugin bundles.
- Audio Assault launched an 85% OFF deal on the Multi Transient v2 plugin (get it for $7 instead of $49.99).
- Steinberg offers a 30% OFF deal on the Cubasis mobile digital audio workstation. Get an additional 50% OFF discount on all in-app purchases.
- Kazrog offers the Synth Warmer plugin for $4.99 (the regular price is $29.99) until January 1st, 2021.
- Waves Audio launches the 60% OFF everything sale. Use the coupon code YE60 to apply the discount to your order. Get a cashback reward when you spend $50 or more.
- Martinic launched a 50% OFF deal on all products until December 26th, 2020.
Soundware Deals – Holiday Season 2020
- 🔥HOT! Perry Frank offers a $250 OFF discount on the Ultimate Guitar Bundle sound collection (only $49 after discount). Use the coupon code XMAS2020 to get the deal.
- Free To Use Sounds launched the Christmas Deal. Get the complete discography containing 334 sound libraries (+700GB) for just $12 when you apply the coupon code HAPPYHOLIDAY at checkout.
- Plugin Boutique offers a wide range of deals on premium sample packs and sound libraries for NI Kontakt.
- Loopmasters Christmas Sale (50% OFF)
- Glitchmachines Sci-Fi Bundle Sale (🔥90% OFF)
- Glitchmachines Found Sound Bundle Sale (90% OFF)
- Glitchmachines Impact Sound Bundle Sale (90% OFF)
- Big Fish Audio Holiday Sale (40% OFF)
- Cinematique Instruments Holiday Sale (30% OFF)
- RawCutz Coffee Breaks Six Sale (43% OFF)
- Diginoiz Subdivine Bass Expansion Sale (33% OFF)
- Wavelet Audio Winter Sale (57% OFF)
- Audiority Omnisphere Total Bundle Sale (50% OFF)
- AudioThing Kontakt Bundle Sale (75% OFF)
- Audiority Kontakt Instruments Sale (60% OFF)
- Plugin Boutique Serum Presets Bundle Sale (71% OFF)
- LP24 Serum Presets Christmas Sale (50% OFF)
- Resonance Sound Synth Presets Sale (50% OFF)
- SoundSpot Serum Preset Box Sale (70% OFF)
- Loopmasters launched dozens of sales on individual sound libraries and product bundles.
- Vocals & Chops Bundle Sale (🔥80% OFF)
- Trap & Modern Hip-Hop Bundle (70% OFF)
- Techno Bundle Holiday Sale (80% OFF)
- LoFi Hip-Hop Bundle Sale (70% OFF)
- Rawstyle Bundle Sale (80% OFF)
- Minimal Bundle Holiday Sale (85% OFF)
- Drum Bass Bundle Holiday Sale (70% OFF)
- Tecno Megapack Bundle Sale (70% OFF)
- Ultimate Percussions Bundle Sale (50% OFF)
- Industrial FX Bundle Sale (80% OFF)
- Resonant Sound Ultimate Bundle Sale (75% OFF)
- Hip-Hop Producer Bundle Sale (80% OFF)
- Audio Plugin Deals is running several soundware offers at the moment.
- Complete World Percussion by Black Octopus Sound (🔥87% OFF)
- Massive Funk Bundle by Ueberschall (84% OFF)
- Xperimenta Harpsichord by Xperimenta (70% OFF)
- Boom Library offers a 25% OFF discount on all libraries. Apply the coupon code merryxmas-boom25 at checkout to get the discount.
- Luftrum launched the Winter Sale with up to 50% OFF soundbanks for popular virtual instruments. Enter the coupon code fallingsnow at checkout.
- 🔥HOT! Black Octopus Sound launched a flash sale on the Production Master Mega Holiday Bundle, offering 10 packs for $25 (ends on December 21st).
- JRR Shop gives away JRR Sounds Super Natural Kits for free. A new freebie is added every day until Christmas.
- Goldbaby is running the “end of year sale” with a 40% OFF discount on any order made before December 31st. User the coupon code goodbuy2020 at checkout. Thanks to our reader Bmovie for the tip!
- ModeAudio recently launched their Winter Sale with a sitewide 30% OFF discount on all products until January 4th.
- 8dio offers a new deal every day. At the moment, there’s a no-brainer 90% OFF deal on The New Adagio Violins and The New Adagio Basses.
- Diginoiz launched the Christmas sale with a sitewide 50% OFF discount until January 4th. Apply the coupon code CHRISTMAS at checkout to get the discount.
- VSTBuzz launched an 80% OFF deal on the Floppytron Synth sound library for NI Kontakt (+ expansions).
Freebies – Christmas 2020
- 🔥HOT! Plugin Boutique offers a free compressor plugin with any purchase until January 3rd, 2021. Get a free copy of Royal Compressor, Fundamental Bass, MTurboCompLE, or Compression Fundamentals.
- Folk Dulcimer is a free Ableton Live instrument by Expanding Sound.
- Puncher Lite by W.A. Production is free at VSTBuzz for a limited time only.
- Analogue Cinema (£24.95) by Sample Diggers is free via Loopmasters. Apply the coupon code sjskwbdk at checkout to get the freebie.
- Vapor Keys by Karanyi Sounds is free at Audio Plugin Deals.
- 🔥HOT! KiloHearts Distortion is free at Loopcloud when you sign up for the free trial.
- Vocal Limiter by W.A. Production is free at Plugin Boutique for a limited time only.
- Sample Logic offers the Taste the Fury free taiko drum ensemble for Kontakt.
- Nepheton by D16 Group is free with the latest edition of Beat Magazine.
- DLooper by Wusik is free for a limited time only.
- Cobber Media released the Music Box DLX as a free download on their website.
- Holiday is a freebie virtual instrument by Reflekt Audio.
- Guiro is a brand new freeware instrument by Klevgränd.
- Yangqin is a Chinese dulcimer sample library by Native Instruments.
- Cerise is a free vintage channel strip plugin by Acustica, available until February 14th.
- Goldbaby released two brand new freebies – ToyRecord Sounds and ND2 vs Plasma Kicks. Thanks to Bmovie for the tip!
- Legowelt released the free Legowelt Drum Wizardry Sample Pack which contains 325 unique drum samples from the Legowelt studio archive. Again, thanks to Bmovie for the tip.
- Cluster Sound converted most of their free sound libraries to Kontakt format (previously compatible with Ableton only). Thanks to Numanoid for the tip.
- Seasonal Beats Sound Pack is a free sound library by Reason Studios. And once again, thanks to Numanoid for the tip!
- Chorus JUN-6 by Arturia is free until December 29th. The plugin is based on the vintage Roland Juno-6 chorus.
- Loopmasters Christmas Present 2020 is a free sound library by Loopmasters. Get over 700 MB of royalty-free sounds for free.
- Texture granular reverb by AudioThing is free until December 31st, 2020.
- BPB Saturator is a free saturation plugin by Bedroom Producers Blog. It’s our holiday gift to you! ❤
- NEW! Puremagnetik offers the Foomph deep drum synthesizer as a free download for a limited time only.
- NEW! Sonixinema releases String Textures as a freebie for the holiday season. Thanks to Numanoid for the info about this freebie.
- NEW! SoundSpot offers the Propane mid-side panning plugin as a free download for 24 hours only! Use the coupon code MADPROP100 at checkout. This one expires very soon!
- NEW! ModeAudio offers the Winter Selections 2020 free sound library with a selection of sounds from their commercial releases. No signup required! Thanks to our reader Gotno for the info!
Our list of the best Holiday Season 2020 plugin deals is now live, but we are adding new deals on an hourly basis. Stay tuned for more music production freebies!
Feel free to suggest your favorite deals in the comments section below.
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Last Updated on January 13, 2021 by Tomislav Zlatic.