Four days down to this year`s Black Friday shopping spree, are you exited enough? As every year, the prices are getting reduced drastically and your favorite items are closer than ever. For the 2017 edition, we have prepared only the best Black Friday deals that we could scrape up under the black rug.
This November 24th, the Black Friday producer community can save some of the budget money on great deals ahead. From headphones, audio interfaces, drum machines and all the other tech gems, let this black Friday come to you most joyfully.
What`s A Black Friday Anyway?
Black Friday is like a special shopping holiday, coming right after the Thanksgiving Holiday in the US. But it`s been spread all over the world so quickly, that it has become a global phenomenon.
It`s the pre-Christmas shopping frenzy where all the retailers are reducing and adjusting their prices accordingly. There is a dropped price for almost everything and since our usual focus here is the audio equipment, we are keeping the tradition as well.
Here are couple of great Black Friday deals we managed to dig out and the list of all products for you to browse freely.
Black Friday Headphone Deals
Here are some good deals on some flagship head monitors, aka studio headphones. The Black Friday is still far away, so maybe there`ll be some new hot deals opened in the meantime, but here`s what we found at this moment.
Sony MDR-XB950B1
Main specs:
- XTRA BASS enhances all your low-end frequencies for deep power on every track. Just touch the button to get started
- High quality wireless audio with Bluetooth®
- Optimize your sound setting with Sony Headphones Connect app
- Up to 18 hours of battery life
- Rechargeable via USB, cable included
Behringer HPS3000
Main Specs:
- Ultra-wide frequency response
- High-definition bass and super-transparent highs
- Ultra-wide dynamic range
- High-efficiency cobalt capsule
- Optimized oval-shaped ear cups
Beyerdynamic T51i
Main Specs:
- T51i Portable Headphone
- Apple Remote
- Handsfree Mic
- Tesla Technology
- Carry Case
AKG Y50
Main Specs:
- Signature AKG-quality sound with enriched bass performance
- On-ear headphone with closed ear-cup design for reduced ambient noise
- Comfortable fit with rugged and lightweight design
- Detachable 1.2 m cable with in-line and one button remote/microphone for complete hands-free accessibility
- 3D-axis folding mechanism and pouch for easy storage and safe transportation
Sennheiser Urbanite XL
Main Specs:
- Take your club sound with you – Massive bass and clear treble
- Tough Companion – Extra rugged for robust urban living
- Fits your busy lifestyle – simply fold up to fit into your bag
- Compatibility-Available with detachable cable with 3-button remote control and integrated mic for Apple iOS
- Your choice of eye-catching colours and either on-ear or around-ear design – customise your look and your sound
Philips Fidelio X2HR
Main Specs:
- High Resolution audio reproduces music in its purest form
- Double-layered ear shells engineered for sound precision
- Deluxe memory foam ear pads for long-wearing comfort
- Dedicated cable management clip for tangle-free ease
- Included : 3.5 – 6.3 mm adapter, Cable clip
Numark Redwave
Main Specs:
- High-quality full-range headphones designed for djs
- Swivel design allowing djs the flexibility to monitor house audio and cue audition
- Large 50 mm driver, neodymium magnet and voice coil for optimal frequency response
- Balanced detachable headphone cable with ⁄₈” adapter for use with mp3 players
- 1/4-inch connector with 1/8-inch adapter included for use with virtually any dj gear
Black Friday In-Ear Headphone Deals
Here are couple of in-ear monitors that you can snatch this Super Friday.
Shure SE846-K-EFS
Main Specs:
- The Quad High Definition Microdrivers offer spectacular clarity and sound separation
- Ground-breaking Low-Pass Filter technology enables true subwoofer performance
- Sound Isolating sleeves provide up to 37 dB of background noise reduction, and are available in multiple sizes to ensure a comfortable fit
- The formable Kevlar cable is detachable enabling easy replacement and a secure, comfortable fit.
- Available in Black
Sony MDR-EX650AP
Main Specs:
- frequency response 5 – 28000 Hz
- sensitivity 105 dB
- impedance 32 Ohms
- driver type – dynamic
- magnet type – neodymium
Black Friday Studio Monitors Deals
For studio monitoring system, yet another great deal offers available. Check them out!
Behringer MS20
Main Specs:
- 2-way active studio monitors ideally suited for computer studios, audio and multimedia workstations and keyboard monitoring
- Built-in 2 x 10-watt powerful amplifiers with immense headroom
- Powerful woofers and high-resolution tweeters provide an ultra-linear frequency response
- Ultra-high resolution 24-bit/192 khz d/a converters for an incredible dynamic range
- Individual volume controls for both line inputs plus bass and treble eq controls
BEHRINGER NEKKST K6
Main Specs:
- Ultra-linear 150-Watt reference-class studio monitor
- Designed by renowned acoustic icon Keith Klawitter, founder of KRK*
- Advanced Waveguide technology creates ultimate acoustic dispersion and extremely large ”sweet zone”
- True bi-amping mode with 2 separate amplifiers for ultimate sound reproduction
- Ultra-high resolution, 1″ silk dome tweeter for ultimate sound reproduction
Behringer B1031A Truth
Main Specs:
- High-resolution, active 2-way reference studio monitor with 8″ kevlar woofer
- Precision class a/b amplifiers with active protection circuits: 100 w for lf / 50 w for hf
- Ultimate dispersion characteristics and extremely large “sweet spot” owing to advanced wave guide technology
- High-precision crossover network with 4th order linkwitz-riley filters
- “planet earth” power supply for maximum flexibility (100 – 240 v~), noise-free audio, superior transient response plus low power consumption for energy saving
- 11.3 KG’s each
M-Audio AV32
Main Specs:
- Premium sound reproduction: 3 inch polypropylene-coated woofers produce tight, accurate bass and 1 inch Ferro fluid-cooled silk cone tweeters produce clear, pristine highs
- 10 W per channel amplifier and opt Image IV tweeter wave guides for punchy sound reproduction and superior imaging
- Versatile, conveniently located RCA inputs for seamless connection to gaming systems, DJ gear, mixers and more
- Front-panel 1/8 inch stereo auxiliary input for connecting your laptop, desktop computer, MP3 player or other audio sources with a 1/8 inch output
- Easily-accessible front-panel 1/8 inch headphone output for private listening; acoustically-inert MDF cabinet with bass reflex design for deep, rich sound, wrapped in an elegant black vinyl laminate finish
Behringer MS40
Main Specs:
- 2-way active studio monitors ideally suited for computer studios, audio and multimedia workstations and keyboard monitoring
- Built-in powerful 2 x 20-watt amplifiers with immense headroom
- Powerful woofers and high-resolution tweeters provide an ultra-linear frequency response
- Ultra-high resolution 24-bit/192 khz d/a converters for an incredible dynamic range
- Optical and coaxial inputs to directly connect digital audio sources by s/pdif interface
Alesis Elevate 3
Main Specs:
- Precise audio amplification for project studios, video playback, gaming and mobile devices
- Separate high- and low-frequency drivers with crossover
- High-fidelity amplification with 60-watt peak power
- Dedicated subwoofer output for use with virtually any powered subwoofer
- Magnetic shielding for desktop use next to computer monitors, displays, TVs and other electronic equipment
- Flexible I/O and worldwide power options
KRK V4S4
Main Specs:
- Optimized front ported bass reflex enclosure design and Bi-amped Class-D amplification
- Low-frequency Transducer: 4 inch woofer, cast aluminium frame, Kevlar cone, ferrite magnet / High-frequency Transducer: 1″ tweeter, Kevlar dome, ferrite magnet
- Power: LF (55 Watts), HF (30 Watts), Total (85 Watts)
- V4S4 Dimensions: (H x W x D) 10.08″ (256mm) x 6.54″ (166mm) x 8.58″ (218mm) / V4S4 Weight: 12.78 lbs (5.8kg)
- The Gorilla GSM-50 High-Quality Metal Desktop Stands are height adjustable from 23-29cm
Black Friday Drum Machine/Controller Sequencer Deals
As for the lovely drum machines, we found five great models at nice offers. Here they are.
AKAI Professional MPD218
Main Specs:
- Highly portable, feature-packed and USB powered pad controller with 16 thick fat MPC pads for triggering drums, melodic samples, effects and more
- Easily accessible dedicated controls for three pad banks provides a total of 48 assignable pads, MPC note repeat and full level controls for immersive performances
- Features 18 fully assignable 360 degrees potentiometers accessible via three banks for controlling daw, virtual effect and virtual instrument parameters
- Software suite included for Ableton Live lite, Akai pro MPC essentials, sonivox big bang cinematic percussion and big bang universal drum; control your iOS apps and open up a world of pad control capability using the camera connection kit
- For a limited time includes Ableton ready sample library from CAPSUN ProAudio
AKAI Professional XR20
Main Specs:
- 12 backlit Akai Professional velocity-sensitive pads capture every subtle nuance of your performance; On-board reverb, EQ, and compression for fine-tuning your track
- Over 700 premium sounds produced by Chronic Music cover standard and electronic drums, one-shot hits, bass and synth sounds
- Compact footprint and battery- (or AC-) powered operation for ultra-portable beat production anywhere
- Dedicated microphone input for mixing vocals with your beats and headphone output for private monitoring
- Innovative Pattern Play Mode for arraigning patterns on the fly and Drum Roll / Note Repeat functionality for realism and unprecedented expressive capability
Alesis SR18
Main Specs:
- Large, 32MB sound set with percussion bank and bass synth; Over 500 drum and percussion sounds and 50 bass sounds
- Built-in Alesis effects: reverbs, EQs, and compression; Mute/Solo Function: mute drums, bass, and percussion
- Pattern Play Mode enables different patterns to be triggered from the pads directly
- 100 preset patterns, 100 user locations; Backlit LCD; 12 velocity sensitive pads; Programmable Drum Roll function
- Tap tempo for instant beats exactly as you want them; Flexible wall and battery powering (six AA, not included)
Arturia SparkLE Hybrid
Main Specs:
- Combining the power of analog synthesis, physical modelling and samples, through the intuitive workflow of a portable hardware drum machine, sparkle is a highly creative beat production center.
- The sparkle hardware, only 1.6cm deep, gives you direct access to the features that you need when making patterns, writing automation and performing live.
- Sparkle gives you classic ‘tr’ style workflow via the step sequencer buttons and lets you bang out grooves in real time using the 8 velocity and pressure sensitive backlit pads
Arturia BeatStep
Main Specs:
- Arturia’s beatstep offers a new degree of functionality and performance for a portable pad controller
- Capable of triggering clips in such applications as ableton live, it also allows you to play drums in conjunction with such applications as bfd or ezdrummer.
- 16-step analog sequencer for creating all kinds of musical phrases to be sent to analog synthesizers, midi drum machines, midi keyboard devices, or computer programs
Black Friday Audio Interfaces Deals
For the end, we leave you with the best Black Friday deals on audio interfaces. We dug out eight low-priced models we are sure you are going to dig. Here`s the list:
- Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (2nd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools
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Focusrite Scarlett Solo (2nd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools
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Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 (2nd Gen) USB Audio Interface with Pro Tools
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Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Professional Firewire Audio Interface
The Rest Of The Black Friday Top Offers
For the very end we leave you with the free browsing on Amazon for the best Black Friday deals. Like we mentioned before, it`s still kind of early to thing about the depth of the selling deals, but still, the main Black Friday link will be supported to watch closely for any changes.
Get your wallets ready, the black shopping mania begins very very soon. As for us, it can start right at this moment. Happy clicks!
HUGE BLACK FRIDAY UPDATE
Here are the latest big discounts by the loudest audio production equipment brands on the market
WAVES – 90% on the Diamond FX Bundle.
MOOG MUSIC– up to 30% on Subtracted Synthesizers.
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS – 50% on over 180 instruments, effects and more.
VINTAGE KING – All-access UAD Analog equipment;
40% off on Focal Monitors ; 50% on Vintage King Rack 500.
FRONT END AUDIO – various product deals.
APOGEE – 20-60% off on various audio equipment.
iZOTOPE – 78% off on RX Elements, Neutron Elements and Ozone Elements.
UNIVERSAL AUDIO – multiple big deals in 12 Days Of UAD sale .
SHURE – 2017 Holiday Instant Rebates (up to 100$ down on some microphones, headphones, earphones and more)
PROPELLERHEADS – 300+ products up to 80% Black Friday deals.
XLN AUDIO – 50% off on almost everything, including Addictive Drums. Use code BF2017.
HEAVYOCITY – 50% off on various products.
FRONT END AUDIO – Solid State Logic VHD 500-series Preamp 60% off.
SOUND TOYS – 50% off on their products.
ARTURIA – 50% off on software instruments.
STUDIO DEVIL – Massive Amp Bundle is 81% off (5 days left).
TIME SPACE – up to 80% on various Black Friday deals.
TOONTRACK – various Black Friday offers including a special 79% off on EZKeys.
AKG – 50% off Black Friday deals.
IK MULTIMEDIA – up to 50% Holiday deals.
SLATE DIGITAL – 50% off on Black Friday deals.
DRUM DROPS – 50% off everything. Use code blackfriday2017 at checkout.
MASTERING THE MIX – for only 9 bucks (out of initial 29$) you will get their excellent Expose mastering check software.
WAVES FACTORY – 50% off everything.
BIG FISH AUDIO – 2017 Black Friday Sale Event.
D16 GROUP – everything 40% off. Use code BLACK2017 at checkout.
AIR MUSIC TECH – 99% off on AIR Hybrid 3.
TRON SONIC – 60% off everything.
CINE SAMPLES – Various deals discounts.
THE RECORDING REVOLUTION – 40% off their courses.
MAKE POP MUSIC – great deals on their Pop Drum Sample Packs. 50% on all. Or get the whole Bundle for only 99$.
