It’s that time of year again – time for holiday electronic music gear deals!

This year, we dig out this heartwarming/creepy holiday illustration once again, and highlight the holiday deals on electronic music gear & software that you may want to check out. Note that these are limited time specials, so check the sites for details.

1. Ableton – Save 25% on Live 8 and get a free upgrade to Live 9 when it is released.
2. Acoustic Samples – 30% off through Dec 31st.
3. AfroDJMac has a free Live Pack for you, based on a Charlie Brown Christmas snow globe.
4. Applied Acoustics Systems – Buy (2) Professional Series instruments and get a 50% discount on each, thru 1/15/13.
5. AudioRealism – 30% off all plugins & bundles, with the coupon code audiorealism-xmas2012.
6. AudioThing – use coupon code XMAS12 for 20% discount!
7. Beat Struggles – 50% off
8. Best Service – buy one, get one free, through Jan 13th.
9. BigFishAudio – sove 40% during their 25 days of Christmas sale.
10. Binary Music – 50% through Jan 1.
11. BlastwaveFX – 20% off through the end of the year.
12. Blue Cat Audio - 15-30% off, 40% off for existing customers.
13. BoomLibrary is running an ‘advent calendar of deals’.
14. Chuck Russom FX has special pricing on all products through Dec 31st.
15. D16 is having a Winter Sale through Jan 15th.
16. Diginoize – save 50% through Dec 31st.
17. EastWest – save 50% through Dec 31st.
18. Fabfilter – 25% off on bundles through Jan 1.
19. Five12 – discounts on all versions of Numerology, through Dec 25th.
20. FXpansion has deals on Geist, DCAM Synth Squad, and Tremor.
21. Hiss and Roar has a free sample library for you -  quirky little 247MB package of 24 bit 96kHz stereo sounds.
22. Image-Line is having an End Of The World sale – all plugins $45 through Dec 31st.
23. Iosono – special on Anymix Pro through Dec 31st.
24. iZotope – save up to $947 on bundles
25. Koma is offering a modular bundle through Dec 24th.
26. Korg – 50% off iPad & iPhone apps
27. Kuassa is offering 30% off any plugins
28. Kudzu is offering Koushion MIDI Step Sequencer for 50% through the end of the year.
29. LinPlug – 33% off instruments & effects through Dec 31st
30. Loop Loft – 40% off through the end of the year (use SAVE40 at checkout)
31. Loopmasters – 25% or more off on sample packs through Dec 31st.
32. McDSP – Project Studio Special, $39 through Dec 20th.
33. Metric Halo – deals on hardware & software through 12/25.
34. MillerTone is offering an Ableton Live Pack, SYNDR volume 1 multi-sample library of the Synare PS-3, at a discounted price (39 vs 69) through the end of the year.
35. MoReVox – 40% through Jan 6, use code XMAS2012.
36. Musicrow – 40% off, through Dec 31st.
37. Native Instruments – buy Komplete Audio 6 and get Guitar Rig 5 for free. Through Dec 31st.
38. Native Instruments also has a couple of free Christmas presents for you, a free effects unit, Driver, and free remix decks for Traktor.
39. Noisebud has a free VST plugin for your.
40. Nucleus Soundlab - pay what you want (minimum $9.99) for 9 Nucleus SoundLab and TPSD ReFills.
41. Ohm Force – 30-50% off
42. Peff.com – 25% off for Facebook friends
43. Plugin Alliance – up to 60% off, through Dec 25th.
44. Precisionsound is offering 50% off.
45. Prime Loops – 50% off everything.
46. Producer’s Choice is offering an XMas bundle for $117 off.
47. Propellerhead is running a Holiday Countdown with specials each day.
48. Reaktor Tips has Reaktor Tips instruments at reduced prices.
49. The Recordist is offering a special ‘frigid’ sound library bundle deal, the Ultimate Winter Collection.
50. Refx – has discounts on all its products
51. Resonance Sound – 25% off all products, use code XMAS2012
52. Roqstar has sound libraries for 50% off through Dec 31st. Coupon code YouROQ.
53. Sample Magic has a free sample pack for you.
54. Samplephonics – sale, 50% off, use code Xmas2012
55. Sonic Arts - Granite for $49.
56. Sonic Couture is having a WInter Sale through Dec 24th, see the site for details.
57. Sonic Projects – up to 40% off.
58. Sonnox – 40% off Oxford Limiter in Dec.
59. Sony Creative – 25% off software
60. SoundIron – 2 for 1 deals through the end of the year.
61. Stretch That Note is offering two Christmas bundle specials.
62. Swar Systems – 25% discount.
63. Synapse - 25% off or more through Dec 31st.
64. Teenage Engineering -  Every OP-1 purchased includes two accessories and worldwide shipping.
65. Time+Space – special deals on ‘festive bundles & gifts
66. Twisted Tools - 25% off through New Year’s, use code XMAS.
67. Twisted Tools also has a free sample pack for you, featuring 20 drum kits, based on sounds from Twisted Tools S-Layer.
68. The Unfinished is having a 50% off Christmas sale.
69. Universal Audio – 20-60% off through the end of the year
70. Sinevibes - Until 10th January 2013, its entire collection of Audio Unit plugins for OS X can be purchased for $99 (regular price $119).
71. Tone Projects – 30% off plugins through Jan 11.
72. ToonTrack – 50% of drum plugins
73. Voxengo – 25% off all software
74. Wave Alchemy – up to 50% off through Jan 15th.
75. Waves is offering 50% off selected bundles.
76. Wusik - Wusikstation only $9.99 and other bundles
77. Yonac is running a ’12 Days of Yonac’ series of specials.
78. Xils-Lab – winter sale through Jan 15th,
79. Zero-G – 30% off download products

If you know of other holiday specials, leave the info in a comment!

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