Cakewalk is now offering Music Creator 6 for half price: €19

A very underrated product that can well function as a beginner DAW, or a VST host.

Included is Roland TTS1 GM synth and Cakewalks Sound Center, these can easily be loaded into other DAWs (no need for rewire even though that is also a possibility)

On top of that you get over 3GB of samples and loops to play around with.

I bought it during the Marathon sale, and thought I was getting a good deal with 25% off, now the deal is even sweeter with 50% rebate:

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2ceuro/ProductInfo.aspx?produ ctid=10-CWMC6.00-30E

Another great option is Sonar X1 LE (currently $19.99):

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/ProductInfo.aspx?product id=10-X1G31.00-20E

KEY FEATURES

Powered by SONAR X1
32 audio tracks
64 MIDI tracks
8 simultaneous inputs and outputs
24-bit/96 kHz audio quality
24 simultaneous effects
8 simultaneous virtual instruments
Integrated VST/VSTi support
Support for ACID™-format loops
Support for ReWire clients such as Live or Reason
Active Controller Technology™ automatically maps MIDI keyboards and control surfaces to the parameters you need most on effects, instruments, volume, pan, and other mix elements
Edit MIDI directly from the Track View with the Inline Piano Roll View.
Support for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP operating systems

Patchpool is offering discounts of +25% on all Alchemy soundsets throughout May, check it out here.

antares CHOIR Evo for $29 , 3 days only.

[edit]I thought it was audiomidi only, but it seems to be everywhere.[/edit]

Audiomidi also still has Antares Mutator EVO for $29, which was originally supposed to be a three-day deal.

Nice spot, I have now invested!

I really dig Cakewalks way of doing business: Lots of bundle deals, free exclusive expansion packs, free cloud storage (download your purchased files anytime), "gentleman's agreement" on registration: you can install a product on a secondary computer as long as you dont use both at the same time. But they don't impose any iLok on their customers, they actually trust that we are decent enough not to rip them off

Puremagnetik offers Microtron XL for just $7.99 until May 12:

http://www.puremagnetik.com/index.php?option=com_content&vie w=article&id=340&Itemid=222

Got the newsletter from Cakewalk now, 15 products for less than €20/$20 until May 22:

http://www.store.cakewalk.com/b2ceuro/category.aspx?category ID=47&cat=47&utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Che ck+out+all+15+products+for+%2419.99%2F%C3%82%C2%A314.99%2F%C 3%A2%C2%82%C2%AC19.99+or+less&utm_content=Save+%2470+on+SONA R+X1+Studio+-+Plus+15+downloads+for+%2419.99+or+less&utm_cam paign=May+8+2012+-+SONAR+T2

Nice one. I already own two licenses of X1 (Producer and Studio), and may still grab this. A good friend's teenage son has just started a "garage" band, and this would be a cool way to get into DAW recording.

Arturia promo:

http://www.sourcedistribution.co.uk/news/article.php?aid=652

This might be of interest:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/imaginationstudio

Is this is on sale? What's the deal with the bargain here?

Up to 40% off sale.

30 EUR discount on the listed products at http://www.discodsp.com/deals/

2 coupons only.

May Sale is on at Rayzoon (the makers of Jamstix). Some great prices on the the various levels of Jamstix and many of the expansion packs.

Jamstix is my go to for "real drums." It works great driving other vsti's, but the onboard sounds (and expansions) sound very, very good as well.

On the forum, you'll find that a 64-bit version (vst) is now in a private beta stage, so it should be along soon. They're still working on the OSX version.

Shop page:
http://www.rayzoon.com/buy.html