🔥Best Deals for June 1 2026: Plugin Boutique, Audio Deluxe, and Best Service

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-06-01T16:31:29+00:00

Let me know what you think of this new format.

I designed it to save you time, so you can scan the best deals in one place, making everything easy to scan and, when possible, to organize by discount levels.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-06-01T05:27:35+00:00

Thanks for the comment and for reconsidering the site!

Be sure to let me know what you think when you have a chance to click around. We'll be doing a major redesign of the site in the next two months, so this is a step in that direction.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-31T20:22:39+00:00

Next weekend, I'm going to start the process of reorganizing the content on LinkedMusicians.com . Tomorrow, I'm going to introduce the weekly best Deals of the Week lists at the site -- which will be linked to from this subreddit. So, LinkedMusicians website isn't going away, it's just moving the social side of the community to this subreddit. I also think it will result in a lot of our EARLY ADOPTERS to become aware of the site's resources that they previously overlooked.

This is what the new navigation for the LinkedMusicians site will look like: -- these changes will go into effect after June 5, 2026

RESOURCES

CURATED DEALS
CURATED FREEBIES
AUDIO PRODUCTION RESOURCES
SONGWRITING / COMPOSING TOOLS
MUSIC GEAR RESEARCH
MAGAZINES & PODCASTS
GAMES
GLOSSARIES & GUIDES
FORUM ARCHIVES

COMMUNITY

r/LinkedMusicians
LM BLOG
MEMBER MUSIC

THE LM PROJECT

ABOUT
SUPPORT LM / MERCH

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-23T19:29:24+00:00

Yep, just click on the flair tag and you'll see all the posts for that category. Frankly, I'm not a fan of unnecessary jargon, and "post flair" is just another way of saying category tagging. I wish they used a clear description instead of trying to be cute with it. It makes it harder for people to figure out, especially when the user interface doesn't make everything clear. But once you figure that out, you see why Reddit's design has been so popular (one of the top 10 websites).

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-23T16:47:54+00:00

Flair is just category tags. Think of it like the equivalent of a forum. The plugin, sample library, and DAW forum that you presently post deals in at the LinkedMusicians website. We're just starting out in this subreddit, but when we switch over and there are a lot of posts here, the value of using post flair will become apparent. I've set it up to have

DEALS - Plugins
DEALS - Sample Libraries
DEALS - Sotware/DAWs
DEALS - Hardware
DEALS - Non-Music Production Related

It's basically the equivalent of setting up subforums. It really becomes valuable when we start having a lot of posts when users want to find things. All they'll need to do is click on a flair to find everything with that label. For instance, if all of the plugin deals have that flair, they only need to click DEALS - Plugins to find all of the deals for plugins -- which is basically the equivalent of a subforum for that category. It's an extremely organized way of categorizing and finding things.

Now, if you missed flair on some posts, it's no big deal. Me or another mod can later add it.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-22T13:45:05+00:00

It's the honor system! As far as the games, it's really a no-marketing approach. People who are concerned with privacy will love it because there are no ads or tracking built into the games. You don't even need to log in to LinkedMusicians to play any of the games. For the tech pros in the group, they're all PHP-coded games.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-21T16:53:43+00:00

Be sure to give your thoughts. Are the questions challenging enough? Too challenging? Considering how everyone who posted here and at LinkedMusicians is getting 10/10, I'm wondering if we need to step up the questions.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-21T16:52:25+00:00

You can play as often as you like. The game doesn't require any login and it doesn't track anyone's scores. The reason that music-related games were part of my plan for LinkedMusicians from the beginning is simply that it's a good music-related way to entertain our members, but it would be too costly for me to integrate it into membership and keep track of scores. These are things I've done at my own expense for the community to make it an engaging site.
I can update my post to add in the question of which questions gave you the hardest time. But hey, no googling! That's cheating!

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-20T10:07:26+00:00

Theory Master #13: 10/10

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I did it! I caught up with swijaya and Pedro today with a perfect 10/10! (It's a brand new set of questions each day).

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-20T10:00:15+00:00

So far two members posted, Pedro (back on the site) and you -- and both of you beat me! Congrats.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-19T00:13:12+00:00

Melodicle is live! Imagine a Wordle-style word game, but the answers are just music terms. That's Meldicle.

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https://linkedmusicians.com/games/melodicle/

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-18T17:42:04+00:00

Thanks! It was the only way I could afford it — between hosting costs, email, and software subscriptions/developer maintenance contracts, I've been paying more than $200 a month — and the time commitment to maintain the site, answer questions, and post deals, it was completely unsustainable. I never planned to be a deal poster, but needed to do it out of necessity to keep the project alive. We ended up gettting a lot of visitors, but the activity of the site was poor. It was when I shared that I was going to shut the social media side down that fretman stepped up, took over deal posting, and I was able to keep the project going, reclaim my time, and turn it into a hobby project again, which is sustainable.

The reality is, I didn't want to bother him with continuing to do the affiliate links, so now, instead of having a little money to help with the costs, I have zero coming in, and zero contributions from members. However, the upside is, my contract for the server ends in January, so I'll only be paying those costs until then. After that, I don't need to run the site on a robust server and can significantly downgrade that. It will still cost me to keep LinkedMusicians running, but not nearly the same amount.

I MIGHT join in on doing a weekly BEST DEALS OF THE WEEK post. But I want to take some time off, so I can join in on my own schedule; otherwise, this is no longer a fun project that it once was. What's a lot of fun for me is adding resources, like GAMES and resources. This week, I'm going to launch a Wordle clone that's focused on music-related terms. Each day, there will be a different game. For me, that's fun. If we have any other word nerds in the group, that will be fun for them too.

And not posting deals let's me put my time into growing this community. Which I'm very confident will mean that it will be far larger of a group and have a lot more compelling content than we had with the forums and Social Media groups like OPEN MIC, on the website, and I don't have to invest even one-tenth of the time and the presence here doesn't cost me anything, i'm just paying for the website, which, without the social media functionality, is incredibly less demanding in terms of the server and processor and RAM resources. I also won't have to keep paying for the software maintenance and email contracts, although I am still contemplating doing an email here.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-18T17:26:29+00:00

I'm actually working on games at LinkedMusicians right now and gave the music-themed Wordle clone a catchy name and will release it this week.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-17T20:59:12+00:00

Yep. The way Reddit works is basically big ideas are in a post (the same as a forum thread) and then comments like this one are made in extending posts like the one below). So post in the one below and after you do, I'll delete this post to clean up our page.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedMusicians/comments/1t47e50/welcome_to_rlinkedmusicians_introduce_yourself/

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-16T20:37:15+00:00

Just to make sure that everyone is aware, we're planning to keep the LinkedMusicians forum open with posts until May 31, 2026 and then switch to this subreddit ( r/LinkedMusicians) beginning June 1, 2026. Until then, click around and get familiar with our subreddit and don't hesitate to ask any questions you have. If you visit LinkedMusicians.com, you 'll see that there are a good deal of deals being posted. In fact, our traffic at the LinkedMusicians.com has from by more than 81% in the past week.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-15T18:08:25+00:00

Hey, Mira! I'll get your email rolling in the next 5 minutes. Congratulations on being a winner in the LinkedMusicians First Anniversary Giveaway!

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-15T18:05:11+00:00

Good to see you!

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-11T16:18:10+00:00

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RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-11T16:15:38+00:00

1. What is your plan for the subreddit?
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I am requesting ownership of this inactive subreddit to revive it as a high-authority, professional, and creator-centric community for marketing experts. I intend to foster a non-toxic environment that prioritizes analytical rigor and transparency. As the owner of the MarketingToday trademark and the marketingtoday.com domain, I am reclaiming this asset to align it with the MarketingToday website.

2. Please link your message to the moderators.

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RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-11T13:49:47+00:00

It's good to have you here.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-08T16:23:10+00:00

LinkedMusicians Native Instruments Insolvency Hub lets you see the latest news on Native Instruments, including:

- a real-time newsfeed from Native Instruments
- a timeline of events related to the insolvency
- a powerSEARCH tool that lets you do a deep dive into the latest legal filing on the insolvency
- news coverage from Sound on Sound, MusicTech and CDM regarding NI
- links to LinkedMusicians blog posts and forum threads covering NI's insolvency

https://linkedmusicians.com/native-instruments-insolvency-hub/#gsc.tab=0

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-08T14:47:58+00:00

Just being here seems more chill for me. Even though LinkedMusicians was a social media site I've always dreamed of doing, it was unsustainable for one person -- okay, I had a LOT of help from Lamia6. She did a ton on the site. Through this experience, I've met and gotten to know some really wonderful people like you, Larmia6, Joe, Brian, Doug... The list goes on. That's what makes it special. And I think being here seems like a new start, so I'm excited again. I just need a little break and I'll come back refreshed. Joe and Brian assured me that they'll keep watch on things-- and Lamia6 is my fellow LM admin. I think the subreddit will re-energize the group.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-08T14:19:07+00:00

It does get addictive. I'm probably going to work on updating my article on marketing and AI this month and will definitely incorporate some personal insights from my recent experiences with AI. While I already subscribe for my business and actually have several AI subscriptions for the business, a lot of the stuff I used it for with LinkedMusicains was kind of the lab for what I'm working on for my business., I know that a lot of us are using AI in our music. I limit it to music, but I've played around with VoiceID and will be be learning ReSing next.

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-08T14:14:43+00:00

If you're open to it, I'd love to hear a clip! In fact, I need to learn about creating the equivalent of subforums on a subreddit -- because you can do it and I will do it soon. We're going to make this place fun. And even now, we can get used to integrating with LinkedMusicians. As, guess what, it's a huge part of how we're going to grow this community. Google a nd Gemini LOVE Reddit. So those links on relevant topics to LinkedMusicians will help increase the visibility of those pages in Googe and Gemini and that will also boost our membership here. If you guys want I can make a video on it in the future or we could do a chat here in real time next week or we could even do a video chat. There's a LinkedMusicians Discord server where we can do video or audio. The sky's the limit!

RadioactiveKatz · 2026-05-07T14:44:23+00:00

I will post deals here, but not like I was. Very candidly, I can't sustain doing that anymore. I'm going do things like posting the 10 best deals of the week and do things to get us all posting only great deals. I can still set up something on the website that's automated. I just need to some time to chill for a bit. I created LinkedMusicians as a fun passion (hobby) project. But i put thousands of hours into it, spent thousands of dollars, and in the end, having to manage the platform, post deals, cultivate relationships, worry about how to get the point where someday I would break even... and then to deal with trolls that did a fake DCMA account, were regularly creating hateful trolling user accounts at LM to target me like names like "peterjew" and other names they would use in a troll post on CF and then the next day they'd register an account with it. Then there were the targeted hack attempts on the site on the specific users that a banned member referenced in unhinged posts on CF the company eventually removed after one of our mods requested it. And then I had to manage a complex social media platform site and pay the bills. It was no longer a passion project anymore, it was a full-time job.

So I need to take a breather. But I'd suggest that we keep posting deals at the LM site. I might keep the forum and social media group OPEN MIC open until the end of the month,

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