Thomann has officially kicked off its Synth Days sale, offering up to 80 percent off a wide selection of synthesizers, grooveboxes, drum machines, and plugins.

Running from 8 May through 18 May, the sale coincides with Berlin’s Superbooth 2025 and features over 100 deals aimed at synth enthusiasts, sound designers, and producers.

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Here at MusicTech, we’ve sifted through the full range of deals on offer and picked out a few of the best:

25% off Polyend Play+

Kicking things off, we’ve got the Polyend Play+, now available for £518 – a solid 25 percent discount from its usual £689 price tag. The updated groovebox expands on 2022’s original Play, boasting four synth engines (two monophonic analogue emulations, one virtual analogue polysynth, and one FM algorithm with wavetable operators), plus a 64-step sequencer with 128 patterns.

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£40 off Novation Launchkey 61 MK4

Another standout deal is the Novation Launchkey 61 MK4, reduced from £295 to £255. Key features include 16 velocity-sensitive drum pads with polyphonic aftertouch, nine faders, eight encoders for controlling plugin parameters, a generative arpeggiator, an input for connecting a sustain pedal, pitchbend and modulation wheels as well as an OLED display.

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Save £250 on the SOMA Pulsar-23

For those seeking a serious analogue percussion solution, the SOMA Pulsar-23 is now down to £1,499 from its usual £1,750 – a sizeable drop for one of the most expressive and experimental drum machines on the market.

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29% off Cherry Audio Elka-X – plugin emulation of a classic Italian analogue polysynth

On the software side, Cherry Audio’s Elka-X has its price reduced to £29 from £41. This plugin emulates the rare ELKA Synthex, an ‘80s Italian analogue polysynth used by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Keith Emerson, and Jean-Michel Jarre (who used it for his signature Laser Harp sound).

In our review, in which the synth was given an Editor’s Choice award, we said: “The Elka-X’s sonic capabilities are a bag of surprises. While it clearly has an ’80s feel, it’s definitely different from the sound of Oberheim synths and Sequential’s Prophet series from the same era.”

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Another excellent deal is the Ninja Tune x Erica Synths Zen Delay VST, which has been slashed from £67 to just £33. For the uninitiated, this plugin is a faithful reproduction of the analogue Zen delay hardware by Erica Synths, with additional bells and whistles. In our review, where the plugin scored a high 9/10, we praised the Zen Delay VST for its superb sound and the way it “expands on the hardware in meaningful and useful ways that maximise its sound design credentials.”

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The Thomann Synth Days event wraps up on 18 May at 11:59 PM CET. Deals are available while stocks last.

Check out the full range of deals over at Thomann.

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