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The AAS Libraries Black Friday deal takes 50% off Applied Acoustics Systems' preset collection, which comes to $249 until Nov 18, 2026.
The bundle holds every Sound Pack made for four AAS instruments: Ultra Analog VA-3, String Studio VS-3, Strum GS-2 and Chromaphone 2.
It contains sound banks only. The Ultra Analog VA-3, String Studio VS-3 and Chromaphone 2 plugins are not part of it.
That adds up to more than 6100 presets across over 50 packs, covering a wide spread of genres and themes.
AAS says the collection includes more than 5500 signature sounds.
The packs come from 20 sound designers, including Richard Devine, Amon Tobin, Francis Preve, Simon Stockhausen and Deadbeat.
The presets work four ways. You can load them in Chromaphone 2, String Studio VS-3 or Ultra Analog VA-3, where they are added automatically if the plugin is already installed. Or you can play them through the free AAS Player, which is included with your purchase.
AAS Player runs as a plugin or as a standalone app. It gives you a distraction-free way to play the banks, plus more than a hundred free extra presets via Swatches.
The sounds come from physical modelling, so AAS says they react dynamically to your playing. There are no velocity layers to switch between, which the maker says keeps dynamics smooth.
Memory use is small, under 256 MB of RAM per instance. Presets load in a flash, and the maker says the sound manipulation happens at the source core.
Installation is a single custom installer under 75 MB that installs and authorizes all the packs at once.
The formats are VST, AU, RTAS, AAX and Standalone, on Windows and Mac OS X. The instruments run in both 32 and 64-bit.
Listed DAWs include Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro, Apple GarageBand, Apple MainStage, Avid Pro Tools, Bitwig Studio, Cakewalk Sonar, Cockos Reaper, Image-Line FL Studio, MOTU Digital Performer, Presonus Studio One, Reason and Steinberg Cubase. Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol and Maschine are on the list too.
For Mac, you need macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or later, an Intel Core i5 (circa 2015) or an Apple M1 processor or later, and a 64-bit DAW. For PC, you need Windows 10 64-bit or later, an Intel Core i5 (circa 2015) or later, and a 64-bit DAW.
Those figures are for standalone use. For plugin use, your DAW's own requirements apply.
Other features include real-time control of any parameter from your MIDI controller, MIDI clock, tap and host tempo sync for effects and modulations, and unlimited undo and redo.
Yes. The AAS Libraries Black Friday deal is 50% off, which brings the bundle to $249 until Nov 18, 2026. It covers all Sound Packs for Ultra Analog VA-3, String Studio VS-3, Strum GS-2 and Chromaphone 2.
No. It holds sound banks only, not the Ultra Analog VA-3, String Studio VS-3 or Chromaphone 2 plugins. The free AAS Player comes with it, so you can play the banks without owning those instruments.
The maker lists more than 6100 presets across over 50 Sound Packs. It also says there are more than 5500 signature sounds, made by 20 sound designers, including Richard Devine, Amon Tobin and Francis Preve.
Formats are VST, AU, RTAS, AAX and Standalone, on Windows and Mac OS X. Listed DAWs include Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Cubase, FL Studio, Bitwig Studio, Reaper and Studio One.
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