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The Astra (CUBE Expansion) Black Friday deal from Lunacy gives you 48% off a sound pack for the CUBE engine, bringing it to $15 until Nov 11, 2026.
Astra pairs interstellar beauty with an unsettling darkness. Lunacy built it with sound designers K/V, and the maker describes it as a portal to the cosmos.
The palette mixes ethereal vocals, bold synths and neo-classical extended string techniques. The focus is on solo performances and experimental sound design.
The pack carries 25 sound sources and 50 presets:
The maker says the presets are there to help you find the right addition to your sonic universe.
Lunacy says Astra uses analog and granular processing together. The result is a blend of natural and synthetic instruments in one palette.
That puts a sampled solo string and a synthetic pad in the same preset without either feeling bolted on, according to the maker's description.
If you want a vocal layer to sit under an analog synth line, the female vocal sources and the synths are both part of the 25-source collection.
Astra is an expansion, so it needs the CUBE or CUBE Mini engine to load. The engine must be version 1.2.5 or higher.
System requirements:
The maker says it is supported by all major DAWs.
The Astra (CUBE Expansion) deal covers the expansion only, so the engine is a separate requirement. If you already run CUBE or CUBE Mini on a current version, the new sources and presets load alongside what you have.
Yes. The Astra (CUBE Expansion) Black Friday deal takes 48% off, bringing the expansion to $15 until Nov 11, 2026.
Astra includes 25 sound sources and 50 presets. Its raw material spans single-instrument string recordings, analogue synthesizers, airy female vocal takes, plus gloomy designed hits, textures and pads. The presets range from shimmering pads to ethereal sequences and plucks.
Yes. Astra needs the CUBE or CUBE Mini engine, version 1.2.5 or higher. It runs on macOS 10.15 and higher or Windows 7 and higher, and the download is 568 MB.
Lunacy made Astra in collaboration with sound designers K/V. The maker says the pack blends natural and synthetic instruments through analog and granular processing, with a focus on solo performances and experimental sound design.
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