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Balkan Sax Black Friday pricing is 70% off, which puts this alto sax instrument for Kontakt at $23.70 until Dec 7, 2026.
The instrument is played by reed virtuoso Achille Succi. According to the developer, Balkan Sax is an alto saxophone instrument you can perform on directly, built to reproduce the idiom and subtle expression of Balkan folk playing as well as other genres.
It is built for composers and producers who want realistic sax lines without programming every ornament by hand. The maker calls it a must-have for anyone chasing high realism and instant gratification.
The library holds 1074 samples in.ncw format, 530.2 MB uncompressed, across the full instrumental range. The interface is ready to play, and the maker describes it as highly intuitive and easy to use.
Sustained notes come with strong vibratos, and the staccatos include normal, double and triple tonguing. Short scoops run up and down.
The ornament set covers half tone, whole tone and minor third mordents, plus half tone and whole tone double mordents. There is also a special Balkan articulation for the stylistic side of the playing.
Three articulations are tempo-synced: a Balkan Phrase and two approach note groups. They follow your project tempo, so the ornaments land on the grid.
Effects sit inside the instrument, so you can shape the sound without opening another plugin. The maker lists four:
The maker says the sax suits jazz, pop, traditional music, Bregović-like scores and world music.
Balkan Sax needs the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or newer. The maker notes that it will not work in the free Kontakt Player.
Plan on roughly 1 GB of free drive space. The maker recommends 8 GB of RAM or more.
Yes. The Balkan Sax Black Friday deal takes 70% off this Have Audio Kontakt instrument, bringing it to $23.70, and it runs until Dec 7, 2026.
You get an alto sax played by Achille Succi: 1074 samples in.ncw format at 530.2 MB uncompressed, 18 keyswitch articulations, and built-in room reverb, hall reverb, delay and a gritty pedal-like distortion.
No. The maker states that it will not work in Kontakt Player. It requires the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or newer, about 1 GB of free drive space, and 8 GB of RAM or more is recommended.
It has 18 articulations: sustained notes with strong vibrato, staccato with double and triple tonguing, short gliss up and down, several mordents and double mordents, a special Balkan articulation, and three tempo-synced phrase and approach note options.
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