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Bentside Spinet Black Friday pricing is 50% off, which puts this Soundiron Kontakt library of a baroque household keyboard at $14.50 until Dec 6, 2026.
The name comes from Spinetta, a word 17th-century Italian used for quilled instruments. The spinet took up less room than a harpsichord, which made it a favourite in homes.
The tone is dark and quiet. Soundiron describes a rich, sustained timbre that is darker and less brilliant than a harpsichord.
It is a sampled spinet for Kontakt, recorded by John Valasis. The real instrument has a five-octave range, with natural keys re-covered in ebony and accidentals topped with ivory.
Its shape resembles a harp laid on its side, with the keys sitting where the sounding-board would be. By the 18th century, bentside spinets were all over Europe, used for home entertainment and musical instruction.
Soundiron captured every key in stereo, with close and far mic positions and 8 round-robins. Note releases and key sound effects were recorded too.
They then added 20 ambient soundscapes and 20 custom FX presets, built to drop you into a European parlour.
The multi-layer interface has LFO, filter, glide and arpeggiator controls. A full FX rack includes convolution reverb with custom rooms, halls, chambers and FX environments.
John Valasis is a Greek-born composer, producer and sound designer working from an Athens studio. His client list includes Native Instruments, Ableton, Soundiron, Amazon Prime Video and the BBC.
He is also on the roster of Ninja Tune's imprint Just Isn't Music, alongside Amon Tobin, Bonobo, Flying Lotus and The Cinematic Orchestra.
The full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or above is required. It will not run in full inside the free Kontakt Player, where it only works in demo mode.
Yes. The Bentside Spinet Black Friday deal takes 50% off this Soundiron Kontakt library, bringing it to $14.50. The offer ends Dec 6, 2026.
You get one master NKI bank in open Kontakt format, spinet sustains, releases and key SFX, 20 ambience patches, and 25 sound-designed FX and ambient presets. That adds up to 1,247 stereo WAV files, 4.6 GB installed.
No. It needs the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or above. In the free Kontakt Player it will only run in demo mode, so the full engine is required for complete use.
Soundiron recorded each key in stereo, with close and far mic positions and 8 round-robins, plus note releases and key sound effects. The samples are 24 bit / 48 kHz uncompressed PCM WAV files.
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