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The Cardinals Chromaphone 3 Black Friday deal takes 51% off a 109-preset sound bank from Applied Acoustics Systems, bringing it to $19 until Nov 18, 2026.
Cardinals is the work of sound designer and composer Simon Stockhausen. He built it around dualism: dark against light, tonal against atonal, serenity against anxiety, eastern against western.
Those opposites are spread across the bank's categories, from percussion to pads, textures and scapes. The maker describes the 109 presets as a closed universe with many hours of exploration in it.
The 109 sounds are split into six groups:
The purchase also includes the preset bank for Chromaphone, the AAS Player plug-in (VST, AU, AAX, RTAS), a serial number and installation instructions.
If you want a quick sense of the range, the category list is the map. Danger Zone and Texture & Space sit at the unsettling end. Keys, Pads and Strings cover the more tonal material.
No. Every AAS sound bank runs on the free AAS Player, and that player ships with this purchase.
There are two ways to play the bank once it is installed. If Chromaphone 3 is on your computer, the bank is added to it automatically. If you don't own Chromaphone 3, you load it in the AAS Player plug-in or in the standalone application.
That makes the Cardinals Chromaphone sound bank usable as a plain preset collection in your DAW, with or without the full synth.
Stockhausen came to music at the age of five. His father's substantial body of musical work was his starting point, and he went on to explore a wide stretch of the musical spectrum.
Over the last four decades he has taken part in many collaborations and projects as a performer, composer, arranger and sound designer. That mix of roles shows in a bank that covers percussion, keys, strings and ambient textures under one concept.
Yes. The Cardinals Chromaphone 3 Sound Bank is 51% off for Black Friday, which makes it $19 until Nov 18, 2026. It is a 109-preset collection by Simon Stockhausen, published by Applied Acoustics Systems.
You get the preset bank for Chromaphone, the AAS Player plug-in in VST, AU, AAX and RTAS formats, a serial number and installation instructions. The bank holds 109 sounds across percussion, keys, synths, strings, pads and textures.
No. The free AAS Player comes with your purchase and runs the bank as a plug-in or standalone app. If you own Chromaphone 3, the bank is added to it automatically after installation.
There are six groups: Achromatic Perc (19), Chromatic Perc (15), Danger Zone (16), Keys, Synth & String (25), Pad Synth (15) and Texture & Space (19). Simon Stockhausen designed them around dualism, such as dark and light or tonal and atonal.
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