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Cello Textures Black Friday pricing is 70% off, which puts this three-instrument Kontakt bundle from Have Audio at $11.70 until Dec 7, 2026.
Cello Textures is a sample library for film composers who want dark, cinematic material to build scores from. The maker says the sounds were delivered by Parisian cellist Jean-Philippe Feiss.
It needs the full version of Kontakt. The free Kontakt Player will not run it.
The bundle holds three separate Kontakt instruments, spread across 6.nki files:
In total there are 1174 samples in.ncw format. Uncompressed, that comes to over 3 GB across the three instruments.
Have Audio started from the original recorded cello material. The maker says it then pushed every sound hard through modular synthesizers and analog effects pedals.
The result is cello that has been heavily processed rather than left as a plain acoustic recording. The maker says it was inspired by legendary European composers and performers, as was Nordisk Kontrabass.
Keyswitches and sound banks cover these categories:
Some banks are triggered as textures and one-shots. Others, like the cellosynth, the Dystopian pad and PowerCello, are marked as playable patches.
Effects sit inside the instruments, so you can shape a patch without reaching for a send:
The freeze reverb and infinite delay hold a sound in place, which suits sustained film beds where the tail does the work.
You need the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or newer. Plan for roughly 4 GB of free hard drive space. The maker recommends 8 GB of RAM or more.
If you only own the free Kontakt Player, the bundle will not load.
Yes. The Cello Textures Black Friday deal takes 70% off the Have Audio bundle, bringing it to $11.70 until Dec 7, 2026. That covers all three Kontakt instruments: Acoustic, Electronic and Dystopian.
Cello Textures includes three Kontakt instruments: Cello Textures Acoustic, Cello Textures Electronic and Cello Textures Dystopian. Together they hold 1174 samples in.ncw format across 6.nki files, at over 3 GB uncompressed.
No. Cello Textures requires the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or newer and will not work in the free Kontakt Player. Have Audio also lists about 4 GB of free disk space and recommends 8 GB of RAM or more.
Built-in effects are a filter, convolution reverb, infinite delay, delay feedback and distortion, a ghostly convolution reverb and a special freeze reverb. They are part of the instruments, so you can shape patches inside Kontakt.
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