Cruiser Black Friday Deal 2026: $14.50, 50% off

The Cruiser Black Friday deal takes 50% off this Soundiron Kontakt library of a vintage 80s synth, which brings it to $14.50 until Dec 6, 2026.

Cruiser is a sampled version of a 49-key subtractive synthesizer that the Italian company Siel built in 1981. In Europe it was sold as the Siel Cruise, and in the US it was rebranded as the Sequential Fugue.

The Siel Cruise holds two synths in one body: a monophonic one and a polyphonic one, each with its own presets and options. Soundiron says the library is aimed at vaporwave, chillwave, nu-disco and new retro wave.

What is inside the Cruiser Kontakt library?

Soundiron recorded 16 preset banks, each with infinite sustains and tight staccatos. John Valasis, a Greek composer, producer and sound designer, performed the recordings.

The session was dry, captured with a pair of Neumann TLM 103 large diaphragm microphones. The contents list reads like this:

• 1 main instrument preset with performance controls, vibrato, glide speed, LFO, filter, arpeggiator and a full FX rack
• 20 custom sound-designed FX and ambient presets
• Sustains, staccatos, chord sustains, chord staccatos and acoustic effects samples
• A convolution reverb with 119 impulses, from cathedrals and churches to chambers, rooms, halls and special effect spaces
• A multi-effects rack with EQ, filter, phaser, flanger, delay, distortion and amp and speaker simulation

How do you shape the sound?

The interface carries controls for Volume, Attack, Release, Transient Offset, Vibrato and Octave layering. The Octave feature gradually adds a lower and a higher octave.

The Glide slider sets the legato speed for portamento leads. Set Glide to 0 and the instrument plays polyphonically, otherwise it behaves as a standard monophonic synth.

The LFO system lets you pick the shape, modulation target, speed, intensity, tempo sync and fade-in time. You can also choose from 13 lowpass, highpass and FX filters. Modulation sources include velocity, modwheel, expression, aftertouch, key position and a step-sequencer table.

There is also an arpeggiator with a built-in velocity sequencer table. It controls arp direction, note timing, swing, randomization and duration.

Soundiron suggests doubling guitar leads to thicken them, or putting the synth up front in a synthwave track.

Format and requirements

Cruiser is a standard open-format Kontakt library that needs the full retail version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5 or later. The free Kontakt Player only runs it in demo mode.

The library is 2.1 GB installed, with 1,568 samples and 21 Kontakt 5.5.2.nki preset banks. Audio is 24 bit / 48kHz stereo uncompressed PCM wav, and the sample directories are unlocked for use in other wav-compatible samplers and DAWs.

It runs on Windows 7 or higher and Mac OS X 10.9 or higher. Soundiron lists a dual-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM, with a SATA or SSD drive recommended.