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The Dawesome KONTRAST Black Friday deal puts 40% off this wavetable synth plugin, bringing it to $89.40 until Nov 6, 2026.
KONTRAST comes from Dawesome and is sold through Tracktion. It is a wavetable synth VST that scans its tables in a nonlinear way instead of sweeping along a single axis.
The maker's pitch is that sound becomes terrain. You explore the table rather than just play through it, and each turn of the path brings up different colors, textures and movement.
The maker says plain one-axis modulation sounds lifeless, and nonlinear scanning is their answer to it. The result is meant to breathe and evolve, from smooth and lush to chaotic and wild.
In the maker's words, wavetable synths have been playing it safe for over a decade, and KONTRAST takes the other road.
It is built for speed. Twist a knob, hear the change, keep moving. The maker says the workflow stays out of your way so the idea stays alive while you work.
Beyond the scanning engine, you get analog filters, deep modulation, expressive effects and MPE support. Presets are billed as world-class, so there is plenty to start from before you dial in your own patch.
KONTRAST is a VST3 and AU plugin. It runs on macOS, on both Intel and Apple Silicon, and on Windows.
The 90-day full-version trial lets you work with the synth in your own signal chain before you buy.
KONTRAST is by Peter, known as Dawesome, a classically trained bassoonist who turned to building synths. His earlier instruments include Kult, Novum and Myth.
According to its developer, Dawesome is a tiny, bold studio that treats rules as optional, much like an independent band within the world of audio plugins.
Yes. The Black Friday deal takes 40% off Dawesome KONTRAST, bringing the synth plugin to $89.40, and it runs until Nov 6, 2026. The listing is for the full version of the instrument.
Yes, it ships as a VST3 and AU plugin, so it loads in compatible hosts as an instrument. It runs on Windows and on macOS, covering both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
It is a wavetable synth that uses nonlinear scanning. Instead of moving through a table along one axis, you explore it like terrain. The maker says this gives evolving sounds, from smooth and lush to chaotic and wild.
Yes. The maker offers a 90-day full-version trial, so you can test the synth in your own projects. It includes the analog filters, deep modulation, effects, MPE support and the preset library.
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