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The EMISYNTH Black Friday deal covers Strix Instruments' Kontakt library of eleven Soviet children's synthesizers at $11.99, 87% off, until Jan 30, 2027.
Each synth in this EMISYNTH plugin-style Kontakt library is between 30 and 50 years old. Strix Instruments recorded them through their own original speakers, so what you hear is the sound the designers built in.
The collection holds 11 synths, 100 presets and 979 variations. Everything is built from more than 3,500 unique samples at 48 kHz, 24-bit.
The maker pitches it as more than a dozen synths for the price of one, all already digitised.
Time and storage conditions left their mark on every instrument. Each one aged differently, which changed its analogue circuitry and added its own artefacts.
Strix Instruments kept the characteristic shade of each note rather than cleaning it up.
The maker describes the tone as piercing and bright but still pleasant. It says each synth stands out in a mix and adds a distinctive voice to a track.
Built-in fine-tuning knobs let you control each instrument on its own. The interface is designed for switching quickly between synths, and the maker points to synthwave and 80s-flavoured work as the natural fit.
Strix Instruments travelled to the Chernobyl exclusion zone and recorded Impulse Responses in its streets and buildings. The collection is made for use in a convolution reverb.
The idea is to put the space of the 1980s around the synths, not just the instruments themselves.
EMISYNTH is a Kontakt instrument library, so it loads inside Kontakt rather than as a standalone VST or AU plugin. It needs the full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or higher. The free Kontakt Player is not supported.
You need 2.52 GB of free storage.
The maker recommends playback at 96000 Hz with 16 to 24 bit, because Kontakt handles effects better at higher sample rates.
Yes. The EMISYNTH Black Friday deal takes 87% off Strix Instruments' Kontakt library, bringing it to $11.99. The offer ends Jan 30, 2027. You get all 11 synths, 100 presets and the Chernobyl impulse responses.
EMISYNTH includes 11 Soviet children's synthesizers, 100 presets and 979 variations, built from 3,500+ samples at 48 kHz, 24-bit. It also ships with impulse responses recorded in the Chernobyl exclusion zone for convolution reverb.
No. EMISYNTH needs the full version of Kontakt 5.8.1 or higher, and the free Kontakt Player is not supported. It also needs 2.52 GB of storage. It has NKS support, mapped for Komplete Kontrol.
Strix Instruments recorded the synths through their original speakers, so the sound matches what the designers intended. The instruments are 30 to 50 years old, and the age-related artefacts in each one were kept rather than removed.
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