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EXHALE Black Friday pricing starts at $99.50, 50% off, with the deal ending Nov 22, 2026, on Output's vocal instrument for Kontakt.
Output calls EXHALE the world's first truly Modern Vocal Engine. It comes from the team behind REV and SIGNAL, and it is aimed at composers, producers and artists who want vocals that sit in current records, film scores and sound design.
Output says its research pointed to one frustration with vocal instruments: nothing sounded modern. EXHALE is the answer to that.
The maker lists the ingredients behind the sound:
The library carries 10 GB of raw material.
There are three modes. Notes gives you chromatic playing, Loops handles looping vocal elements, and Slices gives you sliced vocal phrases.
On the Main page, 4 Macro sliders let you find and shape a sound fast. The Engines page is where you go deeper into modulation, mixing and effects.
The insert and mod FX are automatable, so you can move them over time from your DAW.
EXHALE ships as a playable vocal engine for producers, composers, artists and sound designers. Output lists the following:
If you want to hear the presets as starting points, the maker says the loop and slice banks are meant to get you moving quickly.
EXHALE runs in Kontakt or the free Kontakt Player, version 5.8.1 or higher. The free player is supported.
On Mac you need OS X 10.12 or higher. On Windows you need Windows 7 or later.
Budget at least 4 GB of RAM, with 8 GB recommended, plus 9.2 GB of free drive space. Delivery and activation run through Native Access, so a stable internet connection is required.
Yes. The EXHALE Black Friday deal takes 50% off, bringing the Kontakt vocal engine to $99.50. The offer ends Nov 22, 2026. It is Output's vocal instrument with 500 presets and three playing modes.
EXHALE includes 500 unique presets, 10 GB of raw material, custom FX presets, custom macros per preset, NKS support and Maschine snapshots. You also get Main and Engine pages and an automatable insert and mod FX system.
Yes. Output says EXHALE runs in Kontakt or the free Kontakt Player, version 5.8.1 or higher. It needs Mac OS X 10.12 or Windows 7 or later, 4 GB of RAM minimum and 9.2 GB of free drive space.
Notes is for chromatic playing. Loops handles looping vocal elements, and Slices works with sliced vocal phrases. Many of the 500 presets include full banks of loops and slices, so you can start from ready-made material.
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