NASTRO Soundscapes Black Friday Deal 2026: $13.80, 80% off

NASTRO Soundscapes Black Friday pricing is 80% off, which puts this Have Audio tape-machine instrument for full Kontakt at $13.80 until Dec 7, 2026.

It runs only in the full version of Kontakt 6.5.2 or newer. The free Kontakt Player will not load it.

NASTRO is Italian for "tape", and Soundscapes is the first release in a series about reels and cassettes. It gives you a 4-track tape machine inside your DAW.

What is NASTRO Soundscapes?

Have Audio sampled some of their favourite instruments and built synthetic leads, loops, textures, noises and arpeggios on analog synths. Everything was then re-recorded through vintage tape gear: walkmans, boomboxes, VHS decks and rare cassette players.

The maker lists devices such as the R2R Akai GX210-D, Sony TC630, Philips 4307, National RQ210-S and Grundig RR1140 boombox. The hiss, wobble and uneven frequency response are part of the samples.

What is inside the instrument?

• 4 independent tracks
• 64 sound sources, each differing slightly per track and per playback mode
• 4 playback modes: normal, reverse, loop normal and loop reverse
• Adjustable speed per track
• 80 factory presets
• 58 IR effects made from vintage devices
• 4 FX macros for pan, EQ, compression and saturation

Because the sources vary by track and mode, Have Audio counts 1024 distinct variations. Speed can sit at normal, half or double in sync mode, or you can drag it by hand in free mode to slow, stretch and degrade the reel.

How are the sound sources organised?

The 64 sources fall into six categories:

• Synthetic Tones: 15 patches, from vintage analog to modern digital synths
• Synthetic Chords: 21 patches, one chord per key, in minor, major, maj7, min7, sus2, sus4 and augmented
• Synthetic Textures: 4 patches, layered synth detail, sometimes mixed with nature sounds
• Arpeggiation: 7 patches built from sampled multi-note blocks
• Hybrid: 11 patches played on sax, electric guitar, bouzouki, saz baglama and Persian santoor, then pushed through tape machines
• Reel Noise: 6 patches of hiss, wobble and motor crackle sampled from machines with no input

The presets are sorted into eight groups: Arp, Atmosphere, Chords, FX noise, Motion, Perc, Synthetic and Textures.

What about the effects?

The send FX use 58 convolution and IR effects. Some are real room responses, others come from vintage pedals and devices for very large or very small halos. There are also tuned resonating IRs, so you can add pedal notes in a key of your choice.

The library takes 2.78 GB uncompressed and holds 821 samples in.ncw format.