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The NASTRO VHS Black Friday deal takes 80% off this Have Audio Kontakt instrument, which brings it to $11.80 until Dec 7, 2026.
NASTRO VHS is the second release in the NASTRO series, following NASTRO Soundscapes. It's a lo-fi library built around the look and sound of 80s video: shaky, glitchy, wobbling, and full of static noise.
The maker describes the NASTRO series as a time machine to lo-fi devices, from reel to reel tape recorders and cassette players to walkmans, Super8, VHS and Betamax recorders.
The source material is synthtones, loops and textures recorded from some of the best analog synths out there. Each one was then re-processed through real VHS recorders.
That pass through the tape machines adds dirt, static noise and detuning. In the box, you get those imperfections baked into the samples, not stacked on top as a plugin effect.
The library has 52 sound sources and patches, split like this:
The full size is 5,47 GB uncompressed, made up of 1705 samples in.ncw format.
The instrument has 4 channels, or tracks, so you can layer several sources in one patch. Each channel offers 4 playback modes: Normal, Reverse, Normal Loop and Reverse Loop.
In Sync Mode, each channel runs at half speed, normal speed or double speed. In Free Mode, you control the speed manually, which suits detuned, tape-slowdown moves.
There are also 20 new IR effects, plus built-in FX macros for Pan, EQ, Compression and Saturation. Those four macros cover basic gain stage and tone shaping without leaving the instrument.
You don't need NASTRO Soundscapes to use NASTRO VHS. The maker says all NASTRO instruments are designed to blend together, so the two can share a project.
NASTRO VHS needs the full version of Native Instruments' Kontakt. It does not work in the free Kontakt Player.
The maker lists Kontakt Full Version 6.5.2+ in its important note and 6.6.1+ in its product description. Make sure your Kontakt install meets the higher number before you load the library.
Yes. The NASTRO VHS Black Friday deal takes 80% off this Have Audio Kontakt library, which brings it to $11.80. The offer runs until Dec 7, 2026.
NASTRO VHS holds 52 patches: 21 long and 14 short synthtones, 3 tempo-based loops, 3 textures and FX, and 6 VHS static noises. It also has 20 new IR effects and four built-in FX macros.
No. NASTRO VHS needs a full version of Native Instruments' Kontakt and will not run in the free Kontakt Player. The maker lists version 6.5.2+ in one place and 6.6.1+ in another.
No. NASTRO VHS works on its own. The maker says all NASTRO instruments are designed to blend together, so Soundscapes and VHS can be layered if you own both.
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