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Nordisk Kontrabass Black Friday pricing is 75% off, which puts this Kontakt upright bass instrument at $42.25 until Dec 7, 2026.
Have Audio built it for film composers and producers who want something fresh. Use it as a fat, real-sounding upright bass, or as a stand-alone compositional tool.
The maker says it delivers string harmonies, textures, rhythms and melodies, all performed by a top creative player.
It is a Kontakt instrument built from 14000+ samples of an upright bass. The influences are Jóhann Jóhannson, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Max Richter and Arvo Pärt, plus minimalist music and European ECM-style improvised music.
You get full-range legato and pizzicato that are fully playable. The maker adds that it includes techniques and textures that were never sampled before.
The built-in arpeggiator lets you build grooves from the bass. The recorded phrases and textures can be reshaped too:
On the effects side you get an arpeggiator, 9 reverbs, the ICE effect, delay, reverse and Warp, a real-time controllable time-stretch. Legato speed is adjustable. Mic options are Stereo MIC and DI.
The maker groups the content like this:
The maker pitches it at epic cues as well as intimate, fragile soundscapes, and at Scandinavian and European atmospheres in your compositions.
Nordisk Kontrabass needs the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or newer. It will not work in Kontakt Player.
Plan for about 16 GB of free drive space. The maker recommends 8 GB of RAM or more.
Yes. The Nordisk Kontrabass Black Friday deal takes 75% off this Have Audio Kontakt instrument, bringing it to $42.25 until Dec 7, 2026.
No. The maker states it will not work in Kontakt Player and requires the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or newer. It also needs about 16 GB of free drive space.
There is full-range legato and full-range pizzicato with 5 key switches: normal pizzicato, slides, harmonics, fret FX and Street Slap. Other content includes double stops, thumb choked pizzicato, natural harmonics, dirty tremolo and bow textures.
It has an arpeggiator, 9 reverbs, the ICE effect, delay, reverse and Warp, a real-time controllable time-stretch. You can also adjust legato speed and choose between Stereo MIC and DI mic options.
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