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NOVO Essentials Black Friday pricing starts at $50, 57% off, and runs until Dec 18, 2026, on Heavyocity's pared-down set of core orchestral strings from NOVO: Modern Strings.
It's a Kontakt instrument built for fast composing. The maker describes it as lush traditional strings for quick writing, a creative string designer for cinematic sound design, and hand-crafted loops for instant inspiration.
The library ships as three NKIs and 54 all-new snapshot presets, built from 5,668 samples.
The download is direct only. It takes 10.02 GB uncompressed, or 6.1 GB on disk with NI lossless compression.
The Full Ensemble is the traditional side, running on the Clean Engine. It is a 44-player section: 18 violins, 10 violas, 10 cellos and 6 double basses.
One preset covers four core articulations: Long Sustain, Tremolo, Staccato and Pizzicato. Each articulation has Mix, Close, Room and Hall mic positions, and the staccato and pizzicato articulations also come with round-robin variants. That adds up to 24 sources.
The evolved content is for sound design rather than straight scoring. The String Designer is a 3-channel sound browser, and it draws on 20 processed sources split into four groups of four:
The String Loop Designer is a 3-channel loop browser holding 36 straight loops. They split into Ambient, Motif and Rhythmic sets of 12, and each set has 4 low, 4 mid and 4 high loops.
A CYCLE page handles advanced granular and rhythmic playback. A MACRO knob controls several parameters at once, and the sample browser is built to be intuitive.
NOVO Essentials runs stand-alone and as VST, AU and AAX. It is powered by the Kontakt 6 engine, so you need Kontakt 6 (the free Player works) or later. It is also integrated with Komplete Kontrol and NKS-ready.
On Mac, the stated requirements are macOS 10.12, 10.13 or 10.14 (latest update) and an i5. On PC, they are Windows 7, 8 or 10 (latest Service Pack), an Intel Core i5 or equivalent, and 2 GB RAM.
Yes. The NOVO Essentials Black Friday deal takes 57% off and brings the Heavyocity Kontakt library to $50. The offer ends Dec 18, 2026. It is a direct download, so there is nothing to ship.
It includes three NKIs: a 44-player Full Ensemble with four core articulations, a String Designer and a String Loop Designer. Together they hold 54 snapshot presets, 36 loops and 5,668 samples, taken from the NOVO: Modern Strings library.
NOVO Essentials runs stand-alone and as VST, AU and AAX. It needs Kontakt 6 (Player) or later, and it is integrated with Komplete Kontrol and NKS-ready for use with compatible hardware.
The library is 10.02 GB uncompressed, or 6.1 GB on disk with NI lossless compression. It is available as a direct download only, so plan your drive space before you start the download.
Prices and end dates are checked at publishing time and can change, so confirm them at the store before you buy.