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Rhythmic Textures: NOVO Pack 02 Black Friday pricing is $75, 49% off, with the deal ending Dec 18, 2026, on Heavyocity's Kontakt instrument of rhythmic chamber strings.
The library is built around small string groups: three and four person violin, viola and cello ensembles. Heavyocity describes it as the moving, expressive counterpart to 2017's Intimate Textures.
The focus is rhythmic material played by the whole ensemble. Think cello sul pont tremolos layered over swells, or violin staccatos riding over col legno tapping.
It ships with 2,476 samples, 221 Snapshot presets and 10 NKIs. The maker quotes 48 unique articulations spread across three sections: violins, violas and celli.
Each section carries the same 16 articulations:
That adds up to 12+ GB of chamber strings content, or 17.2 GB uncompressed. With Native Instruments lossless compression it takes 12 GB on disk.
Heavyocity tracked at Reservoir Studios in NYC, the same intimate room it used for the earlier Textures title. The mixer was film score mixer Satoshi Mark Noguchi, whose credits include Lion, Lone Survivor and Oblivion.
The maker says the result has a level of detail and clarity not previously reached by a chamber strings virtual instrument. The goal was to put you in the room with every bow stroke.
NOVO is Heavyocity's award-winning engine, and it lets you reshape the recorded strings rather than just trigger them. The maker says you can build synthetic-style strings and distinctive rhythmic pulses from the organic source material.
The central MACRO knob modulates multiple parameters at once. The CYCLE page handles granular and rhythmic sample playback, and an intuitive sample browser keeps the content easy to get around.
Rhythmic Textures runs stand-alone and as VST, AU and AAX. It is powered by Kontakt 5, and Kontakt 5 Player version 5.6.8 or later is required. It is also integrated with Komplete Kontrol and NKS-ready.
The library is a direct download only.
Yes. The Rhythmic Textures: NOVO Pack 02 Black Friday deal takes 49% off, bringing Heavyocity's chamber strings library to $75. The offer ends Dec 18, 2026. It is a direct download, so there is no physical shipping involved.
You get 2,476 samples, 221 Snapshot presets and 10 NKIs. There are 48 articulations in total: 16 each for violins, violas and celli. The maker puts the content at 12+ GB, or 17.2 GB uncompressed.
It runs stand-alone and as VST, AU and AAX, powered by the Kontakt 5 engine. Kontakt 5 Player version 5.6.8 or later is needed. It is integrated with Komplete Kontrol and NKS-ready.
The NOVO engine reshapes the recorded strings. A central MACRO knob modulates several parameters at once, and the CYCLE page handles granular, rhythmic sample playback. Heavyocity says this lets you create synthetic-style strings and distinctive rhythmic pulses.
Prices and end dates are checked at publishing time and can change, so confirm them at the store before you buy.