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The Shruti Box Black Friday deal from Have Audio takes 70% off this four-instrument Kontakt bundle, which puts it at $14.70 until Dec 7, 2026.
A shruti box is a small acoustic instrument that covers a lot of ground on its own. Have Audio says it ranges from pure, accordion-like tones and ecstatic pedal notes to blues-harp colours and odd, granular, almost synthetic textures.
Instead of folding it into one of their usual blends, Have Audio sampled it in depth. They then stretched its natural range with their "double espresso engine" and a set of custom FX.
The Shruti Box VST bundle ships as three Kontakt instruments plus a bonus one:
In total that is 537 samples, four separate.nki files and over 2.6 GB uncompressed.
Each instrument uses keyswitches to change sound banks, so you can move between articulations without leaving the keyboard.
That spread runs from sustained drones to chord stabs, all from one source.
The effects are part of the instrument, so you can shape the tail and the texture inside Kontakt without reaching for another plugin on the bus.
The Shruti Box includes distortion plus a set of reverb tools: a convolution reverb modeled on a concert hall, one named Accordion-verb, a freeze function, and an effect that loads custom impulse responses. Have Audio expects film composers and music producers to reach for it when they want an ethnic instrument with added character.
This Shruti Box Kontakt library needs the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or newer. It will not run in the free Kontakt Player.
Plan for roughly 3 GB of free drive space. Have Audio recommends 8 GB of RAM or more.
Yes. The Shruti Box Black Friday deal takes 70% off Have Audio's Kontakt bundle, bringing it to $14.70 until Dec 7, 2026. The price covers all four instruments: Essentials, Extended, Harmonic and the bonus Interval Machine.
The bundle has three Kontakt instruments, Shruti Box Essentials, Extended and Harmonic, plus the bonus Shruti Box Interval Machine. That adds up to 537 samples in four.nki files, over 2.6 GB uncompressed.
No. Have Audio states the bundle will not work in the free Kontakt Player and requires the full version of Kontakt 5.6.8 or newer. It also needs about 3 GB of free drive space, and 8 GB of RAM or more is recommended.
Effects on board include distortion plus several reverbs: a concert hall one built on convolution, Accordion-verb, a freeze reverb, and Reflection, which lets you load your own impulse responses. Keyswitches cover short and long notes, movement, pedal tones, textures, wah, and major, minor, augmented and diminished chords.
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