Production Gear: NI Abbey Road Modern Drums

For the producers and musical performers out there that want authentic and expertly engineered drum sounds need look no further. Introducing Native Instruments Abbey Road Modern Drums software that is designed to work with the free Kontakt Player and the Kontakt 4 sampler to arrange and produce music with LIVE RECORDED drum sounds. (Video and links inside).

Author:: DJ Blaze
Publish date:: Dec 16, 2010

For the producers and musical performers out there that want authentic and expertly engineered drum sounds need look no further. Introducing Native Instruments Abbey Road Modern Drums software that is designed to work with the free Kontakt Player and the Kontakt 4 sampler to arrange and produce music with LIVE RECORDED drum sounds. The Drum sounds are taken from the best brands of drum sets and symbols such as Pearl, Sabian, and Zildjian. Don't take my word for it. Check out the video below of the NI guys recording the actual sounds from the drum sets included in this package. Price and other information available in the press release after the video!

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Native Instruments makes software not only for DJ's, but also for music creators and producers as well. Introducing the Native Instruments Scarbee Funk Guitarist software which puts the sounds of virtual funk guitar at the hands of producers. Designed to be used with the Kontakt 4 sampler or the free Kontakt player, the Scarbee Funk Guitarist provides a range of authentic rhythm guitar lines for funk, soul, hip-hop, house, pop, and where ever you can fit it in. Video and Press Release inside.

The Native Instruments Kontakt music creation software is getting stronger and stronger by the minute. Native Instruments is releasing yet another ad-on for Kontakt that will give music producers and cinematographers about six gigs of more cinematic sounds, textures, and samples that are sure to give your project a serious boost. The complete add-on is currently available online at the NI shop for $230. Check out the full press release inside.

For the production heads out there that are making dance and club music, there is a new Native Instruments Maschine Expansion pack that will give you all the sounds you need to make the next club banger. For only $60, the owners of the NI Maschine and Maschine Mikro can purchase the new Dark Pressure Maschine Expansion that contains kicks, snares, high-hats, one-shot samples, pre-programmed Techno, Tech-house, minimal patterns, and so much more. Check out the press release and full video inside.

Native Instruments is always coming out with excellent products for DJ's and Producers to make life easier for performers and offer a wide range of possibilities when creating and manipulating music. NI has announced the newest generation of its KOMPLETE software bundles for Music Producers called the Komplete 9 and Komplete 9 Ultimate bundles that will be available for all to purchase on March 27th, 2013. The Komplete 9 suite comes with 33 instruments & effects while the Komplete 9 Ultimate will include 65 instruments & effects for producers to play with. Check out the Press release, video, and other links inside.

The Native Instruments iMaschine is now available at the Apple App store for iPod Touch and the iPhone. It's a groovestation application that allows users to create music using four flexible tracks for real-time sampling, loop recording, and sequencing with percussion instruments and sounds that are downloaded into the app. The iMaschine App is like having a pocket version of the popular beat-making unit called the Maschine by Native Instruments right on your iPod or iPhone. Check inside for the video, purchase links, and pricing.

Native Instruments continues to expand its production and music creation software, KONTAKT with a new horn instruments add-on called Symphony Series BRASS. NI's new Symphony Series BRASS comes in two flavors called the BRASS ENSEMBLE that will give a nice full harmony of horns playing together, and the BRASS SOLO which has singular horn player sounds for music creation. BRASS ENSEMBLE and BRASS SOLO can be purchased separately or as a bundle called BRASS COLLECTION for a package deal price. Check out the quick video, links, and more after the jump.

Native Instruments continues to provide new soundpacks to users of its popular Maschine Music Production Station to keep things fresh when making new tracks and beats. The newest MASCHINE Expansion is called HELIOS RAY and it comes packed with sounds and beats drawing from London's broken beat scene and LA's abstract beat producers. HELIOS RAY also contains three separate styles of drum kits as well as unique Melodic Kits and new MASSIVE presets. There's also a version available for the iMaschine iphone version. Check out the details after the jump.

Our good peeps over at Native Instruments is giving away free expansion software packs for Mashine and Maschine Mikro owners across the globe. From now until the end of 2011, every new purchase of a Maschine will get two free software expansions in the form of a free download whereas the new purchase of a Maschine Mikro will get you one free software expansion. The expansions themselves will provide the user with libraries of samples, sounds and drums from the various music styles of each expansion. More details after the jump.