Native Instruments Play Series Stacks v2.0.0 [KONTAKT]

Crates of wax, dusty sleeves, and sampled beats: STACKS packs the building blocks of 2000s-era, sample-heavy hip hop into a Play Series instrument full of leads, strings, horns, bass, and sounds influenced by crate digging dedication.

Dive deep into the same sounds you’d hear on old-school gems – electric keys, organs, glocks, strings, horns, live bass, and beyond – resampled and processed using tape decks and hardware until they hit the spot. Think collages of funk fused with lo-fi soul, pop lines, and organic left-field bass built for the art of beatmaking.

CONTEMPORARY CRATE DIGGING TEXTURES

– Dusty textures and organic blends from the sample-drenched soul of cult underground hip hop

– Over 150 presets of loose leads, off-kilter keys and organs, live bass, horns, strings, and vintage synths

– Sounds sampled and resampled using original hardware and effects, plus tried-and-tested signal chains and techniques

– Part of the Play Series: Great-sounding presets and real-time control in an intuitive interface

DIGGING DEEPER INTO STACKS & BURNT HUES

Beau Tyler got his hands on Play Series: STACKS and the BURNT HUES Expansion to cook up a beat and take a closer look at the tones and textures hidden inside.