Take your drum sound to the next level with the Monarch Kit – the most powerful and versatile drum library we’ve ever created for Kontakt and Kontakt Player. Designed for producers who demand only the best, Monarch combines stunning realism, incredible dynamics, and a huge range of features to ensure your drums stand out in any mix. From razor-sharp precision to jaw-dropping power, Monarch gives you complete control over your drum sound, making it an essential tool for any serious producer.
Featuring a real Anup Sastry drum kit, the Monarch Kit brings authentic, high-impact sound to your productions. With 10 snare variations, a big, organic room sound, and over 100 grooves and fills, this library delivers unrivaled levels of depth and expression. Designed with three times the number of mix presets for plug-and-play operation, Monarch also includes the ability to load custom one-off samples, ensuring you can start creating exactly the tone and impact you need straight away.
Discover the Power of Monarch
- Unlock the Monarch Kit – fully compatible with Kontakt and Kontakt Player 6+, designed to give your productions unrivaled power, realism, and impact.
- Recorded on Anup Sastry’s own drum kit: With 10 dynamic snares, 3 power hits, expressive tones and a selection of impressive cymbals to build your mix.
- Powerful, organic room sound: Experience the depth of a massive, natural room ambience, giving your drums an unrivaled quality that fits perfectly into any mix.
- Expanded mixing presets: With three times the number of mixing presets, Monarch gives easy, plug-and-play access to professional-quality drums in a variety of styles.
- Accurate dynamics: Every hit, from soft ghost notes to loud rim slams, is accompanied by realistic dynamics, making Monarch ideal for both technical and powerful drumming styles.
- Built for Modern Metal and Beyond: While the Monarch kit is designed for today’s aggressive genres, its tonal flexibility makes it a natural for rock, hardcore and more.
- Load Custom One-Shot Samples: Personalize your kit by loading custom kick, snare and tom one-shots, adding your unique signature to your drum sound.
- 100+ Inspiring Grooves and Fills: Dive into over 100 grooves and fills with Monarch’s intuitive groove player, making it easy to find rhythmic inspiration and creative flow.
- Built-in Processing Controls: Monarch features powerful tools like compression, saturation, EQ, transient design and reverb, allowing you to further shape your drum sound.
- Seamless E-Kit Integration: Built specifically for e-kit players, Monarch offers full compatibility for easy and responsive play.
- Comprehensive MIDI Mapping Presets: Optimized to allow you to effortlessly import existing drum MIDI into Monarch Kit so you can start producing straight away without any setup hassle.
For producers ready to perfect their drum tracks, Monarch Kit delivers the powerful, dynamic sounds you need to bring your songs to life in today’s production world – it’s designed to inspire boundless creativity.
One-shot Samples
Easily load custom kick, snare and tom one-shot samples – simply drag them into the window to instantly shape your sound.
Take complete control over your custom/loaded samples with individual routing options, making it easy to customize your mix.
Enhance your drum tracks with ease – layering and enhancing shells has never been so intuitive!
Envelope Controls
Fine-tune your drum sound with precision envelope controls for each kit element, allowing you to create the perfect tone.
Create your custom / loaded one-offs / samples using the same intuitive envelope controls, giving you complete creative freedom.
Create resonance and sustain for each hit with Attack, Hold and Delay controls, allowing you to dial in just the right amount of punch and depth.
Powerful Mixing Presets
Monarch comes with a range of ready-to-mix presets, from organic warmth to a robust, processed punch. Simply insert Monarch into your session and let your creativity flow. Check out the video below to hear each preset mix in action. We kept the audio raw and unprocessed to give you an honest and truthful idea of what the Monarch Kit sounds like straight out of the box.
