∞ Native Instruments partners with Abbey Road studios

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Native Instruments on Thursday said it is partnering with Abbey Road recording studios to produce new software instruments. The first product is scheduled to be released in early 2010.

Of course, Abbey Road is one of the most iconic recording studios in the world. The studio is famous for recording many great albums, including the Beatles. Engineers like Sir George Martin have used the studio, as well.

Abbey Road

Native Instruments credits Abbey Road as being “one of the most sophisticated recording and post production complexes in the world,” and says “Abbey Road’s equipment includes one of the largest microphones collections as well as a selection of famed analog outboard gear.”

The new instruments will be made for Native Instruments’ Kontakt sampler.


  • http://www.jakito.co Kim Jasper

    My guess is that they might want to leverage each others’ strengths in the mixing/mastering area with NI bringing the AR skills, assets and gems to the market in higher volumes, at lower prices and with the effective packaging from and synergy with NI’s Kore2 and Komplete products. NI can get a nice mastering addition to their offering, and NI’s distribution channel will bring more value to AR than it would to the likes of IK Multimedia or izotope who are already well established in this space. I have written a little more about it on my blog: http://bit.ly/76nvGz

    • Jim Dalrymple

      Good thoughts.

  • phranchise

    George Martin isn’t an engineer. He produced the Beatles so it’s not a surprise that he “also” worked there. The engineer was Geoff Emerick.

  • phranchise

    also, this is an instrument package, not an effect package, so there won’t be a mastering edition. This looks to be sounds for the NI Kontact player with some different room sound options etc. Probably will be nice. They can make a piano version, drum editions, organ, horns, strings etc.