Marco Polo Drums is a Kontakt drum instrument from Native Instruments, built around golden-era hip hop drum kits curated by producer Marco Polo. It includes 16 groove patterns per kit that can be edited in any DAW via MIDI drag and drop.
Marco Polo Drums is part of the Play Series and focuses on boom bap drum sounds. The kits are curated by producer Marco Polo, who built his reputation on drums and grooves with a raw, textured feel. Each kit comes with a set of groove patterns, and custom macro effects let you shape the sound in the same hands-on way. It runs inside Kontakt, so you can load a kit and start building beats right away.
Native Instruments describes the kits as raw, dusty and built for classic hip hop feel. The focus is on kick, snare and hi-hat sounds with weight and swing, drawn from Marco Polo's approach to crate digging and studio work.
The kits are meant to be loaded and used as they are, then reshaped with the custom macro effects that Marco Polo designed for this instrument.
Each kit includes 16 groove patterns. These are MIDI, so you can drag them into any DAW and edit them to suit your arrangement.
The Play Series interface gives real-time control over the sound, keeping the focus on playing and sketching ideas quickly rather than digging through menus.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | Native Instruments |
|---|---|
| Type | Plugin |
| Category | Kontakt Instrument |
| Requires | Kontakt |
| Formats | Kontakt |
| Operating systems | Windows, macOS |
| Architecture | 64-bit |
Marco Polo Drums requires Kontakt. You can use the free Kontakt Player or the full Kontakt, version 8.8 or higher.
It supports Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit) and macOS 13, 14 or 15. The Kontakt format is included.
Yes. Each kit includes 16 groove patterns that you can drag into any DAW as MIDI and edit.
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