Backyard Jams expansion pack artwork by Native Instruments for Maschine and Battery

Expansion - Backyard Jams: Hip Hop and Funk Expansion Pack for Maschine

Expansion - Backyard Jams is a sound expansion from Native Instruments with funk, soul and West Coast hip hop kits, loops and one-shots. It includes 44 Maschine kits, 49 Battery kits, 405 loops and over 200 one-shots.

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01Overview

Backyard Jams is a sample and kit collection built around a beats-led sound that blends West Coast hip hop, retro funk, sunny soul and contemporary beats. The developer describes the pack as a mix of larger-than-life synths, vintage leads, guitar licks, deep bass and both organic and electronic percussion. Its content spans Maschine kits, Battery kits, loops and one-shots, so producers can build full drum patterns or pull individual sounds into their own arrangements.

Best for

Hip hop beat making
Funk-influenced grooves
Soul and sunny-vibe tracks
Drum pattern building
Loop-based song sketches

Developer: Native Instruments
Category: Expansion Packs
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

West Coast hip hop, retro funk, contemporary beats and sunny soul blend
Larger-than-life synths, vintage leads and deep bass sounds
Guitar licks alongside organic and electronic percussion
44 Maschine kits for beat production
49 Battery kits for drum programming
405 loops for building grooves and arrangements
Over 200 one-shots for layering and sound design

03In depth

Sound and Character of the Backyard Jams Content

The pack draws on West Coast hip hop, retro funk and sunny soul, with a playful, colorful tone. Native Instruments describes the material as a collision of genres rather than a single style, so the kits and loops can sit comfortably in beat-driven tracks that borrow from several eras.

The library covers a range of textures: vintage leads and pads, guitar and bass licks, deep synth sounds, and both organic and electronic percussion. That spread makes it useful for building a complete groove from a single pack, with melodic, harmonic and rhythmic elements all drawn from one consistent sonic palette.

What Is Inside: Kits, Loops and One-Shots

Backyard Jams includes 44 Maschine kits and 49 Battery kits, giving producers ready-made drum programs in two common formats. The pack adds 405 loops and more than 200 one-shots, which can be dropped into a DAW or sampler to start a idea or to fill out a arrangement.

The kits and loops suit producers working in hip hop, funk and soul-influenced beat making. Because the one-shots are separate from the full kits, they are also useful for replacing or layering individual hits in an existing project.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	Native Instruments
Type	Preset pack / expansion
Category	Expansion Packs

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use Backyard Jams?

Maschine content requires the latest version of the Maschine software, and Battery content requires the latest version of Battery. Loops and samples work in any DAW.

Which products can use this expansion?

The expansion works with Maschine, Battery, Massive, Monark and Reaktor Prism, each requiring the latest version of its software. It cannot be used in Kontakt.