Abbey Road 80s Drums brings the signature drum sounds of the 1980s to your music productions with exceptional authenticity. Developed in collaboration with the legendary Abbey Road Studios, this instrument features two iconic drum kits sampled in detail to capture the era's distinctive sonic character. Designed for use with the free Kontakt Player and Kontakt 4 sampler, it offers producers and musicians a high-quality tool to recreate the powerful and punchy drum tones that defined a decade of music.

The collection includes the vintage Yamaha 9000, renowned as one of the most influential kits in music history, alongside the Slingerland Magnum Chrome, notable for its unique single-headed concert toms and Octobans. Both kits were meticulously recorded in Abbey Road's Studio Two and Studio Three, taking full advantage of the studios’ renowned acoustics. This attention to detail ensures the sounds are rich, natural, and deeply representative of the original recordings made in these iconic spaces.

Abbey Road 80s Drums incorporates the classic gated reverb effect that shaped the era’s drum sounds, using specially recorded ambient microphones and vintage processing gear like Neve preamps and an analog tape machine. With up to 27 velocity layers per instrument and multiple variation samples, it delivers a dynamic and expressive playing experience. The intuitive user interface allows precise control over articulation, mixing, and sound shaping, while advanced randomization introduces subtle nuances to replicate the feel of a live studio drum performance.