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THE MONARCH KIT

THE MONARCH KIT

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The Pinnacle of Metal Drum Production

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. Built for producers who demand nothing but the best, Monarch combines stunning realism, incredible dynamics, and a massive array of features to ensure your drums stand out in any mix. From razor-sharp precision to room-shaking power, Monarch gives you total control over your drum sound, making it an essential tool for any serious producer.

Featuring Anup Sastry’s actual drum kit, The Monarch Kit brings an authentic, high-impact sound to your productions. With 10 snare options, a large, organic room sound, and over 100 grooves and fills, this library delivers an unparalleled level of depth and expression. Designed with three times as many mix presets for plug-and-play mix-ready operation, Monarch also includes the ability to load custom one-shot samples, ensuring you can jump straight into creating with the exact tone and impact you need.

Discover the Power of Monarch

  • Unleash The Monarch Kit – fully compatible with Kontakt and Kontakt Player 6+, crafted to bring unmatched power, realism, and impact to your productions.
  • Recorded from Anup Sastry’s own drum kit: With 10 dynamic snares, 3 powerhouse kicks, expressive toms, and a range of impactful cymbals to command your mix.
  • Huge, Organic Room Sound: Experience the depth of a massive, natural room ambiance, giving your drums a larger-than-life quality that sits perfectly in any mix.
  • Expanded Mix-Ready Presets: With three times the number of mix presets, Monarch provides effortless plug-and-play access to professional-quality drum tones across a range of styles.
  • Precision Dynamics: Every hit, from soft ghost notes to loud rimshots, responds with lifelike dynamics, making Monarch ideal for both technical and powerful drumming styles.
  • Built for Modern Metal and Beyond: While The Monarch Kit is engineered for today’s aggressive genres, its tonal flexibility makes it a natural fit 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 the drum sound.
  • Over 100 Inspiring Grooves and Fills: Dive into over 100 grooves and fills with Monarch’s intuitive groove player, making rhythm inspiration and creative flow effortless.
  • Built-In Processing Controls: Monarch features powerful tools like compression, saturation, EQ, transient design, and reverb, allowing you to shape your drum sound further.
  • Easy E-Kit Integration: Built with e-kit players in mind, Monarch offers seamless compatibility for straightforward, responsive play.
  • Comprehensive MIDI Mapping Presets: Optimized to let you effortlessly import your existing drum MIDI into The Monarch Kit, so you can jump right into creating without any setup hassle.

For producers ready to elevate their drum tracks, The Monarch Kit delivers the powerful, dynamic sound needed to bring your songs to life in today's modern production world—designed to inspire creativity without limits.

Installation made easy through Native Access

Includes TCI files for Slate Trigger

Required Storage: 43 GB

ONE SHOT SAMPLES

  • Effortlessly load custom kick, snare, and tom one-shot samples — just drag and drop into the window to instantly shape your sound.
  • Take full control of your custom-loaded samples with individual routing options, making mix adjustments a breeze.
  • Enhance your drum tracks with ease — layering and reinforcing shells has never been more intuitive!

ENVELOPE CONTROLS

  • Fine-tune your drum sound with precision — envelope controls for every element of the kit let you craft the perfect tone.
  • Shape your custom-loaded one-shot samples with the same intuitive envelope controls, giving you total creative freedom.
  • Sculpt the resonance and sustain of every hit with Attack, Hold, and Delay controls, allowing you to dial in just the right amount of punch and depth.

POWERFUL MIX PRESETS

Monarch comes loaded with a range of mix-ready presets, from organic warmth to hard-hitting, processed punch. Just drop Monarch into your session and let the creativity flow. Check out the video below to hear each mix preset in action. We’ve kept the audio raw and unprocessed, giving you an honest and true-to-life preview of how The Monarch Kit sounds right out of the box.

MORE ABOUT MONARCH

Interested to learn more about the drums and cymbals sampled on Monarch? Click the link below for more information.

Learn More

  • MADE FOR KONTAKT PLAYER

    All of our instruments are made for both Kontakt and Kontakt Player (free). Please visit Native Instruments for more information on Kontakt Player.

  • NATIVE KONTROL STANDARD

    All of our instruments are developed for and compatible with Native Kontrol Standard. Learn more about NKS by Native Instruments here.

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System Requirements

  • Plugin Formats

    • Mac OS X (64 Bit Only)
      Stand-Alone, VST, AU, AAX
    • AAX Windows (32/64 Bit)
      Stand-Alone, VST, AAX
    • Kontakt or Kontakt Player 6.7+

  • CPU Requirements

    • Mac OS X 10.14, 10.15, 11, or 12 (latest update), i5 or higher
    • Windows 10 or 11, Intel Core i5 or Equivalent
    • Graphics Hardware Support for OpenGL 2.1 or Higher
    • 4 GB RAM (6 GB Recommended for Large Kontakt Instruments

  • Required Disk Space

    • 1 GB for Kontakt Player
    • 42 GB for Monarch Kontakt Instrument
    • 2.7 GB for Fairview TCI Files
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Customer Reviews

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Jeremy Long
Wow

By far the best sounding, truly mix ready drums I've ever used. They're incredible!! Ultimate customizable tone from the bleed and in depth mixer. I'm blown away by how good this set sounds!! 👏👏 Top notch product from RS Drums!!!

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James
Best midi drums out there!

I was hesitant on pulling the trigger on a new midi kit for quite some time. I can’t express how happy I am with my decision to purchase RS Drums Monarch.

An excellent variety of cymbal choices paired with massive sounding kit. There is a great sense of detail in all the samples and velocities. The only thing I wish it had was the option to crash the ride. Outside of that, this kit goes above and beyond every expectation. For those searching for a midi kit, this is the ONE!!!

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Michael /.T.
So good

Man, I sure wish this kit had been released before I'd already purchased so many other drum kits over the past couple years. I would have saved so much money. Would love to see expansions of different shell and cymbal options released in the future, rather than whole new kits, since all the functionality you could possibly need is already here.

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Robert Hunt

The best plugin to ever exist!

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Eric Becker/Dream Elixir
Amazing

These are the best sounding drums I’ve used from a plugin. So punchy and clear and sound ridiculously realistic. These are my new go-to drum plugin. Great work guys!

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