Drop Pad 3 | NKS Kontakt Player Instrument released

Sub51 and Soundtrax have released Drop Pad 3, a powerful and creative sample-based drag ’n’ drop instrument that allows the dynamic blending of four custom sound sources.

Drop Pad 3 is a significant update to the established Drop Pad series: Now being an official Kontakt Player instrument with full hardware support of NKS compatible keyboards and controllers - loading, creating and shaping sounds in Drop Pad is even more convenient.

“We are passionate about instrument design and sound creation so we wanted to create something that would provide users with the tools and flexibility to easily capture, create and modulate between sound sources” said Drop Pad developers Paul Joyner and Andre Abshagen.

Key features of Drop Pad 3 include:

• Full NKS integration

• Works with the free Kontakt 8 Player or Kontakt 8 Full

• Intuitive Main, Edit, Mod, FX and Preset Browser windows

• Auto/Manual Morph controls

• Drag ’n’ Drop Sample Import including Pitch Detection

• Sample Randomiser

• Low Pass, Peak and High Pass Filters controllable by Warp LFOs

• Pan & pitch LFOs

• Modular effects section with 14 insert or main effects, 6 Delay models and 6 Reverb algos

• On-board Preset browser for quick loading, saving and renaming of Presets

• Host Automation

• Nektar Panorama CS12 Integration

• 2.2 GB WAV Sound Library (containing Drum Loops, Tonal Loops and Textures)

• 144 new Sound Sets plus 293 Legacy Drop Pad Sound Sets included

Drop Pad 3 can be purchased from Loot Audio with a 20% intro discount until 13 July 2025 - get another 20% discount if you already own any of the previous Drop Pad versions.

(Regular price: $ 99 / € 99 / £84)