9 for 99 - until 17th April

had a listen to the expansions and I have some of them but just couldn't make it up to the 9 what was left etc got as far a 6 the rest were not my bag man , sorry NI will have to pass on the deal :(

I can't do the sale this year..... Seems out of all the expansions I haven't purchased, I only need 5 more. Of the five I would like to purchase, two don't qualify as being in the 9/$99 and they aren't even recent ones. They are way old.......Resonant Blaze and Paradise Rinse. They are not part of the sale....... correct me if I'm wrong but either way I will obtain the last five with a different sale later this year.

Not knowing what you already have, I’ll suggest you what I find “quality” expansions:

Since you are interested in Caribbean current, probably you would love System Clash too. Crate Cuts goes very well with Faded Reels. And Aquarius Earth is also on the same spectrum (and probably one of my favorite…and maybe it will be yours too, if you like Dilla style). Soul Magic is a little gem. Infamous Flow if you liked Mobb Deep style back in the 90s. With Concrete Sun I hoped they would target something in the Nujabes field, but in facts it is quite different. Neo Boogie wasn’t really appealing to me, but I must admit it is of high quality and, even if it aims to a peculiar style, it can be used for something different, allowing you to stay in your style but with a different twist and not what we already heard around a million times. Sometimes using sounds designed for a purpose but in a different genre can create something fresh.

And I stop here, or I will finish to name them all…😂. In the end, they are all good, and even if focused on a peculiar style, the quality of a beatmaker shows the difference even with the “wrong” material

As a Chinese user I have many questions ：https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/11945/about-the-9-for-99-expansion-sale#latest

Just as a consumer, I want to try different expansion packs to explore more possibilities，I want to buy eight of these but this campaign only allows me to buy the Second one

Another new video helping to make a choice:

Sale ends soon and I can't decide... 😅 Most of the Expansions (or genres) do not really appeal to me, so it all boils down to these ones so far:

• Young Phantom
• Satin Looks
• Electric Touch
• Sacred Futures
• Certified Gold
• Anima Ascent
• Crate Cuts
• Magnetic Coast
• Lockdown Grind

I'm just wondering if Young Phantom, Sacred Futures, Certified Gold and Lockdown Grind are different enough from each other since they're all trap and hip-hop related 🤔 Can somebody, who owns these four, confirm?

Can't really comment on the physical makeup of these 9 packs you have listed - but for me - if I am not into the genre (and NI seems to be obsessed with making every pack a hiphop variant) there is no sale - even if it seems like a good deal.

Ask yourself if you will actually use these after you buy. On the other hand -if it's a matter of FOMO - then I cannot comment.

Sidenote: I do find a ton of the NI samples across all sorts of packs do sound very similar (if not the same). There are only so many 808 hihats or kicks out there in the world after a while.

VP