Native Instruments launches NI Essentials

Native Instruments has announced NI Essentials, a new instrument collection that allows you to get your hands on a powerful arsenal of software instruments at an attractive bundle price.

NI Essentials offers a selection of creative musical tools providing professional results for a wide range of styles and genres. The bundle includes the full versions of Absynth 3, Battery 2, PRO-53, Kompakt, and one amp emulation of choice from the Guitar Combos series that includes the Plexi Combo, Twang Combo and AC-Box Combo, all derived from NI's Guitar Rig amp emulation system.

The NI Essentials package includes the four software instruments on a single DVD, and contains a special license code that allows the download of an individual Guitar Combos amp emulation from the NI website.

NI Essentials is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $499 / €449 from authorized dealers and in the NI Online Store. A special limited-time upgrade offer also allows all owners of at least one product from the NI Essentials collection to upgrade to the full bundle for only $339 / €299. This upgrade offer expires on December 31st 2005.