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Native Instruments has given us another holiday collection this year. The Holiday Selection 2009 is a free instrument that contains sounds from various KORE and KONTAKT instruments. 45 sounds, 360 variations, all free.

The instrument uses the free KORE 2 Player which you can also download from Native Instruments’ site. I listened to the various demos and really liked what I heard. Have a listen to “The X-mass Hullabaloo” for an interesting pad sound and a bell sound. And don’t be turned off by the dance flavor of the demos. There’s gold in the patches for just about every style.

There are those who discount these free instruments/collections as not worth the effort, but I’ve used something from all of the free KORE packs in several productions. If you’re looking for that “something different” to use even in one section of one song, this might be what you need.

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