NTHNL Nature Kit
Key Features
- Location-recorded field-recording pack with samples named after their capture places
- 125 inspected audio files across chants, flutes, percussion, miscellaneous recordings, and water sounds
- Mostly WAV source material for direct use in DAWs, samplers, drum racks, and sound-design sessions
- Includes organic percussion hits, vocal chants, flute phrases, train and construction sounds, and water textures
- Useful as raw source material for resampling, layering, transition design, and ambient beds
- Official NTHNL field-recording page links to the SoundPacks download as part of the developer's sample-pack section
Description
NTHNL Nature Kit is a field-recording sample pack built from sounds captured during a trip across the United States. The samples are named after the places where they were recorded, which makes the library feel more like a travel diary of usable source material than a generic foley folder.
The ZIP inspection shows 125 audio files spread across chants, flutes, miscellaneous recordings, percussion, and water sounds. Most files are WAV, with a small number of MP3 files mixed into the percussion and miscellaneous folders.
Use it for ambient production, experimental sampling, cinematic texture work, and organic percussion layers that need a location-recorded edge. The material ranges from Badlands chants and flute notes to Yosemite claps, Seattle train sounds, water recordings, and hand-drum hits.
The official NTHNL field-recording page says the developer has been recording a wide variety of spaces since 2012 and lists the Nature Kit as one of two included sample packs. It also notes a Sony PCM-D100 and Sennheiser AMBEO 360 microphone setup for NTHNL's field-recording practice.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kinds of sounds are included in NTHNL Nature Kit?
The inspected ZIP includes folders for chants, flutes, miscellaneous recordings, percussion, and water sounds. Representative filenames point to locations such as Badlands, Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Seattle, Portland, Crater Lake, and Oak Creek Canyon.
Is this more of a foley pack or a music-production loop pack?
It is closer to raw field-recording and foley source material than a tempo-labeled construction kit. The sounds are best treated as material to chop, layer, process, and place inside samplers or audio tracks.
Can the sounds be used in any DAW?
Yes. The source page lists WAV format, and local inspection found mostly WAV files plus a small number of MP3 files, so the pack does not require a specific plugin or sampler.
What does the official NTHNL page add beyond the SoundPacks listing?
The developer page confirms NTHNL's broader field-recording practice and links to the Nature Kit from its sample-pack section. It also states that NTHNL uses a Sony PCM-D100 and Sennheiser AMBEO 360 microphone for field recording.
