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What's new in Addictive Drums
XLN Addictive Drums 2 has been elevated with the v2.5 update, delivering both workflow improvements and exciting new features. The software now boasts a sleek, revamped interface designed to keep you focused on your music with its polished, modern look. A standout new effect, Trig Gate, allows you to effortlessly sculpt your drum sound with precise gate action on every hit, no threshold adjustments needed, thanks to the use of internal MIDI drum notes. The new Boost mode for the compressor adds extra punch to your beats with multiband compression specially tuned for drums, giving your tracks more energy and impact. On top of that, the EQ now features real-time visual feedback across all frequencies, making it easier than ever to fine-tune your sound with clarity and precision. Best of all, this update is fully backwards compatible, so all your previous presets, tweaks, and settings will work seamlessly, and it supports every Addictive Drums 2 expansion, including ADpaks, MIDIpaks, and Kitpiece paks.
Boutique Mallets
Custom-made drum kit
To capture the natural and warm sound needed to complement mallet drum playing, a custom hand-made Wacco drum kit was used in this session. Constructed from heat treated maple with a natural satin oil finish, maple hoops and rope tuners, the Wacco provides a boutique, warm and smooth sound. A one-of-a-kind snare drum has been sampled with snare wires on and off to give you a diverse range of sounds, from subtle melodic tones with no wires to more aggressive and explosive sounds with wires on, perfect for cinematic impacts. Matched with this unique drum kit are an array of Meinl Byzance cymbals, perfect for their dry and crisp sound with a distinctive washy decay that pairs perfectly with mallet drumming styles.
Meticulously sampled in the world-famous recording room in Soundtrade Studios, the Boutique Mallets ADpak provides a spacious and warm sound that's perfect for adding texture to your music or for creating cinematic soundscapes. For maximum versatility, it has been sampled with both sticks and mallets to give you a wide range of options regarding the attack of your drums to make sure your composition gets the timbre it needs.
Session Percussion
Add some spice
The ultimate way to spice up your arrangement with exotic percussion flavours. Included in this AD Pack are 15 exciting instruments that can add a unique character to your arrangements. Each piece of the kit has been specifically selected and set up to work just like a regular drum kit with easy layering in combination with other sounds to expand your tonal palette.
Meticulously curated, this pack has been designed to work as one cohesive drumkit where all the sounds are glued and matched together. The combination of congas and timbales act as toms, a large orchestral bass drum is used as the kick, a Brazilian Caixa as a snare with expressive pieces around the kit working as percussion effects.
Hit the ground running with the included presets that offer a wide spectrum of sounds, from over-the-top to subtle and mix-friendly, spanning numerous musical genres from Latin, pop, Hip-Hop and R&B and even modern Dancehall.
Mallet Grooves
Comprised of over 200 grooves labelled and arranged for easy navigation, the Mallet Grooves MIDI pack lets you add the real feel of a professional mallet player in your productions. Ideal for pairing with the Boutique Mallets, the Mallet Grooves MIDI pack adds a laid back feel and dynamic to your sounds that brings your track down to Earth.
Percussion Beats
The backbone of every track is the percussion, the foundation that everything is built on. Add some variation and rhythm to your drum tracks with the Percussion Beats MIDI pack. Containing over 200 performances in a wide range of styles from old school funk to modern dancehall. Break free from boring and generic drum beats and add some flair and dynamism to your tracks, giving them energy that people resonate with and more importantly, dance to!
Features
Boutique Mallets
- Premium quality drums recorded in a highly sought-after studio
- Delivers spacious, dark and warm sound
- Custom, hand-made Wacco drum kit
- Meinl Byzance dry cymbals for smooth and rich top end
- Played with both mallets and sticks for maximum versatility
- 30 radio-ready presets
- Add texture and dynamic to your music
Drum list
- Kicks: 22x14" Wacco Old School
- Snares: 14x6" Hip Custom (Snares Off)
- Toms: 13x9" (High and low tuned), 16x16" (High and low tuned) Wacco Old School
- Cymbals: 14" Meinl Byzance Dual Hihat (Sticks), 18" Meinl Byzance Extra Thin (Mallets), 19" Meinl Byzance Extra Thin (Mallets), 20" Meinl Byzance Extra Thin (Mallets), 20" Meinl Byzance Extra Thin (Sticks), 21" Meinl Byzance Transition Ride (Mallets)
- Extras: Meinl Claves
Session Percussion
Drum list
- Kick: 32x20" Kolberg Percussion Concert
- Snare: 12x6" Brazilian Caixa
- Hi-hat: 14" Sabian AAX Stage
- Toms: 11" Skin on Skin Conga, 13" Skin on Skin Conga, 14" LP Tito Puente Timbale, 15" LP Tito Puente Timbale
- Cymbals: 8" Meinl Byzance Splash, Stacked 16" and 14" Crashes, 18" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Crash, 22" Zildjian K Ride
- Extras: LP Wood Block, LP Plastic Block, LP Tambourine (left-right hits), Brazilian Pandeiro (can also be loaded into Kick, Snare and Hihat slots)
Specification
System Requirements
- Operating system:
- Mac:
- macOS 10.9 or later (32 & 64-bit)
- Windows:
- Windows 7, 8, 10 (64-bit)
- Plug-in format:
- VST, AU, AAX (64-bit)
- Standalone Application (Windows and macOS)
- Compatible Software:
- Ableton Live 9 & 10
- Apple Logic Pro 9 & 10
- Avid Pro Tools 11 or later (Pro Tools First is not supported)
- Cakewalk by Bandlab
- Propellerhead Reason 9.5 or later (In Addictive Drums 2, the Bus channel cannot be sent to a separate out track.)
- Reaper 4 & 5
- Steinberg Cubase 8 or later
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