Addictive Drums 2 Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- Addictive Drums 2 is, in my opinion, one of the best and most complete drum software studio packages available today, at any price. XLN audio have painstakingly recorded samples from the most incredible kits in the best recording studios in the world with top session drummers and recording engineers.
Below are some interesting links to some short documentary ‘making of’ type videos that XLN Audio filmed while recording some session samples. I’ve also put in a few links to some of the ADpaks that were recorded in two top locations. Of course, there are many other ADpaks that I have not listed below, such as: Black Velvet, Session Percussion, Indie, Metal, Funk, Modern Jazz Sticks, Retroplex, Blue Oyster, Black Oyster, Studio Pro, Studio Rock, and more. Check out Addictive Drums website and their UA-cam channel for more info.
XLN Audio: www.xlnaudio.com
Recording AD drums Fairfax Vol. 1 & 2 ADpaks at Fairfax studios in LA, California (formally known as Sound City): • Addictive Drums 2: Fai...
Recording AD drums Vintage Dry 70s ADpak: • Vintage Dry ADpak and ...
Recording AD drums United Pop ADpack at United Studios: • Addictive Drums 2: Uni...
Documentary making of AD Fairfax Vol.1 ADpak: • Addictive Drums 2: Fai...
XLN Audio AD Drums advert: • This is Addictive Drums 2
ADpak Real Machines: • Reel Machines ADpak
ADpak Fairfax Vol.1: • Addictive Drums 2 ADpa...
ADpak Fairfax Vol.2: • Addictive Drums 2 ADpa...
ADpak United Pop: • Addictive Drums 2 ADpa...
ADpak Vintage Dry: • Addictive Drums 2 ADpa...
Addictive Drums 2 complete playlist of tutorials created by XLN Audio: • Addictive Drums 2 Tuto...
XLN Audio UA-cam channel: / @xlnaudio
Chapters:
00:00 - About XLN Audio and how Addictive Drums 2 was created
11:27 - Introducing the software and using Addictive Drums 2 as standalone software
40:58 - Using Addictive Drums 2 within Logic Pro X
How to purchase Addictive Drums:
To purchase Addictive Drums 2 software you need to get one of the AD2 Collections, which is a bundle of content that includes AD2 itself: www.xlnaudio.com/products/add...
You can't purchased single ADpaks or MIDIpaks if you don't already own content for AD2.
There are two kinds of Collections, first you have the Custom types, which let you select the content for yourself, the Custom Collection come in different sizes, the smallest being the just the "Custom" consisting of 3 ADpaks (drum kits) 3 MIDIpaks (MIDI libraries) and 3 kit piece paks (single kit pieces).
Then you have the curated Collections which consists of 2 ADpaks (drum kits) and 2 MIDIpaks (MIDI libraries) that are pre-selected to suit a specific genre or style.
Then there is also the Complete Collection which contains all content for AD2. - Навчання та стиль
Sounds organic and authentic. TOTALLY.
I didn't feel like reading the docs, and this was really a well done thoroughly made tutorial. Cheers!
Thanks, Carlito!
A pal suggested Addictive Drums 2 and sent me the link for this tutorial. This is an amazing tutorial that has helped me choose this software. My first journey into computer recording so I need all the help I can get.
Glad it was of help.
Had this since the original version. Very comprehensive and great for home studios.
Thanks for your well focused and informative tutorial...
You’re welcome and thank you, appreciated.
You have great dedication ! Well Done.
Thank you. Much appreciated!
I got AD2 plus 3 kit packs of my choice bundled free with Cakewalk Sonar back in 2015. Immediately fell in love with it. XLN routinely has 50% off sales so I've purchased a number of additional kit packs over the years and their addictive keys app as well. I love having a library of random kit pieces I can mix and match to create whatever I want and their samples are just glorious.
Lovely tutorial! Really well explained. Ace sounds. Thanks chum!
Thanks, Robin. You’re welcome.
Fantastic Job, thank you so much!
Brilliant video. So much information that i thought i didn't need to know. Good work. Subscribed!
Thanks for that, very much appreciated. I do tend to try and throw in bits of information that many people don't think of in my videos. Glad you subscribed, cheers!
Great video man. And awesome links aswell. Fair dues to you for the effort on this. Thanks again.
Your kind comment is much appreciated, Joey, thanks.
@@tecraven Thank you my man.
Great tutorial! Thanks for the upload.
Thanks and you're welcome!
Thank you. This is best tutorial review I found. Top!
Thanks!
Excellent tutorial. I have AD2 and needed a refresher on how to use it. I mostly play real drums (along with guitar), but recently started playing my Roland Vdrums again and prefer the sounds of AD2's acoustic drum samples. Thanks for putting this together.
Hi Mutz Music and thanks for posting. Yes, I love AD2 and I have since bought a used Roland TD-15 to use with it - great!
Fantastic content! Thank you.
You're more than welcome, Brad. Thanks for feedback.
It came free with my focusrite audio interface. Thanks for the tutorial :)
Tremendo Tutorial. Gracias
You're welcome!
Excellent tutorial Sir! I learned alot. Been a Superior Drummer user since 2009, and just got AD2 today!
Thanks, Pete.
I can't deal with complex technology, but this is actually so easy, and great sounding....just what I've been hoping for..............thanks for your great video;
Thank you, Barry.
Thanks so much for this tutorial. Many helpful tips. I sort of fell into AD2 as it was bundled with a piece of hardware I own. I’ve looked at the other popular drum software, but l like the way XLN has different pricing levels to make it more economical for home studio users.
You're welcome, AudioAtmos.
Its sounds sooooooo good as well.
For years sampled drum breaks and sample kits but never again since trying out addictive drums.
Thank you so much! You really made this easy to understand. I am an old rocker from the 80's sunset strip days. I agree with you these drums sound great!
Thank you so much, Paul. It's really nice to have people appreciate these videos. I put a ton of research into this to try and get it across. Yup, I'm an old rocker too ;)
Great Content Cheers man Helped alot!
Thanks Wildman, glad it helped.
Outstanding Vid...thx
Thanks for your kind words, Sword & Shield.
Loved it, but it's the low latency bit I'm most impressed by. Having recently gotten a drum kit, this is invaluable.
BIG THANKS!
iam begginer in DAW recording drums.. this is great tutorial at least for me!!! u create great song.. apreciate it
Thanks!
wow thank you Sir power 💪💪💪
I will buy United Heavy, since it sounds ideal for replacing a woolly live gig recorded kick.Tighter and pairs well with bass guitar.Thanks.The anvil was great too !
United Heavy is amazing and can be tweaked so much to get it to sound just how you like. Thanks for anvil hit comment!
Help needed!!
Since loading addictive drums 2 . Logic keeps crashing/ overloading.
Super nice tutorial man a bit long but still nice ! big up for your work 🔥
Thanks kindly!
WOW. I just switched from protools to Logic Pro. I feel like I just left a bad marriage.This Tech Raven video made my new journey so much easier. I have never used midi and I am learning. Sooooo Happy
Thanks, Bruce. Glad of the feedback!
Thanks Nigel .. I wanted to ask if you ever used automation with addictive drums components .. cause I only found few parameters that you can do automation with .. but the rest of the parameters I couldn't find .. Have you ever tried out the automation ??
When you say automation, are you talking about the sort of automation you’d use to track the volume of a vocal track for example?
Hi, Very interesting and educating Tutorial well done. Is the kit you are using very expensive They sure sound great and I have Studio One DAW. Thanks.
Hi Sandy and thank you. I assume you mean the physical kit that I'm playing rather than the AD2 software kit? If so, I'm not using a full size drum kit I'm using a Yamaha DTX M12, which you can see 59 min 44 seconds in. This Yamaha cost around £399, but it is quite old now and in need of serious updating from Yamaha, which they have no intention of doing. It has 12 pads that you can hit. Personally, I think the Alesis Strike MultiPad at £529 is much better, but the Alesis is really unreliable and goes wrong all the time so I would not bother with that one either. Course, Roland have just brought out their new ROLAND SPD-SX-PRO, which is amazing, but at £840 it is typical stupid 'Roland' money and I would not buy it on price alone. But if you are feeling rich, the Roland is superb. It's basically the Alesis, but reliable. I felt the previous Roland was not built that well, cheap plastic feeling, and I have not physically seen the new Roland to know how good, or bad, it is built.
Ideally an electronic drum kit with kick drum, snare, three toms and a hi-hat, two crash cymbals and a ride would be ideal. I have a Roland TD-15 that I have heavily upgraded now. You can buy (used on eBay) budget kits like the Alesis nitro mesh kit, which is only £365 new, they go used for about £195. Or Yamaha do the DTX Xplorer budget kits used on eBay for about £400. These will be better and as they are only triggering the kits in Addictive Drums they are fine. Alternatively, you can just click the beats in with the mouse and not have a kit at all, or use one of the 'finger pad' USB things such as the AKAI PROFESSIONAL MPD218 USB MIDI PAD CONTROLLER for £80 brand new.
Hope this helps and I hope I understood your question, if not, shout me again.
Thanks, a very timely tutorial, I just commented on your Keylab Mk II video as I have ordered one, and as it happens I already have Addictive Drums, but haven't used it much. Looks like it will be a great match with the Arturia software, feels like I'm on a roll LoL(or is it just the algorithm feeding my prejudices, who knows?). Anyway, I will revisit my AD software and more in depth this time.
Well, if it is the algorithms feeding you prejudices, they nailed it! ;) I love AD2 and use it a lot, I even plug my Roland TD-17 full size drum kit into it as the AD2 sounds are a country mile better than the 'modelled' sounds in my Roland TD-17 module. You can use AD2 with the touch finger pads on the Arturia so you'll be tapping out amazing sounding drum beats in no time ;)
@@tecraven Thanks for the reply, I actually have it running right now in Cubase tapping my old A49. It do sound amazing even from a very short test, listening through Sony MDR1-AM2 using a Motu M2 at the moment. I own the Fairfax kit and some better snare than the standard, and a few beat packs. Will get me up and running.
"the best and most complete drum software studio packages"
I agree. I use for jazz, latin rhythms, hip hop and techno.
Boutique mallets adpack seems underrated. Soul is a must. So are jazz sticks and brushes if you play jazz.
I may be wrong but it's impossible to launch two standalone AD2 instances. Probably for copyright protection. No limits in a daw.
Very informative video. How many presets typically come in each adpak? Thanks.
Can't remember specifically. I think it varies from pack to pack. But the Pop pack, if you link at the link at the end of this, seems to have 16 different presets from 'Acoustic Pop' to 'Clean Trump' (see screen grab half way down page on link at end of this), but within each one there are more parameters for fine-tuning the adjustments too. www.xlnaudio.com/products/addictive_drums_2/adpak/united_pop
Super grateful for your response! Thanks!
Hi Nigel, congratulations on the video.
But there is one thing that I have never understood if it is possible to do with Addictive drums.
If I customize a drumset with all levels in the mixer because they are the levels I always want to use, how can I change the drumset while keeping these levels unchanged?
Every time I change the drumset, Addictive resets the sliders for me and I have to redo the configuration.
Something like import the drumset without changing the configuration.
For example Superior Drummer allows this.
Do you have any ideas about it?
Bye
Hi landyandy, good point on this and, to be honest, I have no idea how you'd do that. In this instance it might be worth dropping XLN Audio's tech help a line and hopefully they can answer it. Sorry I can't, buddy.
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How can I activate the chokes on the cymbals?
I have the alesis strike pro SE and my question is. With this software am I able to play this through my module and or my amplifier for live loud playing or can I only hear the audio through headphones plugged into my laptop?! I currently have the mixwave kontakt player and I can only hear it through my laptop and the audio is super quiet!!
Yes you can play live with AD2. Come out of module, into Laptop and then out of laptop into an Audio Interface and into PA at venue - this is how most people do it, even with Roland and Yamaha electronic kits.
Great video thanks. Do the drums come ‘mixed’ already, like the levels of the kick, snare, etc are balanced or would I need to manually mix every time?
The kits and individual percussion pieces are already mixed and levelled, you just go in and tweak them and adjust them if you want. Or you can clear all the presets and create your own settings - your choice. But yes, they are all mixed and levelled with all the appropriate amounts of compression and EQ etc already applied, so you can either clear them and do your own thing or fine-tune what is already there, or, like me, just leave it as it is.
@@tecraven They do sound great as is. Thanks!
@@MrJamesDavidLarson Don't forget, if you use the 'Midi Packs' that AD do do not use any sort of 'humanise' feel on them or start moving the quantize around to get a 'human' feel. The reason, these midi packs were laid down by a professional session drummer on a top of the range Roland V-drums electronic drum kit so the human feel is there already and if you drag and drop an AD Midi Pack onto the timeline, double-click it and zoom in you'll see that the midi beats are not perfectly lined up with the grid, they are ever so slightly off, because a 'human' actually played in these songs, beats, phrases etc. On the other hand if you want it to sound like a drum machine simply select them all and quantize them in 100 percent ;)
Tec, where can I find some of you music online? Love to check out your body of work!
Hi Josh. I'm on Spotify, but nobody knows about it ;) Reason is I only have one song up there, the song I used in the rather long 'setting up a recording studio' video on here. I got flu about 3 months ago and even though the flu cleared up after a week I was left with a throaty cough and can't sing, which is frustrating as I have some new material I want to record and upload. My artist name on Spotify and iTunes is Digital Romance Disorder, but the only track up there (and I'm going to re-mix it and re-upload it as the mix and master are a bit pants) is a song called 'Whoever's got the most when they die, wins'.
@@tecraven Got it on your above. Also, in completing the AD2 vid I was exposed to your composition featured at the vid's end! Thanks again for all the work, time and production values baked into this AD2 tutorial, Tec! Super helpful for this ultra-newb (me)!
Tec, how would you compare AD2 with Superior Drummer 3? I have 6 ADpacks (only two installed, 1 being "Session Percussion") and am having a hard time dialing up the correct Congas. I'm thinking there won't be a ton of Conga options in the other kits (though could be incorrect on this)? I'm thinking I can use the FX and Edit drum-kit shaping tools to alter the 2 Congas in AD2?
Josh. Not sure about SP3 as I've never used it, but I've heard great things about it. One thing I do know about SD3 is that it requires 236 GB of space just for the samples so it's a beast of a thing to have on your hard drive. I have seen loads of tutorials on it and I've also heard from others that it is much harder to get your head around and use compared to AD2.
Superior Drummer 2 came out in 2005 while Superior Drummer 3 came out September 2017 so is now going to be six years old in September 2023.
Addictive Drums 1 came out in 2006 while Addictive Drums 2 was released in 2014 so it is now nine years old for version 2.
Both SD and AD are of similar age with similar timings for next version from what I can gather.
For me, AD does look like its interface needs to be brought up-to-date as that gold Marantz 80s Hi-Fi look just does not look that good anymore. I also think AD could bring more to the table along with updating the GUI. I nice big overhaul and lots of new features and sounds would be good in AD3 but with the bonkers way this world is at the moment who knows when, or if, version 3 of Addictive Drums will come out.
For me personally AD2 does everything I need it to, and more and it has every possible instrument I could ever want - though this might change in the future, but for now it is fine and does way more than I need it to.
Is there a demo of SP3?
I have been in touch with my contact at SP3 about doing a review and evaluation on SP3, but waiting to hear back from them.
@@tecraven I agree with all of your above (nice articulation on the dated AD2 GUI's look!).
I went with AD2 because the SD3 learning curve was too daunting and the AD2 price point on VST reselling sites' is great. I have 6 full AD/Midi/Kit packs, with legit XLN licenses re-assigned to me from XLN, for $200! I'm sure learning AD2 will get me where I want to go...however, I've already encountered the aforementioned issue with percussion instruments (Congas). I'll see what's in store for me instrumental wise, as I install my remaining 4 AD packs. I'm going slow in the snow on this. Your vid gave me a great, functional beginning!
Now I'm looking at how to input/set up a multi-instrument output / environment with one drum on one track in Ableton Live 11. It's not as automatic as in Logic. I have no idea if this is even necessary, but am going to set it up and template it, nonetheless as my SOP.
Regarding an SD3 demo. All I see is an "audio demo", I could not find a demo for the downloading of the environment allowing a full demo play-around... Anyone, please correct me if I have this wrong.
Lastly, one can stage the amount of instruments downloaded in SD3 by sensible categories Toontrack provies, hence one does not need 240gb-ish storage, simply for housing the full package in starting out.
XLM's XO's GUI design language is probably a foreshadow for the look of an AD3, if there ever is one. Most of XLN's newer plug-ins have a great modern look. They're just way to advanced and automated for me.
I'm learning how to make music circa' '70s, 80s even... You know, songs that have verses, chorus' and bridges'; harmonic structure with interesting chord progressions; killer basslines and drum rhythms...And, lyrics that have something to say. The tic tok modern music business be damned and kindly rest where it may, lol. ❤
@@Subjective_JoshNelson I'd maybe give XLN Audio a shout about Congas in AD2, maybe they are in there somewhere, just ask them.
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Can you not use your keyboard to enter in the frequencies on the eq ect? When i drag with mouse it skips a bunch of the numbers??
Just tried and it would appear not. Give XLN Audio a shout via their website and ask them. There might be some way that I can't figure out. Let me know if you get an answer from them with a solution to this.
I have many of the AD drum kits and midi packs. But with the new EZ Drummer 3 features i am thinking of buying it now. The new band mate feature seems to be fantastic i can see using that all the time and the song building area to create a full song drum track and the much better drum edit interface to create a custom beat in that timeline. .. What i would like to know is if EZ 3 can somehow playback the AD drum kits i have so i can use all my AD kits and sounds. Build the song in EZ3 starting with band mate and then into teh song maker but use my AD kits to play it so i do not have to pay for all the extra EZ packs to get more kits i all ready have from AD. Maybe EZ can export the full song drum track as a midi that AD can then play back. Maybe some custom mapping to match them up.. What do you think?. After watching the video you had me looking up drum pads but that would cost to much for me to build a full kit and i do not have teh space. I think i would like doing this in the EZ 3 edit interface building beats and the full songs drum parts. I hope we see a AD3 soon with features like this in it but its been many years now and nothign new.
HI Edward. I'm not familiar with EZ Drummer and have never used to so I'm not sure about using Addictive Drums packs within it. Might be worth sending XLN audio a message to ask if AD2 is on the horizon. But, to be honest, being a drummer and familiar with AD2 and Superior Drummer I can't see why XLN Audio would bring out AD3 as AD2 has the best samples in the world, the interface works and is clean and simple and it does not crash and thus, as the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. They won't be able to improve on the samples as they are perfection as it is.
@@tecraven I have no problem with my AD samples but the new EZ drummer 3 that is from the same people that make Superior Drummer just out a moth or so back offer a lot that AD dose not have for making full song drum line in it and a band mate feature that auto finds a beat for your song and a song builder. All this makes finding a beat for a lick faster and the song builder to me seems like a fantastic feature. I am going to buy it. Some other users say i can export the midi out and AD should be able to that play it using AD sounds i have. So i will buy the two pack deal they have going right now to get started. I was a full time workign bass player for over 20 year but now at 61 i play making music at home for myself to create songs and learning keyboard to play all my plugins better.
@@goactivemedia I figured you meant the 'features' rather than the samples. EZ Drummer 3 seems competitively priced so go for it. I'll have a closer look at it myself.
I have both and ad2 is vastly better than ezdrummer. The lack of ability to tweak the drum sounds is a real deal killer for me. The drum sounds in ezdrummer are all dry and unprocessed - this maybe a bonus for you, but for me it just killed it. So with ezdrummer you are left with a very limited drum kit, with dry unprocessed sounds and no way to tweak them in software. It just made the kits sound very artificial and it slows down the creative process.
You can definitely get better midi patterns with ezdrummer, and there are many more ways to tweak the midi patterns. But the sound just isn't anywhere near as good as ad2.
I know this is kind of an old vid, and not sure if you answer questions, but I was wondering... is there a simple way to simulate 2 sticks hitting the same drum at around the same time like a real drummer would do it? For example, I want to create a build up by using the kick and the low floor tom together with every 8th note. The problem is that I can't draw the midi in such a way that the floor tom is triggered at the same time with 2 sticks (i.e. two separate midi notes that are offset a little in both start time and velocity). The problem is that one note cancels the other note out, so it doesn't sound natural. I know I could just add the same tom to a Flexi slot, but then I'd need to add another track (using multi out). Do you know of a way to do this in midi without having to add a whole separate track with the same drum?
Yes, there are several ways to do this, too many to explain, but there is a simple way also. In the DAW for example, just play the parts in with a midi pad and it will detect close double-hits or if you are writing midi notes, simply add another track for more snare hits directly, slightly off, the original snare hit, or even put them within the same track.
Anyone know how to UNDO using addictive drums as a VST ?
buenos dias, te pregunto. tengo conectada mi batería alesis nitro mesh kit al pc y toco con addictive drums 2. necesito saber como configuro la sensibilidad del redoblante o snare. es decir que desde el aro hasta el centro del pad halla menos sonido y en el centro mas sonido. me podrías hacer el favor de indicarme como configuro eso. muchas gracias. saludos desde medellin - colombia.
Desafortunadamente, su batería es sólo una batería económica y es súper, es lo que se conoce como Hot-Spotting y no se puede hacer nada al respecto. Incluso los kits más caros de Roland y Yamaha pueden tener tendencia a sonar ruidosos en el centro de la caja cuando se golpea directamente sobre el sensor, pero con kits más caros se pueden personalizar en el módulo, pero Addictive Drums no tiene manera. de poder hacer este ajuste ya que el problema es el kit Alesis y el módulo Alesis no tiene forma de corregirlo.
muchas gracias@@tecraven
@@jimar9778 De nada
This is great, my friend. Just got AD2 and have no idea how to use it. Looking forward to drilling into this (I'm minute 08:53). Also in one of your other videos, you had a nice computer keyboard riser, not listed in your studio gear list. I have scoured the internet and cannot find a "computer keyboard riser" like yours. So, I'm using a laptop riser with similar form factor, but it has a much larger footprint. Can you link me to your "computer keyboard" riser? Thanks!
Thanks, Josh. It's actually a Laptop stand made by a company called Awavo. I bought mine on Amazon but the front/top support arms were too long and had bits that curled up at the front (to stop laptop falling forward) so I cut them off with a hacksaw (it's only light alloy) to fit the depth of my Apple keyboard. The rubber parts on top of the stand grip the bottom of the keyboard so it does not slip. I can't find the Awavo one anymore, but it was probably re-badged and made by somebody else anyway as I've seen three different makes that are all identical apart from a different name stuck on it.
This one is made by BoYata, but looks like a re-brand of the identical one I have, available in different finishes too: amzn.to/2Zlnh8c
Or if you're in the USA: www.amazon.com/dp/B08JD7FN44
@@tecraven Hey there Tec! I'm at minute 27.28 - this is a great overview beginners tutorial! Your customizing the "computer keyboard riser" certainly explains why I could not find one, lol... Very kind of you to provide links to similar to your original one. I'll check them out and see if it's an improvement on the laptop riser I have, Thanks again for California, North America!
Yep, the US one you linked is the exact item, perhaps not brand, that I have. I guess I could cut the arms back, but the riser's feet won't slide under my Keylab Mk ll and I would have to reach further in front of me to type. In other words I need the real estate/extension of the riser arms leading up to the curled up edges. Thanks again for your time in response and most helpful content. I had watched a few of your studio set up videos months ago, and when I searched for an AD2 tutorial today and saw you in the thumbnail, I smiled because I remembered you as being very thorough and detailed. I was "like"... "I know that guy...!" ❤
Interesting, I went back and found at the video where you have your modified laptop riser. It wasn't one of your Studio Set Up tutorials. It was; "Arturia Keylab MKII & Analog Lab V" (duh, on my part lol). I do see now with further investigation, one can position the riser to fit in between the MK ll's bottom screw pattern with the Mk ll's rubber foot falling in between the riser foot's support component structure space. Hmm...hacksaw, you say?
@@Subjective_JoshNelson Yes, the laptop stand I have does not have a solid flat piece of metal at the bottom, it has a large rectangular section cut out and, thus, as you say, you can have one of the feet of the Arturia in contact with the desk in the middle as it goes in the large cut-out on the laptop stand. I can move my laptop stand back and forth and right and left quite a lot without the large middle foot of the Arturia getting in the way.
Awesome video brother! can I use that song for my videos? Credit given to you of course! I loved it!
Thanks, bro. I would totally let you use it, but the only trouble is that is a song that I've nearly finished now. Just about to record the lyrics and mix and master it and upload it to Spotify and other platforms and if UA-cam or anywhere else detects it they will give you a black strike so probably best not risk it. I came up with that riff while trying out a Nord Lead A1 synth at my local music shop with some headphones on. I went home and finished it off ;)
@tecraven OH, I see, no worries. I appreciate it anyway. Keep up the good work. Hello from New York!
Hi in New York!
I'm confused by ad2 pricing? Do you need to buy whole package or just different kits?
Yes, they don't make it clear do they. Even I can't remember how it works. Ping them an email via their site and ask. They respond super fast.
is it possible to add more pad flexi4 flexi5 flexi6? how is it done?
Just 1, 2 and 3 from what I know. You could ping XLN audio an email to ask them in case there is a way of laying up more sounds that I don't know about.
I've just got addictive drums.i can only drag one made rythem sections to pro tools ..when I try to grab another beat it keeps putting back my first beat ...how do I fix this
Sorry, Peter. I can't help on this one as I use Logic and am not familiar with ProTools. A post on the ProTools forum should get you sorted.
Thank you for your time
I tried connecting my drumpad (Carlsbro okto A) on the Map Preset but I didn't find it there. I can't map my pads either. Please help. Thanks.
Click the MAP window icon (three lines top right) and in the MAP Preset just use AD2 Standard and then watch video I liked to here - ua-cam.com/video/77LGSsh6uF4/v-deo.html - and 40 seconds in it demonstrates how to map each of the pads on your Carlsbro machine. I know this AD2 tutorial shows a midi keyboard, but it works the same with your pad, you just hit the pad and ‘learn’ it as per the video.
@@tecraven thank you so much, sir. +1 subscriber here starting today. Cheers!
@@carlsbrojin4121 Thank you!
Do I have to use an external drum pad or drum machine in order to write drums from scratch?
No, just use it in your DAW and use the mouse to write in the beats for example.
is it harder to use a mouse? @@tecraven
No, I use that all the time for programming in Drumbeats. But you do have to click the drum beats on the piano roll rather than taping them in in real time.
@@tecraven I'd think it would be difficult to tap in real time with a mouse? I think I want to get these drums!
@@AmbientMelancholy Yes, difficult. You only use the most for 'painting' the notes onto the piano roll, which is more accurate than tapping in on a MIDI pad anyway to be honest. But you can just buy a finger MIDI pad to tap beats in if you don't want to use sticks. Something like this would be good and I've heard good things about this Alesis one. Check out some UA-cam videos on it: amzn.to/3OJt3Hg
AD seems to have perhaps the best range of hardware manufacturer emulations?! … Incidentally, can you get Meinl cymbals?
I can't confirm if AD has the best range of hardware manufacturers as I have not seen what Superior Drummer offers, but Superior drummer (in my opinion) has a more complicated and clutter interface and is much harder to learn and use and it requires a ton of GB space on your hard drive as the sample files are massive, 230 gigabytes to be exact so you'll need space.
I just opened up AD2 and had a look through. The Crash Cymbals section, for example, has loads of Paiste, Sabian, Zildjian and Meinl mainly, with a few Iveson and others thrown in.
The Meinl cymbals are an 18” Byz extra dry, a 20” Byz extra dry, a 20” Byz extra thin, a 22” Byzance vintage, an 8” splash, an 18” Byzance (Br) crash, an 18” Byz extra thin (Ma) crash, a 19” Byz (Ma) extra thin crash, a 20” Byz extra thin (Ma) crash a 21” Byznace dark ride, a 21” Byznance medium ride, a 21” Byznace Transition, a 21” Byzance medium (Br) a 21” Byzance Trans (Ma).
@@tecraven Wow, thanks so much for this, Nigel! Really appreciate it - as I do all your helpful videos. Cheers, good Sir!
Some great background info there which I didn’t really know about. I use AD2 after getting bogged down with SD3 and I’ve never looked back! I started out recording my drum takes with SD2, then SD3, but they both had their downfalls for what I was trying to deliver. Once I got AD2 onto my setup, my drum takes started sounding seamless. It’s a lot simpler than SD3, but maybe that’s where the magic lies, especially if you’re a drummer who just wants to deliver the most realistic sounding stems to your band.
Hi Drumdoctor. Yes, I know SD is somewhat more complex to use and understand and, from what I can gather, does not really offer anymore than AD2 in the grand scheme of things. I've used AD2 with the Alesis Strike Multipad, Yamaha M12 and my Roland TD15 kit and AD2 just works effortlessly when I'm laying down drum tracks into Logic. No latency at all and amazing sounds!
@@tecraven I have a friend who used a Roland TD-12 kit with SD3 and he was blown away by my Hi-Hat recordings with AD2. He couldn't tell the Hi-Hats were played on electronic cymbals - and I did no tweaking in the DAW with the MIDI info. My Hi-Hat setup is a home-made effort made possible by the Drone optical Hi-Hat controller and the way the incredible eDRUMin software tracks CC information but even with that side of things perfected, I can see no reason to go back to SD3.
@@thedrumdoctor Yes, some of the hats and cymbals in AD2 are awesome. I don't like the way the rubber Roland hats feel not their e-drums, but the AD2 hats going through it changes everything and makes it worthwhile.
@@tecraven I’m glad you’ve posted this because it seems AD2 gets totally overshadowed by SD3. You’ve rightly emphasised its *professional* status as a recording tool which will hopefully wake people up to realising there are alternatives to SD3.
@@thedrumdoctor Absolutely. As good as SD is, I don’t know why people bang on about it when Addictive Drums 2 is also available and is an industry standard that has been used on so many hit records.
Ok, going with "Tec". At this risk of a hijack...re: SD3 demo. I down'd EZD 3 as there is a fully functional demo. It is very interesting...very different workflow and me thinks, feature set. I'm playing with it concurrently with AD2. For a newb like me, EZD 3 seems to have quite an interesting set of AI driven features for creating kit and beat shaping while song writing, that still allows for bringing a human touch to drumming (for non-drummers like me).
Hey, any advice for not chasing shiny, sparkling new toys out there on the horizon? I know, I know..."just don't do it. Do something with your existing tools, Josh..." 😂
Haha. I know what you mean, Josh, re shiny new toys. I was down at Wembley Music Centre (In London, not sure where on the planet you are) buying a new 2-legged hi-hat stand for my Roland TD-27 kit as I recently bought a Yamaha double pedal and, hence, needed to replace my 3-legged non-leg-rotating hi-hat stand so I could get the satellite double pedal next to the hi-hat. While there I tried the Roland digital hi-hats but at £675 for what I consider to be two plastic frisbees with a sensor inside (all made in Indonesia) I think it is a major rip off. I honestly can't see how the Roland VH-14D can cost more than £20 in parts and manufacturing. If Roland sold the VH-14D for £195 they would still be making a killing. No double that Roland V-drum kits, from the TD-27 upwards, the digital snare, hats and ride, are a world class rip off, I mean you can buy a decent Yamaha or Sonor acoustic kit with decent Zildjian or Sabian cymbals for less.
I had to resist buying new toys while I was down there so I made for a fast exit with just the Tama Speed Cobra 2-legged hi-hat stand for £125 ;)
I've been known to buy used stuff via auction (that I win) and sell it a month later to get my money back. I figured whatever I won it for it should sell for via auction again a month later. Good way to try bits of stuff out and you get to try it for as long as you want before re-listing it on FleaBay ;)
Still trying to work something out regarding Superior Drummer and doing a review and evaluation on it, but not heard from my man there yet.
In the meantime I'm having fun and games with MIDI-mapping from my Roland TD-27 into Logic Pro via Addictive Drums 2 and kind of pulling my bloody hair out with it ;)
@@tecraven I'm in San Diego, California; North America. In the never to ending struggle of Capital vs. Labor, Capital is egregiously winning 👆(and I'm Capital). "When one realizes America is a story and a business, not a Country; things start to make more sense...". ❤ Me' fears much of the rest of the world is blindly following...
Hey, the deeper I'm getting into EZD3 today, the more I"m thinking about switching to it. It just sounds better... EDIT, not better but very different after a bit A /B testing.
@@Subjective_JoshNelson Will get around to checking it out at some point.
some of my kits doesnt sound , pls give the solution
This is easy to sort out. In AD2 simply click on the there horizontal lines icon in the top right corner (just to the right of where it says 'BEATS' and select 'Map Window...' At the top left of the Map Window under the Map Preset click the drop-down menu (AD2 Standard should be set by default) and then choose whatever drum kit you are using there. If your pad, kit, keyboard is not listed there is another simple way to fix it. In the same Map Window simply select the percussion piece you want to assign to your kit i.e. where there is a list saying CYM 1, CYM, 2 ETC, select the one you want so for example if your tom 3 pad is not working on your kit simply select TOM 3 in the Map window and then click the Learn button underneath that from the list and then hit your Tom 3 pad and then hit it again to confirm - sorted.
I have a question, how do you even buy a license for AD2?
You can find one on a online music store like Thomann
I've now added instructions in the main description under the video at the end under final section called 'How to purchase Addictive Drums 2'. I must admit, it was confusing for me too and XLN Audio say they often get asked this question, which begs the question, why don't XLN Audio make things a little clearer and easier to understand on their website at the top of the Addictive Drums page ;)
@@tecraven thank you so much for your response! I was trying to understand it yesterday but didn’t want to risk spending money on a collection to then be forced to buy the plug-in separately. I appreciate your help! Defo subscribed!! 🙌🙌
@@hi-kl2bm Thank you, and you are welcome.
How come some of the collections don't include a single fill. Like the Hip Hop stuff and many others.
I think you might be getting the kits confused with the MIDI packs that you can buy. The MIDI packs have loads of pre-played in loops, phrases, complete songs etc in various styles that you can edit or use as is.
@@tecraven Sure, I'm well aware. The Hip Hop midi loops have no fills of any kind. Zero. Not even simple turn around kind of fills. They have the beats. No fills.
@@oinkooink True, just looked at the Hip Hop and found the 20 beats, but no fills. Given how straight forward and simple Hip Hop beats and fills are I personally wouldn't have a problem composing (if you can call it that) a one or two bar fill Hip Hop style. But, agreed, no fills in AD2.
@@tecraven Yes that's also true. I don't expect flourishing fills in a Hip Hop midi pack or Hip Hop beats in general. But a couple of simple turn around kind of fills would not have killed them. Frankly, I'm a big user of AD2 and EZ3 and Jamstix and so forth...they are fantastic tools. I just also know their limitations when it comes to pre rolled midi. Bringing pre composed songs to these VST's and trying to find appropriate pre rolled midi is very often, very frustrating. Simple fills can be programmed as you say. I don't use the Hip Hop stuff for Hip Hop songs, as such, by the way. I find them good for a certain funky type of feel.
I can’t get AD to work with studio one2 it drops & drags but shows no wave files & no sound?
Not sure about Studio 1 as I'm not familiar with it, Sheldon. Drop XLN Audio a quick message via their support page here: www.xlnaudio.com/support
@@tecraven thank you!
Hey Nigel, forgive me in addressing you as "Tec". ❤
No worries, I quite like it in fact :-)
@@tecraven 😊
The included midi is not always going to work for you. Time and time again I try to find the right midi beat for my song and time and time again it simply is not there.
There are loads of MIDI packs that you can buy that have hundreds of pre-played in MIDI drum parts, either phrases, loops, choruses, verses, complete songs etc, in loads of different styles. Check out the MIDI packs that you can buy separately if you want massive choice in pretty much all musical styles.
@@tecraven Sure, I'm aware. My experience is that none of the midi has ever 'heard' my song. This is just the nature of pre-rolled midi.
@@oinkooink This is true. To be honest, if you've composed a song already it will be next door to impossible to find a midi drum loop, fill, beat that will fit it. You'd have to just compose the drum part too, which is what a composer would typically do. People generally only use pre-done midi loops and fills to inspire ideas - to drop on the timeline and play around with, play some synth or bass along to it etc. Then drop in other kick samples and snare samples to replace the ones on the loop if you're not happy with them.
@@tecraven Exactly. I'm glad you said that. Because not many people acknowledge it. Most people tend to immediately rage when I say the midi often (to very often) can not live up to what your song needs. Thanks.
Bloody fantastic. You should use a service such as P R O M O S M!!
Bit of a rip off having to buy separate instruments like a tambourine .there was a lot more content available on the original version.
Not really as it gives customers the choice. You can buy the 'Fully Loaded' pack that includes everything for €869.00 - then it won't be a rip off anymore as you get absolutely every pack and instrument that XLN Audio do. I like the choice as it means you can buy lesser packs that only have what you need and not what you don't. Personally, I have never used a tambourine and I can't imagine that I ever would, but then again I'm not a female addition to an past old hippy band called Wings ;)
Great vid Raven : ) They should have hired you at XLN as your vid is much more detailed then theirs. Keep up the great help.
Haha, thanks for that, Bubba. I'm not affiliated with XLN at all, but I felt compelled to put in the history lesson about them and that other stuff at the beginning just to drive home the fact that this is a professional tool. Somebody else complained about this, suggesting the I'd created a commercial for XLN, but I disagree with him. But I guess we live in a cynical world ;) Thanks again, Bubba.
@@tecraven Do have a website I could visit ?
@@bubbanose9580 Hi, Bubba, no, just this UA-cam channel.
@@tecraven Hi Raven. Thanks for all the kind replies : ). Can you possibly direct me to an in depth tutorial on the Mapping section in Addictive ?
@@bubbanose9580 These two should do it. They were made by XLN audio. The first one sums it up quickly and this is about as complex as it gets. It really is as easy as plugging your electronic kit into it and opening the mapping page, click learn for any given kit piece, hit that kit piece with stick, and click save. That’s it.
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