What Makes This Plugin So Great? Addictive Drums 2
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- Why is Addictive Drums 2 so good? Why do so many regard this as the best drum plugin?
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Not sure if this was mentioned already but the customer support from XLN is like anything I have experienced before. Extremely responsive and ultimately knowledgeable. Immediate response with a spot on information 👍
I havn't had to use it, but this is great to know. Thank you!
Great comment
@@CreativeSauce I was curious I have Superior 3 and SSD 5. What's your feelings about Mondo Drums 1.5 vs Addictive? Or should I stick with SD3 and SSD 5 Thank you
I will second this
I've had to contact them twice and they were very responsive and helpful.
I started with the first version back in 2009 or so and what attracted me to it was its versatility and control depth. I think it’s still going to be my go-to virtual drums.
Thank you took you UP on your offer and Plugin Boutique is a place to go. Been using XLN AD2 since 2014 and just purchased 2 new kits her on BF 2021. Got the Percussion pack & Jazz Drum Brushes now in 11-2021. Timeless & infinite across MANY Genres. Picked up FULL XO as well. What a product.
I got Addictive Drums 2 plus a couple add-ons with Sonar X3 Producer a number of years ago. It has been my absolute go-to ever since, and I was a drummer before I switched to keys and writing/composing! I have it mapped to my Alesis DM10 Studio kit that has a couple add-ons and it works like a charm! My "default" kit is the Studio Prog kit. I have customized a few of the cymbals and tuned the toms. It sounds INCREDIBLE!
I’ve used Addictive Drums 2 for several years. It works so well with my electric kit, but the Beats tab is incredibly useful for me as a songwriter. Many times I’ll load up a beat and let that guide my guitar playing. The number of times I’ve written songs in that way is 100% why AD2 will always have a home in my studio.
Agree 110% I drive it with an Alesis DM10 Crimson kit. United Heavy is my absolute favorite kit....that Zyldjian Cymbal allow Brass shelled Snare is Phat like no other 🥰
I got AD2 to emulate 70s/early 80s sounding drums for my hardcore punk and black metal projects. It has never failed me and I've had a lot of people tell me they thought the drums were live!
What Add Pack sounds do you use to emulate the Hardcore Punk drums? Im planning in buy this software
The quick demo of the different kits around the 8 minute mark is very useful! Thanks
I have both AD2 and EZDrummer3 - I have had AD2 for a long time and I really like it. I'll probably start using it a bit more than I have been since you have reminded me about some of the things I really like about it. I also notice that you have the same interface as I do - the Antelope Audio Discrete 8 Synergy Core. I love that interface - I also really love the mixer.
I have been looking to buy this for a long time.. I am a drummer. I have a Alesis Strike Pro e-drumset and a Regular Drumkit in the rehearsal studio. I want to use this in my home studio as well As a VST plugin in my DAW so I can use it in my Own productions and as a practise kit. To let it trigger the VSt via my Alesis kit. So because the plugin is so cheap now and because of this video I decided to finaly buy it. Thanks Mike! ;-) Keep the great videos coming !
I use AD since the first version. I have tried lots of others plugins but none is as easy and intuitive and flexible as AD. Great sound and functionalities. And will still use it for another years.
I've tried so many drum synths, machines, loops, etc and was running out of options. Addictive 2! Finally someone got it right! Thank you Mike. And your great overview is extremely helpful!!
Thanks for watching Dana :)
XLN Audio makes quality virtual instruments. I have Addictive Drums and Addictive Keys and I am extremely pleased with both. It seems like the sounds are unlimited.
Like many others here I have had this for a long time now.. years.. I have all the others, the free ones and a couple of other paid ones.. AD2 is still by far the best and works flawlessly with my EDrums.. the ability to process the raw kits, the round robin and velocity hits are what makes this my go to kit.. and I just love the Blue Oyster kit with the mallets.. great stuff CS..
XLN makes so many top notch products. AD2 will forever be my go-to. Good video. 💯
Excellent teaching in a relaxed manor
This is my go to drum plugin since over 6 years! And I am very happy with it
Nice video Sir...
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Nice review Mike!
It’s the most loveable ‘ plug-in’ instrument I have bought. It goes deep but doesn’t confuse.I have an older version of it where the volume envelopes aren’t automatable and I don’t know if they are nowadays.But. I would love to automate the envelopes.
As you mentioned it is very affordable to get started and then you can expand very easily and again affordably. Then I suppose more importantly the samples are excellent sounding and very intricate.
I’ve recently been inquiring purchasing this plugin!!!
I’m a veteran from AD v1 and pretty much have their entire software catalogue and use AD and XO as the lead drum instrument on more or less everything I do across a wide variety of styles. XLN Audio for me design the best UI in any VSTs I’ve used,
I used MT Power Drum Kit for a year and thought it was good. Blew my mind when I got AD2 over a year later in a Black Friday Sale. I have several AD Paks, but generally use Fairfax or Jazz Brushes all the time.
It's a work of art. Beautiful software.
I love it that it's upgraded free through xln updater, other plugins would be on version 6 by now and charging for each update!
Hi Mike, I am still relatively new to digital music recording and DAWs and the like, but this video has really convinced me that I need this plugin. I have played around with the standard kit in Cakewalk and some of the kits in MPC Beats, but this video has highlighed the wide variety of this drum kit plugin. Thanks, so much. BTW - I have just bought an M-Audio keystation midi controller and I am teaching myself about Ableton Live.
Also check out Superior Drummer 3!
@@rudigerk Vielen danke
Love this plugin, and the company that makes it!! Also Addictive keys is my main go to for piano or elect piano. The sounds are stellar!
Ehhh for piano I’d recommend keyscape but it’s rly expensive
Nice tuto as usual. Question. The preset you find in the add packs, you can find them also in the beats library ? Many thks for answer.michel
I constantly gets overwhelmed of how deep the rabbit hole goes when diving into all features and settings of Addictive Drums 2....puh!
I've used AD2 for years and I still love it. The samples are not over processed and the velocity is amazing. You can do great cymbal rolls and they sound convincing.
My favorite drum sets are Black Velvet, United Heavy and Reel Machines which includes an awesome Simmons drum set.
Ahhh Simmons... takes me back!
@@CreativeSauce oh yeah, definitely. This Simmons set sounds great. If you need some 80s synth vibe it's a good choice.
Mike, I just opted for these over EZ drummer or Superior drummer because the sounds you quickly bashed out are less generic.
And clearly the sound shaping tools are all you’d ever need so…. Done deal.
2023 and I’m just getting started with them, but as a pro studio drummer I LIKE what I hear. Hats off to you Mike…. AGAIN!
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I'm very close to buying this! Thanks for the overview. I'm sure you've recommend Slate Drums in the past. What do you prefer about Addictive?
My favourite go to drum plugin
Agreed, it is my go to plug-in for drums. Here is the modern jazz brushes in action lol
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I have AD2 and EZD2. AD2 drums sound more realistic and punchier but EZD2 gives a little bit more when trying to create a drum track. I like how AD2 saves a step or 2 when bouncing the drum track down from midi to wave and you get more hands on when shaping the drum sounds and saves time with that too before dropping them in the DAW. I use both AD2 and EZD2. I use whatever inspires me at the moment and what I'm trying to do with the drum track at the moment.
Thanks for providing this quick comparison between these two. Useful info.
such an amazing video
I love AD2! I trigger it with my acoustic to edrum conversion kit at church. Have played it live for years. People always brag on my sound.
I have to agree, one of the best drum plugins. It's still my go to after all these years
Hi Mike, I’ve been using AD2 since it was first included in Sonar/cakewalk and I don’t believe it can be beaten. You can produce a roll on a snare, for example, that sounds natural because like a real drummer the individual hits vary slightly from each other.
Right. Especially when you do it on 2 or 3 different keys on ya keyboard.
As great as AD is, that's a feature pretty much every single drum vst has had for the last decade at least, be it toontrack libs or the drums you get with the Native Instruments suites.
Best drums out there
what do you think about MT power drum kit 2?
@@512banana1 Hi I'm not Mike and this video is a year old but i used to demo stuff with MT power drum kit and it's ok for that but i switched to EZDrummer and haven't looked back.
It's the only drum-plugin I've used for years.. worth every penny, and the drum packs are top quality
So true :)
@@CreativeSauce just turned my brother (drummer) to get an adapter for his e-drum kit, and talked him into downloading cakewalk by bandlab, so we can collaborate.. so you'll see him around watching your videos.. told him you have the best channel.
Hi Great Video - New to AD2 - Found if I select Browser - ADPAK then sound - ie Kooks Room - while it is playing click OK then as I am now in Beats - turn the sound on off as well as find the Midi file in the left panel - that I can drag and drop into my daw
Had my ad2 for about a week and I can't understand how I didn't buy it a long time ago my go to drums from now 🔥🔥🔥
Awesome!
Yeah this plug in is the best for me as a drummer like the mixing just feels more natural to me anyway I haven't checked for any new packs in years so I wonder if they have anything new for more modern metal
Such a great plugin.
I forgot to mention, AD2 has 3 Flex slots. You can add things like claps, wood to the floor and my favorite Cow Bells!
Cool!
Mike-I'm getting AD2 w 10 ADPaks tomorrow. You just taught me the entire program. Thank!! I've had superior drummer for years, then went to SSD5.5 . AD2 sounds better still. I'll use the SD midi mapped in AD. A close friend has been telling me to get it for years. He's - drummer & programmer on a gajillion records we've all heard. Enough said...Thanks man
Great video Mike! I have been using AD for years and produced quite a few projects with it. But, I am going crazy tonight. I saw an XLN video a couple of hours ago on how to create cymbal swells in 3 minutes or less. In this video it shows the presenter dragging the mouse pointer on a cymbal from the bottom to the top, and it appears to me that this automatically produces multiple hits that grow louder as the mouse is moved upwards. However, for me, if I left click and drag I only get one hit on the cymbal. I have tried using the scroll wheel (with various settings from the Mouse Panel on my Windows 10 PC), which does produce multiple hits, but very jerky and hard to control. How is he doing that?
So I sent the question to XLN Tech Support and received this:
"Thanks for getting in touch with us. Ah, that is done by just clicking(intensely) while dragging the mouse upwards on the Cymbal kit piece, there isn't any special function I'm afraid. I think it works better if you have an external mouse, I gave it ago on my laptop and it's a bit difficult clicking and moving at the same time.
Hopefully this answers your questions.
Please let us know if you would have any further questions.
...And I replied with this:
"I am using a desktop with a real mouse, and I cannot control dragging while intensely clicking.
I got a notion to Google "rapid fire mouse" and low and behold the are mice that gamers use that are programmable to do just that - hold the left button down and squeeze off rounds of ammunition to fire off multiple rounds to a set limit. I wonder if this is how he does it?"
Does any of you know the answer?
I want this so badddd 😭
What makes this so great? When you put your foot down on a Ferrari you have speed, but not a great deal of control. You do however in a Rolls Royce. Now imagine control, comfort AND electrifying speed in one great looking package.. For me that's how I describe AD2. It has everything and if you dive under the hood (As you have shown in your great video) before long you can get the sound and feel you want without even giving it your full attention. It's easy to use and it wasn't that expensive in relation to it's competitors. It's actually one of two external add-ons I really need in Ableton. The other being Serum!
I recently bought a Yamaha DTX6 kit to re-record drum tracks from some of my older recordings. I am from the analog world and not very versed with Midi. As I began playing the DTX kit and getting used to it I found out I could use Midi to record my new tracks simultaneously and individually into my DAW so I could have total flexibility with each individual drum part on mixdown. Not to assume, but will Addictive Drums allow me to do this as a plugin for each track? Does that make sense?
Another satisfied user of Addictive Drums 2 here :-D
Very impressive software, Mike. Thanks for this. There is so much to this that for most engineers you'd get a Peter Principle effect (people rise to the level of their own incompetence) In fact the only way to avoid running up against your limitations with this, would be to involve a real drummer, in order to truly accurately simulate a real performance. (Which begs the question, why not jat record real drums?)
Still a super impressive, extremely well thought out plug-in. The only possible feature, I can think of, they could add, would be recordable user patches that would interact with software's features.
I'm almost scared to look at the price, but here goes... (LOLOL)
Lol.. how was it?
@@CreativeSauce If I were running a pro studio, it would be a reasonable expense and a must have. For those of us on fixed income, it'll remain a "When I win the lottery..." item.
LOLOL
At $80 for the basic and at $50 a pop for the packages which make it useful, I'll continue being creative with the drums I have. They are still way superior to the early drum machines and Drum Drop albums. LOL
Can you actually edit your own samples outside of the Addictive Drums pack and incorporate them into here?
Thinking recent EZ Drummer exposure led to this - AD2 the best I've tried (by far). Not surprising you have the full AD2 complement :D My only question - What shampoo does Medusa use - Tide?
Lol.... who said she gets washed :p
I only use Addictive Drums 2 since many years. I mapped it to be triggered with a SPD-30 Octapad. Also I'd like to point out that Addictive Keys is the best Piano plugin that I know of. A great feature on top of the amazing sounds is the ability to change microphones options. XLN Audio is a great company.
Can you control the raw samples by themselves?
Использую уже много лет эти барабаны пытался уйти на другие но этот лучший для живой музыки других не надо добавили бы еще больше для электронной музыки семплов и он стал бы универсальным
How does it compare to Superior Drummer 3? Besides more kits to begin with. Do the extra routing etc mixer options on SD3, such as bleed options to make it more realistic, give a lot more possibilities? Will I feel there's something missing if I get AD instead of SD?
Sd3 gives you better control over the bleed also sounds raw compared to any other drum library
Personally i can never get a good sound from AD2 the sample isnt the sounds i was looking for.
I would really think about getting this, but I did not see a interface for sequencing. I am an old YAMAHA PSR 9000 user and loved the drums on it and all the variations on the fly. I am now using Studio One 6 and Mainstage and I hate the the sequencing interface on them both. It's like soooooo much thought goes into sampling but they forget about how a song evolves. For example, 3 variations of an intro, Main A, B, C, Fill up, fill down, Break and 3 variations and 3 outros. When are they eve going to bring that back?? People like me need that kind of stuff, not sitting behind a DAW making variations of drum patterns only to find out everyone is changing to Scenes. I laughed so hard when all the keyboard manufacturers went to this to help speed up workflow??? If I could figure out a way to trigger the sounds in Addictive Drums via midi signal I would keep using the YAMAHA PSR-9000. I am quite certain that could be done and I would be the happiest songwriter ever.
Have you tried Superior Drummer 3?
Hey Mike thanks for content! I have a question not related to this video but, I started streaming with cakewalk but when im playing my moving cursor(probably not the correct term) doesnt show up on my feed, any tips?
Heya, what sodtware are you using to stream?
@@CreativeSauce OBS
@@wabekonabe8449 if you go to the properties in OBS of the windows or display you are capturing, there is an option ti capture the cursor or not.
@@CreativeSauce thanks alot!
Never understood the kit name of "BLUE OYSTER" to go with Led Zeppelin...I assumed it was for Blue Oyster Cult drum sounds
This is a great plugin. I’ve used it for years. The only downside is control of the cymbals. Cymbals are miked with room and overhead. Those mikes capture the entire kit. I want to add effects to just the cymbals but I don’t see a workaround to do that without affecting the other pieces of the kit. If anyone knows a way, please let me know. Thanks
Yes I have the same problem but it wasn't so much with adding effects but controlling the individual volumes of the cymbals. I did stumble on individual cymbal volume, it is in the left hand side of the cymbal box, you will see an "L" well that stands for volume it took me a few years to stumble on that as I was frustrated that I couldn't raise the volume of the hi-hats, now I can. As to adding an effect out-board to the program I don't think there is a work around, but Mike showed how you can use the programs effects section to add an effect to any instrument.
You can email them, they are very speedy and helpful, they have answered many of my Midi mapping questions with my e-kit especially with my hi-hat controls.
Sounds like you could just add a second track in your daw and just have the cymbals on their own?
You can pull the kick, snare, and toms out of the overheads in the kit mixer. And pull the cymbals out of the room the same way. That way you have an isolated cymbal track
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found this on sale at guitar center for 40 bucks, so I grabbed the Ringo style kit. I mostly make very 60's and early 70s singer/songwriter music and this kit will be perfect for that!!!
Does it work with cubase?
Hey Mike... how do you rate Modo Drums in comparison to Addictive drums?
Hi Tony. They are very different beasts. Both good.
Modo of course, is extremely customizable, because they are modelled drums. But feel like some of the kits with AD2, just sound so so good.
Can't decide!
What's better Addictive Drums 2 or MODO Drums?
Hello everyone! It's true this one is one of the best, but I still prefer Slate Audio SSD 5.5. IK Multimedia Modo Drums is also a great drums. Bye!
I just can’t get the free trial AD to work with studio one 2, drop & drag beats but shows no wave forms show up & pure silence.
Love AD2. My only complaint is that there is no way of outputting a ride cymbal to its own separate output...
Can't you just duplicate the track?
@@IgansF That's essentially what I do, but it involves a whole different substantiation of AD2 on its own separate track just get a ride on its own track. Pretty cumbersome...
@@ytnsanw Indeed
Can you write an entire complicated drum track completely from scratch without using loops or anything like you can in a drum machine? And without a midi keyboard?
Yes.. Can be drawn on piano roll
I dont use the presets. I bypass everything and just use the sounds and mix. They're great for blues to rock. I wouldn't use them for metal but they sound great.
@Vadge Maguire They aren't bad dont get me wrong but I've gotten better results with Get Good Drums for that purpose.
@@h1de yeah for metal I think the GGD is by far the best for me
For me ADD is more easier to put in the mix, EZDrummer 3 is good but the sound so perfect, so not easy to match with another instrument who not have the same quality of sound, so we can hear the EZD not natural in the mix, ADD can adapte with all quality of sound,
I have EZD3 but after all i go back to ADD
i used to love the options on this plugin but the samples are way dated they just stoped improving im pretty sure i hit a ceiling ith this plugin amd could not mke ut sound like i wanted since the samples have weird sound to them amd no matter wht you do with them they still have tht cracteristic nature tht you cant get rid of i do love the cymbals on this plugin the best sounding of most drum plugins
How does it compare to Superior Drummer?
SD3 is more realistic, but AD is very easy and maybe a bit better then Ez drummer
How about copyrights using this plugin? Anyone know? I know nothing of using plugins and possible copyright issues or so I've heard here an there. I have this and its great, Great video.
anyone else think the hats sound kinda cheap? i mean ive used it for years but i have others that have way more realistic hi hats. plus the compression of the samples doesnt sound that great either
Here we are in 2024 and I'm about to buy AD2 INSTEAD of EZDrummer 3 even though EZD3 has 7 kits... ALL because AD2 allows you to change the pitch and all kinds of things to each piece of the kit and EZD3 DOESN'T and Toontrack tries to make you upgrade to SD3 for $150 more, just to do what I should be able to do in the first place! LOL
You won't regret it :)
I think the sound is better than Superior drummer 3
It’s good but it’s bloody expensive!
Sale was on , it may still be.
Must be an English/Australian thing thing "Orientated", it's "Oriented"
Just as good as superior drummer 3? Nah, used these too and the sounds are not as good as sd3. Main things are also better: adding more drums to existing kit, more kinds of compressors, reverbs and other fx, stacking sounds on drums, more rooms with different sizes. Compared to SD3, this is outdated.
The only thing they need to change is a sound of cymbals. They sound awfull.
True also the rooms sounds kinda fake IMO.
agreed, the cymbals suck
Ez drummer slaps harder
MMMM, Why does the Addictive 2 drums package I got as a free download with my scarlett interface sound totally shit. Cymbals phasy sound. The room sounds are totally crap. All it makes me want to do is delete the dam thing.
Because something is wrong with your settings/mixing/routing.
Every sample sounds absolutely amazing in this thing. Superb clarity.
Every kit piece has a full strip of processing and OH and room mic control if you press the little "E" on the top right of each box in "Kit" view, in case you didn't know. With the stuff in there you can shape the tone to ANYTHING you want, even before your DAW.
Itt's near on impossible for this thing to sound bad......