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It's really great to see that you managed to get such an amazing sound for a Gary Novak track, while in fact using all cymbals, toms and the hi hat from the Metal drum kit within Addictive drums. The bass drum chosen (Premier Gen X) is from the Modern Jazz Sticks kit and the snare (Ludwig Acrolite) from the modern soul kit. Lesson learned: customize kit parts rather than using the prefab kits. Thank you Austin for the great review!
I use AD2 with my e-drum (Alesis DM10 X Mesh) and it is great. I highly recommend to anyone. I have only used the Funk, Jazz sticks and Studio Rock kits so far but the customization is so vast that those 3 are enough for me.
Thanks for this suggestion. The entire time I am watching this video I am thinking to myself "Ok, great but where did the solo originally come from!?" So did he play this on an e-kit and transcribe it into Addictive Drums?
Hi Austin, I dig all your videos, thanks for doing them. I do a lot of transcribing in Logic as well. When you installed AD2, did you have to go in and manually map the kits as MIDI instruments in Logic, or does it do that natively? In other words, do you have to use the kit builder in the plugin, create a kit, then port it into Logic so you can choose it in the MIDI environment, so it's available to choose (among Bluebird, Brooklyn, East Bay, etc.) or is AD2 handling all of that parallel to Logic and you just choose AD2 from the Library and control all of it in the plugin? Sorry, I'm sure I worded that more confusing than I needed to.
I’m a a producer piano player and I use Addictive Keys as my main piano VST and I love it, it’s easy to use. I would want to try out Addictive Drums, considering buying a it. A question, can you drag in your own samples in Addictive Drums?
Great review. I'm a bit new to this stuff but I have a Roland td30kv and I'm looking to replace the kits with something more "real" sounding. I've recorded a heap of tracks with my band and not too happy with the drum sounds, cymbals in particular. Do you think this plug in or the Addictive trigger would be more appropriate? Thanks for any help you can offer.
I love Addictive Drums 2 but I`m still confused about the correct recording procedure. Is it necessary to record the overheads with the background sounds from the other instruments? and the Room? Up to now, I have been recording the overheads in a separate 2nd take, while muting all the other instruments. I also ignore the Room and Bus takes. This way I record a clean sound from every instrument including the overheads. Later, in my DAW I introduce the bus reverbs, parallel compression, etc.
Ive been playing with both almost since the begining of they both. For music recording I fell that Superiro blends better, if you want to play live, go for Addictive, No one will notice the diference from a live drum
I like Addictive for both - Here's something you might think about doing. I use Drum (and others) plugins from Waves goo.gl/tROp4e they can actually improve the sound so much so quickly I say it's a must Specifically Chris Lord-Alge CLA series. Check them out... OH and do check out NLS Non-Linear Summer...you want great sounding drums thats the trick...
awesome review!! i really want to get a software so i can make quality recordings and i think this one might be the one to get because of the simplicity of the software. my knowledge on softwares and recording is little to nothing and this software seems like everything is simple and there. thanks for the review on it once again 😄
Hi, I wanted to ask you: how can I do to check the RIDE and CRASH on the XLN or DAW mixer? Scrolling on Flex 1, 2 and 3 I can't find neither the Ride nor the Crash, let alone a direct slide to mix them. Can you help me? I also wanted to ask you about the instrumental content of the slide BUS on the Addictive mixer. Thanks bye..
nice interface ! i use superior drummer... the interface isnt so clean like this, but awesome sound ! i like also in sd2, the variation ofvelocity settings.. and "soft velocity limit"for each instrument for a nice feel on my E drum.
Only downside with AD is the hihat controller... Superior drums got a much better trigger algo where it acts after the hit where AD only respond when you hit and after that you do not get any useful foot action where it simply won´t flow as good when you play live on an e-kit. But AD is the only plug I use for drums and I love it every day. :)
How do you save your customised kit? It seems no one talks about that and to me it's probably the most important thing. I can't imagine anything worse than spending hours putting this thing together and then losing the settings.
Thanks for the review! Quick question for you, reason why I even looked at 3rd party drum plugins is because I want to control the open and close of the hi hat to simulate how hard you are stepping on the hi hat pedal. I have the demo but I cant seem to find how to do it.
I use AD 2 as a stand alone with my Alesis DM 10 kit. . I like it very much. But every time I turn off the program I lose my drum assignments. I have to reassign my drums every time I restart the program. What am I doing wrong or missing?
@hogan0407 I use AD 1 w/ my DM6. You need to Save your Map assignments and then Load them the next time you restart the program. Click the ? question mark to the right of Beats and choose Map Window. Do your mapping as needed, then use the drop-down under Map Preset in that window and do a Save As.. name it something descriptive. Next time you start the program, return to that Map Window and use the same Map Preset drop-down and choose Load. I have about a dozen mappings for my DM6 that I manage that way.
Would I be able to install this into my Mac book pro, connect it to my Roland TD 12 and use it with my v drums? Would there be latency issues? Thank you.
You shouldnt have done the single drum demoing while in start up setting. You have the fx and compression optimal for whatever the load kit is. Everything is swimming in reverb
i use AD2 and love it, but i never use as many grace notes in quick succession as you have in the solo you transcribed. i'm surprised at how badly the grace notes are machine-gunning in the first example.
i'm a drummer and i call any stroke in a roll, that isn't an accent, a grace note. the lighter velocities don't sound natural when played consecutively at high tempo.
i agree. it's a great solo. i love The Man From Planet Jazz (1980 at Ronnie Scotts), in case you haven't heard it. it's cool because there's wah trumpet, chorused slap bass and buddy going crazy. i wasn't dissing the part...
Nope, some symphonic libraries from VSL and Spitfire can stack up to 500 gigs and they would rather send you a hardrive with everything on it rather than you downloading it.
Greetings...... Hey buddy, just a quick one. Why is ur kick sounding like a huge Santana Tom.....with a liberal roomy verb behind it. What kind of music do you do. Please tune the kick really good.
May i please get it so i wont Powerpoint it Mkey ur been jirrele i vall it u nya get the best v thought yeah m m two u Somewhere yeah that haha ur good
im gonna sample the drums from this video
Jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj you killed me😂
Ultimate forbidden move
I started laughing after that "Mmm" coming out of you from the Ludwig set! Cool review!
lmao awesome! I'm sold
It's really great to see that you managed to get such an amazing sound for a Gary Novak track, while in fact using all cymbals, toms and the hi hat from the Metal drum kit within Addictive drums. The bass drum chosen (Premier Gen X) is from the Modern Jazz Sticks kit and the snare (Ludwig Acrolite) from the modern soul kit. Lesson learned: customize kit parts rather than using the prefab kits. Thank you Austin for the great review!
I use AD2 with my e-drum (Alesis DM10 X Mesh) and it is great. I highly recommend to anyone. I have only used the Funk, Jazz sticks and Studio Rock kits so far but the customization is so vast that those 3 are enough for me.
Thanks for this suggestion. The entire time I am watching this video I am thinking to myself "Ok, great but where did the solo originally come from!?" So did he play this on an e-kit and transcribe it into Addictive Drums?
Forget about the software, your drum programming chops are next level!
Great review... I'm sold!
ye man installation and licensing (no activation limit only instance limit) are the main reasons i switched to this :D
Hi Austin,
I dig all your videos, thanks for doing them. I do a lot of transcribing in Logic as well. When you installed AD2, did you have to go in and manually map the kits as MIDI instruments in Logic, or does it do that natively? In other words, do you have to use the kit builder in the plugin, create a kit, then port it into Logic so you can choose it in the MIDI environment, so it's available to choose (among Bluebird, Brooklyn, East Bay, etc.) or is AD2 handling all of that parallel to Logic and you just choose AD2 from the Library and control all of it in the plugin? Sorry, I'm sure I worded that more confusing than I needed to.
I’m a a producer piano player and I use Addictive Keys as my main piano VST and I love it, it’s easy to use. I would want to try out Addictive Drums, considering buying a it. A question, can you drag in your own samples in Addictive Drums?
Great review. I'm a bit new to this stuff but I have a Roland td30kv and I'm looking to replace the kits with something more "real" sounding. I've recorded a heap of tracks with my band and not too happy with the drum sounds, cymbals in particular. Do you think this plug in or the Addictive trigger would be more appropriate? Thanks for any help you can offer.
Im so happy that I found Addictive Drummer, its better than any other drum machine in virtually every aspect
well.. SD3 blows it out of the water.. no machine gun on SD3.. unlike AD2
Excellent video! I'm new to plug ins. Two questions, do you need a DAW and is a free version available? Thanks
I love Addictive Drums 2 but I`m still confused about the correct recording procedure. Is it necessary to record the overheads with the background sounds from the other instruments? and the Room? Up to now, I have been recording the overheads in a separate 2nd take, while muting all the other instruments. I also ignore the Room and Bus takes. This way I record a clean sound from every instrument including the overheads. Later, in my DAW I introduce the bus reverbs, parallel compression, etc.
Damn, wish I hadn't already spent a ton of money on Superior Drummer. I'd be all over this....
Ive been playing with both almost since the begining of they both. For music recording I fell that Superiro blends better, if you want to play live, go for Addictive, No one will notice the diference from a live drum
I like Addictive for both - Here's something you might think about doing. I use Drum (and others) plugins from Waves goo.gl/tROp4e they can actually improve the sound so much so quickly I say it's a must Specifically Chris Lord-Alge CLA series. Check them out... OH and do check out NLS Non-Linear Summer...you want great sounding drums thats the trick...
When you open the kitpiece screen, what function do the arrows in the middle below have? I am still trying to find that out but i haven't.
I'm a Long time fan of AD ... I think I'm liking AD2...Thanks for the review. Think Imma get it.
awesome review!! i really want to get a software so i can make quality recordings and i think this one might be the one to get because of the simplicity of the software. my knowledge on softwares and recording is little to nothing and this software seems like everything is simple and there. thanks for the review on it once again 😄
Thanks you for this video! Best Regards.
Hi, I wanted to ask you: how can I do to check the RIDE and CRASH on the XLN or DAW mixer? Scrolling on Flex 1, 2 and 3 I can't find neither the Ride nor the Crash, let alone a direct slide to mix them. Can you help me? I also wanted to ask you about the instrumental content of the slide BUS on the Addictive mixer. Thanks bye..
*Austin Burcham* late response here, but AMAZING transcription skills, and great video demo of this library!
nice interface ! i use superior drummer... the interface isnt so clean like this, but awesome sound !
i like also in sd2, the variation ofvelocity settings.. and "soft velocity limit"for each instrument for a
nice feel on my E drum.
Does it have multiple outputs so I can trigger a side chain with the kick or do some crazy sidechain gate stuff?
How did you get the drum names to be visible in Piano Roll? My "drum Names" is greyed out.
Only downside with AD is the hihat controller... Superior drums got a much better trigger algo where it acts after the hit where AD only respond when you hit and after that you do not get any useful foot action where it simply won´t flow as good when you play live on an e-kit. But AD is the only plug I use for drums and I love it every day. :)
4:11 Mmm! Thanks for the review!
How do you save your customised kit? It seems no one talks about that and to me it's probably the most important thing. I can't imagine anything worse than spending hours putting this thing together and then losing the settings.
so when you download the software and your computer dies can u put AD2 onto another computer? Or it's license per computer?
Nice review...good job!!!
Thanks for the review! Quick question for you, reason why I even looked at 3rd party drum plugins is because I want to control the open and close of the hi hat to simulate how hard you are stepping on the hi hat pedal. I have the demo but I cant seem to find how to do it.
Don Fernando Capili you hit different keys on your midi keyboard to get the different open and closed hihat sounds.
Excellent downloading today very simple nice sounds
Any idea why AD works great for live playing in Garageband but seems laggy in FL Studio?
Does anyone know how this compares to Studio Drummer by Native Instruments? APPRECIATE IT!
SE PODRA CON EL ADICTIVE DRUM 2 SIMULAR UN DOBLE BOMBO?
I use AD 2 as a stand alone with my Alesis DM 10 kit. . I like it very much. But every time I turn off the program I lose my drum assignments. I have to reassign my drums every time I restart the program. What am I doing wrong or missing?
@hogan0407 I use AD 1 w/ my DM6. You need to Save your Map assignments and then Load them the next time you restart the program. Click the ? question mark to the right of Beats and choose Map Window. Do your mapping as needed, then use the drop-down under Map Preset in that window and do a Save As.. name it something descriptive. Next time you start the program, return to that Map Window and use the same Map Preset drop-down and choose Load. I have about a dozen mappings for my DM6 that I manage that way.
Great video ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Would I be able to install this into my Mac book pro, connect it to my Roland TD 12 and use it with my v drums? Would there be latency issues? Thank you.
Yep, I've done exactly that för years. Very little latency.
You shouldnt have done the single drum demoing while in start up setting. You have the fx and compression optimal for whatever the load kit is. Everything is swimming in reverb
Very good review.. Thanks
Yeah, great commercial - sorry, review [cough]
What pak are the ludwig toms from?
Best drum plugin no wonder
What is the name of that pack ?
I have AD2. But now I have MODO drums and............. BOOM !!!
4:10 I really felt that "mmm"
best i love it
thx
i use AD2 and love it, but i never use as many grace notes in quick succession as you have in the solo you transcribed. i'm surprised at how badly the grace notes are machine-gunning in the first example.
those are part of the rudimental rolls that most good jazz players use. theyre not supposed to be grace notes
i'm a drummer and i call any stroke in a roll, that isn't an accent, a grace note. the lighter velocities don't sound natural when played consecutively at high tempo.
noisyneil im a drummer as well and that jazz solo is pretty sick. if youve heard buddy rich or gene krupa you should know why
i agree. it's a great solo. i love The Man From Planet Jazz (1980 at Ronnie Scotts), in case you haven't heard it. it's cool because there's wah trumpet, chorused slap bass and buddy going crazy.
i wasn't dissing the part...
noisyneil oh all right
you record this with a electric drum kit right ?
I just use it to manually program drums in Logic but you could also use it with your e-drum kit if you had one.
Austin Burcham. cool 😎 thanks for the reply! I Favorited this video.
Is there a pork pie snare?
ONLY 3.7GB? Is 3.7GB not considered big for a software download?
+Gus Flannigan Superior Drummer is like 18GB so in comparison to that, it’s way better haha
It's very small for a sample library, compared to 230GB of Superior Drummer 3.
Nope, some symphonic libraries from VSL and Spitfire can stack up to 500 gigs and they would rather send you a hardrive with everything on it rather than you downloading it.
Gus Flannigan it's small bro! Even my old laptop can handle it
O Yeah those Ludwigs sound good
Himmm yummy nice drums
For anyone who has Logic Pro x. Is this better then the drummer presets that logic has? Or should I save my money and not buy addictive drums.
This is way much better
Greetings...... Hey buddy, just a quick one. Why is ur kick sounding like a huge Santana Tom.....with a liberal roomy verb behind it. What kind of music do you do. Please tune the kick really good.
Why do you care how the kick sounds in his demo? Don't tell him how to produce his kit sound so that YOU like it. *sheeeesh*
What adpaks do you have
You can see his list on the left when he first opens the software: Funk, Metal etc
Ambition into a happi thought ert yeah Mkey u
This is just and ad for the product....NOT a review.
May i please get it so i wont Powerpoint it Mkey ur been jirrele i vall it u nya get the best v thought yeah m m two u
Somewhere yeah that haha ur good
superior drummer? ha ha ha