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Forums › DEALS › Virtual & Physical Music Gear Deals › Addictive Drums 2 Updated to V2.6 (Not a Deal)
Delivering many new and requested features…
Check out the details here–>
https://www.xlnaudio.com/blog/addictive-drums-2-whats-new-in-version-2-6
Download update using XLN Online Installer
DS-10 Drum Shaper also needed updating.
Studio One, Windows, RME UFX, Yamaha MSP7
The last AD2 update was far beyond my expectations. I only hope they come out with AD3 soon. I actually started using AD2 a lot more after the last update (otherwise, I’m a big SD3 user).
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Thanks for the heads up @fretman
Same here @peter
AD2 was the first drum package I used in anger and I still have it in many projects. Great to see some updates appearing.
Wait, anger works in a lot of genres. Punk, metal, hard rock, rock, rap… Although it’s a lot less effective if you were working on a ballad or soft rock.
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Thanks for the heads up @fretman
Same here @peter
AD2 was the first drum package I used in anger and I still have it in many projects. Great to see some updates appearing.
Wait, anger works in a lot of genres. Punk, metal, hard rock, rock, rap… Although it’s a lot less effective if you were working on a ballad or soft rock.
Anger does work great in ballads if mixed with a healthy quantity of tears and / or whining.
From my imaginary hit “You got the power”
I’ll totally forgive you 🎶
for breaking my heart
If you’ll take me back and give
our relationship a new start 🎵
So don’t be a bitch
and return my calls 🎶
I concede you got the power
so please stop breaking my …..
ohhh…
queue sad guitar solo 🎵 🎶
The last AD2 update was far beyond my expectations. I only hope they come out with AD3 soon. I actually started using AD2 a lot more after the last update.
Same. I had an AD2 license from a bundle and was never much inspired to use it, but that changed big time when 2.5 came out and was a free upgrade.
Elevated my opinion of XLN a great deal, and got me using a really great virtual instrument that had dropped off my radar.
I don’t like to admit that I can be so influenced by a plug-in’s visuals, but these are musical instruments, and the same rules apply to physical ones. If it looks good, it inspires me to use it.
-Erik
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I’m so happy they’ve been working on this! Addictive Drums still sound great to me! Plus I’m pretty invested in the ecosystem.
Same here. I think it was more than a decade ago that Greg (Orange Tree Samples) told me how much he liked it than gave me a bunch of presets he made for it. Greg shared a bunch of his AD2 presets — for free — at his Preset Galaxy site. I’d strongly recommend them for anyone who owns AD2. For me, it was like getting new kits. I do make my own presets, but I don’t know how to craft them anything close to what Greg can do. You can find them here:
https://www.presetgalaxy.com/banks/uvoQjRk7f-greg-s-addictive-drums-presets
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