XLN Addictive Drums updated to 2.5

[Xandre]

Here’s something unexpected that showed up on my Youtube:

 

 

Also on their website

https://www.xlnaudio.com/products/addictive_drums_2?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmt24BhDPARIsAJFYKk0UhMroRStcfnEawDnOOT-7GxLL63Dx7ftIJjp2YC30b21lSdl6Pb4aAplMEALw_wcB

Xandre
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[Forner User]

Hmm, no upgrade pricing?

[cclarry]

They’re only 500 years late…

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[bapu]

On cclarry said

They’re only 500 years late…

But, but, but……

 

Installed!

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[peter]

You and I might not live to see it, but I believe someday our grandchildren and their children will live to see AD3, and it will be pretty good.

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[anxiousmofo]

Nice to see. I’ll take a slowly developing XLN and BFD over the jerkwads at Toontrack any day.

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[jude77]

This is really good news.  After nothing for the last decade I had given up on AD completely.  I still think it sounds good and I’m hoping XLN is still interested in it.  Apparently, they have something planned for next week so who knows, maybe AD3 is being scheduled for launch in the New Millenium.

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[RSMcGuitar]

I too was hoping more for AD3. I knew something was in the works, by their vague social media posts. But… This ain’t bad and the price is right!

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[RSMcGuitar]

Having played with the standalone for a bit now, I think this is a fantastic update. It’s not AD3, but they’ve done an excellent job with it.
I can’t tell if it’s the placebo effect, or what, but I swear it sounds better. I found the Flexi pieces sound better to me. Maybe I’m imagining it?

O̶n̶e̶ o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶, I̶ w̶a̶s̶ p̶r̶e̶t̶t̶y̶ s̶u̶r̶e̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ t̶h̶e̶ R̶e̶t̶r̶o̶p̶l̶e̶x̶ k̶i̶t̶ u̶s̶e̶d̶ t̶o̶ h̶a̶v̶e̶ 2̶ d̶i̶f̶f̶e̶r̶e̶n̶t̶ s̶n̶a̶r̶e̶s̶. A̶n̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ k̶n̶o̶w̶ i̶f̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶’s̶ t̶r̶u̶e̶, o̶r̶ d̶i̶d̶ I̶ m̶a̶k̶e̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ u̶p̶?̶

I think I was thinking about the bass drum and it is definitely still there! Ooops…

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[peter]

I’m pretty sure this is what @jude77 referenced when he wrote: “Apparently, they have something planned for next week…” But just because I’m following along and hoping for big news soon, I took a screenshot for everyone to see.

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[RSMcGuitar]

Good news! It would seem kinda pointless to do this and not add something in terms of new drums, or adpaks. I always thought the kit pieces would have been an obvious way to have constant new content, but they never really did much with it. Perhaps its not so easy when things are being recorded in different studios all the time?

[peter]

Okay, I just updated. I own the majority of AD drum kits and I really like this update a lot. It inspired me to create a few Frankenstein kits (created from drums and cymbals from various kits). SD3 is still my go to — it is, IMO, a much better drum plugin — but this is a very nice update.

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[peter]

For anyone who wasn’t aware of it, @gregjazz — the developer behind Orange Tree Samples — has made his presets for AD2 available for free. I’ve been using these for a long time. It’s like getting new kits for free for me — as there’s no way I could create my own presets at that level.

https://www.presetgalaxy.com/banks/uvoQjRk7f-greg-s-addictive-drums-presets

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[anxiousmofo]

They said something on Instagram about new kit pieces next week.

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[peter]

I’m playing with AD2 right now and I could be dead wrong, but @RSMcGuitar, I think you could be on to something with things sounding better. Here’s my best guess — they claim to have upgraded the EQ and other effects. Maybe that’s why? I think the feature to replace the entire bank of toms is new — at least it’s new to me, and I really like it. It makes creating new custom kits a lot faster. The more I play with this, the more I like it. If XLN has some new snares and basses that sound good, I’m definitely on board. Although I wish they could come out with AD3 and make new, higher quality kits that give Toontrack some serious competition.

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[lamia6]

Damn this is a nice update. Pretty sure it does sound better, like more frequency separation. Definitely more efficient, from my last check a couple weeks ago its using half to two thirds of the CPU the previous version was.

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[peter]

On lamia6 said

Damn this is a nice update. Pretty sure it does sound better, like more frequency separation. Definitely more efficient, from my last check a couple weeks ago its using half to two thirds of the CPU the previous version was.

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[jude77]

On peter said

For anyone who wasn’t aware of it, @gregjazz — the developer behind Orange Tree Samples — has made his presets for AD2 available for free. I’ve been using these for a long time. It’s like getting new kits for free for me — as there’s no way I could create my own presets at that level.

https://www.presetgalaxy.com/banks/uvoQjRk7f-greg-s-addictive-drums-presets

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Thanks for the heads up on that!

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[RSMcGuitar]

On peter said

Here’s my best guess — they claim to have upgraded the EQ and other effects. Maybe that’s why?

Yeah, I would think they’d at least have to re-EQ some things. I’m just finding everything sounds a little nicer, toms and cymbals sound more separated, in a good way.

(Or… it’s like that time I finally dialed in the perfect compressor sound… and it was off… {come on, we’ve all done it!})

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[jerrydf]

I’m not sure about it sounding better, but it’s nice that the EQ curves interface now behaves like proper curves rather than the ugly disjointed bulges of the previous interface.

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[EusebioRZ]

On locrian said

Hmm, no upgrade pricing?

Free upgrade from 2.0

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[Fleer]

On peter said

For anyone who wasn’t aware of it, @gregjazz — the developer behind Orange Tree Samples — has made his presets for AD2 available for free. I’ve been using these for a long time. It’s like getting new kits for free for me — as there’s no way I could create my own presets at that level.

https://www.presetgalaxy.com/banks/uvoQjRk7f-greg-s-addictive-drums-presets

 

I only have the Studio Rock pak. Do you think these presets might serve me?

[RSMcGuitar]

On Fleer said

On peter said

For anyone who wasn’t aware of it, @gregjazz — the developer behind Orange Tree Samples — has made his presets for AD2 available for free. I’ve been using these for a long time. It’s like getting new kits for free for me — as there’s no way I could create my own presets at that level.

https://www.presetgalaxy.com/banks/uvoQjRk7f-greg-s-addictive-drums-presets

 

I only have the Studio Rock pak. Do you think these presets might serve me?

My guess would be no, because I think these mix and match from different adpaks.

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[gregjazz]

On Fleer said

On peter said

For anyone who wasn’t aware of it, @gregjazz — the developer behind Orange Tree Samples — has made his presets for AD2 available for free. I’ve been using these for a long time. It’s like getting new kits for free for me — as there’s no way I could create my own presets at that level.

https://www.presetgalaxy.com/banks/uvoQjRk7f-greg-s-addictive-drums-presets

 

I only have the Studio Rock pak. Do you think these presets might serve me?

I mix and match a lot of different Adpaks, so I don’t think there are any presets that only use the Studio Rock one. I wonder if tells you which Adpaks the preset uses when trying to load them… I’m pretty sure you can open the presets in a text editor and it lists the Adpaks used, or at least the product IDs.

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[Fleer]

Cheers, guys.

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[gregjazz]

Just to follow up… Looks like in the 2.5 update, it now tells you which Adpaks the preset uses (and a link to open the list in your browser in case you want to buy them).

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