The Last Drum Plugin You'll Ever Need: A Review of Addictive Drums 2
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2017
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Do you have difficulty humanizing your drums? Do your drums end up sounding repetitive and lack character? A real drummer would never make the exact same sound twice in a row, so how does a producer simulate the nuances of live drummers' dynamic realism? Enter Addictive Drums 2 from XLN Audio.
Addictive Drums 2 is a virtual drum instrument that pulls out all the stops to simulate a realistic recording of a drum kit. The logic behind the plugin is super solid and it’s really easy to hear, and see what’s going on under the hood.
Right out the gates Addictive Drums 2 comes with the 3 most popular drum kits, the Addictive Drums 2 Engine itself, and a MIDI library of over 5000 loops and fills. You have the option of purchasing additional kits as you go along. There is a HUGE variety of sounds and add-on kits available, from Jazz to Metal, and everything in between.
Combining your favourite random single drum samples can be difficult to gel together, and can require manual tuning and extra work. Addictive Drums have made your life even easier by building drum kits that are meticulously matched and tuned, giving you an incredibly cohesive sound.
Unlike many drum instruments and samplers, Addictive Drums 2 employs round robin operations when handling sample playback. This power feature adds real depth and dynamic realism to your MIDI patterns. Getting the same result manually would take an INSANE amount of time, so having this feature work in the background, allows you to really concentrate on your patterns and sounds. A whole bunch of drum hits with different nuances are grouped together and are triggered either randomly or sequentially, this is where the real beauty in Addictive Drums 2 lies.
In this review tutorial, Ableton Certified Trainer, Merlyn Sylva, gives you the full scoop on why Addictive Drums 2 is making waves in the industry, giving you a full tour of some of the power features that are available.
Earned a sub. Great work
A very very... very well presented review. The reviewer knows what he wants to say ahead of time, does not get side-tracked, maintains a consistent flow of speaking, is clear and concise, is informative and friendly. 99.3% of all YT videos are somewhere between rubbish and ok. It is very rare to come across a presenter of this quality.
As to the AD plugin itself. I've been using it for two years and I love it. Nevertheless, I decided to watch this video, on the basis that there was probably something I didn't know about it. I was right. The presenter told me (a veteran user of the product), something I didn't know.
I can recommend AD2 to anyone. I love it. It does more than I ever wanted to do with drums, and indeed, it has actually expanded my creativity with drums, and continues to do so. My only criticism is that XLN Audio do not provide enough 'world drums'. They have many pop/rock kits. But I feel that once you've bought one rock/pop kit, you've got them all. You may be an aficionado of drum kits and feel differently.
Finally, in the interest of honesty, I have to also state that I haven't used very many other drum plugs, and so you must take that into consideration when considering how valuable my recommendation is.
Nice a review of the review
Are you his mum?
G R E E T I N G S.......THANKS, for the finest review ever. Getting to the end, the drum kit I heard is my favorite tuning. Please how may I grab what you're using and this amazing tuning.
I’ve been playing with the demo version but this video helped me see the full potential of this plugin. I’m getting it for sure
Nice on Nicholas. Hope you enjoy AD2. Cheers!
what would you say would be the 2 or 3 "runner ups" to test before deciding on which one to get?what are similar VSTs to this one that you would most recommend?
Sure thing. I also like Superior Drummer, BFD 2 from FXPansion, and NI Studio Drummer or Drum Lab.
Hi is it possible to control the choke of the high hat with this plugin? By choke I mean the choke provided by how much hard you press on the hi hat pedal (which controls how open the hi hat will be)
yea
So all the fun of recording drums/finger drumming w/o the hassle of actually playing them? Ok, sure I'm trolling a bit by saying that. Of course I program drums as well play. Of course not everyone can play or record drums for lots of reasons. This looks great for those people. Maybe it just feels the sell here is "why bother cuz magic". Love your content, this one just felt a bit odd. To each his own. It does look like a really fun plugin.
I tried to play drums. I cannot hold the beat no matter how I try, up from the years of me playing piano in music school. Also, drums are costly, meaning that you'll have to shoehorn them into every single piece you make so to justify the expenses. Given that my style rarely uses drums, I'd better use drum machine, or even better, this plugin - luckily, I've sold my kit and never returning back to it.
G R E E T I N G S........It's about 7:30 and from 13:30 right to the end. Amazing tuning.
I have to agree about this being the best review/demo/tut! Here's the 2nd part link ruclips.net/video/lOWuSlLlf3k/видео.html if you're wondering where it is. I was.....
I was so impressed by Merlin's 1st one that I couldn't wait to see part 2! So I figured I wasn't the only one. My pleasure. I hope there'll be more
Cool A full course on AD2 or Ableton? I have AD2 but not Ableton.
This plugin has always sounded terrible to me. Yet a lot of people love it. Must be my ears. They sound thin and fake to me.
Depends on mixing. I don't like its stock presets much.
Thanks for releasing a video with sound in it IN MONO in 2017. Wow....
Hey Sky. That was actually a technical software error. For some reason with Screenflow's version update, they centre-panned both channels creating a mono export. We only caught it after the upload, and RUclips won't let you correct this after publishing. PS: There are a lot of ways you could have said this without being insulting and condescending. We don't tolerate bad attitudes around here, so I'll leave you with this one warning to bring a more respectful vibe to future comments.
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