The Ultimate Drum Production Plugin: XLN Addictive Drums 2 Rock Metal Hip Hop Electro 

Great to see addictive drums getting the credit it deserves on a big RU-vid channel. The hype around sd3 sucked me in and I bought it but found it seriously lacking unless you buy some of the more recent expansions like decades and rooms of hansa (which are great) but still addictive drums is the one I use most. Great sounding drums and great interface. Farifax 2 is unbelievable. Great video.

AD2 is largely overlooked these days. I've been using it for years, and have just recently "live tracked" drums using AD2 exclusively on a 10 track commercially released album. Never really had issues getting a professional sound or getting them to fit into a production. The interface has a great balance between usability and functionality. There is a lot more under the hood than first meets the eye.

Hi David. Another small detail about AD is that one can route each drum component to a separate track and then process the sound independently (as if they are miced, so you can apply your own FX and VSTs etc). I think this option is offered after Addictive Drums 2 and is not supported in the first version.

I agree-- AD has the best combination of sound, versatility, features, usability, playability, footprint/computer workload, and price. And XLN has WONDERFUL customer service.

SD3 is using uncompressed samples, AD2 uses compression, like EZD too. That's probably the biggest difference. Oh and SD3's user interface is spectacular. And there's no limit to how many slots you can load, whereas in AD you have a fixed number of instrument slots.

I use this. And i print each track separately. Then mix it as a real kit.

Makes me smile when I see you geek out to something that...just works! Sounds amazing, great shell interaction/bleed, super sweet dynamics. Beaut of a production tool. Superb video boss!

Since I got Addictive drums (a couple of years back now), I've not even considered getting another drum library (for acoustic kits anyway)

I used the very early version of AD1 and ended up swapping to SD3 which I used for a few years. I own most of their EZX/SDX's and there are definitely some good sounds. However, I know a few people who use AD2 and I was always extremely impressed with the results they got. As a result, I recently picked up a great deal on the Fairfax Paks and have to say AD2 has completely exceeded my expectations! I've since bought a few more AdPaks and haven't used SD3 since. I love the sound and workflow of AD2 and I'm getting better results in a fraction of the time! It's extremely impressive how XLN Audio have been able to create such realistic and natural sounding drum samples in AdPaks that are much smaller in size to all the Toontrack SDX/EZX's! Really looking forward to seeing how AD2 will develop in the future! Maybe an AD3 at some point!?

Great overview, been working on some custom presets within AD2 and wanted to educate myself a bit on some of the features. This did the trick!

its a good kit to blend it with.....doesn't hurt having it for sure

Worked with AD for years, but I wasn`t even aware about some details you showed, great video!

Also, you can choose between mic positions and mic types .. This plug-in is absolutely crazy!!!

I love and use this plugin from ver.1! Anyway, did you noticed that Comp is always before EQ? Can you explain why, in your opinion, XNL Audio decided this default signal chain? (I made my presets putting Comp after EQ, by the way)!

Would you choose this instead of superior drummer 3? Great video as always!

I bought AD ~3 years ago. Last week SD3. The SD3 is just so easy to get a full drum song going. The drums are slightly better sounding (we're talking George Massenburg mixed kits!). Try it out. So, now I have all collections but BFD which I will never need. The Slate is my second fav (CLA is the man)

Dave! So waiting for your AD vid's. You will be my new AD GURU.... Details of how to take the AD and get full songs into the DAW using AD patterns + AD samples with and without a midi controller. That would be Nirvana! Blessings to you and all you do for us, your followers!

yeh man been killing this for years, i will say it is so good sounding, you really mix up to it but solid crisp and good to solo elements like cymbals and blends killer with perf drums too try soloing the room and oh from ad2 and the kick snare and toms from perf, boom

Hey David ! How you doing ? I know you did this video a long time ago and WOW ! I am like " I WANT TO BUY THIS !!! " but ... What do you think about Superior drummer 3 ? If you use it , which one is the best one ? Superior or addictive ??? And... If I want a " I just recorded that sample on a studio right now " sound , like really RAW , what do you thing about Addictive drums on that area ? I hearded the " Clean Dry " preset , but , is it exactly " RAW " ...???? Thank you again for your time , I know you are into a lot of wonderful projects right know with Bella and I have to let you know that you inspire me like always since I discovered your Chanel and ...Man ! I wish you all the best David , you really worth it ! THANK YOU ! THANK YOU ! THANK YOU !!! =D

I already have track templates and presets so I get multi out tracks and add comp, eq, attack, sustain, etc, to each channel (KD, SD, HH, Ride, Cymbals, OH, Room) in Reaper. Easy mixing. LOVE Meinl cymbals (included in some adpaks).

Hey David, good show and tell. I almost got the Custom AD on last sale, used to use the first AD a few years back in a friend's studio and loved the brush kit. What made me not get it was that I have the free Sennheiser Drummica! for Kontakt Player. Just one kit, but several mics to chose from for each instrument, and included EQ, compression and several room reverbs. And presets that make it sound very different. It sounds really natural, which I like. I also won a Vintage Funk & Disco Kit from Drumdrops, which is pretty nice, MT Power Drumkit 2 which is free (less natural though), several drumkits from Karoryfer Lecolds (Swirly, Big Rusty and Unruly Drums), and Audio Assault's Druminator and Westwood. I must say though, nowadays I end up reaching for Drummica more often than not. But still, the brush kit and the boutique mallets on this are unique enough for me to look forward to the next Black Friday. Also Steven Slate Drums 5 are still on sale and sound pretty good, but don't have brush kits unfortunately. IK MUltimedia's MODO Drums are supposed to be pretty great also, have you tried it?

I am way too deeply invested in EZ Drummer to consider anything else at the moment, but this is definitely something I will consider somewhere down the road...

Great info. Thanks

i have already and is amazing incredible quality sound , nice video Brou.

Looks like the sale is over? Plugin Boutique doesnt show a discount.

Hi David, I have them too, they are great! But.. I recorded a cymbalpack (included my Epica cymbal stack) 2 years ago and still not finished it, because of a lot of other work, but it will get done... My drumbook got a great review here in Europe (Slagwerkkrant Sept- Oct 2019), so I,m not complaining....;) Giving the world our talents, what do want more than??? hahahaha..;)

If I bought a 6176 Vintage Channel Strip (UAD) I just connect my mike in it, the output to my interface, that's it? Should I turn all the volume down on my interface so I get all the good of said Channel strip, or normal levels. Hell, is said Channel strip good for vocals? I mean, very good?

Take a look at XLN Addictive Trigger, and XLN XO, another group of great vsts. HMC

Whre does it say which kit is loaded?

Oh jee thanks David!

Only thing is, I super wish that you could assign each drum sound to separate outputs into the DAW. But yeah, the best. Check out XLN's DS-10 Transient Shaper too (it is F'ing rad!)

Do they have any kits for Country / Bluegrass?

David.. just bought AD2 Custom with your link.. hope you get some payback :) 👍

bfd3 the most natural samples but this also great

Gl' ultimi saranno i primi🤘🏼

Doesn’t sound bad !

To go holly what?

Native Instruments Studio Drummer sounds so much more realistic than this!! Don’t you think?