Addictive Drums 2 Tutorial

Addictive Drums 2 is, in my opinion, one of the best and most complete drum software studio packages available today, at any price. XLN audio have painstakingly recorded samples from the most incredible kits in the best recording studios in the world with top session drummers and recording engineers.

Below are some interesting links to some short documentary ‘making of’ type videos that XLN Audio filmed while recording some session samples. I’ve also put in a few links to some of the ADpaks that were recorded in two top locations. Of course, there are many other ADpaks that I have not listed below, such as: Black Velvet, Session Percussion, Indie, Metal, Funk, Modern Jazz Sticks, Retroplex, Blue Oyster, Black Oyster, Studio Pro, Studio Rock, and more. Check out Addictive Drums website and their YouTube channel for more info.

XLN Audio: https://www.xlnaudio.com

Recording AD drums Fairfax Vol. 1 & 2 ADpaks at Fairfax studios in LA, California (formally known as Sound City):    • Addictive Drums 2: Fairfax Vol.1 & 2 ...  

Recording AD drums Vintage Dry 70s ADpak:    • Vintage Dry ADpak and Dry Beats & Son...  

Recording AD drums United Pop ADpack at United Studios:    • Addictive Drums 2: United Pop ADpak  

Documentary making of AD Fairfax Vol.1 ADpak:    • Addictive Drums 2: Fairfax Vol. 1 ADpak  

XLN Audio AD Drums advert:    • This is Addictive Drums 2  

ADpak Real Machines:    • Reel Machines ADpak  

ADpak Fairfax Vol.1:    • Addictive Drums 2 ADpak Overview: Fai...  

ADpak Fairfax Vol.2:    • Addictive Drums 2 ADpak Overview: Fai...  

ADpak United Pop:    • Addictive Drums 2 ADpak Overview: Uni...  

ADpak Vintage Dry:    • Addictive Drums 2 ADpak Overview: Vin...  

Addictive Drums 2 complete playlist of tutorials created by XLN Audio:    • Addictive Drums 2 Tutorials  

XLN Audio YouTube channel:    / @xlnaudio  

Chapters:

00:00 – About XLN Audio and how Addictive Drums 2 was created
11:27 – Introducing the software and using Addictive Drums 2 as standalone software
40:58 – Using Addictive Drums 2 within Logic Pro X

How to purchase Addictive Drums:

To purchase Addictive Drums 2 software you need to get one of the AD2 Collections, which is a bundle of content that includes AD2 itself: https://www.xlnaudio.com/products/add...
 
You can't purchased single ADpaks or MIDIpaks if you don't already own content for AD2.
 
There are two kinds of Collections, first you have the Custom types, which let you select the content for yourself, the Custom Collection come in different sizes, the smallest being the just the "Custom" consisting of 3 ADpaks (drum kits) 3 MIDIpaks (MIDI libraries) and 3 kit piece paks (single kit pieces).
 
Then you have the curated Collections which consists of 2 ADpaks (drum kits) and 2 MIDIpaks (MIDI libraries) that are pre-selected to suit a specific genre or style.
 
Then there is also the Complete Collection which contains all content for AD2.