Addictive Drums 2: Rock Collection

Addictive Drums 2: Rock Collection

Purest American rock straight from the source

Included Products:

• Fairfax Vol. 1 (ADpak)
• Fairfax Vol. 2 (ADpak)
• American Rock (MIDIpak)
• American Indie (MIDIpak)

(Also includes the Addictive Drums 2 Engine)

The Gold Standard for Rock Drums

If Dave Grohl had to choose one of our Collections, the clever money would be on this one. With Fairfax ADpaks Volumes 1 and 2, and the American Rock and American Indie MIDIpaks, we've travelled to one of music's most sacred spaces, distilled the very quintessence of rock and packaged it up for you all in this extremely punchy Collection.

Recorded in the very room that gave us Nirvana's "Nevermind", and dozens of other seminal albums from the likes of Metallica, Guns'n'Roses, Slayer, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the stone age, TOOL, System of a Down, Weezer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Arctic Monkeys, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Elton John. Basically, if you want rock drums in your track, they don't come more authentic-sounding than these.

Addictive Drums 2

It's All About the Sound

Tweak any of the professionally designed presets or build up a custom kit from scratch, it's your choice. Addictive Drums 2 is packed with mixing and sound-shaping features that let you transform the raw sounds in amazing ways. Whether you need your drums to sound open and crystal-clear or produced and radio-ready, or grungy and heavily distorted, AD2 has studio-grade tools to get the job done.

Lightning Fast Workflow

The best sounds and features are useless if you can't find and use them quickly when inspiration strikes. Addictive Drums 2 really excels in this area. Every detail – from drag-and-drop audio and MIDI to rapid linking and layering, to near-instant kit piece swapping–is designed to keep you in the creative zone. The clean layout and lighting-fast workflow include hundreds of individual features that make AD2 fast and familiar – even for first-time users.

Every drum kit is recorded in world-class studios by industry professionals and amazing drummers to give you professional sonic options and creative control.

Where Do You Start?

To get the most out of Addictive Drums 2 you always start with XPN Audio's Collections.

A Collection is a bundle of ADpaks (drum kits), MIDIpaks (beats) and Kitpiece Paks (single drums) put together to give you the best possible drum production experience.

Fairfax Vol. 1 (ADpak)

Beefy American Rock Drums.

Fairfax Recordings - Los Angeles

Fairfax Recordings, A.K.A. Sound City... this place is so important to the history of Rock and Roll that Dave Grohl directed a feature-length documentary about it. Nirvana recorded "Nevermind" there in 1990, but since 1969, this one legendary room has pumped out an unbelievable stream of seminal rock albums; Pat Benetar, Metallica, Guns'n'Roses, Slayer, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, the list goes on and on.

Now you can have the extraordinary drum sound from this studio right in your DAW. The well-maintained vintage gear, the vintage Altec console, the irreplaceable microphones, the kit, and the magic of the room itself all shine through in this ADpak, giving you a slice of the sound that defined American rock music.

Vintage Drum Kit – Gretsch "Stop Sign"

To deliver that beefy, muscular drum sound that makes American rock so great, XLN Audio picked a vintage Gretsch "Stop Sign" kit. This 6 ply kit from the '70s produces a well-rounded sound with a lot of punch and great sustain and nicely tuneable skins. For snares, XLN has spoiled you with a beautiful Craviotto Custom Shop snare and an ultra-rare Tama Bell Brass snare that is pretty much the holy grail of snare drums. This Tama snare, known in the industry as "the Terminator" featured on pretty much every huge rock hit of the '80s and '90s, and now XLN captured it in its spiritual home for you to use in your productions.

Kit Details:

Kick:

• Gretsch Stop Sign 24x16"

Snares:

• Tama Bell Brass 14x7"
• Craviotto Craviotto Custom Shop 14x7"

Toms:

• Iveson's Custom 16"
• Zildjian K Dark Thin 18"
• Zildjian K Crash Ride 20"
• Iveson's Selection Dark 24"
• Zildjian Low China 20

Hi-Hats & Cymbals:

• Gretsch Stop Sign 12x8"
• Gretsch Stop Sign 13x9"
• Gretsch Stop Sign (Hi) 14x14"
• Gretsch Stop Sign (Lo) 14x14"
• Gretsch Tom Stop Sign Shell Hit

Extra:

• Clap - 3 People

Features

• Punchy, muscular drums for that classic American Rock sound.
• The Terminator - The holy grail of snare drums.
• Recorded in the legendary Sound City.

Fairfax Vol. 2 (ADpak)

Warm, Punchy, Old-School American Drums

Fairfax Recordings - Los Angeles

If you've seen the film about it, you'll know there's more to Sound City than hard rock. This studio has a subtler side too. The live room might look a little shabby, but its particular sonic mojo was built from years and years of great ears and happy accidents, rather than expensive sound treatments. Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Elton John, to name but a few have all managed to capture audio magic in here over the years and now, so have we. Beat by beat, through irreplaceable vintage mics, on a beautiful drum kit, through a '60s Altec desk, all so you can have it as your very own plaything. You're welcome.

Vintage Drum Kit - Gretsch "Round Badge"

Big hair and tight jeans are all well and good, but for this ADpak XLN Audio wanted to lean into the warmer, folkier, dare-we-say mellower side of the Sound City live room. To deliver this they found a 1960's three-ply Gretsch "Round Badge" kit in near-mint condition. The combination of maple and gumwood in the shells gives the kit a warm and punchy sound with plenty of rich dark character. Matched with two great vintage Ludwig snares you end up with a very versatile kit that just pops out of your production.

Kit Details:

Kick:

• Gretsch Round Badge 22x14"

Snares:

• Ludwig Black Beauty 14x7"
• Ludwig 20's Brass 14x5"

Toms:

• Gretsch Round Badge (Hi) 13x9"
• Gretsch Round Badge (Lo) 13x9"
• Gretsch Round Badge (Hi) 16x16"
• Gretsch Round Badge (Lo) 16x16"
• Gretsch Tom Round Badge Shell Hit

Hi-Hats & Cymbals:

• Iveson's Selection 16"
• Iveson's Selection Thin 20"
• Iveson's Selection 21"
• Iveson's Selection Dark 24"
• Iveson's Selection Bright 24"

Extras:

• Wood Stud to Floor

Features

• Seasoned, well-rounded drums that sit well in any mix
• A versatile kit for rock, folk, indie, and anything else you want to throw it at
• Recorded through vintage gear for unmistakable warmth

American Rock (MIDIpak)

Beefy beats from American hitt

Classic rock beats, songs, breaks and fills. A must-have for anyone that loves raw, unfiltered, muscular rock!

This MIDIpak is the perfect companion to the Fairfax ADpaks. It has tons of raw, muscular beats, songs, breaks and fills played by a live drummer that will jumpstart the heart of any song. In all, you get over 220 performances that you can freely arrange in your music.

Features

• Classic American Rock beats.
• Perfect for Fairfax ADpaks.
• 220 Great performances.

American Indie (MIDIpak)

Contemporary American Folk and Indie Rock

Looking for tasty American Folk and Indie rock beats served up by a great live drummer? American Indie has it covered.

American Indie is the perfect companion to our Fairfax Vol. 2 ADpak. It has tons of American folk and indie rock inspired beats, songs, and fills. All played by a professional drummer, these lively beats will breathe life into any production. In all, you get over 200 performances to freely arrange into your own music.

Features

• American Folk and Indie Rock styles.
• The perfect companion to Fairfax Vol. 2.
• 200+ authentic performances.

System Requirements

Mac

• macOS 10.9 or later (M1 Native & macOS 12 Monterey supported) (64-bit only)
• 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• Internet connection (during installation only)

Formats:

• VST, AU, AAX (64-bit only)
• Standalone Application (64-bit only)

Windows

• Windows 7 - 11 (64-bit only)
• 2 GB RAM (4 GB recommended)
• Internet connection (during installation only)

Formats:

• VST, AAX (64-bit only)
• Standalone Application (64-bit only)

Hosts:

This product should run on any host supporting 64-bit VST, AU, or AAX plugins. XLN Audio actively tests on the host applications listed below:

• Ableton Live 9 or later
• Apple Logic Pro 9 & 10
• Avid Pro Tools 11 or later (Pro Tools First is not supported)
• Cakewalk by Bandlab
• Propellerhead Reason 10.3 or later
• Reaper 4 & 5
• Steinberg Cubase 8 or later

Please Note: This software is 64-bit only and will not function on 32-bit systems.