Addictive Drums - Overview
Addictive Drums is a Complete Drum Production Studio. Our concept is
this:
To create a convincing drum track in any style you need 3 things:
- The .raw. drum/cymbal sounds, recorded with a multi mic setup
- The mixing process, including all the effects and the know-how of a
producer/technician
- The grooves, beats and fills of a good drummer
Addictive Drums offers all this, in an easy to use plugin, compatible
with all the major hosts out there!
With the included Presets you can immediately try out different
production styles and easily tweak anything in the mix to make it
perfect. No more .I have 30 plugin windows to keep track of just for
the drums.. And when you.ve perfected your favourite drum sound, just
save it and re-use it in the next project!
Kits & Pieces
Addictive Drums ships with 3 complete kits, and lots of extra drums
and cymbals. The samples include every nuance from the softest to the
hardest hits, many stroke variations (hihat has 12 variations, snare
has 6 for example) Alternating samples through-out bring unparalleled
realism.
All sampled drum/cymbal sounds are recorded with a multi channel mic
setup, just as you would record a real drum kit. The AD Kits
Sonor Designer (Kick, Snare, 5 toms)
DW Collector.s Series (Kick, Snare, 5 toms)
Tama Starclassic (Kick, Snare, 3 toms)
Extras:
Pearl Signature Ferrrone snare, Pearl Masterworks Piccolo snare, Pearl
Masterworks kick
Cymbals: (Sabian & Paiste)
3 Hihats, 4 Rides, 9 Crashes, 3 Splashes & 2 Chinas
Tune and tweak
Shaping the basic sound is easy within AD.s sampler section. Controls
for volume and pitch (with envelopes), levels (adjust balance of
Close, Overhead and Room levels of each Kitpiece), and filter (cut the
low end on hihats for example) means you can do anything from slight
tweaking to major reconstruction of the sound.
The AD sampler
For each Kitpiece:
- Solo/Mute
- Main Level
- Overhead Level + Pan/Width
- Room Level + Pan/Width
- .Single Sample. mode
- Main Pitch + OH/Room Pitch Offset
- Pitch Envelope (w velocity mod)
- Amp Envelope
- HiPass/LoPass Filter
Mix it up . built in effects
12 mixer channels, 52 insert effects and 2 reverbs are at your
disposal, giving you the freedom to create just about any drum sound
you.ve ever heard. And then some!
Everything is quickly accessible, no hidden menus get in your way. See
it, tweak it, move on. Drum production has never been this easy, and
even our pro users agree that Pro should not equal .impossible to
understand..
The AD Effects
For each channel:
- Compressor
- Dist (4 algos, selectable bandwidth)
- EQ (3 band)
- Saturating Limiter
Master and Bus channels additionally include:
- Tape Saturation
- HiPass/LoPass Filter
Reverbs include
- 4 algorithms (Ambience, Room, Hall, Plate)
- Decay Time, Predelay, Damping
- 2 band EQ
- Pan/Width control
Presets = Instant results
The included presets make it easy to try out different styles for a
track, and lets you save and re-use complete drum productions in new
songs. You can create your own folders with your own presets and they
immediately appear in the Preset menu!
The AD Presets
Over 100 presets are included, ranging from pure acoustic pop, to
Metal, Funk and distorted electronica mayhem.
Preset categories include: Clean, Distorted, Electronica, LoFi,
PopRock (Big), PopRock (Medium), PopRock (Dry), Retro, Rock, Soft,
Xperimental.
Midi files
A vast library of midi files in different styles, all easily
accessible from within AD gives you the building blocks to create drum
tracks quickly. The built in browser lets you search by keyword
(.Ride., .Metal.), or sort by Category, BPM, Time signature.
Drag.n.drop files the files you like to AD.s favourite list, or drag
them right into your host.s arrangement window!
The AD Midi Library
More than 3000 beats and fills in various styles such as Pop/Rock,
Metal, Funk, Jazz etc are included. There are basic Kick+Snare beats
with variations on each like .8th Hihat. .w Ghostnotes. .4th Ride.
etc. There are also .Songs. which contain 4 bar
Verse/Bridge/Chorus/Middle8 variations. And lots more!
Let it all out . separate outputs
AD is a multi-out plugin, meaning that every channel in the AD mixer
can be routed to a separate output if you like.
Setting it up
Read this general guide on how to set up routing of separate outputs
into your host!
Take the Bus!
One common .trick. in drum mixing is to create a submix of some
kitpieces (kick+snare+hihat for example) on a separate channel in the
mixer. This submix is then often treated to some heavy
compression/slight distortion, and finally brought back into the main
mix at a lower level. This means you can get a quite thick and crunchy
sound (courtesy of the submix), while still maintaining the dynamics
and punch of the .main. mix. AD.s mixer has a special Bus Channel that
lets you do just this (and lots more).
Cymbal chokin.
AD has an advanced system for creating realistic cymbal chokes. (When
the drummer grabs the cymbal and silences it).
You hit the cymbal on one key, and choke it with another. AD
calculates the volume on the cymbal at that particular time, and plays
a choke sample that fits perfectly. There are even different choke
samples on the ride cymbal, depending on if you hit the bell or the
edge before the choke! All choke samples are multilayered and have
alternating samples as well.
Retro ADpak - Overview
3 Ludwig Kits
60s Pop Kit / Heavy 70s Kit / Vistalite Kit
70+ Presets
Clean Kits / Heavy Rock / Modern / Motown / PopRock / RetroMental
1300+ MIDI Files
60s Rock Grooves / Heavy Rock Grooves / Motown Beats / Motown Swing
Beats / Rock'n'Roll Grooves
ADD To Your Addiction!
Retro is the first ADpak expansion for Addictive Drums and features
three classic Ludwig drum sets from the 60s and 70s with cymbals from
Paiste and Sabian. The drums were recorded in Studios 301 Stockholm in
a big recording room with a rich ambience. Retro expands the Addictive
Drums library and allows you to mix and match between the original
drums and the new vintage kits. Retro also includes cowbells,
tambourines and hand claps.
Retro is great for a vintage sound with presets inspired by classic
songs. But you can also use the modern presets for an up-to-date sound
full of character. Or turn to the RetroMental soundbank for a chance
to hear the Ludwig kits like you've never heard them before. With the
Retro ADpak you get over 1300 midi loops and 70 presets that will get
you groovin' in Motown, banging your head to booming heavy Rock, and
tunin' out to psychedelic Rock'n'Roll!
Compatibility
Compatible with PC and Mac, including the new IntelMacs.
VST, AU and RTAS versions available.
System Requirements
PC:
Windows XP / Vista
2 GHz Pentium 4
1.5 GB RAM
3 GB free harddrive space
DVD drive
Mac:
OS X 10.4 / 10.5
G5 or IntelMac
1.5 GB RAM
3 GB free harddrive space
DVD drive
Download File Size:2.53 GB
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