XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2: Studio Pop ADpak | Studio Drum Sound Expansion with an Urban Pop Focus
Studio Pop ADpak is a pop-oriented drum kit expansion for Addictive Drums 2, focusing on clean, punchy, and mix-friendly studio sounds, suitable for mainstream pop, ballads, and commercial music production. With highly usable presets and flexible drum-piece tweaking, it lets you quickly take arrangements to finished products and improves efficiency in crafting drum sounds.
Key Product Features
- Carefully selected kits and cymbals for pop and urban styles, delivering an out-of-the-box studio-quality sound
- Offers a variety of tone presets, from warm and full to bright and punchy, to quickly dial in a direction
- Deep integration with the Addictive Drums 2 engine: built-in mixer, EQ, compression, saturation, and spatial effects
- Multi-layer velocity and detailed sampling to recreate natural dynamics and feel
- Customizable drum-piece combinations, tuning, and decay to easily shape your own drum sound
- Supports multi-output routing to your DAW for convenient post-mixing and bus processing
- Compatible with Addictive Drums 2's MIDI grooves library for drag-and-drop into your DAW to quickly build drum parts
- Supports electronic drum triggering and MIDI Learn, suitable for recording and live performance
System Requirements
- Platform: macOS, Windows (64-bit only)
- Requires the Addictive Drums 2 main application to operate
- Host requirements: compatible 64-bit DAW and audio interface
- Installation & authorization: internet connection required; uses the XLN Online Installer
- Storage: additional disk space required for sound libraries; SSD recommended for faster loading
- Recommended memory: 8 GB RAM or more (varies with project size)
Plugin Formats
- VST (Windows / macOS)
- Audio Units (AU, macOS)
- AAX Native (Pro Tools)
- 64-bit plugins only; actual supported formats and versions subject to vendor announcements
Supported Applications and Host Integration
Studio Pop ADpak loads into the Addictive Drums 2 plugin and runs in major DAWs that support AAX/AU/VST, synchronizing with the host tempo. Drum grooves can be dragged and dropped as MIDI into the arrangement window, DAW automation can control parameters, or you can route multitrack outputs for separated mixing. It also supports common electronic drum mappings and can work with AI-assisted MIDI grooves to quickly take drum parts from sketch to final.
