XLN Audio Addictive Trigger | Professional Drum Triggering and Drum Replacement Plugin
XLN Audio Addictive Trigger is a drum triggering and replacement plugin designed for mixing and post-production. It accurately detects drum transients, suppresses bleed, and quickly enhances or reshapes snare, kick, and tom sounds using sample libraries, giving rock, pop, and metal more impact and consistency.
Key Product Features
- High-precision transient detection and dynamic tracking for reliable snare, kick, and tom triggering.
- Bleed suppression and band-focusing tools to effectively reduce cymbal and adjacent-mic crosstalk false triggers.
- Flexible blending of original audio and samples, offering wet/dry balance and layered reinforcement.
- Phase and timing alignment aids, with automatic delay compensation to maintain low-end and transient coherence.
- Supports exporting trigger results as MIDI to drive other drum instruments or for further programming.
- Built-in filtering and envelope controls (high/low pass, attack, release) for quick shaping of triggered tones.
- Preset and scene management to quickly apply common settings and speed up your mixing workflow.
- Integrates with XLN Audio drum instruments and expansions for a variety of drum textures.
- Low-latency real-time monitoring suitable for arranging, mixing, and studio recordings.
- Intuitive visual level and trigger indicators for easy threshold and sensitivity calibration.
System Requirements
- Operating System: 64-bit Windows and macOS environments
- Host Requirements: A 64-bit DAW supporting AAX/AU/VST3
- Hardware Recommendations: Multi-core processor and 8 GB or more RAM for better performance
- Storage: Additional disk space required for installing components and related content
- Internet Connection: Required for product registration, authorization, and downloads/updates
- Audio Settings: Supports common sample rates and DAW automatic delay compensation workflows
Plugin Formats
- AAX (64-bit)
- AU (macOS)
- VST3 (64-bit)
Supported Applications and Main Workflow Integration
Can be used in major DAWs that support AAX/AU/VST3 (such as Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, Reaper, FL Studio, etc.). A typical workflow is: insert the plugin on a drum track, set trigger thresholds and frequency bands, fine-tune sensitivity and phase, choose internal sounds or route MIDI out to other drum instruments, and finally freeze/export to integrate into the mix. You can also accelerate drum replacement and reinforcement tasks using DAW automation, batch processing, or scripting workflows.
