Addictive Drums v1.0

Addictive Drums is fast, flexible and very easy to use!

Bring up an entire drumkit com- plete with all mixer settings, insert effects and reverbs with one click!

Use the top-notch beats and fills included, and your drumtrack is ready to rock in minutes!

Change any part of the drumkit, tweak the inserts, mixer settings and the reverbs at any stage, right up until the final mix.

The result is a complete, top notch drum production, just as profes- sional as the best recordings out there!

xlnaudio.com Main Features: Max Martin Wide range of presets giving you access to (Pink, Kelis, Kelly Clarksson, Britney Spears, complete drum productions of almost any style N’Sync, Backstreet Boys, Bon Jovi etc)

Top notch brands recorded: DW, Latin Percussion, Pearl, Paiste, Sonor, Sabian, “Flexibility is very important to me. I need Tama. tools that sound just right, regardless of production style. With Addictive Drums, Pro quality samples I'm never out of options.” (extensive multilayering + alternating samples)

Lots of built-in Insert Effects and Send FX: Addictive Drums was developed with the help of one of the Compressors worlds most successful producers/songwriters: Max Martin. EQs (3 band parametric) Distortion (4 types) Since his start in the early 90's he has been an unparrallelled Tape Saturation source of hit music, and he knows what he needs in terms of HiPass/LoPass filters production tools. Saturating Peak Limiters Two built in Reverbs When XLN Audio presented him with a prototype of Addictive Drums, he was immediately hooked. Now he uses it in his A big midi file library with over 2000 beats productions on an everyday basis. and fills, Drag’n’Drop functionality, browser with search functions and player

Advanced sampler engine with pitch and Over 100 Presets! volume envelopes, filters etc Bring up a complete production style in one click! A preset recalls and saves ALL settings! Multiple mic setup: adjust all levels to taste.

Some Examples: OldSchool Funk Minimum loading times with optimized A preset straight off your Arena Rock favourite vinyl. Plate Reverb and storage format BIG drums with a live feel! Hall sweet Lo-Fi. reverb and punchy compression. Extensive range of stroke types for every Can you hear the crowd roaring? Steely Kit drum/cymbal allows for ultra-realistic A crisp funk kit with crystal clear perfomances Machine attack and punchy compression. Can real drums really sound like an Devil Fuzz! Advanced routing with multiple outputs into old school drum machine!? Appar- ently yes! Tons of distortion and compres- your host software sion!

KIT Page

Build your kit from scratch or start from one of the many presets, giving you access to complete kits of differ- ent styles. The kit consists of 1 kick, 1 snare, 4 toms, 3 cymbals, 1 ride, 1 hihat and 1 cowbell. You can change any part of the kit at any time.

Images show the currently loaded drum/cymbal. Just click the images to hear them! The loading times are minimal due to the optimized sound storage format. Your kit is loaded in seconds!

xlnaudio.com Complete Drum Production Studio

Advanced Sample Player Edit every Kit Piece independently of the others.

Pitch Volume Envelope Envelope

Pan, width, volume Hi/Lo Pass Filter

EDIT Page 12x Mixer Channels w. Insert Effects! See all the available settings for one Kit Piece and tweak everything until your mix is perfect. Every Mic in the Every Mic has its own mixer channel complete with a setup of setup has its own mixer channel complete with a insert effects. This gives you the power to use up to 52 insert number of insert effects and send FX. effects at the same time to shape and master your mix!

Compressor Distortion EQ Saturating 4 types 3 Band Parametric Limiter

BUS Channel Compress all the drums together and bring the result back into the mix, making a compact drum sound without loss of dynamics. Add the same distortion to all the toms etc.

MASTER Channel Shape the entire mix. Add compression, Tape Saturation, automate the Hi/LoPass filter etc.

FX Page w. 2 Reverbs Individual Outputs Tape Hi&Lo Pass

All channels in the internal mixer can be Saturation Filter You can use two reverbs at the same time, giving you routed individually into your host mixer for even lots of control. Make a narrow plate reverb for the snare more processing. and a wide room for the whole drumkit! 4 algorithms: Ambience, Room, Hall and Plate

ADD to your ADDICTION! Expansion products will be released soon! More sounds, presets and rhythms in a specific style or genre. Stay tuned!

Credits MIDI Drag-n-Drop Niklas Möller & Lars Erlandsson Product Idea, Project Management, Over 3000 MIDI Files! Product Development, Sound Engineering, Sound Editing, Graphic Design.

BEATS Page Beats and Fills! Magnus Lidström & Martin Eklund Programming and Product Development. Here you can search and browse the included MIDI file Browser w. library of over 3000 Beats and Fills. Jakob Möller Search filters Recording Drummer. Beats & fills. The built in player allows you to sync and play along with your host. When you have found the rhythm you want, Built in Player w. Sync Bitplant Drag-n-Drop the file into your host sequencer! GUI Graphics

xlnaudio.com Complete Kit Piece Listing:

Kicks

Sonor Designer 24" DW Collectors 20" Tama Starclassic 22" Pearl Masterworks 22"

Snares Pearl Signature Ferrone 14" DW Craviotto 14" Sonor Designer 14" Tama Starclassic 14" DW Collectors Copper 14" Pearl Masterworks Piccolo 10"

Toms

DW Collectors Series: 5 Toms: 8,10,12,14,16” Sonor Designer Series: 5 Toms: 10,12,13,14,16” Tama Starclassic: 3 Toms: 10,12,16”

Cowbells:

LP RidgeRider LP Black Beauty

Addictive Drums v1.0 HiHats Sabian AAX Studio Hats 14" Quick Facts Paiste Dark Crisp Hihat 14" Sabian HH Hihat 15" PRODUCT FORMAT: Virtual Instrument Rides Sabian AAX Stage Ride 21” Boxed Software. 1 install DVD for Sabian HHX Groove Ride 21" Sabian HHX Manhattan Jazz Ride 20" all formats and platforms. Paiste 3000 Ride 22"

COMPATABILITY: Crashes, Splashes, Chinas Sabian AAX Studio Crash 17” PC and Mac (G5 and IntelMac) Sabian HHX Studio Crash 19" Sabian Vault 17" Paiste Sign. Dark Energy Crash 17" Sabian AAX Studio Crash 16" FORMATS: Sabian HHXtreme Crash 20" Paiste Signature Fast Crash 16" VST, AU, RTAS Sabian HH Thin Crash 18" Sabian AAXplosion Crash 18" Sabian HHX Legacy Splash 10" INSTALL SIZE: Sabian AAX Splash 10" Sabian HHX Splash 12” Paiste Soundcreation Dark China 22" Approx. 2 GB in total Sabian AAX Chinese 18"

RAM USAGE:

Typically ca 350 MB Copyright and Licensing Information: (1 fully loaded kit) • DW is a registered trademark of Drum Workshop, Inc. • Latin Percussion or LP is a registered trademark and a division of Kaman Music Corporation, USA • Paiste is a registered trademark of Paiste AG and is used pursuant to a license from Paiste AG. • Pearl is a registered trademark of Pearl Music • Sabian is a registered trademark of Sabian. • Sonor Drums is a registered trademark of Sonor GmbH & Co.KG • Tama is a registered trademark of Tama Drums and Hoshino USA, Inc.

System Requirements: www.xlnaudio.com MAC: *Hosts, Officially Supported: (minimum version) Logic (v7) Sonar (v5) Windows XP OS X 10.4 Pro Tools (v7) FL Studio (v6) 2 GHz Pentium 4 G5 or IntelMac Apple Garageband (v2) Mackie Traktion (v2) 1 GB RAM 1 GB RAM Steinberg Cubase MOTU 3 GB Harddrive space 3 GB Harddrive space (LE, SL, SE, SX) v2 Digital Performer (v4.6) DVD-Drive DVD-Drive Steinberg Nuendo (v2) Ableton Live (v5) For details, see www.xlnaudio.com The Audio Units logo is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. 01