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Vintage Dry ADpak: 70s Drum Presets for Addictive Drums 2

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Vintage Dry ADpak is an expansion pack of 70s-style drum presets and kit samples for Addictive Drums 2, developed by XLN Audio. It captures the dry, fat and crisp drum sound of the 1970s.

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01Overview

Vintage Dry ADpak is an XLN Audio expansion for Addictive Drums 2 that focuses on the drum sound of 1970s rock, disco and funk. It includes 30 mix-ready presets that cover styles from softer early-70s folk to punchy late-70s disco. Because the presets run on the Addictive Drums 2 engine, you can adjust any of them to fit your track. The pack is aimed at producers who want a period-specific drum sound without building a kit from scratch.

Best for

70s rock drums
Disco drum beats
Funk grooves
Retro pop production
Classic backbeat drums
Indie and synth-pop drums

Developer: XLN Audio
Category: Expansion Packs
Requires: Addictive Drums 2
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Authentic 70s kit recorded at Studio INGRID
Drum kit based on a 1968 Ludwig Silver Sparkle set
Period-correct tuning and dampening techniques
Microphones from the 1960s and 1970s through a vintage API console
30 mix-ready presets from early-70s folk to late-70s disco
Two kicks, two snares, four toms and five cymbals
Hand percussion for clap, snap and lap sounds
Includes the Dry Beats and Songs MIDIpak

03In depth

The 70s Drum Sound and How It Was Recorded

The developer built this kit from a 1968 Ludwig Silver Sparkle drum set recorded at Studio INGRID. The drums were tuned and dampened with methods common in the 1970s: the kick was stuffed with a pillow and a large sheet of felt, newspaper was taped to the snare heads, and felt sheets were pinned to the toms.

XLN Audio says it used only microphones from the 1960s and 1970s, including Coles, Neumann, Sennheiser and Bang & Olufsen, routed through the studio's vintage API console. The result is a drum sound described as fat, dry and crisp.

Kit Contents and Included Musical Material

The kit includes two kicks, two snares, four toms, five cymbals and a hand percussion element for clap, snap and lap sounds. Kicks are a 20x16" Ludwig Silver Sparkle and a 22x16" Sonor Phonic. Snares are a 14x5" Ludwig Supraphonic 400 and a 14x6.5" Sonor Phonic. Cymbals include Zildjian and Sabian models in sizes from 15 to 22 inches.

The pack also includes the Dry Beats and Songs MIDIpak, which provides rhythms played by session drummers that you can use as starting points for your own grooves.

04Specs

Will it run?

Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.

Developer	XLN Audio
Type	Preset pack / expansion
Category	Expansion Packs
Requires	Addictive Drums 2

05FAQ

Questions, answered

What do I need to use Vintage Dry ADpak?

You need to own Addictive Drums 2. Vintage Dry ADpak is an expansion for that drum plugin and cannot be used on its own.

What kind of sounds does Vintage Dry ADpak include?

The pack includes 30 mix-ready presets covering softer early-70s folk sounds through punchy late-70s disco drums. Each preset can be modified in the Addictive Drums 2 engine.