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| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 50 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
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Key Features
The Addictive Drums 2: Blue Oyster ADpak is your one-stop shop for creating classic and thunderous vintage rock drums in this Addictive Drums 2 expansion. Comprised of a vintage '60s Ludwig Blue Oyster kit in the perfect shell sizes, you can add the character, resonance and explosiveness of vintage '60s drum tones to your mixes. The sound made famous by English rock bands of the time, the Blue Oyster has been captured in immaculate quality using only the finest equipment available to take a classic sound and bring it into the modern age. Including two different bass drum sizes, you will be able to tailor your kit to your music to find the perfect balance to cut through even the densest of rock mixes.
Included are 30 mix-ready presets crafted by industry professionals to immediately add polished and radio-ready sounds to your tracks. Take your sound anywhere from tight and focused to expansive and dirty, capturing the essence of vintage rock with ease. Each sound and preset is entirely customisable through the Addictive Drummer 2 software to sculpt and shape your tones just the way you want to create your unique sonic signature.
Product Ref: 184690
XLN Addictive Drums 2 has been elevated with the v2.5 update, delivering both workflow improvements and exciting new features. The software now boasts a sleek, revamped interface designed to keep you focused on your music with its polished, modern look. A standout new effect, Trig Gate, allows you to effortlessly sculpt your drum sound with precise gate action on every hit, no threshold adjustments needed, thanks to the use of internal MIDI drum notes. The new Boost mode for the compressor adds extra punch to your beats with multiband compression specially tuned for drums, giving your tracks more energy and impact. On top of that, the EQ now features real-time visual feedback across all frequencies, making it easier than ever to fine-tune your sound with clarity and precision. Best of all, this update is fully backwards compatible, so all your previous presets, tweaks, and settings will work seamlessly, and it supports every Addictive Drums 2 expansion, including ADpaks, MIDIpaks, and Kitpiece paks.
In order to capture the sound and essence of vintage rock classics, making sure the drum kit is selected correctly is essential. With this in mind, a vintage '60s Ludwig Blue Oyster kit was selected with the correct size of shells to emulate the sound of your favourite classic rock records, including the famous "levee" sound! Large sizes, coated drum skins and accurate pitches deliver the thunderous drum sound that fills your sonic space with character and flair. Captured in a world-class studio using top of the range microphones and equipment, the vintage drum kit has never sounded this good! Extremely high-fidelity with a huge in-depth sampling method means all the nuance and detail can be translated to your mixes, giving them new life and realism.
The Blue Oyster ADpak features a '60s Ludwig Blue Oyster drum kit, giving your tones a well rounded and natural sound with booming resonance. Packing a huge punch, the Blue Oyster boasts a balanced frequency response, tailored perfectly to all things vintage and modern rock! Two kick drum sizes have been included to give you the choice to mix and match depending on your mix and style, with one of them producing a tighter and mid-range focused sound and the other producing more lows and a more rolled off high-end. A collection of Sabian, Paiste and Zildjian cymbals have been selected for their silky smooth top-end that doesn't suffer from over-brightness, blending perfectly with the vintage Ludwig shells.
Crafted by some of the best in the business, the Blue Oyster ADpak comes included with a huge selection of production-ready presets to insert the knowledge and expertise of world-class producers in your songs! Not content with the selection of presets available? Customise your sounds and presets through the Addictive Drums 2 engine with EQ, compression, envelope shaping, volume faders and more to curate your sonic signature.
