Addictive Drums 2 in the studio

Addictive Drums 2

Legendary drum kits.
In your music.

Addictive Drums 2

The ultimate solution for your drumming needs

Addictive Drums 2 is an award-winning virtual instrument that combines meticulously recorded drums from legendary studios with authentic performances by outstanding session drummers.

Mix ready presets. Endlessly customizable.

Every drum kit is recorded in world-class studios by industry professionals and amazing drummers to give you professional sonic options and creative control.

Recording Addictive Drums 2

Elevate your drums with Addictive Drums 2's easy-to-use features

Explore creative possibilities with features like layering, beat transformation, customizable outputs, and much more.

Explore AD2 features

Where do you start?

To get the most out of Addictive Drums 2 you always start with one of our Collections.

A Collection is a bundle of ADpaks (drum kits), MIDIpaks (beats) and Kitpiece Paks (single drums) put together to give you the best possible drum production experience.

Addictive Drums 2 ADpaks

Get more drum kits with our ADpaks

ADpaks are expansions containing complete drum kits and production ready presets. Create your own sound library and make your own custom drum kits by combining different ADpaks from our vast collection.

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Mix and match drums and cymbals from any ADpak to build your own custom kit.

Addictive Drums 2 Build Your Kit

Use the built in effects to sculpt your sound. Tweak the EQ and shaper, add reverb or delay, tune in some tape compression or vinyl noise.

Addictive Drums 2 Effects
Addictive Drums 2 MIDIpaks

Get beats with MIDIpaks

MIDI beats and complete songs recorded by real live drummers. Get an organic humanized beat to inspire and boost your songwriting process, or to create your whole drum track.

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Addictive Drums 2 Kitpiece Paks

Get single kit pieces with our Kitpiece Paks

Kitpiece Paks are single snares, kick drums, toms and percussion instruments we fell in love with and knew we had to record. They are carefully chosen to add new sonic flavours to your drum library.

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System Requirements
Mac

macOS 10.13 or later (64-bit)

Internet connection (during installation)

Windows

Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 (64-bit)

Internet connection (during installation)

Formats

VST, AU, AAX (64-bit)

Standalone Application (Windows and macOS)

Hosts

This product should run on any host supporting 64-bit VST, VST3, AU, or AAX plugins. XLN Audio actively tests on the host applications listed below:

  • Ableton Live 10 or later
  • Apple Logic Pro 10
  • Avid Pro Tools 11 or later (Pro Tools First is not supported)
  • Cakewalk by Bandlab
  • FL Studio 20 or later
  • Propellerhead Reason 9.5 or later (In Addictive Drums 2, the Bus channel cannot be sent to a separate out track.)
  • Reaper 5 or later
  • Steinberg Cubase 8 or later