Addictive Drums 2 - user presets transfer?

Try their forum. They have representatives posting frequently (or at least they did a couple years ago). I would be surprised if there wasn't already a stickie on this topic but even if not I'm sure their user base have already gotten some answers and posted them.
 
Cheers.

There's a little more info in this thread from the other day...
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Addictive-Drums-2-Coming-May-13-m3026382.aspx
 
I didn't really rip apart that entire thread so I don't know about importing old presets into AD2 but if it comes down to it you can use AD1 and AD2 in the same project/have them installed side by side.
 
 

Yeah, that's a drag but the impression I get is they are a smaller company and AD was their first release so I'm assuming that this release is their jump into the big leagues. Probably a little more future ready than the first and perhaps they'll have some workarounds for this problem once the dust settles.
 
I am really impressed with AD and they were actually my first choice when I was looking for a drum program but then I found out about BFD and wanted the extra routing options. Still I'm using AD in my current project and I can see using it on more stuff in the future.

djoni
How do I upgrade to AD2? Is there a discount for X3P  users?

I'm assuming you get AD1 to AD2 upgrade price because X3 came with the full version (I may be wrong). Also apparently if you bought X3 recently (within the upgrade grace period XLN is offering to new AD1 customers) you'll get a free upgrade. See the thread I posted above for Andrew's post... although he does not provide details.
 
Oh and just to buy the upgrade I'm assuming you'd just go through XLN's store thingie via the account you set up when you registered the version that came with X3. Cheers.

Skyline_UK

How to do it:
Open AD2 interface. Open the file location in Explorer.  Drag and drop the file into AD2.  It should now be loaded and its name showing in the field top left. Click on the 'Save Preset' to save in AD2 format.  It should now also appear in the new Preset Browser.
(Not in the manual).

Good to know... thanks!   I don't have AD2 yet, but I do have a few AD user presets that I'd like to have available when the time comes.
 

a little older thread but this may help some who are wondering about presets from old AD versions ... or sharing AD kit setups ...
 
I was online and found some great AD1 presets (ex. search for " The Buddha Rats")
Download and saved as .ADPreset (ex. TBR_RockBox.ADPreset)
Opened up AD2 - selected the kit tab
Drag the AD1 preset file from a windows explorer session onto AD2
--- VOILA! kit and all settings are there
Then hit save! to save it in your "My Presets" bin of presets within AD2 and as an .AD2Preset in windows (C:\users .....)
 
Yeah!
 
Now if everyone who has AD1 or AD2 saved just one preset and shared it with everyone here ... heaven!

So I contacted XLN Audio support and I got the following response.  Kind of a bummer.  I thought Platinum included a free update???
 
Sent:
Hey, I do have one more question.  How do I load the AD1 kit pieces into AD2?  I have songs using these and would like to keep working on them with the new interface.
 
Response:
In answer to your question you cannot load in AD1 kitpieces into AD2 directly as AD2 is a different program from AD1. But you can buy the upgrade to AD2 from us which converts all your AD1 content for use in AD2. More details on the upgrade can be found here:http://www.xlnaudio.com/upgrade
 
 
Anyone else ... ideas ???

kzmaierBut you can buy the upgrade to AD2 from us which converts all your AD1 content for use in AD2. Anyone else ... ideas ???

 
This sounds even worse than not being bale to open AD1 presets.
If you have projects with AD1 loaded and you use the converter so you can use the AD1 kits in AD2 then wouldn't that mean you wouldn't be able to open those old AD1 projects at all?
 
Steve

I have AD1 and AD2 installed which is fine.  I got AD1 with Sonar X3 and AD2 with Platinum.