Addictive Drum Kits

ATM it may be cheaper to buy the X3 Producer upgrade which includes Addictive Drums. Addicitive Drums is a separate install directly from the XLN site and does not require X3 be installed to use AD.

I also would upgrade to X3 although you get AD and not AD2 which has many enhancements over AD. As far as kits I have a bunch, but for organic sounds the Jazz Sticks is also very cool, besides the Oyster kits. My latest addition was the Fairfax and I like it a lot. Indie is awesome also!!!!!!!!!!! I like them all. Lol!

As per this page, it looks like you get AD2 when you upgrade to SONAR X3 now...
http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/Features
 

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I stand corrected! Then definitely upgrade to X3!!!!!! No point in just buying AD2 by itself!! Just buy some Ad Packs after that.

Hey Konradh,
What am I, chopped liver? Lol! I recommended the Jazz Sticks kit aside from the Oysters.

konradh
pinguinotuerto, My apologies.  You are not chopped liver.  I saw the first part of your answer about X3 and missed the part about the recommendation—my bad.  I was not in a good frame of mind yesterday and probably missed a lot of stuff.  I appreciate the suggestion!

Hey man,
No worries!!!! I was only joking! I really like AD, so you'll be fine no matter which Add Packs you pick!

I know you stated that you have reason NOT to upgrade at the moment....but I would think it would be a better deal to upgrade even if you don't install X3...JMO.  Then again, you could install X3 along side of X1 and use both if you wanted.
 
I have the Fairfax kit and the Jazz kits (brushes and sticks) and they sound really good.  Then again...the kits that come with AD2 sound good also.  I really can't say that they sound "better" than my Superior Drummer sets...I also have the Jazz sticks and brushes.  Both products have great sounding drums.
 
I just think you'd be better of money wise to do the upgrade and get AD2 for free.  But like I said...just MHO.

Ted:  Good idea, thanks.
 
Sven, Thanks for the tip.  I do organic music so indie would probably be a good buy.

I really love the new Fairfax kit but i think that comes as standard with AD2 or did when i upgraded - Nigel

A little confusion on Fairfax.  On the XLN site, they sell Fairfax for $79, but they say it "includes the Addictive Drums engine."  I am used to Session Drummer and EZ Drummer where you buy the program/player and then add on kits.  It sounds like Fairfax is stand-alone and includes the player.
 
Anyone know how this works?
 
THANKS

What Ted said... when you purchase a specific kit, you get that plus the "engine" to play it.   When you purchase AD2 itself you get the "engine" plus the delivered kits (which are nice) and the ability to add other kits as you go (like the Fairfax).  Since AD2 is now include with X3P, the Fairfax kit would be your purchase if you chose that route.
 

konradh
Guitarprima, Thank you.  My question was about which expansion packs were best and I appreciate your answering.
 
Others, Although I am aware of the upgrade option, I have reason not to do that at this moment.  Thanks.

 All AD expansion packs now include AD2.