I've had similar updates in the past and ended up with an unexpected free pack of something. Inexplicably. But a welcome surprise.

Just watched some of the AD2 update install and what I saw was "GalleryAndExplore.xpak"

I LOVE LOVE AD2!!!

bayoubill
I LOVE LOVE AD2!!!

Ditto.   I'm really looking forward to experimenting with the Metal, Black Oyster and Retroplex kits that I picked up this week, thanks to the Bakers.   Adding these to Fairfax 1 and Black Beauty, along with the three Studio kits, and AD2 should be able to cover a lot of ground.    Like Micky D's says - I'm lovin' it.   
 

I've been holding on to my 3 choices. I hear they are working on new ADPaks so I want to know what they are before I use up my paks. Hopefully they are good. I loved Fairfax 1 but didn't care much for 2.

TerraSin
I've been holding on to my 3 choices. I hear they are working on new ADPaks so I want to know what they are before I use up my paks. Hopefully they are good. I loved Fairfax 1 but didn't care much for 2.

You cannot use your three choices for new packs. I already asked XLN support and they said no, only current pack and none of the future packs. That makes sense. Your 3 choices are the entry. They'll need to recoup on the new packs. Cash is the only way to do that.

stevec

bayoubill
I LOVE LOVE AD2!!!

Ditto.   I'm really looking forward to experimenting with the Metal,
 

Steve, what are your thoughts on the Metal pak? I do like Metal, but don't really play a lot it.....I'm more of the Black Velvet style hard rock. Can you use it in other styles as well? (I like quick, easy, good sounding drums.......that's why I love these AD2!!!) :)

Always grateful for update heads-up.

I grabbed the Metal kit, and on first pass it seems that AD2 is set up in 2 parts per kit. One is the kit pieces themselves, the other is the beats preloaded into them. The Metal kit pieces themselves are not extremely different from the other kits. I have not tested tweaking one kit to mimic another, but with all of the options it is most likely possible. The beats are a bit more aggressive (which can also be gotten from the MIDIpaks).
 
So... to get the highest versatility of sound on the initial offering I grabbed the Sonor Latino Bongos, Mandrinke Djembe and Sangban as the other 3 kit pieces. Of course, the very first thing I did is swapped all of the pieces in one Metal kit for these and ran some of the Metal beats on them. Now that was a rather interesting experiment... "Ethno-Metal"

Very cool Mettelus. That's another good feature of these AD2 kits.....swapping them out etc.....I haven't tried that yet.
 
I have the Reel Machine kit and use it with the Percussion Beats midi pak with the Beat Transformer to get some very cool/good sounding/unique beats/sounds. I actually do this with a lot of the other drum paks as well.....mix em up. Can't wait to try out the Latin/Afro midi pak with some of the other kits.