cclarry
I thought I was going to have buy all those new kewl kits....NOPE...
They came in the upgrade....didn't see that coming at all....

Here's to XLN again!  Great job guys...I'm Addicted AGAIN!

No Other new kit but Fairfax!
Others are updated old kits:
-Studio Pop, Rock and Prog are old AD1 kits
-Retroplex, Black and Blue Oyster are included in old Retro Adpak
-looks even some midipaks are not new but from AD1!!!
 
Clever way to resell them again !

cclarry
 

Retro is now the separated into individual kits in AD2....

Ah, I see. Prolly a wise move to break it up!

carl
Have the quality of the samples been improved for AD2?
That's the only thing that's lacking for me in AD1.

Only Fairfax is new kit with new samples,
but other kits are old samples (from AD1 and adpaks)

Guitarpima
Anyone notice when AD2 is added to Sonar, there is a click noise like a bad connection is a PA?

No problem here...what ASIO driver are you using?

cclarry

SvenArne
 
Looks like "Retro" might be discontinued? It's not listed under "AD2 products"! 
 
Sven

Retro is now the separated into individual kits in AD2....

I was looking forward to buying Retro... Upon browsing through the adpacks, I would be lead to believe that it's been split in 3 packages - Black Oyster, Blue Oyster and Retroplex...
 
Unfortunately, at $90 a piece, so $270 for the whole thing, it marks a very significant price increase. The original Adpack was regularly sold $149.

gigasonar

carl
Have the quality of the samples been improved for AD2?
That's the only thing that's lacking for me in AD1.

Only Fairfax is new kit with new samples,
but other kits are old samples (from AD1 and adpaks)

They may have used the the SAME ORIGINAL recordings, but these are NOT old samples....these are completely "redone"...just so you know...

Rain

cclarry

SvenArne
 
Looks like "Retro" might be discontinued? It's not listed under "AD2 products"! 
 
Sven

Retro is now the separated into individual kits in AD2....

I was looking forward to buying Retro... Upon browsing through the adpacks, I would be lead to believe that it's been split in 3 packages - Black Oyster, Blue Oyster and Retroplex...
 
Unfortunately, at $90 a piece, so $270 for the whole thing, it marks a very significant price increase. The original Adpack was regularly sold $149.

Rain, this is still available today at JRRShop for $109.65...that's a $160 savings...

http://www.jrrshop.com/xl...adpak-download-license  

Add to cart for price

cclarry

Guitarpima
Anyone notice when AD2 is added to Sonar, there is a click noise like a bad connection is a PA?

No problem here...what ASIO driver are you using?

It's in my sig. 24/44.1. It maybe some other problem. I'm not to fussed about it unless it continues.

Okay... I got it all downloaded and here's a few first impressions:
 The Gallery window is laid out like Addictive Keys with descriptions of the AD Paks.
The Explore window is pretty cool for getting started on finding kits to work with and auditioning AD Paks for future purchase.
The Kit, Edit and FX windows are pretty similar to what I'm used with AD 1. The Kit page lost the full kit image center screen but there are more slots for additional kit pieces. For some reason I like the AD 1 graphics better than AD 2.
The Beats page is a huge improvement over AD 1. I love the new lay out and search features.
The Map window so far looks pretty similar to AD 1 to me.
I won't comment on the sound quality yet as I've only been playing with it on my laptop with the default sound card and speakers.
I am pretty happy with this upgrade and I can't wait to have a real listen to it.
 
Rocky

I like the GUI of AD1 better as well. It was easier to read.
 
I'm confused about the Fairfax kit though. Is it just the BD, snare, hi hat and a cymbal? No toms? My account says it's purchased but where is the rest of it? Maybe I'm missing something.