Addictive Drums 2 - Black Velvet or Blue Oyster Adpak?

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XLN Audio touts Black Velvet as one of the 3 top selling Adpaks for AD2.
I'm leaning towards the Blue Oyster Adpak instead.
Apart from buying both, if you had to choose just one, which one and why?
Thanks in advance!

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johne1 wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:32 pm XLN Audio touts Black Velvet as one of the 3 top selling Adpaks for AD2.
I'm leaning towards the Blue Oyster Adpak instead.
Apart from buying both, if you had to choose just one, which one and why?
Thanks in advance!
Wait a few weeks and buy both :party: They usually do a summer sale in august:

2018:
https://www.kvraudio.com/news/xln-audio ... -off-42325

2019:
https://rekkerd.org/xln-audio-summer-sa ... color-more

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Thanks!

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audiot wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:01 pm
johne1 wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:32 pm XLN Audio touts Black Velvet as one of the 3 top selling Adpaks for AD2.
I'm leaning towards the Blue Oyster Adpak instead.
Apart from buying both, if you had to choose just one, which one and why?
Thanks in advance!
Wait a few weeks and buy both :party: They usually do a summer sale in august:

2018:
https://www.kvraudio.com/news/xln-audio ... -off-42325

2019:
https://rekkerd.org/xln-audio-summer-sa ... color-more
Don't want to spoil it but they already had a summer sale (30% off) last month. It ended June 24th and was it like like 3 days or so. I picked up AD2 XL custom during that sale. Perhaps they do another one in august. Wouldn't mind to feed some extra midi snacks to the drumbeast 8)

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Cepheus wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:30 pm
audiot wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:01 pm
johne1 wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 5:32 pm XLN Audio touts Black Velvet as one of the 3 top selling Adpaks for AD2.
I'm leaning towards the Blue Oyster Adpak instead.
Apart from buying both, if you had to choose just one, which one and why?
Thanks in advance!
Wait a few weeks and buy both :party: They usually do a summer sale in august:

2018:
https://www.kvraudio.com/news/xln-audio ... -off-42325

2019:
https://rekkerd.org/xln-audio-summer-sa ... color-more
Don't want to spoil it but they already had a summer sale (30% off) last month. It ended June 24th and was it like like 3 days or so. I picked up AD2 XL custom during that sale. Perhaps they do another one in august. Wouldn't mind to feed some extra midi snacks to the drumbeast 8)
Couldnt google any information about the XLN Audio Summer Sale 2020 :?: Did you purchase that on their official site or at Plugin Boutique (or another seller)?

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audiot wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:38 pm

Couldnt google any information about the XLN Audio Summer Sale 2020 :?: Did you purchase that on their official site or at Plugin Boutique (or another seller)?
Purchased directly from the XLN site
Difficult to find with Google but you can see it @ XLN Facebook page.

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Cepheus wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:55 pm
audiot wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:38 pm

Couldnt google any information about the XLN Audio Summer Sale 2020 :?: Did you purchase that on their official site or at Plugin Boutique (or another seller)?
Purchased directly from the XLN site
Difficult to find with Google but you can see it @ XLN Facebook page.
Damn ... seems i've missed the newsletter. XO was on my demo list :( And only 30 % this year? The summer sale discount was always 50 % :?

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audiot wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:15 pm
Cepheus wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:55 pm
audiot wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2020 9:38 pm

Couldnt google any information about the XLN Audio Summer Sale 2020 :?: Did you purchase that on their official site or at Plugin Boutique (or another seller)?
Purchased directly from the XLN site
Difficult to find with Google but you can see it @ XLN Facebook page.
Damn ... seems i've missed the newsletter. XO was on my demo list :( And only 30 % this year? The summer sale discount was always 50 % :?
They also did a 45% off sale in March (which iirc was also down from 50% in previous years).

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Personally, Id choose Black Velvet. This pack was made at a later time than the Blue Oyster & XLN's sampling techniques got better. The sound is a little more versatile and not dependent upon effects. My music is HipHop and at times I need some real powerful drums and these do the trick, but I have most of the AD2 packs as well to compliment.
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If JRRShop comes back up, the bundles they sell for Addictive Drums are awesomely priced. You can pick 3 or 6 different kits, midi packs and kit pieces depending on the bundle.

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I wondered about the sale too. Different month (June as opposed to August), different discount (30% as opposed to 50%), but similar name and artwork (if memory serves). I can afford to wait a couple of weeks and see if an August sale is coming.
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Are we losing hope for this sale?
If every KVR member wrote one review a year we'd have 1340 reviews each day!

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They have a summer sale this week till august 30th

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