Vintage Dead ADpak

Ultra dead drums that hit harder

Revive any track or mix with ultra-dead vintage drums that hit harder.

• Perfect for beat-making, modern indie, and hard-hitting rock.
• Custom-dampened vintage kit with tons of mojo.
• Resurrect your tracks with the thump, smack, slap, and punch they need.

A beat-making powerhouse for any style

Equally perfect for beats and breaks, psychedelic indie pop in the vein of Tame Impala, Khruangbin, and Glass Beams, or hard-hitting rock like Queens of the Stone Age, and Death from Above 1979, the Vintage Dead ADpak packs the punch you need to revive your tracks.

Make your tracks slap with mix-ready presets created by the sceneʼs best, and beats performed by amazing drummers and beatmakers.

Say goodbye to the rigid workflow of loops. Experience the freedom and dynamics of Addictive Drums 2 with its multi-sampled drums and unlimited customizability.

The Kit

Resurrected & packing a punch

This one-of-a-kind 1968 vintage Ludwig kit tells an unlikely tale of happenstance - and resurrection.

It was found peeking out of a countryside dumpster by renowned Swedish drummer Miikal Häggström while on tour. He could not believe his luck. He carefully refurbished it, and quite literally brought this ultra-dead kit back to life.

Converted into concert toms (without resonant heads), this kit is now a custom-built, meticulously treated thump machine, packing a serious punch and a boatload of mojo.

The Studio

The deadest of the dead

To get the perfect punchy sound, you need to control the drumʼs ringing and resonance and the roomʼs reflections. Usually, you would encapsulate the kit with dampening gobo walls, and treat the drum heads with dampening material. But this is no usual kit — it's the deadest of the dead.

XLN built a custom, near-anechoic "dead box" in Stockholmʼs legendary Ingrid Studios. Every kit piece was dampened to perfection using classic methods - tea cloths, towels, blankets, tape, moon gel - you name it.

This gives you complete separation and uniquely dead close and overhead mics, while still having the option to blend in the outside room mics to taste, with unmatched separation.

The result is a beatmakerʼs dream, where every aspect of the mix can be controlled and pushed to the limit. Crank the processing on individual kit pieces and make your drums SLAP!

Kicks:

• 20x14" Ludwig Blue Oyster '67 (dampened)
• 18x14" Ludwig Blue Oyster '67 (dampened)
• 22x14" Ludwig Blue Oyster '67 (dampened)

Toms:

• 12x8" Ludwig Blue Oyster '67 (dampened)
• 13x9" Ludwig Blue Oyster '67 (dampened)
• 14x14" Ludwig Blue Oyster '67 (dampened)
• 16x16" Ludwig Blue Oyster '67 (dampened)

Snares:

• 14x6,5" Gretsch Bell Brass (dampened)
• 14x4,5" Sugar Percussion Aluminum Guy (dampened) Hi Hat
• 14" Istanbul Agop Traditional Hi Hat Crashes
• 17" Istanbul Traditional Dark Crash
• 18" Istanbul Traditional Paper Thin Crash
• 18" Istanbul Agop 30th Anniversary Crash
• 10" Istanbul Xist Brilliant Splash

Ride

• 22" Istanbul Agop Medium Ride
• 22" Istanbul Agop Traditional Jazz Ride (dampened) Xtra
• Meinl Wood Block
• Istanbul Agop Clap Stack (stock and dampened)
• Trashy Tambourine
• Dampened Cowbell
• Hand Clap (single, double and triple)
• Finger Snap (single and double)

Extras:

• C24 & U67 Mic Boxes

Features:

• Expansion pack designed for Addictive Drums 2.5
• Bring a rich, vintage deadened drum tone to your projects
• Ideal for genres like indie, beatmaking, hard rock, and more
• Features a perfectly “deadened” 1968 Ludwig drum kit, dampened with towels, blankets, gels, and tape for an authentic muted sound
• Captured at Ingrid Studios in Stockholm for a premium studio sound
• Includes 3 kick drums, 4 toms, 2 snares, 7 cymbals, plus auxiliary percussion for broad creative range
• Customize your mix by blending close, overhead, and room mics to achieve your ideal dead drum tone

System Requirements

• Please Note: This product is an expansion for Addictive Drums 2. You must own Addictive Drums 2 in order to use this product.