the best 
by Sean Dothager from Highland, IL USA, October 2008
Music Background:  recording engineer, musician

These drums are amazing, if you heard a song with these drums that you didn't record then you wouldn't know it wasn't a real drummer. With addictive drums you have so many options, any sound you're looking for, rap, metal, jazz, blues, you can get it with these drums. There are tons of built in beats that that are drag and drop into your daw or just make your own beats. Its really easy and quick to install and learning the program takes no time. If you're in the market for virtual drums then addictive drums is what you want

  Look out Battery ! 
by Death By Media from Indianapolis, May 2008
Music Background:  Independent Artist ,Producer

I have used NI's Battery as my main source for "Acoustic"drums for years so my review is based on a compare and contrast basis .

Easy of use:
The interface makes getting the sound I want an
exponentially sorter distance than Battery ever has.
The sample editor and mixer flow reminds me of the
Roland TD10 GUI system ...except easier.
it also is pretty lite on my cpu as well as it never
peaked a "bar" in Logic .
Sound Library :
Well it falls a little short in terms of size
,however These 3 gigs of samples sound better to me
than the 15+gig library Battery came with ,but to me
that is a plus as I was put of by other samplers like
BFD 30+ gig libraries ...Who needs it with the great
sound editing ability like this .
In Conclusion :
To be fare Battery comes with a great modern
electronic ,retro electronic , World ,and cinematic
sound sets that make up a good 40% of it's
library,However its Rock ,Hard rock ,and Metal sounds
are pale in comparison right out of the box
without taxing my cpu with unnecessary extra plugins
to polish the sound .

  Nothing less than amazing 
by David Rosario from Staten Island, NY, February 2008
Music Background:  Recording engineer, producer, composer

I recently bought EZDrummer and was dissatisfied that I was not able to adjust the amount of overheads bleed of each instrument. For example, just when the cymbals sounded right, the hi hat bled too much, and you can only toggle bleed on/off for ALL instruments, requiring me to route each instrument through Cubase and then create my own room ambiance. With Addictive, I was shocked by the ability to tweak everything, even the envelope, obviating the need for a transient designer (which I was going to get for my U-Audio card).

  AD Rocks! 
by Moose Lewis from Richmond, VA - USA, November 2007
Music Background:  Singer/Musician/Songwriter/Engineer/Producer for over 35 years

I have been using various samplers and samples (including my own) for years now; and have tried all the big name drum packs (yes, that one too)!
After using AD for about 8 months with chillingly realistic results on my recordings - I'm home.
Their tweakability gives me exactly the kits I hear in my head. With the addition of Groove Monkee midi files and AD's easy to use editor, I get what I want both easy and fast.
Tired of putzin' around with drum sounds - get Addictive!

  ROCKIN !!! 
by Anthony Gravley / addeybug music from south carolina, August 2007
Music Background:  producer / musician

I've only had this software a few days, but so far I have rocked some VERY authentic sounding drum tracks with my recordings. I've used the midi patterns as well as programmed my own parts. The only thing I am not 100% thrilled with are the hi-hats / cymbals , but with a little more tweeking, that may fall into place. I wish there were a few more kit options , but definitely look forward to expansion packs and such.

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