8Dio Blackbird Drum Kit Library for KONTAKT $20 USD - REG $248 USD

[PavlovsCat]

Advanced Drum Series Blackbird Kit - $20 (PM me if you've never bought from 8Dio before and want a code for a $15USD  discount to make this $5 USD; new 8Dio customers only) - REG $248 USD

Deep-Sampled Drum Kit w/ Flow Note Technology

10 Microphone Positions

37,500 Samples / 6GB (compressed from 20GB)

10 Microphone Positions and superb mixing controls

Custom Flow-Note Tech for realistic drumming

6 Velocity Layers / 10 Round Robin

Intuitive and Flexible UI

Built-in FX (Spread, EQ, Comp, LOFI & Compression)

35,000+ lines of code and highly intuitive mixing tools

Delivered by Download

Kontakt 5.8.1 Full Retail (or later) Required

https://8dio.com/products/advanced-drum-series-blackbird-vst-au-aax-kontakt-instrument

Edited November 1, 2022 by PavlovsCat

[cclarry]

for $5 this is a steal - if I didn't already have it I'd buy it...LOL

[PavlovsCat]

6 minutes ago, cclarry said:

for $5 this is a steal - if I didn't already have it I'd buy it...LOL

I'm hoping they put their other drum libraries on sale this week too. 

[daveiv]

$250 -> $5 is this real?

 

[cclarry]

10 minutes ago, daveiv said:

$250 -> $5 is this real?

 

Yep...it's real Dave...the libraries are getting old...so they are basically giving them away

[daveiv]

8 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Yep...it's real Dave...the libraries are getting old...so they are basically giving them away

Gotcha.

How 8dio Advanced Drum Series compare to, for example, XLN Addictive Drums 2 from the same era?

[cclarry]

Just now, daveiv said:

Gotcha.

How 8dio Advanced Drum Series compare to, for example, XLN Addictive Drums 2 from the same era?

Obviously not as many functions, as it's a Kontakt (Full) Library, but still quite useful...especially at the $5 price LOL!

[BTP]

I assume they will be releasing more new versions of their old libraries on SoundPaint and that's why all these are so cheap.

(SoundPaint 2.0 which has polyphonic legato should be released in a couple of weeks.)

[kitekrazy]

 If you are not really into drum sounds these things are a dime a dozen. 

[cclarry]

1 hour ago, BTP said:

I assume they will be releasing more new versions of their old libraries on SoundPaint and that's why all these are so cheap.

(SoundPaint 2.0 which has polyphonic legato should be released in a couple of weeks.)

Soundpaint is a waste IMO....the disk space alone makes it an unviable candidate, especially compared to Kontakt,
but that is just my opinion

[daveiv]

6 minutes ago, Paul Young said:

 If you are not really into drum sounds these things are a dime a dozen. 

What do you mean?

[Niky Serrano]

I have a code for $15 off too if someone wants it (DM to get it)

Edited November 1, 2022 by Niky Serrano

[sd]

Same. I believe you have to be a new customer, but dm me if ya want mine 

[daveiv]

Apparently 8dio deleted my account. I guess I am fresh like a newborn baby.

[PavlovsCat]

4 hours ago, daveiv said:

Gotcha.

How 8dio Advanced Drum Series compare to, for example, XLN Addictive Drums 2 from the same era?

I haven't installed 8Dio's drum library yet, but AD2 is a vastly superior choice (no pun intended) to 8Dio drum libraries in terms of the ability to swap drums and cymbals,  to edit drums  and cymbals and to put effects on drums and cymbals. AD2 is also well configured if you use electronic drums as your MIDI controller. 

I own AD2, Superior Drummer and I still bought this library and I still buy KONTAKT drum libraries. Why? Well,  I was a drummer, so I am love with drums. It's because this developer's approach,  their sound is different than my other kits. You play guitar,  right? It's the same reason a guitarist  that does a lot of session work keeps a variety of guitars, because it allows the guitarist to select the right guitar for the song.  A Les Paul might be perfect for one song and a Strat is perfect for another. 

Also,  like everyone else here, I'm a sample library hoarder.

 

Edited November 1, 2022 by PavlovsCat

[daveiv]

5 minutes ago, PavlovsCat said:

I haven't installed 8Dio's drum library yet, but AD2 is a vastly superior choice (no pun intended) to 8Dio drum libraries in terms of the ability to swap drums and cymbals,  to edit drums  and cymbals and to put effects on drums and cymbals. AD2 is also well configured if you use electronic drums as your MIDI controller. 

I own AD2, Superior Drummer and I still bought this library and I still buy KONTAKT drum libraries. Why? Well,  I was a drummer, so I am love with drums. It's because this developer's approach,  their sound is different than my other kits. You play guitar,  right? It's the same reason a guitarist  that does a lot of session work keeps a variety of guitars, because it allows the guitarist to select the right guitar for the song.  A Les Paul might be perfect for one song and a Strat is perfect for another. 

Also,  like everyone else here, I'm a sample library hoarder.

Hehe, I'm actually looking into these 8dio drum libraries as a part of my scaling down plan.

All the other drum libraries I own are iLok-bound. While I never had any problems with iLok, I don't always want to be cloud-connected.

[PavlovsCat]

7 minutes ago, daveiv said:

Hehe, I'm actually looking into these 8dio drum libraries as a part of my scaling down plan.

All the other drum libraries I own are iLok-bound. While I never had any problems with iLok, I don't always want to be cloud-connected.

I should add, if I were scaling down and money were no option,  I would exclusively stick with Superior Drummer and Toontrack libraries,  because I don't think any developer does a better job sampling drums in terms of sound quality/layers/round robins/drum and cymbal selection/drum tuning. But they're also A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE than the alternatives. Consequently,  AD2 would be my second choice if I were trying to limit my acquisitions of drum libraries. 

Edited November 1, 2022 by PavlovsCat

[daveiv]

 

[telecode 101]

I am a drum addict. I would like this. Anyone willing to send me their friend share. 

[daveiv]

On 11/1/2022 at 6:38 PM, PavlovsCat said:

I should add, if I were scaling down and money were no option,  I would exclusively stick with Superior Drummer and Toontrack libraries,  because I don't think any developer does a better job sampling drums in terms of sound quality/layers/round robins/drum and cymbal selection/drum tuning. But they're also A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE than the alternatives. Consequently,  AD2 would be my second choice if I were trying to limit my acquisitions of drum libraries. 

Didn't Modo Drums leave all the sample-based drum libraries in the dust, as it was supposed to?