Overview

The Mixer Section in Addictive Drums has 14 audio mixer channels.

1. Ten mono channels handling the close mics of Kick, Snare, Hihat, the four Toms and the three Flexi channels. (The Flexi channels can load various percussion type sounds)
2. Two stereo channels handling the Overhead (OH) and Room mics.
3. One stereo Bus, which can be used for special effects (the previously mentioned channels can send a submix to the Bus, which can for example be distorted and sent into the Master channel).
4. One Send FX section for the levels of the Delerb 1 & 2 units.
5. One stereo Master Channel.

The Mixer section - Channel settings

All channels have:

• Pan (Including stereo width control for stereo channels by moving mouse up/down, stereo image can also be reversed)
• A Volume fader
• Solo and Mute buttons
• Phase Reverse button
• Separate Out button (You can choose to route each channel to the Master or to a separate output or both)

Exception: The Master Channel has no Solo, Phase Reverse or Separate Out buttons 

Using separate outputs in Addictive Drums

Addictive Drums is by default a multi-out instrument. There are no separate “Stereo” and “Multi-Out” versions.

Every channel in the Addictive Drums mixer can be routed to a separate output, which appears in your host. Just click the downward pointing arrow button, and select from:

• Master (default)
• Separate Out (Pre-Fader)
• Separate Out (Pre-Fader) + Master 
• Separate Out (Post-Fader)
• Separate Out (Post-Fader) + Master 

+ Master? When sending to a separate out, the signal normally disappears from the Master channel. However, it is sometimes useful to send out some sounds without affecting the overall mix in the Addictive Drums master channel. You could for example make a submix of some elements outside of AD, or send out the kick to use for sidechaining with a bass track and other things. 

Pre-Fader and Post-Fader? The difference here is that with Pre-Fader all signals are sent out at unity gain, and the setting of the Addictive Drums channel volume does not affect the level in the separate output. This is nice if you want to mix the kit entirely outside of Addictive Drums - you can choose any preset and the levels going into the external mix setup do not change. 

Each channel is pre-assigned to a certain output:

The Audio Recorder 

The Audio Recorder continually records the output from the Master out. It will record up to 15 seconds, or stop recording when there is silence (and the internal midi player is off). The resulting file can then be dragged into your DAW or onto your desktop. 

Note:  This feature won’t slowly fill up your hard drive with recordings - the file is not actually created on disk until you start dragging it. It is also overwritten each time, using the same file name, so make sure it is properly imported into your DAWs pool of audio files (and you may want to rename it as well there)

You can play a drum sound on the kit page, or a beat on the beats page, and then directly drag it out as audio to a track. Some common use cases:

• Drag out kicks and snares and build your main drum track using layering of different sounds
• Drag out a cymbal hit, reverse it to create a build into the chorus.
• Play a snare with massive reverb on it and use it in a particular place in a song
• Play a beat on the Beats page and drag it out to create a drum loop type background beat - having it as audio means you can chop it up and re-slice it in various creative ways. 

Snapshot

Clicking the camera icon lets you take a Snapshot of your current settings, and places a small numbered polaroid icon beside the camera. Load a Snapshot by clicking the numbered icon. Delete the Snapshot by right-clicking.