XO vs Atlas 2: Which Is Better?

[@65Drums]

This is wild, I never thought about organizing a sample library in a cloud like that. It seems like a very quick way to compare similar sounds against each other.

[@electronicdrumadvisor]

Yeah it's a pretty epic way of organizing one-shot samples, it's pretty much the only way I search through drum samples now! Some people at Google also released a sample cloud experiment like this a while back: I'm not sure which came first tbh. Love your channel btw! experiments.withgoogle.com/ai/drum-machine/view/

[@KimonoEtrange]

Once you have it you will never go back to DAW search function

[@sidius_wav]

Great video ! Just got xo . Whwre can get those expansion presets you have there? Thanks

[@wiwmusic1]

I have both. Atlas is so powerful and easy to use!

[@sternenherz]

Hmmmm. One of the things i really like about Atlas (from seeing another video), is the possibility to drag&drop fill a Ableton Drumrack. I guess with XO this is not possible, especially because it's limited to 8 tracks, but also because of no export function in that manner? Also: is this Sequencer-list on the right side of Atlas ("Deep house funk .... Deep house progressive ...." etc.) representing MIDI files? Or is that some sort of Atlas-unique format? Because i d love to import Midi files into atlas, if possible. Thank you!

[@ARival]

You can just drag one of the bottom-left bubbles in the export window in XO directly into an Ableton drum rack and it will populate it with the XO drums.

[@sternenherz]

@@ARival thank you for the info! Is it limited to 8 slots, right?

[@ARival]

@@sternenherz yeah that's the advantage of atlas (more slots). but it's super fast to do in XO so it's a plus

[@undetected8882]

Idk about XO but I'm still using Atlas V1 and I love it , great production workflow booster

[@pdppdp3854]

good time to upgrade the Atlas plugin $19us... theres a sale on til 4th December

[@Xstatic1975]

Xo is slightly better at grouping/finding similar sounds, with all other features Atlas rules.

[@AFORADAM1985]

Great video thank you so much. May I ask wether you either of the plug ins offer to change key if the drum samples?

[@raveqontroll]

They dont

[@raveqontroll]

this could be anice feature for both though

[@WandaMorris-lx1dk]

I believe that whoever is doing the advertising is really informed and it in assure you that it is the best wandw you

[@benedict303]

XO automatically adds the right amount of FX to each drum, a touch of plate reverb or delay etc, and it seems to just sound a lot better than Atlas. Does Atlas have FX?

[@101Licious]

XO is a toy for all who are lazy :)

[@benedict303]

@@101Licious which is EXACLTY why I like it. Who could be bothered tagging a million files? I been doing it for 20 years, constantly updating my database with the right tags. This is a godsend...

[@101Licious]

@@benedict303 That's why it's just good to have a choice.

[@GoblinGoodfella]

Yes! Atlas has Effects or Fx slots for each Drums or sounds. Atlas also has routing for each slots for your mixer.

[@Stormchaser189]

I'm liking atlas but don't see a way to drag the beat to the daw ?

[@delphisignal]

In case you've figured it out, might be useful for someone else. sequence tab>export button>then render button>drag the circle next to where it says drag into your daw.

[@Stormchaser189]

@@delphisignal thanks I found the tab buried under the export button which is a little odd.

[@3d8d]

How to tune the drums to a specific key?

[@electronicdrumadvisor]

You can tune the individual samples manually and the use a tuner plugin to check what note they're in. Other than that, not sure of any way to tune these to a specific key

[@buckycore]

Wave alchemy Triaz rules over both of them now

[@qimono651]

XO wins hands down... Why even making this video?

[@SoundPeaks]

Atlas wins.

[@richardspillers6282]

Idk... There's really no comparison. Atlas wipes the floor with XO.

[@CoolColJ]

lacking an easy way to do flams like XO....

[@richardspillers6282]

@@CoolColJ I thank flams are the least of people's concerns when using a sampler like these.

[@Albinamo]

​@@richardspillers6282wtf is a flam?

[@richardspillers6282]

@@Albinamo very fast multiple hit on the same drum. You can do it with 2 sticks or specialized tools to have 1 hit immediately after the other. They almost sound as if they are part of the same initial strike.

[@areksocha8472]

I begun using Atlas the second it came out. I use only XO now. Why? Because I know how to use it. Atlas was a planned release to make money. First version was good. The second one was a joke in comparison. Read a manual...

[@mrAlphavilla]

why not mention that Atlas have NO built in effects? witch is a real bummer, not even an reverb, EQ or comp? strange. Otherwise atlas would win easily.

[@popsvladimir]

Tried Atlas, waste of money. Once you understand the full range of what XO is capable of you wouldn't think twice. This comparison doesn't even scratch the surface.

[@vvcv__00]

Well, well, this was a horrid review which seems to have been randomly pasted together without a concrete explanation. At least you could have discussed how each vst's implementation, of virtual drum pads and sequencing, is used with various hardware pads and/or sequencers. But hey, at least we know some aspects you repeated more than a couple of times; such as, they are both 'solid', and that you tend to reach for XO most often.