GGD Invasion 2 drum plug-in: features and spec-based rating

Get Good Drums’ Invasion 2 is a drum instrument plug-in for heavy music, with 10 snares, 7 kicks, 24 toms (including rototoms) and 28 cymbals. It has a proprietary technology called Fluid+, a mixer with more than 100 mix presets and more than 1,500 grooves, and the space it needs is 23 GB.

A drum instrument plug-in lets you play the sound of real drums on a computer. Even if you cannot play drums, you can put drums in your songs.

In this article we compare Invasion 2 with 10 drum instrument plug-ins and rate how well it serves its purpose on three criteria. The basis is official manufacturer information.

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Summary

Among the 10 drum instrument plug-ins, Invasion 2 is rank A. The ranks run S, A, B and C, and A is second from the top. Averaging the scores for each criterion (out of 5, with the one criterion that matters most for the purpose counted double) gives 3.8.

Strengths

• Realism and depth (4 points): you can shape the drum sound in detail.
• Range of kits (4 points): there are many kits to choose from for each genre.

Who it suits: people who want to choose parts and shape drums for metal and other intense genres.

Main features of Invasion 2

Choose parts and build a kit

Invasion 2 includes 7 kicks, 10 snares, 3 kinds of tom sets plus rototoms, and a large number of cymbals across 15 cymbal positions. You can choose parts and build your own kit, and there is also a feature that loads parts from other GGD products.

Fluid+ technology and a mixer

The manufacturer explains that Fluid+ is a proprietary technology that models how the drums, cymbals and recording space react. The mixer has effects, and you can use more than 100 mix presets made by rock and metal producers.

More than 1,500 grooves

It includes more than 1,500 MIDI grooves played on electronic drums, which you can use for making heavy-genre songs. You can also adjust the velocity and timing humanize.

Size and system requirements

The size after installation is 23 GB, and 46 GB is needed during installation. The supported formats are AU, VST3 and AAX on Mac and VST3 and AAX on Windows, and authorization needs an internet connection and Cradle Hub.

Where it is useful

• Putting powerful preset drums into a metal song
• Building a kit that includes rototoms to make distinctive fills
• Using the more than 1,500 grooves to make a draft of the drums

Rating by criterion

Realism and depth: 4 / 5

We look at how extensively it was recorded and how far you can shape the sound.

It has the proprietary Fluid+ technology, a mixer and effects, a sampler for the kick and snare, and pitch adjustment for each drum. The size after installation is 23 GB.

Speed of programming: 3 / 5

We look at whether you can quickly build drums that suit a song (finding phrases, creating them automatically and so on).

It includes more than 1,500 MIDI grooves played by people, and also has humanize functions for velocity and timing.

Range of kits: 4 / 5

We look at the number of drum sets (kits) you can choose to suit a genre.

It includes 10 snares, 7 kicks, 24 toms and 28 cymbals, and you can also load kit parts from other GGD products.

How we score (Drum instrument plug-ins)

Criterion	Basis	5 pt	4 pt	3 pt	2 pt	1 pt
Realism and depth	Scale of the recordings, and how far the sound can be shaped	A library of 200 GB or more, plus a mixer, effects and loading your own samples	Drum sounds can be reshaped part by part, and there is a mixer	A library of 10 to 20 GB and a mixer	A smaller library	—
Speed of programming	How quickly you can build drums that suit a song	A feature that suggests fitting grooves and one that builds a song structure	Song building plus aids such as audio-to-MIDI conversion	Many grooves (1,000 or more), or a feature that varies grooves	Few grooves	—
Range of kits	Number of kits you can choose to suit a genre	10 or more kits	Around 7 kits, plus extra snares and kicks	5 to 7 kits	3 to 4 kits	2 kits or fewer

Each criterion is scored from 1 to 5 on how well the product serves one goal: programming the drums for a song. Scores follow the conditions in the table above, and the rank is based on an average in which "Realism and depth" counts double. The basis is official manufacturer information. Sound quality and CPU load are not measured, so they are not scored; reviews from trade magazines are introduced in the articles for reference. Price is not part of the score. Features that cannot be confirmed from the manufacturer's or a retailer's description are scored as if absent.

Invasion 2 system requirements and getting started

Operating system	Windows 10 (64-bit) / macOS 10.14 or later (Apple Silicon supported)
Plug-in formats	Mac: AU, VST3, AAX / Windows: VST3, AAX
Standalone	A product used as a plug-in on its own
Other	23 GB of installation space, 8 GB or more of memory, and authorization needs an internet connection and Cradle Hub

Checked on the manufacturer’s official pages on October 17, 2026.

Compared with other drum instrument plug-ins

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