Over 12 GB's worth of (23,000) professional drum samples.
41 People rated this product : 8 out of 10
3 People wrote reviews









5 out of 10
Feature:
It's got some pretty cool effects but I haven't been able to enjoy it because it would do what I what it to do. And native instruments customer service is terrible...You have to email your problem and they take like a week to answer. Plus the answer was kinda useless telling me to save settings,automation, and the kit (as if I hadn't tried to save everything the program will allow).
Value:
Ehhh...for $200 you'd think ok well at least i get 12gb of sound but if you don't like the software the sounds are useless
Desirability:
It seemed cool because I thought it would integrate well into my setup but I'm having some problems with it. If these issues get solved it would be like twice as good
Sound:
Well in my opinion the idea behind this plugin is nice but the design is terrible. First it constantly crashes protools on my G5 using the version that comes on the install disk with no updates. The 12gb sample library is just ok but it stinks because it's in some silly NI format so you can't use them anywhere else. However, I already had a 250gb sound library and bought battery3 to manage those files and use them more easily with my mpc2000xl. Also, when I assign the drum pads on either my mpc or my axiom I doesn't appear that you can save the assignments. It also seems that the only midi learn capabilities are in the cells so you can only activate cells via midi. Like I said before it doesn't seem to save the assignments either.
Support:
Located in Germany and they only take emails and they take forever to respond
Overall:
I'm gonna install the update and see what happens but so far I'm just upset it's not working 100%
Submitted: 6/16/2008









10 out of 10
Feature:
What can you not do with this other than use it as a stand alone sampler.
Quality:
No crashes in Windows or on my Mac mini 1.42 GHZ with 1GB of ram.
Value:
I have an MPC2000 and I hate it. I had a better setup with an Ensoniq EPS and a Roland R-8 in 1989 that i liked far more. Everyone says the MPC is so great and I bought into it and I bought one. That was a wrong move because they aren't the best. It depends on the user . Now that I have used Battery 3 , I prefer it along with either Pro Tools,Logic, or my Roland R-8 as the Sequencer.
Desirability:
As far as a drum sample playback system , I can't find another that is better because of the level of manipulation you can perform on a sample.
Sound:
This product sounds great! I use my MPC2000 or the Digi002r to sample and I use battery 3 to playback the samples.
Ease of Use:
I played with drums the came with this thing within minutes after the product activation which is a no brainer . It may be difficult for those who don't read well.
Support:
Never used the support so I don't really know so i will give them a 9 because I don't need to call them yet. I am about to format my hard drive and reinstall, hopefully the activation for the Windows XP pc will be active , if not , I might have to call.
Overall:
I have to say that there are some things that I purchase that after purchasing it I realize that it isn't as great as I thought(MPC2000), but this program is right up there with my worth while purchases that include my Ensoniq EPS and ASR-10, Mac Mini 1.42 G4, Palm TX, Digidesign 002r, M-audio Trigger Finger(Came with Battery 3), ua 6176,,, WELL YOU GET THE POINT. This is what you need if your system is computer based. If you want a box that has your sampler, playback ,pads, and samples stored in one place that you can pick up run with then get an MPC or something like that.
Submitted: 1/25/2008
Style of Music: R&B,Hip-Hop(before the downgrade to crunk), Alternative
Buy Battery Version 3 and we will throw in a Peace Love Productions DDU1 Sample Library download, select New with Free DDU1 Sample Library Download option.
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