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Native Instruments Battery Sampling Software (Macintosh and Windows)

Over 12 GB's worth of (23,000) professional drum samples. 54 People rated this product: Rate and Review This Product
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Manufacturer's Description for Native Instruments Battery Sampling Software (Macintosh and Windows)

Battery 3 is the professional standard for drums and percussion. The latest version of the acclaimed drum sampler fuses an extensive library with functionality and simplicity. A powerful new engine and a host of sound shaping options deliver tight, punchy drums while the user-friendly interface guarantees instant access and complete control. Whether electronic or acoustic, Battery 3 will have your drums rolling in no time.

Drummer's Delight
Battery 3 is armed with an extensive sample library. Over 100 professional kits cover an incredibly broad spectrum of musical styles. From authentic acoustic kits to contemporary electronic collections and ethnic percussion from all over the globe, every genre is represented. Compatibility with most standard sample formats allows seamless integration of virtually any third party libraries. Battery 3 is the definition of drums.

Adaptive Interface
At the heart of Battery 3 lies the cell matrix, bigger and more versatile than ever before. With up to 128 sample cells, it is now fully customizable - define the number of cells, rows and columns to fit your exact needs. Color-code or select multiple cells for quick and easy management. Step through all your drums of a particular type and pre-listen samples within the current kit. Battery 3's flexible nature ensures the perfect setup for any situation.

Precision Performance
BATTERY 3 offers a wide range of sound shaping features, both for individual cells and on a global level. Adjustable articulations, such as flam, humanize and roll, add a natural feel to your rhythms. The time stretching feature allows samples to be sculpted and loops to be adjusted to the correct tempo. Battery 3 infuses all your percussive elements with an unmistakeable flavour.

Features:
Comprehensive and powerful drum sampler based on a next generation sample engine

New 12 GB sample library: over 100 drum kits with over 23,000 individual samples and over 2,600 categorized drum cells covering all musical styles

Improved workflow and usability, fast and intuitive access to all parameters. 8 step-by-step video tutorials included

Fully customizable cell matrix: freely definable rows and columns with up to a total of 128 sample cells

Improved cell effects and a new master effects section

Performance articulations: roll, flam, buzz, right hand, etc.

Beat synchronisation with loop import for Apple Loops, REX, Acid Wave and Beat Creator

Time stretching feature per cell for creative sample manipulation

Graphical waveform now allows samples to be edited on-the-fly

Sample Purge keeps RAM load to a minimum zZounds is an authorized dealer of Native Instruments products.
Import and Compatibility
Battery 1 & 2, Recycle I/II, AKAI S-1000, Apple Loops, EXS24, Wav/Aiff/Snd, GigaStudio, Kontakt 1.x, HALion 1 & 2, Kompakt/Intakt, LM4 mk1 & mk2, Reaktor MAP,
More compatible formats...

Interfaces
System:
Core Audio, Core MIDI, DirectSound
Plug-in:
Stand-alone, Audio Units, VST, RTAS, DXi, ASIO

System Requirements
Mac OSX:
10.4.x or higher, G4 1.4 GHz or Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz, 512 MB RAM

Windows:
XP (SP2, 32bit) / Vista (32/64 Bit), Windows 7 (32/64 Bit), Pentium or Athlon XP 1.4 GHz, 1 GB RAM

Requires a DVD drive and 200 MB of free disk space for minimum installation, 14 GB for full installation
Universal Binary for Mac included!
Native Instruments Warranty
Native Instruments Warranty
If you have additional warranty questions, please call the manufacturer at 866-556-6487
This item cannot be returned once the manufacturer's seal has been broken. Any defective merchandise must be dealt with directly through Native Instruments. If a product is found to be defective, you must contact Native Instruments' customer support at 866-556-6487 for service. details
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zZounds has verified that this customer bought this product from us. "Amazing Flexibility and Features"
Sound: The sound is a bit mechanical at first. HOWEVER, you can greatly improve the "real" feel of the kits with the Humanizing feature and by adjusting the velocity of the notes in the pattern on your midi track. A big minus for me was the "squeaky clean", perfectly produced, samples. I like my drums to be a little gritty. However, I'm going to solve this by buying other samples and recording my own. That's the MAJOR ADVANTAGE of this program over Addictive Drums, you can add in your own samples. Feature: A wonderfully diverse array of processing effects and settings. If you are a drummer or like to customize your own sounds (i.e., it doesn't need to be perfect out of the box), this is the sampler for you. It is extremely FLEXIBLE. However, if you are inexperienced, need prearranged patterns, or want perfection out of the box, I would go for Addictive Drums or even EZdrummer. Ease of Use: It is very easy for me to use, but I have been using Battery for several years. If you are a novice, it takes some time to really learn how you can take advantage of the features it offers. If you are determined, it's not impossible to learn and you will be glad that you put the effort in. Quality: Excellent quality. The interface is very organized and efficient. The only glitch so far is that some of the different mallets on the Multi-stick Kit aren't working. I'm working on resolving this, but it's not a major issue. Value: This thing is an amazing bit of software for around 100 bucks!!! Manufacturer Support: Haven't had to deal with them yet. But, setup was easy. You just have to follow the directions and install the software in the prescribed order. The Wow Factor: I have it and I would buy it again and again (at the current price). Overall: There is always room for improvement in the samples and some of of the 'ease of use' areas. However, this program is very flexible, very usable, and an especially good tool to own if you are an experienced drummer or a discriminating producer.
Style of Music: Country, Folk, Rock
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"It could be better but for $200...get it if you use a drum sequencer"
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. 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 Manufacturer Support: Located in Germany and they only take emails and they take forever to respond The Wow Factor: 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 Overall: I'm gonna install the update and see what happens but so far I'm just upset it's not working 100%
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