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Battery 4

Native Instruments Battery 4 review

With version 4 of its “drum sampler” included in both editions of Komplete 9 and available separately, what does Native Instruments propose to do ? Answers below. Read more…
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  • Bernadette MichelleBernadette Michelle

    A total mess !

    Native Instruments Battery 4Published on 12/03/15 at 13:08
    This version 4 of Battery is a total mess. A lot of things have regressed compared with Battery 3, and finally only little evolution.

    Compared with Battery 3, here is a list of what was lost:

    - It is no longer possible to rename several cells at once.
    - "Random" mode is now totally erratic, plus it lost some features.
    - If no sample is affected to a certain cell, there no longer is any visual indicator to show the cell is being played by the host.
    - Some cell colors are hard to distinguish from others.
    - Cells are too small and hard to read.
    - The envelope curve that used to be shown over the sample's curve is no longer there.
    - The cells no longer indicate the audio outs they a…
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    This version 4 of Battery is a total mess. A lot of things have regressed compared with Battery 3, and finally only little evolution.

    Compared with Battery 3, here is a list of what was lost:

    - It is no longer possible to rename several cells at once.
    - "Random" mode is now totally erratic, plus it lost some features.
    - If no sample is affected to a certain cell, there no longer is any visual indicator to show the cell is being played by the host.
    - Some cell colors are hard to distinguish from others.
    - Cells are too small and hard to read.
    - The envelope curve that used to be shown over the sample's curve is no longer there.
    - The cells no longer indicate the audio outs they are affected to, nor the key that triggers them.
    - linking cells to each other (for instance so that the kick and snare are triggered together whn pressing a single key) is now a pain, even if before it wasn't as easy as it should be.

    And still the same lacks inherited from Battery 3 :

    - No synthesis to emulate drum machines or create new sounds.
    - EQ is ridiculous and not intuitive.
    - No included flanger/chorus effect.
    - No test cell (to test sounds without disorganizing the current active cells ans so as to gain space).

    As for the good points:

    - Filter, saturation and transient designer sections were added, as well as automation.
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