Is it just me or does Battery suck?
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Is it just me or does Battery suck?
I've always had a hell of a time finding the right samples on Battery, mainly because it takes so long to load each individual sample, not to mention arranging them in a playable fashion. Maybe I'm not putting enough time into learning the program, but I find Logic's drumsets much more playable. Their samples not only sound better, but the hi-hats are always in the same place, etc. Does anyone else feel this way? I feel like I've been ripped off by NI.. BTW How does Ableton's drum machines stack up to this situation?
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Battery 3 sucked bad for me. And it continues to suck badly enough that yet another update is scheduled, though who knows how long it'll take. So it's been out almost two years and still doesn't work properly...
I'm much happier with Guru, personally.
I'm much happier with Guru, personally.
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I think the samples in Battery 3 are awesome myself, but the app is buggy as hell for sure. NI could rule the softsynth world if they just released stable products and MUCH, MUCH more timely updates. Especially when their updates don't actually fix confirmed bugs.
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That would be a no from me,,,v00d00ppl wrote:so i guess we can all come into agreement that the progrm sucks but the sound library is the dealbreaker?
But then i've been using it since version 1 and so i'm reasonably familiar with the samples,,
Beyond that though,, i pretty much use the same base samples every time and have them loaded into a user kit mapped how i like it,, same way as BFD as it happens,,
I can then swap out kicks,, snares,, hats,, what ever as i need but retain the same mapping,,,
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I will be using Battery alot, did not dig deep into it yet and noticed no bugs yet. What should I be on the lookout for?
Battery's samples often sound unprocessed, it's more like if you had recorded a drumset and still have to process them to fit your mix. Actually that's quite good for non-electronic musicians, cause they need to be able to do that. Concerning the layout of presets I have zipped through alot of them and the layout seems quite consistent. Kick, Snares, Hihats, Toms, Crashes are usualy set to the same notes. The special kits (like multi-mic, multi-stick and the really big ones) use different layouts, but I don't see a way to do it different anyway.Their samples not only sound better, but the hi-hats are always in the same place,