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sacredgeometry wrote:...although saying that they have some tastey drum sounds in their sample library and im not sure but (can someone confirm this) i think they are in a format that's incompatible with live.

The samples themselves are simply universal wav files, perfectly compatable with Live. However the *kits* are in a proprietary NI file.

I don't think Battery's being discontinued for Maschine, they are totally different. However, I think Maschine is going to get more of NI's attention for a while. Having said that, there is yet another update due for Battery...haw many years has B3 been out now, and it still has issues???

3dot... wrote:besides... I think they're discontinuing it... in favor of maschine...
(I could be wrong)

You are... note #15 in the Maschine FAQs:

http://www.native-instruments.com/newre ... aschinefaq

Your Maschine forum moderator,
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I got Battery 3 for the samples - they are kick ass. Functionality-wise, B3 is nice, and the ram-release feature is pretty cool, but the real strength is the sample library, which is quite fantastic. Cuts thru mixes like buttah.