Other controls include tune, saturation, bit control, and hertz. Also included is a mapping editor for layering up to 128 sounds together. Each sample cell has an enormous amount of sound-tweaking flexibility, boasting tools such as compressors, multimode filters, LFO, customizable envelopes, and resampling effects. Once you load sound into the matrix-style interface, the fun begins. Built around a clean interface that has become the de facto standard for all products in Native Instruments' pro-audio line, Battery is approachable and simple to learn. It's never going to be my SOLO drum source (although I did go through a phase when it was - but learnt that it wasn't going to give me everything I needed) - but it's great as another drum tool in my vast armoury.Combining the ease of use of a traditional drum machine with the sound- sculpting prowess of a sampler, Native Instruments Battery 2.0 is one of the best software-percussion tools available. Battery is one of many things that I use. In the last month I picked up a NI Maschine 3. I'll use Battery for my quick and dirty experiments, where I drop loads of samples in and get a groove/sound I like. I'll find a really good clap/snare etc as samples (or create from scratch using my hardware Moog Sub 37 or Jupiter 80) and process using traditional methods and then just use Battery for my closed and open hats or toms or whatever. So - I will use say Punchbox or Kick 2 or whatever for my kicks. So - where does Battery fit? Well - I've learnt to build specific percussion layers in Battery - not the entire drum kit. Hard work maybe - but the end result is totally worth it. That way you have a lot of control over the final sound. and bus them into groups in the old traditional way. I can then totally fine-tune them using FX, dynamics, gates, compressors, expanders, whatever. Since spending quite a bit of time learning to mix properly (thank you Dance Music Production courses - totally pukka) I have started to truly appreciate that it's much easier/better to use individual sounds direct on their own tracks. I have been extensively using Battery for some years and can confirm that it definitely has earned its place in my rack. And once you get familiar with it, you'll find you can get the sound you are looking for rather quickly, especially since everything is included under the hood and you don't have to deal with messy and cumbersome patching. Sounds are more polished, and if you wanted to polish them even more, Battery's sound sculpting capabilities are intense but easy to work with. Sound scultping is limited, but then you have access to all those Reasony things to do that.īattery has an excellent gui with considerably better sample content. I don't particularly like the FSB samples for it though. Redrum is really good for making quick beats.
So your thoughts about Redrum vs Battery have everything to do with familiarity and comfort. And then if you were a VST guy (which it sounds like you are more of a Reason guy) then you'd say "the more I learn about Reason, the more I realize VSTs have me covered the whole time" and you'd forget about Redrum and keep on using Battery. I honestly find myself reaching for the Redrum time and time again.ĭon't you think that if it was the other way around and you used Battery for 10+ years and then tried Redrum, that you wouldn't be into Redrum as much as Battery? I am sure if you knew Battery as well as you knew Redrum, and Redrum like how you know Battery NOW, you would probably be wondering if Redrum was all that. Have read numerous people talk about how its the best drum vst ever - but ive never been able to really get into it. Ive had Komplete 10 for a while and always thought Battery looked cool.
Think i'll use battery when im feeling like experimenting, but probably stick to the trusty re-drum (mad im not bored with it even after 10+ years) From there i can change the sound of the sample with redrum / effects in the rack. I wasn't sure it was worth it at the time, but its nice dropping in a redrum, selecting a bassdrum from included ones then scrolling through them till i find one i like.
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The samples are great in battery, even then though, i have been using the included drum samples from Reason v10 update a lot recently. Theres something to be said about rack extensions and being able to stay in the rack as opposed to opening and closing windows. But after getting my initial drums down with it and then making a baseline with monark (im revisiting my ni stuff today for something to do) i found i was back dropping in re-drums for all my perc etc. I used it for kick and hats, thought it was obviously cool with all the parameters and included eqs, compressors etc, workflow is cool. Yea, Ive been mucking about with it and made a track since posting.
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