Includes NI Battery 3 Drum Sampler, Battery Synthetic Drums and Battery Synthetic Drums 2 - Exclusive NI Battery Deal!
BATTERY 3
Native Instruments 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.
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.
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.
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.
Synthetic Drums
The Synthetic Drums sample CD for BATTERY and KONTAKT contains 32 powerful electronic drum kits developed by renowned sound designers and producers in the Techno, House, Drum and Bass, IDM, Electro, Eclectic, Hip-Hop, and Ambient genres.
More than 1800 synthesized and processed electronic drum samples provide an outstanding selection of production-ready drum sounds for electronic dance music. From deep-diving bass drums and punchy snares to metallic hits and weird effects, SYNTHETIC DRUMS provides a comprehensive resource for the producer and composer of any sort of electronic, pop, or hip-hop music.
All drum sounds are organized into kits that take advantage of BATTERY's velocity-layering and modulation capabilities. Additionally, each kit is also available in KONTAKT format with enhanced features such as advanced filtering and effects.
The following sound designers and artists contributed exclusive drum kits to this outstanding collection: Rob Acid, Beige, Cylob, Olaf Dettinger, Richard Devine, Hardy Hard, Bob Humid, Martin Jann, Kabuki & Mainframe, Thomas Krarup, Jake Mandell, Josh Martin, MRI, Sutekh, Steffen Müller, Safety Scissors, Swag, Benjamin Wild.
Synthetic Drums 2
Synthetic Drums 2 is a sample library packed full with amazing, electronic drum kits. Contains a selection of 36 unique and contemporary drum kits with more than 2400 24-bit / 44.1 KHz WAV samples that instantly distinguish themselves from other libraries. The samples themselves were subjected to a lengthy production process involving numerous effects, filters, ring modulators, compressors, frequency shifters, granular samplers and so on. All of the producers were given complete artistic freedom, resulting in an extremely varied and individual set of kits. All kits are available in the BATTERY 2 ".kt2" and KONTAKT ".nki" formats.
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
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:
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System:Core Audio™, Core MIDI™, DirectSound™
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Plug-in:Stand-alone, Audio Units™, VST®, DXi™, RTAS® under Pro Tools 7™, ASIO®
System Requirements
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Mac OSX 10.4.x, G4 1.4 GHz or Intel® Core™ Duo 1.66 GHz, 512 MB RAM |
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Windows XP or Windows Vista, Pentium 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM |
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DVD Drive:
Minimum installation: 200 MB
Full installation: 14 GB |
