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Description

Unleash the rhythmic powerhouse within your music production arsenal with the Native Instruments Battery 2. This dynamic drum machine and music software plugin is designed for musicians and producers who crave versatility and precision. Experience the high-performance sample engine, which delivers enhanced efficiency and superior sound quality, ensuring your beats are nothing short of spectacular.

Battery 2 elevates your creative process by offering a customizable cell matrix with up to 72 sample cells. This flexibility allows you to organize your drum kits economically without compromising on accessibility. The intuitive graphical mapping editor provides the freedom to configure up to 128 sample layers per cell, opening up endless possibilities for crafting unique, layered percussion sounds.

Dive into the depths of sound manipulation with per-cell filters and compressors, perfect for sculpting your beats to perfection. Modulation capabilities, including freely assignable LFOs and envelopes, infuse your rhythms with life and dynamic movement. The loop section adds an extra layer of innovation, enabling detailed sample customization with features like crossfade and loop preview.

Battery 2 comes equipped with a substantial 3.5 GB library, featuring over 9400 professional drum and percussion samples. These samples, meticulously crafted with top-tier equipment, are pre-arranged into drum kits utilizing multi-layering techniques, catering to the highest production standards. Additionally, Battery 2 supports multiformat import, ensuring seamless integration with virtually any sample library.

Key Features:

  • High-performance sample engine with 256 stereo voices and 32-bit internal resolution
  • Customizable matrix with up to 72 sample cells
  • Graphical mapping editor for up to 128 sample layers per cell
  • Per-cell filters and compressors with 15 filter types and presets
  • Comprehensive modulation options with LFOs and envelopes
  • Loop section with 4 loops per sample, including tuning and crossfade
  • Extensive 3.5 GB library with over 9400 professional samples
  • Multiformat import compatibility for diverse sample libraries

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Native Instruments Battery 2

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Native Instruments Battery 2 is a significant upgrade from its predecessor, streamlining the interface and adding powerful modulation and filtering options. It handles a wide range of sample formats and offers a wealth of editing features, making it ideal for percussion sample enthusiasts. However, the supplied library lacks variety, and the browser window could be more user-friendly. Despite these minor drawbacks, Battery 2 excels in flexibility and ease of use, making it a valuable tool for quick and efficient drum sample management. If you're in the market for a virtual drum module, Battery 2 is a fresh breath of air.

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See how Harry Gregson-Williams uses Native Instruments Battery 2

Harry Gregson-Williams

Composer, Music Producer

Kind Heaven Orchestra

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Harry Gregson-Williams's LA studio complex, Wavecrest Music, commenced operations in Venice Beach in August 2003, and comprises three floors of editing suites, mix rooms and a live room, as well as Harry's own studio on the top level. This houses the following gear:

Sequencing and digital audio

*Steinberg Cubase SX and Ableton Live running on dual 3.6GHz Xeon server with 4GB RAM, two RME HD*SP 9652 soundcards, 75GB mirrored SATA system drives and 400GB mirrored SATA audio/sample storage drives. MIDI is streamed over LAN to Gigastudio PCs, and an Emagic Unitor 8 and AMT8 are used for hardware synths. *Pro Tools HD Accel system running on dual 2GHz Apple G5, with one 192 Analog and seven 192 Digital interfaces.

Samplers

*14x Emu E4X. *24x Roland S760. *7x 3.0GHz Pentium 4 PCs with 80GB SATA system drives, RME HDSP 9652 soundcards and 250GB SATA sound drives with custom and commercial sound libraries, running Tascam Gigastudio 3.

Software synths and plug-ins

*Arturia ARP 2600, Minimoog V and CS80. *Antares Filter and Auto-Tune. *Applied Acoustics Lounge Lizard. *Gmedia Imposcar and Oddity. *GRM Tools. *Korg Legacy Collection. *Native Instruments Absynth 3, Battery 2, FM7, Kontakt 2, Pro 53, Reaktor 4. *Ohm Force Ohm Boyz. *Spectrasonics Stylus RMX, Atmosphere and Trilogy. *Steinberg D'Cota, X-Phraze, Virtual Guitarist, VG Electric Edition, Groove Agent and Halion.

Hardware synths

*Access Virus, Indigo 2 and Redback. *Clavia Nord Rack, Nord 3 KB and Nord Modular. *Korg Trinity Pro X, Wavestation A/D and M1R. *Novation Supernova II Pro. *Roland JP8080, JD990, JV1080 and MKS80. *Studio Electronics SE1, ATC1 and Omega 8. *Waldorf Q, Microwave II, Microwave XT and Pulse.

Recording, mixing & outboard

*Avalon 727 preamp. *Eventide DSP4000 effects. *Lexicon PCM80 and 90 reverbs. *Quested HQ108 speakers in 5.1 setup. *5x Yamaha 02R digital mixers.

See how Robert Babicz uses Native Instruments Battery 2

Robert Babicz

Music Producer

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"I'm a big fan of Native Instruments, my main one is Battery." - Robert Babicz at 11:24.

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