A keeper from early 2001...Battery 1...
A mere 3.4 mb installer with VST and DirectX plugs to boot-
Very useable today & Years to come...
BATTERY breathes life into your drum samples. It boasts separate sound para-
meters for 54 Instruments, powerful modulation capabilities and an unbeatable
ease of use. BATTERY is fast, effective, intelligent and convenient. It has
sample-accurate timing, internal 32-bit resolution, up to 128 velocity layers
per instrument and can play samples at any pitch - BATTERY fulfills even the
highest demands regarding precision, sound quality and flexibility. BATTERY
has access to all the biggest sound libraries because it is compatible with
the formats AKAI, SF2, LM4, AIFF, WAV and MAP.
BATTERY runs either stand-alone or as a VST? plug-in on Macintosh and under
Windows.It can be played and modulated via MIDI,offers full VST? automation
and supports all other common interfaces as well. Up to 32 outputs are
available which can be flexibly configured flexibly as mono or stereo outs.
Instruments and Samples
BATTERY can play 54 instruments at a time. The matrix and it's intuitive drag
& drop functionality are a big time saver when arranging samples. Sounds from
different soundsets can be easily compared and combined into new soundsets
without the hassle of readjusting any parameters.
Each instrument offers a complete set of sound parameters and can use up to
128 velocity-switchable sample layers. Samples may be loaded into the matrix
by drag&drop from the desktop or using a dialog box with automatic sample
preview function. BATTERY accepts samples of any resolution from 8 to 32
bits, and reads the formats AKAI, SF2, AIFF, WAF and MAP. Up to three banks
in LM4 format can be imported and used at a time, AKAI sounds can be read
directly from CD.
Sound Shaping
Each of the 54 instruments offers a volume envelope (AHDSR), a pitch envelope
(DBD), a bit reduction effect and a shaper for controlling the dynamics (like
a compressor/expander combination). All parameter adjustments are calculated
and visualized in the wave display in realtime. Each instrument receives MIDI
data on a selected MIDI channel and the pitch can be transposed according to
the MIDI notes if desired - useful for basses, for example.
Every instrument boasts six modulation inputs for which many useful and drum-
oriented settings have already been configured as presets
FX Loop Each instrument has an FX Loop that can be activated to repeat a
chosen area of the sample a given number of times. This is very useful for
creating modern and innovative rhythmic sound effects, akin to extreme time
stretching or granular synthesis.
