Native Instruments Battery versions

v4.0 [Apr 11, 2013]
- Completely re-designed, high-speed workflow provides instant access to key features directly on the main page
- Optimized, drag-and-drop usability: Assign MIDI controllers, change cell and effect routing, change effects order and super-simple sidechaining
- Color-coded cells indicate instrument type, controls adapt to cell color for clear visual overview
- Multi-function waveform display with quick-access controls and intuitive, gestural interface covers navigation, editing, loops, modulation and envelope control
- High-quality effects including SOLID EQ, SOLID BUS COMP,TRANSIENT MASTER, tape saturation, one-knob compressor and filters
- Improved time stretching algorithm Time Machine Pro
- Bus system adds flexible drag-and-drop routing for processing groups
- Instant cell rendering for building kits and creative sound design
- Tag-based browser: Tag and full text search, search history feature to continue browsing for sounds where you last looked for them
- All sounds load mapped to MIDI notes for convenient use with MIDI keyboards

v3.1 [Jun 20, 2010]
BATTERY sports a handy feature: You can emulate the sound characteristic of the two vintage drum machines MPC60* and SP-1200*. You can choose from four different settings from 'low' to 'high'. Individual settings may be applied to every single cell sound and buttons found on the Cell Page.
It features an improved MIDI Learn function for all sliders and knobs which can be automated - it is applied by simply clicking the right mouse button. That makes assigning MIDI controllers to BATTERY a breeze.
The new version also can make use of multiple CPUs or dual-core processors. This is especially helpful when using multiple real-time effects.
You can now set the desired loading behavior in BATTERY by double-clicking a loadable file in the Browser View Tab.
Add sample: A sample is inserted into the currently selected cell. This is the default behavior and equals the behavior of previous BATTERY 3 versions.
Replace sample: This overrides the loaded sample(s) in the currently selected cell. If only one sample is loaded in that cell, it is replaced immediately after double-clicking. If more than one sample is currently loaded, a selecting dialog appears. You can also choose to disable loading on double-click in the Browser.
Improved Samples Missing Dialog:
When this option is activated, the selected search folders of the current Samples Missing dialog are handed over to any cascading or following Missing Samples dialogs. This is especially useful if numerous BATTERY kits or a host project have been moved to a different folder, normally resulting in multiple Samples Missing dialogs. All you have to do now is to specify the new search folder in the initial Samples Missing dialog. All following Samples Missing dialogs will start searching in the same place automatically.