Battery2 has a streamlined design for fast and intuitive control, generate perfect drums and percussion every time. From the smoothest grooves to the most rugged rhythms - BATTERY 2 is the professional choice.

New in this version:
-Incisive and Instinctive: The cell matrix is as fast as it is easy to use. Simply load your various sounds into the 72 sample cells and create whole new drum kits in a matter of seconds. Rearrange the cells or the matrix itself, group cells together or mute and solo cells or groups for easy management. BATTERY 2’s intuitive interface truly is a case of plug and play.
-Sculpt Your Sound: BATTERY 2 will bring your drums and percussion to life and lend them a unique flavor. Every sample cell has an individual and comprehensive set of powerful sound-shaping tools: compressors, filters, saturation, bit-reduction, modulation including freely assignable envelopes and LFOs, an extended Loop section and much more afford you the creative power to sculpt distinctive rhythm tracks.
-New Sample Engine: At the heart of BATTERY 2 is a new high-performance sample-engine delivering improved efficiency and an even better sound quality. 256 stereo voices and 32 Bit internal resolution.
-Customizable Matrix: Customize the cell matrix. A total of 72 possible sample-cells: up to 6 rows with between 9 and 12 cells per row ensure your drum kit is presented in the most economic and practical manner.
-Graphical Mapping Editor: The graphical mapping editor enables the easy configuration of up to 128 sample layers per cell for even greater versatility. Merge different sections of sounds together to form new samples. Individually trigger different samples layered within the same cell for a deeper creative expression.
-Filter / Equalizer: A dedicated filter / equalizer per cell offering 15 individual types of filter plus presets optimised for drums ensure your percussive elements sound just right.
-Compressor: Each individual cell has its own compressor allowing for exact manipulaton of the dynamic range so that each hit packs just the right punch. Or use the built-in compressor presets for high-quality result sright from the start.
-Modulation: Modulate up to 8 parameters per cell with a wide range of modulations sources and targets. Use each cell’s integrated freely assignable LFO, envelope and other sources to give your rhythm section a life of its own.
-Loop section: Customise your samples. The Loop section offers 4 loops per sample including tuning, crossfade and alternating loop functions, letting you edit ingenious sounds. A process made easy by the Loop Point visualization and Loop Preview features.
-The new Sample Library: Included in BATTERY 2 is a huge 3.5 GB library with some 9400 professional drum and percussion samples. All samples were produced using first class, professional equipment and are of the highest quality. The samples are pre-arranged into drum kits and make use of multi-layering techniques, to meet the most rigorous of demands. Everything needed to keep your productions sounding fresh: natural drums and percussion, electronic hits, a selection of specials as well as an optimized version of the popular BATTERY 1 library.
-Multiformat Import: Compatible to many more sample formats and as such can import virtually all sample libraries.

And more:
-Many details in the user interface have been improved
-Customizable Interface: As well as a customizable cell matrix, the lower half of the user-interface (containing the sound manipulation patameters) can be folded up or down as needed.
-Resampling effect
-Improved file management with a drum kit selection dialogue box
-Export of individual cells, including all sample layers and settings, as “.cel” files which can then be imported into other Battery drum kits
-Improved voice group and choke group management
-Learn Function for key mapping: Just press “Learn” and hit the desired key

Import and Compatibility:
EXS24™, Gigasampler™, HALion™, AKAI™S-1000/S-3000, REX I & II™, AIFF™, WAV™, SDII™, SoundFont2™, SampleCell™, LM4™, KONTAKT™*, INTAKT™*, KOMPAKT™*, BATTERY™ v.1, *only .NKI files

Interfaces:
Audio Units™, VST®, RTAS™, DXi™, ASIO®, Core Audio™, Core MIDI™, DirectSound™

Requirements: OS X 10.2.6, G3 500, 256 MB RAM