Native Instruments BATTERY 4 User Manual

Explains formatting conventions like italics, bold, and bracketed text.

Step-by-step guide for installing the BATTERY software using Native Access.

Configuration steps for using BATTERY as a standalone program.

Instructions for integrating BATTERY into a Digital Audio Workstation.

Area for global settings like tempo, master output volume, and main menu.

Contains Library, Files, and Automation browsers for managing sounds.

Visual grid for arranging and playing drum cells.

Provides fast access to frequently used editing and cell controls.

Houses advanced editing, effects, modulation, and routing features across multiple pages.

Access to file, editing, and layout options, including documentation links.

Displays current kit name and allows quick loading of adjacent kits.

Determines synchronization to host application tempo for plug-in usage.

Controls the overall master output volume of BATTERY.

Contains standard file operations like New Kit, Open Kit, and Save Kit.

Provides access to Preferences and Audio/MIDI Settings panels.

Offers sample processing utilities such as Batch Resave for compatibility.

Helps find, categorize, and organize BATTERY's sound library.

Searches your computer's file structure for samples and Kits.

Assigns parameter controls to MIDI controllers or host automation.

Basic workflows for selecting, muting, and soloing cells.

Describes visual indicators for cell status like 'In focus' or 'Triggered'.

Allows users to assign colors to cells for visual organization.

Tools for adjusting sample start/end points, envelopes, and zooming.

Displays current sample and allows quick loading of adjacent samples.

Controls for tuning, panning, level, key range, and phase inversion.

Module to shape the volume of a cell over time using ADSR or AHD.

Module to shape the pitch of a cell over time.

Selects sampler modes: Sampler (Standard, Vintage, DFD) and Stretch.

A high-pass/low-pass filter for shaping the frequency content of cells.

How to apply effects in real-time or render them into a new sample.

Guides on saving and loading effect presets for various modules.

Emulates analog circuits for warmth, overdrive, and distortion effects.

Module to degrade signal quality via resolution and sample rate reduction.

Shapes frequency content using various filter modes and types.

A classic studio effect for shaping signal dynamics and contour.

Provides periodic modulation effects using sine, saw, pulse, or random waveforms.

Adds non-periodic modulation signals that vary over time.

Allows assignment of modulation sources to destinations and controls modulation depth.

Customizes MIDI channel and velocity response, and trigger behavior.

Enables creation of virtual groups with limited voices for muting schemes.

Determines conditions for triggering a cell, such as Note On/Off or key range.

Adds articulation presets to enhance performance and sound character.

Allows destructive editing of audio samples within a cell.

Enables creation of up to four loop regions within a sample.

Edits sample layers and defines velocity trigger zones for layers.

Workflows for routing cells, applying effects, and setting up buses.

Facilitates routing, mixing, and processing of cells through buses.

Simulates acoustic spaces using algorithmic or convolution reverb modes.

An echo effect used to add depth or create rhythmic effects.

Shapes frequency content using various filter modes and types.

A classic studio effect for shaping signal dynamics and contour.

Settings for BATTERY's appearance, interaction, and MIDI transpose.

Allows editing of locations for BATTERY's factory and user library files.

Configuration for performance, audio outputs, and edited sample directory.

Options for opening kits and samples, including loop slice handling.

Configures audio interface settings like driver, sample rate, and latency.

Sets up connections between BATTERY's virtual outputs and physical audio outputs.

Configures MIDI input and output ports for use with BATTERY.

Scans for missing samples in the library or file system.

Allows manual selection of folders or files to locate missing samples.