I use battery because it has individual amp envelopes for each drum. The exs24 has group amp envelope and filtering but it is wack, the filter can't be used on individiual zones because it only goes 50%, and the amp envelopes I never figured out how to use like on an akai sampler where you can easily tune each samples amp envelope. Batteries amp envelope also has a hold parameter on the amp envelope so you can let the punch through then decay starts. It has a modulation matrix for making your drums respond to different controller dynamically eg velocity to pitch envelope amount, huge range of possibilities are offered. The pitch envelope of course. Solo and mute of drum cells. HERES A BIG REASON, probably my number one reason for using it. You can go through all your different, say kickdrums while the beat is playing so you can audition different drums in context! NIIICE. It's designed for drums, there's heaps of other reasons but I can't list them all. The exs24 is frustrating for drums, I never did figure out the amp envelope and I'm a veteran so to speak. If you are an obsessed drum sound collector and drum programming enthusiast I recommend setting up a Battery kit with all you drum types and make a mapped instrument with named keys like Kickdrum, Snare, Open Hihat etc then use this for your drum programming template. Then you can swap in context for different kickdrums, snares etc. Battery is cool for drums. > From: Dave Howard <david@...> > Reply-To: exs-users@yahoogroups.com > Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 13:23:41 +0000 > To: EXS User Group <exs-users@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [exs] Some patches for you > >> Hello > >>> I can recommend >>> Native Instruments Battery. I like it very much. It's easy to work with >>> and has some great creative possibilities. Also comes with a buch of >>> original kits elektro kits. But you have to be working in the style to >>> favour that. > > Could you just say why you use Battery as opposed to the EXS? > Dave > > -- > Web Design, Music Composition and Production, Music Technology Training and > MORE! > www.chadales.co.uk > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > exs-users-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >