Anybody have opinions on these two? Battery seems very popular, and I don't hear much about DR-008 these days. When I was a member of this group a year or so ago, people really seemed excited about DR- 005 and the upcoming DR-008. I want something stable, efficient, great-sounding, easy to use, and powerful (kindof in that order of preference...). Oh yeah, and I want to be able to import all the major drumkit and sample formats. I am going to download the demos of both, but if anybody has opinions (not on this group, certainly!), please advise me... Thanks, smeet

I demo'd both last year and decided to buy DR008. I remember having a couple of stability problems with Battery, but I can't remember what exactly (it was maybe a year ago?). As well, I seem to recall NI having to re-upload their Battery demo because of a bug. Again, this was a long time ago and I could be confusing products. The fact of the matter is that I've never had a problem with the stability of the DR-008. I think it also has a lot more functionality and power than Battery. However, Battery does do a couple of things better. I've heard people say that it does velociy layering better (crossfades between layers, I don't think dr008 does this). DR-008 doesn't import Akai at the moment, but I believe the next release will (due soon). It imports LM-4 kits. DR008 doesn't take up much cpu power, that's for sure. And it's definitely easy to use eventhough it's gui isn't as nice looking as Battery. DR008 is $50US cheaper too. Doug

> I demo'd both last year and decided to buy DR008. Darn, it seems DR-008 is PC only, is that right? I'm on a mac, too bad, from the descriptions, it sounds like what I would want. Oh well, I guess I'll look at Battery and Attack, or maybe just stick with the EXS-24... -smeet

> > I demo'd both last year and decided to buy DR008. Sumit Das <smeet@...> wrote: > Darn, it seems DR-008 is PC only, is that right? I'm on a mac, > too bad, from the descriptions, it sounds like what I would > want. Oh well, I guess I'll look at Battery and Attack, or > maybe just stick with the EXS-24... I've been using Battery for almost a year now (on a PC), and I love it. Never had any stability issues with it, and it's a no brainer to use. tg Genius prepares with difficulty and executes with ease - ANONYMOUS