Battery 4 (lack of) development

Krispy

Hi folks,

Is NI ever going to update Battery 4? Battery was one of the main reasons I bought Komplete, I love its simple & fast workflow, but… it looks and works like a 20-year old piece of software (15 years to be precise.)

GUI isn't resizable, the onboard reverb is awful, the file browser is ******, it frequently forgets where the samples stored are for my kits, it's too easy to accidentally swap the sample on a pad and there's no "undo" function…

It feels like NI has ditched Battery development, (maybe because DAWs are implementing their own native samplers?) but Battery's is so simple & fast to use. I, for one, would LOVE to see an update.

Is anyone else with me on this?

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/38756/battery-4-lack-of-development

Is anyone else with me on this?

Battery discussions pops up from time to time , example : Battery 4 development

Subject of Battery is also touched over in the October 2024 – a community update from our Chief Product Officer , for starters then the CPO says specifically about Battery that , quote :

I know many of you are waiting for an update to Battery 4 – yes, it’s not yet even Sonoma compatible. Battery is built on some older code that’s been non-trivial to upgrade. Our teams have been focused on making Kontakt 8 the best it can be, but now that it has been released, we’ll release an update to Battery 4 in the coming weeks.

The rest of that thread ought also have more references to Battery.

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/38756/battery-4-lack-of-development

Is anyone else with me on this?

Battery discussions pops up from time to time , example : Battery 4 development

Subject of Battery is also touched over in the October 2024 – a community update from our Chief Product Officer , for starters then the CPO says specifically about Battery that , quote :

I know many of you are waiting for an update to Battery 4 – yes, it’s not yet even Sonoma compatible. Battery is built on some older code that’s been non-trivial to upgrade. Our teams have been focused on making Kontakt 8 the best it can be, but now that it has been released, we’ll release an update to Battery 4 in the coming weeks.

The rest of that thread ought also have more references to Battery.

Krispy

Thank you for the info, I had not seen the October update. Good to know an update is coming, but disappointing that this entails bug fixes only, and no development of the product. Oh well…

hamsteralliance

@PoorFellow I hope collapsable tags is on the list of things to do, because there being so many tags now makes the sample list so tiny it's nearly unusable. The list shrinks down to a single line, haha.

Battery Tags Visibility — Community

PoorFellow

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/192070#Comment_192070

I wish that I were able to assist better but alas as a Moderator I am in more ways in same position as a user (since that is what I am , a user with Moderator abilities not a N.I. employee, and with rather limited access to more information than other 'users').

However what I could do were to add the tag 'Feature Request' to your original thread which I then did just now, though not really sure if that will help in any way.