Battery 4 - latest version, defaulting everytime I close the plugin instance

RobertDorn · 2022-03-05T00:04:48+00:00

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Hi! With the previous versions of Battery 4, when I closed the plugin window of an instance of battery, and open it afterwards, my last search for samples of kits was still there, which I found very handy. With the latest version of Battery 4, installed through Native Access, as soon as I close the window and reopen the plugin instance, the search field is defaulted. Is there a preference that can be set to keep the old behavior? I can't find it, so please let me know:)

Kind regards!

Robert

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EvilDragon

AFAIK there's no option to handle this behavior.

Adam2020

I'm having the same problem! It's really annoying for workflow. Especially as it didn't used to be a problem. Is there a way we can request it to be fixed in the next update?

Peter D. K.

Hi ! I am also experiencing this issue. As soon as I leave BATTERY like select another track and jump back to the same BATTERY the kit is set to default. This is work flow killer. Please help !

Thank you

Drake Holloway

Yes this is crushing to me too. NI people said it is a known bug. I really want to ditch Battery because of it as I have to either print my midi once I get a sound or label my channel the name of the preset because it will lose the patch once I close the instance. Going to hold out and see if they can fix! If they don’t any suggestions on replacement?? I love Battery but man it’s a workflow killer.

Sunborn

Yes it's a known bug and forum has many posts about it. However there is a temporary solution but it's a bit time-consuming (if you have many projects).

Symptom

When opening a DAW project containing a BATTERY 4 track, a 'Missing Samples' dialogue appears. After relocating the samples and reopening the BATTERY window, the samples are gone again.

Solution

In this example, we are using Logic Pro. However, the same instructions also apply to all other DAWs.

1. Open your DAW session.

2. When the Missing Samples dialog appears, point to the folder containing the samples / kits or search the File System.

3. Click BATTERY's drop-down Main menu and select File > Save Kit As...

4. Please choose a Kit name that you can easily associate with the specific track, so that you can load it again later. Also make sure to enable Patch Only on the Saving Kit window.

5. Remove the BATTERY instance from the track - but not the whole track!

6. Load BATTERY again on the same track.

7. Load the saved BATTERY Kit again via File > Open Kit....

8. Save your DAW project.

Please repeat these steps for each BATTERY track in your DAW project.

https://support.native-instruments.com/hc/en-us/articles/6290956525341-I-Can-t-Relocate-Missing-Samples-in-BATTERY-4-2-0

However, for me the best solution is to recreate all your kits (even better, give them new names), delete any Battery channel in your DAW, on all of your projects, save them and start from scratch!

RobertDorn

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/70860#Comment_70860

BUMP! Hope the NI team will be looking into all the bugs (that weren't there) that have been introduced with the latest updates of battery.

abcd-abcd

.. and it's now September 2024 and Battery 4 will not remember anything when re-opened. I re-installed Battery 4, but the problem persists - as well as not being able to 'rescan' or 'locate' - the buttons simply do not work.

Will this ever be fixed? And what can I use instead of Battery 4? Any ideas? Thanks.

I have no faith in Native Instruments at all, sadly - they keep releasing new stuff, but don't seem to fix what's broken, or just not very good e.g. tiny non-resizeable interfaces.

8LC

Hi,
I have a similar issue on my Mac M1 (Ventura 13.6.9) and logic 11 (11.0.1) : I load komplete kontrol vst (v3.3.2), select battery 4 (v4.3.0), then select a kit. I program my midi while komplete kontrol window is open. But as soon as I close the window, Logic says something stopped working, then asks to reload all my plugin and vst (or quit Logic). I hit "restore", therefore my battery4 vst has no kit selected.
The screenshot enclosed is the popup I have when closing komplete kontrol window, it can roughly be translated to : "An Audio Unit module has reported a problem that may cause system instability. Please exit and relaunch Logic Pro"

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The workaround I found (but do not like) is to : select my kit in komplete kontrol vst (because there is a preview in there, whereas in battery 4 vst there is not or at least I have not found a way), remember its name, then change komplete kontrol vst to battery 4 vst and select the kit I want. That way, I can safely close battery 4 window.

I dont have the issue when I load any other instrument (but battery 4) inside komplete kontrol vst.

When I read this post, I wonder if people are having the issue when loading battery 4 as a vst or inside komplete kontrol.

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