The Logic Off Topic list

TazmnianDv@... wrote:
> I would say a great initial offering ...which was sadly lacking in some
key
> areas ... and then left to die on the vine in about two years without
updates.
> NI is busily making more money on other products. I am really pissed at
being
> abandoned. I am hoping that Apple/Emagic's new drum synth will come out
soon.

I must agree here.
While Battery isn't a bad thing at all, the lack of real updates (and not
just small bugfixes) is a shame.
There's a whole lot things that are pretty much inacceptable or at least not
understandable.
Just a few examples:
- There's not even a global filter module (one of the reasons I still use
the EXS for drums as well).
- When exchanging samples, the size of the "open" dialog is not resizeable -
you may now say that this is a minor thing, but once you work with large
sample directories you will just know what I mean! ENDLESS scrolling!
- Controller assignment is just uberlame as it's a global setting. Once you
transfer songs to another computer, your recorded controller movements will
either result in nothing or something completely different, unless the
global controller assignments are 100% the same on the other machine. I
would really like to know who is responsible for that sort of nonsense...
- Individual cells don't light up when you press a key as long as no sample
is loaded - if you'd know FXPansions DR 008 you would also know what a huge
advance this is.
- Amount of cells is too small. There's 127 MIDI notes, why limit the number
of cells to 54??? Especially when dragging slices of recycled loops onto it
you will quickly wish for more cells!
- No drag and drop between cells of different instances. Again, once you
would've seen the DR-008 (a shame that it is PC only). You can just load one
of your favourite patches and then extract some cells to another instance.
- Editing layers is nothing else but a pain.
- etc etc

There's a lot more I could mention. Yes, for OSX Battery most likely is the
best choice, but that doesn't mean too much...
Personally, I am still using a PC and I have to use three different
instruments for drums as none of them does it all.
DR 008 for ease of use and the various "modules" it offers.
Battery in case I like to alter the sound of a complete patch.
The EXS for its filter.

Btw, I don't think the new Emagic drum synth will change anything as it
won't allow you to load your own samples. It will surely sound kickass, but
IMO the lack of a serious "one-size-fits-all" drum module will remain.

Regards,
Sascha