Native Instruments

Native Instruments Battery 4 review

Drum sampler with seven sample modes, built-in effects and a tag-based browser. Best for beat production and sample-based drum kits. Price: $199 one-time.

Key features

• Seven sample modes
• Time Machine Pro time-stretching
• SOLID EQ, bus comp, transient master, tape and convolution reverb
• Four busses with sidechaining
• Colour-coded cells with drag-and-drop MIDI learn
• Tag-based browser

Native Instruments Battery 4 alternatives

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  XLN Audio

  Addictive Drums 2

  $179once

  Studio-recorded drum plugin with mix-and-match kits and an expandable sound library.

  VST3not supportedAUsupportedAAXsupportedCLAPnot supportedWINsupportedMACsupportedLNXnot supported
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  Toontrack

  EZdrummer 3

  €179once

  Award-winning drum plugin with seven studio kits and AI-assisted songwriting tools.

  VST3supportedAUsupportedAAXsupportedCLAPnot supportedWINsupportedMACsupportedLNXnot supported
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  Toontrack

  Superior Drummer 3

  €399once

  Comprehensive virtual drum studio with 230GB+ of acoustically sampled drums and mix tools.

  VST3not supportedAUsupportedAAXsupportedCLAPnot supportedWINsupportedMACsupportedLNXnot supported

Sources: www.native-instruments.com