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Don't know if it's what you are looking for, but I use Loopazoid http://www.kvraudio.com/get/55.html It's a simpler (free!) version of Battery. Both Mac and PC versions, though I'm not sure if it is OSX. The gating is nice. I built a tabla kit, and the right hand strokes cut each other off without affecting the left hand strokes. Multiple Outputs. I'm real happy with it. On 9/16/05, mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> wrote: > Last night I had one of the most productive evenings > of making music I've had in quite some time. I did it > by abandoning my two "grooveboxes" (an E-MU XL-7 and a > Korg Electribe ESX-1) in favor of using my computer > running Digital Performer in conjunction with a Native > Instruments BATTERY 2 demo. It was really liberating > being able to create beats so quickly and arrange them > into a song like structure without even having to stop > the sequencer to quantize parts, all the time my > Repeater chasing along. The Battery 2 Demo had some > great kits that inspired some traditional stuff as > well as quirky weird stuff to. FUN. > > I'd been resisting the siren call of the computer for > this type of music for a long time... not even sure > why. In other aspects of my life I've done things > like sold all my oil paint and brushes to buy Painter > and a Wacom tablet. I've probably spent so many years > working in music stores dealing with hardware > sequencers/drummachines that it just feels > comfortable. > > No more. Like a comfortable old shoe that's just not > supporting your new rock climbing sport, I'm going to > move up the technology chain. I'm still going to keep > my Command Station because it's still kick ass for > making a quick beat and a good interface, but man am I > not going to compose or lug that sucker around any > longer. I thought the sound of Battery was as good if > not better than my E-MU's ROM samples. LONG cymbals. > MMmm mmm good. > > So here's my question: Battery? Is that the thing > for me? Should I try something more robust like > Kontakt? Mach 5? Sampletank. I still plan on using > hardware synths for a lot of my sound so my main use > for this would be drums and bass to support my guitar > and synth loops. I'm running a Mac so it would need > to be OSX compatable and work with DIgital Performer > 4.6. (MAS or AU's would be fine) > > What say ye? > > Mark > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- Art Simon simart@null.net http://art.simon.tripod.com http://artsimon.iuma.com