Library Manual

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
1 2 3 4 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5 Library Kits Genre Guide ............................................................................................ 6 Cell Coloring Schemes .............................................................................................. 14 Credits ...................................................................................................................... 15

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Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to the BATTERY 4 Library Manual! In this document you will find an overview of which of the Library Kits work best with which music genres. See 2, Library Kits Genre Guide for a listing of genres, and which of the Kits work best with them. Chapter 2, Library Kits Genre Guide provides an overview of the cell coloring schemes used for the Kits so you can identify specific drum/instrument groups on the user interface at a glance. Find credits of people involved in designing BATTERY's Library Kits in chapter 4, Credits.

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Library Kits Genre Guide

Library Kits Genre Guide

Matching Kits Broken School Kit Dr Driller Kit Fat Step Kit Glowstix Kit Junkie XL Kit Overtime DnX Kit Pendulum Kit Prime Bro Kit Sharp Shooter Kit

Music Genre Breaks / Drum'n'Bass

Drum Machines

606 Kit 707 And 727 Kit 808 Detailed Kit 808 Multiple Kit 808 Tuned Kit 909 Detailed Kit 909 Multiple Kit DMX Kit DrumTraks Kit LinnDrum Kit Rare Drumsynths 1 Kit Rare Drumsynths 2 Kit RZ1 Kit SP12 Kit Swedish Drum Kit

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Library Kits Genre Guide

Music Genre Dubstep

Matching Kits See Our 7T8 Kit 2 Funk Kit Best of Krypt Kit Clik Dub Kit Concrete Cru Kit Dr Driller Kit Dub Kit Dubway Kit Dusty Circuit Kit Dusty Ganja Kit Fat Step Kit Glowstix Kit Neuron Kit Pendulum Kit Prime Bro Kit Sharp Shooter Kit Terror Core Kit Toksin 1 Kit Toksin 2 Kit

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Library Kits Genre Guide

Music Genre Hip Hop

Matching Kits Beatbox Eliot Kit Best of FM7 Kit Bomb Dot Com Kit Bottle Poppin Kit Bouncin Kit Dance One Kit Dee Em Tee Kit Dobie Kit Dracula Eastwood Kit DrumTraks Kit DueWest Kit Final Vinyl Kit Funkstorung 1 Kit Funkstorung 2 Kit Glitch Baby Kit Groovin Kit Hip Hop Kit Junkie XL Kit Mad Flavor Kit Miami Vice Kit My Thumps Kit Myocardium Kit Off Topic Kit Opa Sid Kit Organicman Kit Overtime DnX Kit Pete Davis Kit

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Library Kits Genre Guide

Music Genre

Matching Kits Rep That Kit Roccness Absynth Kit Slam Kit Steveland Viny Kit Swagged Out Kit Synthgaze Kit Tha Realest Kit The Trunk Kit Thirty Threes Kit Turntable Rocker Kit

House

Ame Kit Bomb Dot Com Kit Bottle Poppin Kit Captain Jack Kit Disco Neu Kit Fiasco Kit Going Deeper Kit In Da House Kit Jack Kit Myocardium Kit Pink Bikini Kit S And B Kit Underpass Kit

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Library Kits Genre Guide

Music Genre IDM/Leftfield

Matching Kits 2 Funk Kit Alias Kit Alte Fabrik Kit Ame Kit Analog SciFi Kit Apnea Kit Apparat Kit Arcocen Kit Argon Kit Beatbox Eliot Kit Best of Absynth Kit Best of FM7 Kit Best of Krypt Kit Big Wave Kit Bottle Poppin Kit Broken School Kit CD 1 Kit CD 2 Kit Clik Dub Kit Concrete Cru Kit Dr Driller Kit Dusty Circuit Kit Dusty Ganja Kit Exile 1 Kit Exile 2 Kit Fragment Kit Funkstorung 1 Kit

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Library Kits Genre Guide

Music Genre

Matching Kits Funkstorung 2 Kit Glitch Kit Hexenhaus Kit Junkie XL Kit Miami Vice Kit Mushroom Kit Neubauten Kit Neuron Kit Opa Sid Kit Pete Davis Kit Reaktor Kit Richard Devine 1 Kit Richard Devine 2 Kit Roccness Absynth Kit Senv Kit Sharp Shooter Kit Sintheti Kit Starwars Disco Kit Synthgaze Kit Telefon Tel Aviv Kit Terror Core Kit Toksin 1 Kit Toksin 2 Kit

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Library Kits Genre Guide

Music Genre Pop/Rock

Matching Kits Alphabetical Pop Kit Beatbox Eliot Kit Disco Neu Kit Garage LE Kit Mirrorball Kit Reggaetoni Kit Sad Flamingo Kit See Our 7T8 Kit Session LE Kit Stadium LE Kit Synthgaze Kit

R&B

Bomb Dot Com Kit Bouncin Kit Dee Em Tee Kit Dobie Kit Dracula Eastwood Kit DueWest Kit Groovin Kit Rnb Kit Roccness Absynth Kit Sad Flamingo Kit Soulesque Kit Tha Realest Kit Thirty Threes Kit Underpass Kit

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Library Kits Genre Guide

Music Genre SFX

Matching Kits Berlin Headquarter Kit CD 1 Kit CD 2 Kit Noise Kit Orgami Kit Robati Kit Senv Kit Sintheti Kit Studio Gong Kit

Techno

Alkaloid Kit Apnea Kit Arena Kit Argon Kit Autopsy Kit Best of FM7 Kit Bomb Dot Com Kit Chris Liebing 1 Kit Chris Liebing 2 Kit Dakeat Kit Funkc Kit Glowstix Kit Kai Tracid Kit Midget Kit Miniverse Kit Neon Lights Kit Techno Wikinger Kit

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Cell Coloring Schemes

Cell Coloring Schemes

There is a systematic color code used for BATTERY's Kits so that you can recognize the cells' contents at a glance. See below for further explanations.

The color palette as you can find it in the context menu of a cell.

(1): Kicks (4): Snares (2): Toms and percussion (9): Hihats (8): Cymbals (16): Claps (11): Other

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Credits

Credits

Sound Design
Angelos Liaros, Antonio De Spirt, Jamil Samad, Justyn Myracks, Sebastian Mller.

Sample Provider
DCat Music, Eric Kroczynski, Goldbaby, Kenny Moran / NuVintage Music Group Inc., Loopmasters, Matthias Fuchs, Mike Chav, Noizefactory, P5audio, Sample Magic, Surround SFX, Tony Maserati & Chris Tabron (Mirrorball Entertainment), Traumah Drums LLC, Uppercussion, me, Apparat, Chris Liebing, Curtis Lynch, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Exile, Funkstrung, Johnny Fiasco, Junkie XL, Kai Tracid, Marcus 'Roccness' Rossknecht, Santiago & Bushido, Turntablerocker, Pendulum, Richard Devine, Telefon Tel Aviv.

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