Plugin comparison
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which sampler to buy.
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Contenders
Battery 4 is Native Instruments' drum sampler plugin for building, editing, and triggering drum kits from a cell-based sample grid.
VRAC+ by Beatsurfing is a drum instrument that auto-slices any audio and morphs it into kicks, snares, hats and claps across 16 pads with per-pad sound design.
Score verdict
On the Dubspot Score, VRAC+ comes out ahead (8.1). That said, the right pick depends on your workflow and budget — read both reviews before deciding.
Technical matrix
| Signal | Battery 4 | VRAC+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199 | €149 |
| Dubspot Score | 7.2 | 8.1 |
| Formats | VST, VST3, AU (macOS only), AAX | VST, VST3, AU, AAX |
| Plugin formats | VST, VST3, AAX (Windows); VST, VST3, AU, AAX (macOS) — 64-bit only | — |
| Built-in effects | Solid EQ, Solid Bus Comp, Transient Master, tape saturation, LoFi, and convolution reverb | — |
| Install size | 4.6 GB for complete installation (0.6 GB free disk space required to install) | — |
| System requirements | macOS 13, 14, or 15 (Intel or Apple Silicon) / Windows 10 or 11, with 4 GB RAM | — |
| Graphics | Graphics card supporting OpenGL 2.1 or higher required | — |
| Type | — | Sample-based drum instrument with drumification engine |
| Pads | — | 16 (free VRAC: 8) |
| Per-pad tools | — | Warp, Impact, Instability, Tone Shift, Super, 3-band EQ |
| Global controls | — | Tone Shift, low-pass/high-pass Filter, Transpose, Volume |
| Slicing | — | Auto Slicer with sensitivity; add, move, delete and jump to random slice |
| Recording | — | Direct from DAW or live input, up to 2 minutes |
| Max sample length | — | Up to 60 minutes (free VRAC: 60 seconds) |
| Velocity targets | — | Volume, Length and Tone Shift |
| Outputs | — | 8 stereo pairs (free VRAC: 1) |
| Export | — | Drag out a single pad or the whole 16-pad kit as audio |
| Sound library | — | Curated library recorded with a professional foley artist |
| macOS requirement | — | macOS 10.13 or later, Intel or Apple Silicon, 1.16GB free disk |
| Windows requirement | — | Windows 10 or later, 2GHz processor, 1.03GB free disk |
| Licence | — | Activates on 3 devices; 14-day refund policy |
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