Note: This article deals specifically with an error while loading BATTERY 4 in MASCHINE. If you have purchased BATTERY 4 separately, own it as part of a KOMPLETE bundle, or if you experience this error when loading another instrument, please see the Related Articles linked at the bottom of the page.
Symptom
When attempting to load a BATTERY 4 Kit from the All Instruments tab in MASCHINE, you receive the error:
Error: Battery could not be loaded.
Cause
Expansions contain BATTERY 4 content which appears in the MASCHINE browser. If you own a KOMPLETE Expansion but do not have a valid BATTERY 4 license, this error will appear when trying to load the BATTERY content.
Solution
While the BATTERY 4 formatted kits appear in the All Instruments view, you would need to have BATTERY installed in order to use those. You can download the demo from here. BATTERY 4 is also included with our KOMPLETE NOW subscription bundle.
However, those same BATTERY Kits are available in the native MASCHINE format. The MASCHINE Kits additionally include insert effects as well as MASSIVE, MONARK, PRISM and Drum Synth presets. This offers you even greater flexibility than using the BATTERY Kits. You access these from the All Groups tab:
If you want to remove the BATTERY 4 entries from MASCHINE altogether, you will need to locate the BATTERY kits from each Expansion and manually delete them.
- Find the install location of your Expansion. In Native Access, you can click the Expansion's icon, then Installation Paths:
The default content install location is:
- macOS: Macintosh HD > Users > Shared > *Expansion name*
- Windows: C: > Users > Public > Public Documents > *Expansion name* - Open the Expansion folder, then Sounds and delete the folder Battery Kits.
macOS example:
Windows example: - Finally, start the MASCHINE software, open Preferences > Library > Factory and click the Rescan button:
- The BATTERY 4 Kits are now removed from the MASCHINE Browser. Please repeat this process for all Expansions.