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IK Multimedia Featured on Technology Today!
An original series on Zoom In Online
In this episode of Technology Today, IK’s Northeast Territory Manager, Tony Grund, visits Zoom-In's studios to talk about IK's latest product offerings with Matthew Hendershot. Grund discusses how to improve your music production process and dives into the many benefits of SampleMoog and SampleTron workstations, both of which offer rare and authentic instrument sounds; as well as StompIO, stage controller and audio interface for AmpliTube; and ARC System™ - the first acoustic correction system in a plug-in...
"The New Version of SampleTank is More Pro Than Ever"
Says Barry Rudolph on Music Connection Magazine
"I found ST2.5 very exciting because of 200 new Combi patches that are ready to play and there is no need to do much programming here. Most are 16 multi-timbral with an additional bonus sound disc included in the boxed version of SampleTank XL 2.5. I liked that all the samples are useable. There are no 'dogs' in there and very playable and easily fit into any kind of music...
“SampleTank’s Effect Section One of the Very Best in its Category”
Proclaims Virtual Instrument Magazine
"SampleTank 2.5 is still one of the most complete and versatile all-in-box ROMplers, covering all the usual sounds and some unusual ones— all-adaptable with its synth engine to your taste. It has a very special sound between roughness and sophistication you’ll find nowhere else. And as icing on the cake, the 2.5 update is free...
Music Tech Says Sampletank 2.5 is "A Force to Be Reckoned With"!
Review rates SampleTank 2.5 highly recommended with 9/10 score
In the December 2007 issue of Music Tech Magazine, Mike Hillier has given a strong 'thumbs-up' to the new SampleTank 2.5 update: 'Anyone in the market for a sample workstation would be foolish not to consider this software among the possibilities. This latest update makes SampleTank a force to be reckoned with. Highly Recommended with 9/10' ...
Musician's Life Award for SampleTank 2.5
"Tiger in the tank"
"SampleTank 2.5 can be most warmly recommended to everyone who would like to have a comprehensive sampling library and particularly to those wanting to tinker with the sounds and develop some of their own...Tiger in a tank"...
Key Features
SampleTank 2
The ultimate sample workstation
SampleTank is the ultimate sample-workstation. With an exclusive combination of features and sounds, SampleTank stands apart from any other sample-based virtual instrument, as one of the most powerful and easy-to-use solutions for making fully produced songs out of the box.
The widest variety of sounds in all instruments categories just one click away. You can immediately get tons of Acoustic Grand Pianos, Electric Pianos, Strings, Brass, Winds, Vocals, Orchestral sounds, Organs, Percussion, Drums, Basses, Guitars, Synths, Loops, Ethnic sample and more. Plus now SampleTank has the ability to read all “Powered by SampleTank” instruments’ sounds, including Miroslav Philharmonik, Sonik Synth, SampleMoog, and SampleTron. This way you can work much faster and more creatively by having access to thousands of high-quality sounds from a single interface. If this is not enough, you can also import your own WAV, AIFF, AKAI, SDII and Samplecell files for a truly unlimited world of sounds.
3 advanced sample engines allow unique sound manipulation with multi-samples and loops. SampleTank is the only sample workstation that sports 3 different type of sample-engines: traditional resampling, STRETCH™ and PS/TS. The unique STRETCH™ engine will deliver amazing realism and expression over multi-sampled instruments. Your performances will come to life with true glide, bending, full control over staccato and vibrato, with an incredibly rich, vibrant, and natural sound quality (no more “chip-munk” effect). When working with loops, the PSTS engine (Pitch-shift/Time-stretch) will allow you to synchronize loops with one click, or control its tempo and pitch independently for the ultimate beat machine.
So easy to use that you do not need to read the manual. You’re up and going within seconds. More than 50 sampler controls are accessible from an easy-to-use and highly accessible single interface. That’s why you can spend more time focusing on your music instead of studying complex manuals written for engineers and not musicians. That’s also why you’ll find yourself loading up SampleTank as your ‘go-to’ instrument every time you want to let your creativity flow.
So efficient and fast loading that you can easily install it in your laptop and use it as your mobile virtual workstation. SampleTank is so efficient that it can be easily installed and can run from even a modestly priced laptop. Sounds can load up so fast that its performance is comparable to the one of hardware synths and samplers. That is why more and more musicians use SampleTank for their live performances. Try to do this with other complicated and heavy-load sample-based virtual instruments, and you can immediately see the difference!
The new SampleTank 2.5 is available in 2 versions: SampleTank XL and L, which differ only by the number of sounds included. If you want the best, the new SampleTank 2.5 XL comes with 2 DVDs and over 2,000 sounds (for over 6.5GB of samples) plus an extra bonus sound disk! Your second option is the L version, an affordable introduction to SampleTank that includes 1 DVD and over 1,100 sounds.
16 part multitimbral sound module with layerable parts
3 synth engines: newly enhanced STRETCH™ and Pitch-Shift/Time-Stretch (PS/TS) plus traditional Resampling
Powerful Multi-Effects section that includes 5 effects per Part, 5 Send and 5 Master effects
33 built-in DSP effects
Part and Master Loop Sync
Independent Part and Master Volume/Pan controls
Works as a standalone application as well as a plug-in in Mac OS (Universal Binary), and Windows (XP/Vista)
Supported plug-in formats: VST, RTAS, and AU
Imports WAV, AIFF, SDII, AKAI S-1000/3000 and SAMPLECELL instruments directly from the plug-in
System Specs
Power PC based Macintosh®
Minimal: dual 1 GHz G4 processor, 1GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Suggested: dual 2 GHz G5 processor, 2 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.
Intel based Macintosh®
Minimal: 1.5 GHz Intel processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
Suggested: 2.3 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.
Windows®
Minimal: Pentium 4 / Athlon XP processor, 1 GB of RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Suggested: 2.33 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
Supported Plug-in formats: VST, RTAS.
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