Performance is generally good, but combining large sample instruments can cause trouble.įor an all-round multitimbral software instrument, I think SampleTank 4 is a great choice. There is a lot of great sounds to discover here.Ĭrashes are rare, but can occur when switching too quickly between instruments based on large samples. Very powerful and flexible stuff.Īs for the sounds, highlights include strings, pianos, EP’s, organs, wood winds, vocals and synths. I have also bought Syntronik by IK Multimedia, as these sounds can be loaded and played in ST4. ST4 can run as a stand alone application, so there is no need for a VSTi host, which makes it even easier to run. The synth workstation-like interface, makes it very easy to set up sounds, combine them in all kinds of splits and layers and switch between them using MIDI program changes from my keyboards. Virtual sampler (download) Workstation with over 6000 sounds, Numerous drums, percussions and construction kits and MIDI files, 16-Way multitimbral with 16. That is, as a multitimbral instrument that provides additional sounds to my hardware keyboards. It is no longer limited - you can load multiple instances, it opens ALL SampleTank format sounds, has import functionality, and the ability to create your own user presets. I am using ST4 very much as a rack synth. SampleTank free is a full-featured version of SampleTank 2.5, with a 500 MB specially selected samples library.

For me, SampleTank 4 has been a great, simple and low risk way to incorporate many more sounds into my live rig.

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