IK Multimedia clearly understand that first impressions count. It is immediately obvious that a lot of thought has gone into perfecting the design of SampleTank 4 so as to appeal to both beginners and SampleTank fanatics. Let’s load up some instruments and take a look at how this sampling workhorse actually sounds.

If I’m being completely honest, when I saw the sheer volume of sounds included in SampleTank 4 Max, I was a little apprehensive about the possible sound quality of each individual instrument. Like many things in life, a sharp increase in the quantity of something can often act as a detriment to it’s quality. The sound quality is phenomenal and each instrument gives an authentic playing experience. There is a huge amount of character and sonic variety in each sound, and exploring this huge library of instruments is an absolute joy. It goes without saying I can’t cover every sound (or even every category!) in this review, but I do want to mention some of the standout instruments I have found. The range of acoustic piano sounds are absolutely beautiful, in particular the C7 “Grand Song Theme” and “Virtuoso”. The C7 Grand “Old Jazz Piano” is also spectacular with it’s soft attacks and smooth, mellow tone. The ability to quickly switch between such an eclectic range of acoustic pianos triggers a lot of creativity, and I had a ton of fun with these sounds.

I also did the exact same thing to the 2nd one in line which is : Cuban Trumpet Sound Content' which I'll never use but just trying to figure out how to move all of this into Sample Tank 4 as a VSTi in my DAW.The Ethnic category of sounds also took me by surprise due to the diversity of the included instruments. I entered this entire search path in to 'settings, sound content Path' in ST4 and still cannot find these presets. After extracting it, and then double clicking it, to open it, it's now in the same spot as above plus: 'Alex Skolnick signature Presets' with about 20 'AT5P Type' files. So the 1st one on the list is: Alex Scolnick Signature Presets. This is beyond embarrassing! I cannot move forward 1 step without being stumped, and I couldn't be more sorry or disappointed in myself!!īut here goes again: Installed ST4 (80ish gigs), opened my DAW (Mixcraft 9 Pro), opened a track and opened ST4 as a VSTi, found all kinds of goodies in ST4, so far so good.Īfter installing ST4 there were 50 or so Zipped folders in: This PC > Documents > IK Multimedia > IK Program Manager > SampleTank4.

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