After each import, ST3 will rebuild the database, a process which takes some time. Once again, this proved to be accomplished without incident. Importing all the old sounds (SampleMoog, expansion packs, etc.) was an important milestone. I’m very happy to say that whatever issues with which I might have wrestled in the past were not in evidence this time. I’ve had some frustrating experiences in the past getting some IK products to properly get authorized. Other than that installation was a breeze. I unzipped the problem file a second time, simply clicking “Ignore” on the error notifications, and all was well in the synth category department. The outcome though caused all the synth pad and lead sounds to be skipped.
#SAMPLETANK 3 CROSSGRADE DOWNLOAD#
Two of the instruments in one of the download files had errors when unzipping – not a big deal and quite possibly corrected by now. I did encounter one glitch in the unzip phase. Then each of the eight files needs to be unzipped. If your ISV doesn’t give you at least 3.5Mb/sec download speed, your mileage may vary to a frustrating degree. With a fast internet connection, the eight file download took me approximately one hour. Although many customers will opt to wait for the boxed version, others will go for the (slightly less expensive) download. There’s a lot of sample content that comes with ST3 – 33 GB after unzipping it. Both the factory libraries for the SampleMoogs, et al, and the expansion packs can easily be imported into ST3.īefore we look at the instrument, it’s worth briefly discussing what it takes to get ST3 up and running. So with all that content out there looking for a 64-bit playback capability, it was vital that IK supplied a forward migration path. Thousands of customers bought into this sale. There was a grand group buy in 2010 in which these could be acquired at ten dollars apiece.
Over the years, IK had some impossible-to-ignore sales on these instruments, and they were widely acquired.įurthermore, IK offered a sizeable number of quite-good expansion packs for SampleTank 2. So, 64-bit-based musicians who had acquired the sibling instruments were stuck. SampleTank 2 had a number of sibling sample playback devices: SampleMoog, SonicSynth, and Miroslav Philharmonik to name three. IK clearly has made the assessment that the loss of potential buyers due to the lack of a 32-bit version would be favorably offset by the reduced costs of not having to test and maintain an extra version which had limited market potential. This is probably the start of a trend that other vendors will start to embrace. SampleTank 3 not only corrects those two problems, it has many new features and a vastly upgraded factory sound library. It was 32-bit only and was widely reported to be unstable with 64-bit bridging software. The earlier version was serviceable but had several significant deficiencies: the user interface was far too tiny for modern high-resolution screens. SampleTank 3 (hereafter ST3) is a top-to-bottom rewrite of its predecessor, SampleTank 2 (2.5 to be more precise).
I could understand the level of frustration but not the degree of outright vitriol in evidence (although the owners of IK might be forgiven for being steamed about how much the slip in availability was costing them in real money).īut it’s finally here. They were angry about the fact that IK had been devoting a lot of energy releasing products for mobile platforms. People were angry about the significant delay. Not only were numerous comments negative toward IK, many were downright spiteful. Things were not so rosy when it came to SampleTank 3. Chatter like “Ooh, I’m going get the White … which one are you going to pick?” was common. The excitement was evident in the Cakewalk forum that I frequent. The launch was accompanied by a group buy that got you both for the price of one if a certain subscription level was reached (and it was reached). Not all that long ago, IKM brought two new compressors to the market: the White 2A Leveling Amplifier and the Black 76 Limiting Amplifier. The public seems to have a love/hate attitude toward IK Multimedia. IK Multimedia originally announced its availability for the latter part of 2013, but that date continually slipped, occasioning a lot of very negative commentary in the music forums. We will look at SampleTank 3 from IK Multimedia in this review. Was it worth the wait? We take a close look at the instrument in this review. The much-delayed SampleTank 3 has finally arrived.
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