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Providing various mic positions and even binaural stereo recordings lets you cover practically every situation where a piano is needed from rock, jazz, classical and beyond. IK Multimedia has taken their time to sample the C7 in such various ways to give you so much flexibility when using it in your arrangements. The C7 is an iconic staple of the studio many arrangers and producers go-to for that one of a kind sound. One instrument that stands out is the newly sampled Yamaha C7 grand piano. When listening to some of the new sound content I was impressed right away. THE SOUNDS ARE THE STAR GIMME A C…7 THAT IS You can also save these setups for fast recall later on. You have control of MIDI channel, split points, and layering of sounds as well as the mix and blend of the currently loaded instruments. The beauty is having so many different sounds available to you in only one instrument plugin and SampleTank 4 provides you with up to 16 instrument slots. As you can imagine dealing with a sound library of this size these are welcome features allowing you to find the sounds you are looking for very quickly. You are presented with thoughtful categories where you can apply various filters and indicate your favorites for quick access later on. The browser provides many ways to search and sort through the vast amount of sound content. On the main screen, you have the preset browser. The interface is also resizable to accommodate various display configurations helping it to fit in perfectly with your current workflow. Taking suggestions from users over the years, IK Multimedia answers the call with a very detailed view. Right away you will notice the new user interface. Take a look at a quick SampleTank 4 intro video: Not only do you have a majority of past SampleTank sound content but gigabytes of freshly sampled instrument content included (which varies depending on the version you select). With over 250 Gb of sound content, SampleTank 4 MAX brings us the largest selection of instruments available in the history of SampleTank.
#CUBASE WORKINS WITH IK MULTIMEDIA SAMPLETANK VERSION 2 INSTALL#
Make sure you set aside plenty of time to download and install the content, especially for the larger sound libraries as they are quite substantial. In order to install SampleTank 4, you need to download the installation program and sound files from your IK Multimedia User Area. This review will focus on SampleTank 4 MAX. There are three versions of SampleTank 4 available: SampleTank 4 SE (Over 30GB of samples and 2000 sounds), Sampletank 4 (over 100 GB of samples and 6,000 sounds)and SampleTank 4 MAX (over 250 GB of Samples and 8,000 sounds). SampleTank 4 is available in AAX, VST 2, VST 3, and Audio Units plugin formats to ensure compatibility with your audio workstation of choice.
#CUBASE WORKINS WITH IK MULTIMEDIA SAMPLETANK VERSION 2 UPDATE#
It is hard to believe how far we have come since then as IK Multimedia continued to refine subsequent updates with SampleTank 3 and now what I consider the ultimate update with the introduction of SampleTank 4! THE LARGEST TANK YET! It was also increased overall performance as you were only using one instance of the plugin. To have multiple instruments available to you while only using one plugin was a massive boost to workflow and productivity. You can see in the video above SampleTank version 2 in all of its glory. This was when IK Multimedia introduced the first of its kind Multi-timbrel virtual workstation plugin. We were at the very beginnings of virtual instrument technology as we were discovering the creative possibilities of creating musical arrangements using only our computers.