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IK Multimedia Sampletank 2 XL
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Published on 02/12/04 at 16:56
Value For Money : Excellent
All manuals (paper, pdf, notepad ...) are in English only!
But for the installation, not rocket science.
The module comes in 9 CD: 8 for sound, for a plug-in (with other soft IK demo.)
Better to install the first sounds (so done), where there is 4.65 GB free.
It's very fastoche PC (I guess Mac too), but a little slow due to load CD 8 one after the other. CDs do not auto-run. They are opened, click on the installer, choose the destination, it deselects the instruments we do not want. But there is no problem to remove or add if you will, by manually moving the files (3 per sound). That's the advantage of samplers.
For the plug-in, the only thing complex is the registration, without which we can not get the version Buge non (indispensable! To believe they did it on purpose ...) Therefore s' save the internet by exchanging not serial numbers. After you have access to the site to download the latest version of the plug-in (it does not download a patch, but the whole plug-in: 9.37 MB for PC.)

Especially for those who have already tested the free version (available on the site www.sampletank.com (http://www.sampletank.com)), the use is simple and intuitive. It supports the sound by double-clicking it. Plus the sound is bigger, it is time to load. This is the disadvantage of samplers.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I have a PC PIV 2.4, 512 MB I use Cubase SL 01.
No problem of adequacy.
Sometimes it crashes to force to change all the time of his (when the bank sweeps in search of the pearl ...), but I can not tell if it's because of that saturates hard or soft that the wrong door.
Overall, and in a serene and peaceful use, no particular instability.

Clicking on a small window, one can check combient is pumped RAM.
The instruments 'rich' are on average around 20 MB The biggest (piano entitled Pop Acoustic Grand YM) is 91.7 MB Most are less than 5 MB

OVERALL OPINION

Finally, the main issue is the sound!
What you can have as its general bank for € 500?
Well: sounds that are worth their price, no more, no less.
Is not zero. It's not amazing.
In disappointment, I put the electric pianos, organs and synths.
In the pleasant surprises, acoustic pianos, the sax, vocals.
In the right without more, the sounds of orchestral instruments (almost complete), the choice of percu loops as well as in rhythm and bass.
The correct but somewhat better, the bass and drum kitt (but I'm pretty demanding on it.)

So SampleTank 2 XL is a product that provides general public for a price fairly standard samplers in a bank's competitors varied, which allows for a lot of things, but that claim quickly reinforcements.
In short, it was worth the money, which is not bad.

I like the handling of the product. Many settings are possible, including the color of the interface! Many effects, many of his, the ability to import Akai and Wave ...
But I expect the release of Sonik Synth 2 to expand my range of sound.