IK Multimedia has announced the release of the long-awaited third generation of its SampleTank software sampler. The tool has been completely redesigned: interface, sounds, engine, effects. More than 10 years have passed since the release of the previous version of SampleTank. During this time, computer sound technology has gone far ahead. The third version of the product is designed to be adapted to new realities. For example, now this powerful sampler has native support for 64-bit architecture. The sample library has been completely redesigned: SampleTank 3 includes more than 33 GB of sounds, more than 4000 different instruments and articulations – from recorded live pianos, guitars and drums to synthetic lead-parts, basses and fx-s. The plugin also contains an extensive library of MIDI loops, grooves and presets. And all this in a convenient new interface, including, among other things,
SampleTank 3 also has a built-in mixing console with support for internal sends (send-s) and 22 new effects, including imported from AmpliTube and T-Racks. For example, the famous Black 76 and White 2A compressors. In general, the instrument can compete strongly with Native Instruments Kontakt due to its universal simplicity and all-in-one device with a really low declared pre-order price of $ 249. On the one hand, the user does not have to puzzle over the search for the necessary third-party libraries, as is the case with Kontakt and pay for each individual add-on. On the other hand, when comparing head-to-head, it seems that proprietary libraries from Native Instruments still benefit in quality and natural sound.
