IK Multimedia Xpansion Tank 2 Group Buy

[DrApostropheX]

Agreed. These sounds are not weak. They really are the spiritual successors of the great workstation sounds. Whenever I need an electric bass or guitar sound, SampleTank is usually my first port of call (same with sampled horns). Each patch isn't some multi-gig behemouth, but if I need something quickly I know SampleTank will have it and I'll be able to find it in a hurry (and I can load up 16 instruments in one instance, just barely touching my CPU). The built in effects are also excellent (and if I need a little more oomph, SampleTank + AT3 = ).

Seriously 2, 3, or even 4 (dare to dream ) of these libraries for $50 is an absolute steal. Listen to the demo for the OBX library and see if you still think they're weak.

But I can see how, if you're after hold-down-one-key-and-have-a-whole-wave-sequenced-techno-track-play type patches, the Xpansion tank series might not be for you (and you should get the loop libraries instead ).

[DrApostropheX]

Er, one question, though: is the content on the Xpansion Tanks different than the content on the Sonik Kapsules? For example, does the Bass Collection Xpansion tank have different content than the Bass Sonik Kapsule from a while back (now available for Infinite Player)?

[MountainKing]

This will be a great success! For sure!






And now ... as there will be the esoundz version of this GB and just as usual:




Feel free to visit this referral thread and choose one of the members that you can refer at esoundz check out:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2177 96

Note that referrals will work for ANY (download) purchase at esoundz (not only for Group Buys).





esoundz: MountainKing

[DarkStar]

Er, one question, though: is the content on the Xpansion Tanks different than the content on the Sonik Kapsules? For example, does the Bass Collection Xpansion tank have different content than the Bass Sonik Kapsule from a while back (now available for Infinite Player)?

Yes, they are different, based on these two SR products:
http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=225
http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=1733

Here's a list of of the instruments in those two products (I've organised the Bass Guitar Capsule into folders)

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+---Bass Collection
|       4001 Harmonics
|       4002 Pick Bass
|       60's Love Bass
|       Acoustic Bass
|       Acoustic In Room
|       Amp Bass
|       Bass Harmonic Tap
|       Bass Harmonics
|       Bass Tap
|       Bassment
|       Beatles 45 Bass
|       Bourbon Bass
|       Bright Picked Bass
|       Candy B
|       Choruswah Bass
|       Comp Bass
|       Contrabass
|       Cranberry Sauce
|       Crunch Bass
|       CrunchTremLeslee Bass
|       Cussive Bass
|       Don't Stand Bass
|       Dynamic Acoustic Bass
|       Env Fretless
|       Espresso Bass
|       EtherBassmonix
|       Ever-elasting Bass
|       Fend Jazz Bass
|       Filocta Bass
|       Fish Out of Water
|       Flangea Bass
|       Flippin Crazy Bass MW
|       Fragile Bass
|       Fretless Express
|       Fretless FiltMW
|       Fretless Jones
|       Full Bass
|       Full Complete Hist Bass
|       Funk Mama
|       Funk Pop Bass
|       Funkybot Slap
|       Fuzz Bass
|       Fuzz Bucket
|       Happy Bass
|       Hard Nose Bass
|       Hey You pt 2
|       Hfn Bass Slide
|       Hofnr Beatle
|       J Yo B of A
|       Jazz Bass Picked
|       Jazzy Fingers
|       JF Round Bass
|       Lakeland Fretless
|       Large Mouth Bass
|       Liquid Upright
|       Meat T Bass
|       Melvin
|       Monster Taurus
|       Muffle Moo Po Po Bass
|       Muffled Love Bass
|       Mute Filt 4 Wilt
|       Nigel Bass
|       No No Ma Listen to Me
|       Octabass
|       Organicly Grown Bass
|       P Bass and Harmonics
|       P Bass Fing
|       Phat Bass Player
|       Picked Bass and Harmonics
|       PJ Snazzy Jeff
|       Poppa Funk
|       Precision
|       Red Barchetta
|       Rickiohead
|       Ricky 4001 Bass
|       Ricky Don't Chorus
|       Rob's Angular Bass
|       Rogby Dangerstein
|       Rotarbass
|       Round Ricky
|       Rounder Bass
|       Scheff on the Lake
|       Scunge Velocity
|       Shiptar Bass
|       Sixties Paul
|       Slick Daddy Bass
|       Slinky B
|       Smoov Jazz
|       Squire Bass
|       Stand Up
|       Studio Bass
|       Stung
|       Sub Maroon
|       Subterrain
|       Subtonium
|       Talking Bass
|       That's Just Mean
|       The Gearling
|       The Log
|       Throat Bass
|       Thwonk Bass
|       Tin Can Funk
|       Trippy Echoes
|       Uncle Filt Bass
|       Underwater Bass
|       Unplugged Bass
|       Up Bass
|       Upright Bassness
|       Uprighteous
|       Velcussive Bass
|       Velo Le Fret
|       Waiting Bass
|       Warm Jazz Upright
|       Warm Record Bass
|       Waterly Bass
|       Wicked Wet Willy
|       Wobbly Bass
|       Wooow Bass
|       Zenon Mutron 3
|       
\---Bass Guitar Capsules
+---also
|       Finger Bass 2
|       Fretless 1
|       Furbass
|       HF Bass Slide
|       No Pick Here Bass
|       Not Fretless
|       Pull Bass
|       Round Bass
|       Serious Pull
|       Slap Bass 1
|       Stacata Bass
|       Stick Twang Notes
|       Thumb Thy Bass
|       Track Bass
|       Zing Bass
|       
+---Double Bass
|       DblBs 4 Fingered P
|       Double Bass 2
|       
+---Funky
|       Funk Mama Bass
|       FunkyBs 2Shrt
|       FunkyBs 2Slap
|       FunkyBs Pop
|       
+---Hofner
|       Hofner Amp Bass
|       Hofner Bass
|       
+---J-Bass
|       J-Bass Fngfl
|       J-Bass Fngrd
|       J-Bass Harmnx
|       J-Bass Picfl
|       J-Bass Pickd
|       
+---Jazz Bass
|       Jazz Bass Pick 3
|       Jazz Bass Pick D
|       Jazzbs Fngrd
|       Jazzbs Pickd
|       
+---JF Bass
|       JF Bass Up 1
|       JF Bass
|       
+---JS Fretless
|       JS Fretless 22
|       JS Fretless 2D Perf1
|       JS Fretless 2D
|       JS Fretless 4
|       JS Fretless Up 2D
|       JS Fretless Up
|       JS Harmonics
|       
+---K 5 String
|       K5 St Fng 2DPrf1
|       K5 Str Bs FretNz
|       K5 Str Bs Noises
|       K5 Str Bs Riffs
|       K5 Str Bs Short F
|       K5 Str Bs Short MF
|       K5 Str Bs Sldups
|       K5 Str Fng 2D
|       K5 Str Fng F
|       K5 Str Fng MF
|       K5 Str Harmnx
|       K5 Str Pck F
|       K5 Str Pck MF
|       
+---named players
|       Chapman Stick
|       Daves Bass1 2D
|       Daves Bass2 2D
|       Jaco Bass
|       Jason Fretless
|       
+---P Bass
|       P Bass + PK
|       P Bass+PK-H2
|       P Bass+PK-HM
|       PBass 2D Fngr
|       PBass 2D Pckd
|       PBass F Hrmnx
|       PBass Fingered
|       PBass H Fngrd
|       PBass H Pickd
|       PBass L Fingered
|       PBass L Fngrd
|       PBass L Pickd
|       PBass L Picked
|       PBass P Hrmnx
|       PBass PHrmnx
|       PBass Picked
|       PBass Pulled
|       PBass SX Pickd
|       PBass XS Fngrd
|       
+---Picked Bass
|       Pick it up
|       Picked Bass 1
|       Picked Bass 2
|       Picked Bass 2D
|       
+---Rickenbacker
|       Ricky 4001 Pc
|       Ricky 4001 Pc2
|       Ricky Bass
|       Ricky Bass2
|       Ricky Hrmnx
|       
+---Upright
|       Acoustic Upright
|       Upright Bass 2D
|       Upright Bass 3D
|       Upright Bass M1
|       Upright Bass M2
|       Upright Bass

And you would get the SampleTank instrument user presets (the .stip files) too; I do not think that their equivalents are in the Sonic Kapsules

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Edit
The Xpansion is Bass Collection 2. The IKMM page says:

Bass Collection 2 combines the best of the original collection plus additional bass sounds from Sonic Reality's Bass Guitar Capsule all together in one jam-packed library

[BERFAB]

When I saw a trailer at IK's website I thought, yay, ST3 is coming !

Well, not for me this time, I think that these "reworked" sounds still sound weak for my taste, especially for the acoustic stuff : piano, guitars (electric and acoustic), basses (electric and acoustic), world, strings and so on...

To each his own .

Weak huh? They're not weak. Anyone who thinks so is missing out.

There are PLENTY of great sounds in this offer to write music with and get inspiration. Is EVERY sound fantastic? No. Some are really amazing and others are just useful and others are one man's trash is another man's gold.

I will say that I find it hard for any musician not to be able to find enough things in this massive offering to be musically useful for this price. $50? 2 libraries AND SampleTank? (by the way, on esoundz if you already own SampleTank we give you an extra bonus library for free - that is one of our "raise the deal" offers plus more).

Squids-
One very important thing that you leave out is the fact that the so-called Sampletank 2.5 'shell' that everyone gets has a really awesome collection of world class FX, INCLUDING a CSR Reverb (in addition to a standard 'verb). There are more than 30 incredible FX algos included, with the usual Flange, Phase, Chorus, Delay, along with some very other useful, but certainly more esoteric, FX.

If you don't like the sounds that are included, you can mangle them, fix them, rearrange them or completely destroy them in any number of ways.

If another company didn't already coin the term for marketing purposes, you'd HAVE to call this deal a real NO BRAINER.

My only question here is whether loyal SR fans can get a complete list of the new material so they can participate and make some informed choices. How 'bout it Dave?

Cheers
-B

[Reverend Rhythm]

Wow! No brainer indeed! I wonder how hugh this one will go?

[DarkStar]

My only question here is whether loyal SR fans can get a complete list of the new material so they can participate and make some informed choices. How 'bout it Dave?

Cheers
-B

Not Squids, but ...
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/xpansiontank/multisamples/
and
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/xpansiontank/loops/

[gckilla]

Is esoundz updated with the expansion packs yet? I'm seeing original prices on the some of the old libraries.

[hivkorn]

PIANO AND SYMPHONIC STRINGS YEAHH I'm in......COME ON PEOPLE !

[moonstryder]

1. Would there be any way to view the complete list of instrument files for each expansion? I have some of the older ones and I would want to know specific changes from the former expansion tanks.

2. When will this be available on esoundz?

[HTBoogie]

Two questions:

1) Could you give a quick primer on SampleTank versus XpansionTank and clarify the version numbers? I see versions 2 and 2.5. I assume that the XL, XL, and L suffixes on some of the esoundz product names have to do with the bundled library content.

2) Is SampleTank/XpansionTank usable with other sampled sounds? I have a couple of collections of wav files that I am having difficulty using and being able to easily map them into a sample player would be great. If not, any recommendations...

Thanks.

[HTBoogie]

2. When will this be available on esoundz?

Looks like it is here: http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=4293

[Reverend Rhythm]

As a matter of interest, the number on http://www.ikmultimedia.com/Main.html?x ... /index.php is the number of registrations. You are not "in" until you register your product. And the number is currently 191! It is climbing amazingly fast!

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

As a matter of interest, the number on http://www.ikmultimedia.com/Main.html?x ... /index.php is the number of registrations. You are not "in" until you register your product. And the number is currently 191! It is climbing amazingly fast!

Yeah, let's just go ahead and hit the 500 today. Maybe that will make the powers-that-be consider some amazing milestones for this one.

[hivkorn]

I already have sampletank 2 L should i use XT for the bank i have purchased? Do we need to auth the bank too?