Sonic Reality

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:28 pm

D-Fusion wrote:I bought this a few hours ago but i can't install the Expansion tanks here in windows 7 64bit.

The installer shows up and i can click until finish but it installs everything in 1sec but it still isn't showing up in SampletankXT 2.5.4 XT.

Did you click "relist" on the Sampletank GUI? The sound list on the plugin doesn't necessarily update unless you click "relist" after launching it.

It shouldn't take long to install. It simply drops the files into your Instruments folder.

D-Fusion · Post by **D-Fusion** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:36 pm

Yes i have tried many times now but it doesn't seem like it installs anything.

I will see if it works when i copy them over to the Sampletank instruments folder.

D-Fusion · Post by **D-Fusion** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:47 pm

That worked

I guess i did something weird while installing them so they got screwed up.

Thank for trying to solve this puzzle with me and gave me the idea to copy the instruments folders from the installers into the Sampletank instrument folder.

blueman · Post by **blueman** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:01 pm

2ndStringer wrote:
zedd wrote:
ephraze619 wrote:Did anybody buy the Electric Guitar Collection. How are the patches. There seems to be a lot of them.
Don't even hesitate. You've gotta grab it. Two electric guitar collections combined into one, and at this price!!?!?

Some very useful patches, with a lot of different types of guitar. It's a no-brainer if you compose stuff with guitars or use guitar sounds.
Unless you are a guitar player!

John

ESPECIALLY if you are a guitar player! I play guitar (primary instrument) and this is one of my favorite packs

The "ENO" and "Fripp" patches make it worth it (alone) for me!

barbecutie · Post by **barbecutie** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:42 pm

IK Multimedia Xpansion Tank 2 Group Buy

Now 5X1! Currently at 3125 users. Need 875 more users for 6X1!

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/xtgroupbuy

and

http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=4293

BBC

esoundz user: BarBeCutie or see epointz referral thread below for other users:

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... ht=epointz

barbecutie · Post by **barbecutie** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:52 pm

mgpqa1 wrote:This finally caught my attention but I'm new to the whole group buy concept.

Is it as simple as purchasing and registering? Or is there some kind of special promo code (I see people signing their posts with some esoundz referral name, do I need that?) you're supposed to enter during checkout?

When you make your purchase at esoundz - You can earn ePointz by entering the esoundz login name or full name of a friend during the checkout process.

Your ePointz can be used to purchase products that are DOWNLOADABLE from esoundz.com and DownloadableSoundz.com.

The friend you list will also earn ePointz.

BBC

D-Fusion · Post by **D-Fusion** » Thu May 13, 2010 8:59 pm

I have listened to some of the sounds now and they are awesome (Specially the Hip hop instruments and the Electric guitar collection)

This really made me stop missing my Korg Micro X that i sold and was thinking of buying again

When i get more cash next week i will join again for more sounds

ULTRAMEGAbeta · Post by **ULTRAMEGAbeta** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:14 pm

Hi all,

This thread has made me finally come into the future and join a forum, first post here! Just want to add my 2 cents....

I'm totally new to Sampletank but loving it already, it's really solid and stable, even with all 16 instruments loaded on my old blackbook 2.4ghz. The best thing about it is how well it works with my roland gk guitar midi system. A lot of other soft synths/samplers (from Kontakt to esx24 to Arturia) are so sensitive they play every little bit of information received from the guitar, one scraped string or noisy fret change and they burst out with these wild noises (which are rarely reproducible or useful) but Sampletank is rock solid. I can almost play the instruments like I'm playing a guitar, which for as bad keyboard player as me is bliss!

I love the Moog pack sounds that came as part of the free xt player, does anyone know if all the other sample/sonik products play the same as Sampletank, is there any difference in the sample engine or just the GUI? If they work as well as Sampletank I'll be purchasing them for sure.

About the sounds, for anyone still deciding...

Acoustic guitars sounds awesome, so useful!
Piano collection ditto!! (I never knew how much I liked acoustic pianos!)
Bass pack- some sweet sounds, some not so useful (for me at least)
Not super impressed with cinematic or vocal collections, they seem a little rushed in production quality, any chance on them being sorted out and a new download made available perhaps? I would feel a little ripped off it wasn't a group buy and they weren't so cheap! But as it is they are pretty cool, some really lush textures can be made using the vocal pack.

Reverend Rhythm · Post by **Reverend Rhythm** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:25 pm

ULTRAMEGAbeta!

Welcome! And that was a great first post!

ephraze619 · Post by **ephraze619** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:28 pm

I've a Reason user for the most part, but it's HARD to find GOOD acoustic instruments, unless you purchase one of those workstation refills. I'll be honest to say that I almopstgave up on VSTi's all together, but the last couple of years have changed my mind. The quality and playability of some of these collections are ridiculous. You CAN NOT find that in a refill....even the one's from Sonic Reality IMO. They don't sound nearly as good as Sampletank, let alone the EastWest and Vir2 instruments. Don't get me wrong....I LOVE Reason, but I need some authentic sounding instruments in my arsenal.

BTW, how is the instruments that came with STXT2? and the Bonus Collection from eSoundz??? Last but not least, what is the difference between STXT2 and ST3, which may come out later this year??!!! Just asking.

And thanks for the feedback regarding the electric guitar collection. I just had a feeling that it would be hot.

ULTRAMEGAbeta · Post by **ULTRAMEGAbeta** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:32 pm

Thanks Reverend,

Bring on 6x1! I think it's sample ARP for me next! That demo sounded right up my alley...

Chester Desmond · Post by **Chester Desmond** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:38 pm

Welcome to the forum!

I love the Moog pack sounds that came as part of the free xt player, does anyone know if all the other sample/sonik products play the same as Sampletank, is there any difference in the sample engine or just the GUI? If they work as well as Sampletank I'll be purchasing them for sure.

The engine is the same for all "powered by Sampletank" products (Moog, Tron, Miroslav, Sonik Synth) and all of these libraries can be used with the Sampletank GUI to have one giant library. (The reverse is not true though, each of the ones I listed can only be used with their own library).
There are almost constant deals from both IK and esoundz, so I can't recommend paying full price for any of them (though they are worth it)

JavaJ · Post by **JavaJ** » Thu May 13, 2010 9:49 pm

ULTRAMEGAbeta wrote: About the sounds, for anyone still deciding...

Acoustic guitars sounds awesome, so useful!
Piano collection ditto!! (I never knew how much I liked acoustic pianos!)
Bass pack- some sweet sounds, some not so useful (for me at least)
Not super impressed with cinematic or vocal collections, they seem a little rushed in production quality, any chance on them being sorted out and a new download made available perhaps? I would feel a little ripped off it wasn't a group buy and they weren't so cheap! But as it is they are pretty cool, some really lush textures can be made using the vocal pack.

I am glad you mentioned this. I have the Vocal and Cinematik as my primary instrument packs. I do feel like they are not up to the highest standards (as I have mentioned in post before). I am going through the Vocal one and adding my own touch to the presets (and will post them in the KVR plug-in Database as that seems to be the best way to do it). But am very glad to hear about the other packs in relation to these. When/If we hit 6x1, I will definatley look at the guitars options for my last pack (who knows- it might make me want to buy in again and get the other packs).

Anyone have any samples of the guitar packs?

we need 48.5 people to sign up per day to make it to 6x1!!!!!!

blueman · Post by **blueman** » Thu May 13, 2010 10:05 pm

Has anyone triple-dipped yet? I'm thinkin' of goin' in a third time

Jesse J · Post by **Jesse J** » Thu May 13, 2010 10:11 pm

blueman wrote:Has anyone triple-dipped yet? I'm thinkin' of goin' in a third time

I'm going for 3x too, as soon as I decide which 18 packs to get..