IK Multimedia Xpansion Tank 2 Group Buy

[torgo]

I think my post got lost in the deluge, so I'll try one last time:

Cheers

I wasn't intentionally ignoring your post the first time. I'm just not the right person to answer any questions related to loops.

[samsam]

Do any of the grrove packs have the SAME sets of loops in both MMG and L&S? Especially interested to know about Down Tempo Electronica but info about other packs would also be welcome.

They are all supposed to have the same loops in MMG and L&S. If there are some content errors, then I imagine Squids or Allen will remedy that with a fix.

Cheers zedd but unfortunately that's not the case. Concerning ModernTechRap both Allen and Squids have basically said that "it is what it is" so no fix available there and from the other poster, Up Tempo Electronica is the same. So I do need to check before I get another loop pack as the same loops in MMG and L&S is what I'm after, just works better for my workflow.

So, I'd still be grateful if anyone could confirm the content of Down Tempo Electronica (or any other packs for that matter).

Grats

[samsam]

I think my post got lost in the deluge, so I'll try one last time:

Cheers

I wasn't intentionally ignoring your post the first time. I'm just not the right person to answer any questions related to loops.

Hey, no worries

[Steverdo]

And yet another skint enthusiast adds his thanks ...

This GB has provided both a wealth of sounds and a few weeks of excelllent entertainment. I'm going to miss it ...

Thanks, IKM. Great product and a (very) generous GB.

[jobromedia]

Get 8 for 1 now. I'm gonna get my share tonight!

[dragonfly]

now all remains is wainting for the wild card thing ! That's the "pousse café" after the whole meal ! What a grezt sound orgy it was ! :p

Oh and thanks again IK and esoundz !

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

And yet another skint enthusiast adds his thanks ...

This GB has provided both a wealth of sounds and a few weeks of excelllent entertainment. I'm going to miss it ...

Thanks, IKM. Great product and a (very) generous GB.

You won't miss it for long. Before you turn around to walk out the door, you may just get another reason to stay for something else coming...

[outdoorminer]

And yet another skint enthusiast adds his thanks ...

This GB has provided both a wealth of sounds and a few weeks of excelllent entertainment. I'm going to miss it ...

Thanks, IKM. Great product and a (very) generous GB.

You won't miss it for long. Before you turn around to walk out the door, you may just get another reason to stay for something else coming...

Just when I thought I was out



they pull me back in!

[zedd]

Cheers zedd but unfortunately that's not the case. Concerning ModernTechRap both Allen and Squids have basically said that "it is what it is" so no fix available there and from the other poster, Up Tempo Electronica is the same. So I do need to check before I get another loop pack as the same loops in MMG and L&S is what I'm after, just works better for my workflow.

So, I'd still be grateful if anyone could confirm the content of Down Tempo Electronica (or any other packs for that matter).

Alright I just tried a couple of the MMG and matching L&S presets from Down Tempo Electronic. They are named the same and they sound the same.

I checked each of the Construction set folders for the file names and all of them having matching groove sets except the two packs which you mentioned ModernTechRap and Up Tempo Electronic.

I am kind of disappointed to learn of this. These are much more useful sets if the Menu Maps match the Loop Slices. But at least 4 of the sets have matching elements.

[hivkorn]

8*1 EXCELLENT!

[samsam]

Alright I just tried a couple of the MMG and matching L&S presets from Down Tempo Electronic. They are named the same and they sound the same.

I checked each of the Construction set folders for the file names and all of them having matching groove sets except the two packs which you mentioned ModernTechRap and Up Tempo Electronic.

Many thanks for checking zedd. OK, Down Tempo is looking good, I might go for that one.

I am kind of disappointed to learn of this. These are much more useful sets if the Menu Maps match the Loop Slices.

Ain't it the truth?

[kiezum]

I decided to buy for a second time, but an e-mail from Native Instruments changed my mind. I think that 8 packs are enough. But what to choose as my 8th pack? Cinematik, Strings or Electronic Drums. Which pack is a must-have?

I now have Sonik Synth 2 (I love SS2) and 8 Xpansion Tank packs (which I bought for 50% off with jampoint, just to have Sampletank XT 2.5)

[NoviceNewbie]

This is my first post here, and also my first group buy. It has been great fun to follow. As my user name states, I am a complete newbie and want to thank IK Media and eSoundz for giving me the opportunity to build up a huge library of great sounds at an incredible price.

But I have a question -- I just double-dipped this morning (in fact I should have been close to being #6000) but when I log into my user account on IK Media I see my second round of "promotions" available but not my first. I still should have the 8th library to select and download. How can I access my first round now? Hope this makes sense.

[Reverend Rhythm]

Look how the numbers have jumped since we crossed the 600 (8X1) mark!



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User Demos


Peter - IK Multimedia
SampleTank really is a very quick workstation. With a little bit of research/knowledge of the tools used on the original recording and some ingenuity I was able to do a Floydesque take on the "Shine on You" Part I sounds in just a few minutes only using instruments from these Xpansion Tanks with no external processing of any kind (limited myself on purpose).

I used sounds from Vintage Keys, Cinematik, and SampleOB Xpander (and only one from each for the pad, one from SampleOB Xpander for lead). Mind the few seconds of silence at the beginning - I also only took a few minutes to tweak the export Smile
http://storage.tinytoaster.com/STShine.mp3

Cognition
The reason the demos you've heard are focusing on unusual effects is because that is (in my opinion) the Cinematic Collection's strong point. You might want to check out Symphonic Strings, which seems to have a bigger emphasis on strings rather than effects. I don't have that one, so can't comment.
Here's something I improvised real quick using the Cinematic Collection strings;
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3049335/Cinematic_strings.mp3

For me this doesn't cut it for strings, and neither does Garritan (for me). I'd recommend East West Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra, even if you can only afford the Silver Edition. You can always upgrade later. However, this might not be within your budget. (Note: I'm an EWQLSO Gold Plus user, which is in a completely different price class from SampleTank).

For new readers, here is my demo of the aspects of the Cinematic Collection that are more exciting to me personally:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3049335/Jon%20C ... ration.mp3

Edit: It is definitely possible to get better results with the Cinematic Collection strings than my improvisation. I was just improvising for a few min on my MIDI controller using presets (sometimes with a reverb or a delay added)

Peter - IK Multimedia

I'd very much appreciate it if somebody could post some samples with more traditional symphonic / orchestral sounds.

I tried and succeeded at only picking traditional orchestral sounds only from Cinematik and within a few minutes had a decent combi and multi-out setup to do this small piece. Forgive the crashes in the wrong place and other nits here and there. There's layered strings, brass, and winds with a lame percussion track - all from Cinematik only:
http://storage.tinytoaster.com/STCinematikOrch.mp3

Peter - IK Multimedia
Some of the Beach Boy vocals done up quickly, starts "in the manner of the church" (a capella - I have to try to brush up on the true Italian meanings seeing that our HQ is in Italy) then in a mix then back to a cappella. I've added bass from the Bass tank, organ from the Vintage Keys, and a drum loop from the Vintage Rock loops for the midsection "mix":
http://storage.tinytoaster.com/STVoxBoys.mp3

androidlove
Here's a little dry Cinematik demo. there's a player embedded in the page
www.4shared.com/audio/ISV9uMiH/cinematik.html

2ndStringer
Here is a quick jam with several libraries involved:
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/jre ... padjam.mp3
The pad is from Cinematik, layered with some stuff from World music. The hand drum is from World, as is the psaltery. The bowed bass is from Symphony Strings 2. The guitar is my Strat through a non-IK product (sorry). It is just a two-chord ambient sort of thing, and I am no pro, but a lot of people might do this sort of thing with SampleTank.

androidlove
Here's a dry run on the Hip Hop instrument pack. It's only the tip. You could ride out a career with just this set.
www.4shared.com/audio/mH09rixa/hip_it.html
Someone requested a pop demo using the Hip Hop set because that person wasn't a fan of hip hop. I made an old sounding piece because the Hip Hop sounds are old. Hip Hop likes to recycle. if you're looking for hip hop... btw, which GM set recreates old analogue like that?

androidlove
I filled up all 16 slots for this retro pop piece using the hip hop set. Uses just the effects that loaded with the parents. If you have a cheese allergy, you may want to avoid this.
www.4shared.com/audio/0XYJQ4Tg/hip_pop.html
Whereas the bass break in hip it was garbage, this one is the bomb (please, someone get that).

Siedler
Thought, I want to share my work with you guys. Maybe it would help people to decide, if they want to join the GB. And also it's a "thank you" for IKMM and SR for it. So they know what people do with their sets Wink
http://swift-assistance.de/joomla/image ... _Dream.mp3
It's done with a few freebies for the electronic-sounds and mastering, the rest is done with these packs of the GB:

• Cinematik Collection
• Piano Collection 2
• Symphony Strings 2
• World Grooves

Have fun with it, and pm me if you like it. If not, don't say it - I'm a cry-baby! Crying or Very sad HiHi

Jesse J
Here's a little loop I made after I downloaded the Acoustic Drums today:
http://rapidshare.com/files/384715164/J ... emo_01.mp3
I'm using a Kit from Acoustic Drums 2 that I edited to be a bit tighter, keys are from the Piano Collection 2 and a little spice from the Cinematic Collection. Just 3 channels used, bass comes from my Roland Fantom G as I haven't got the Bass xpansion (yet).
Here's a little screen-shot of ST while playing this:
http://img.skitch.com/20100507-1m137a62 ... t3j13r.jpg

Jesse J
Here's another little demo:
http://rapidshare.com/files/384720448/J ... emo_02.mp3
Just 3 channels, a mandolin patch I created using the World Instruments Collection + Tremble Strings from the Cinematic Collection.
http://img.skitch.com/20100507-nns7313y ... p1tkbe.jpg
I used Toraverb for the big reverb. The built-in ST reverb would probably have done the trick just as well, but I happened to have Toraverb in my Aux so I just used it...

androidlove
Here's an arp only demo. It's the default sounds. Run it through a chorus and a delay or a flanger and a reverb if it sounds too plain
www.4shared.com/audio/DgwomIXE/arp_pack.html

abi

Hi, do somebody have the Vintage Keys Collection.
I have the Piano Collection and like to know if in the Vintage Keys are new Rhodes patches in. Can anybody make a demo? Just play around on different patches....

Here's a quick demo (sorry for the playing):
www.zshare.net/audio/762517413df6c525/

JavaJ
Definitely need more demos. I did the Vocal Collection one on Youtube.


Baard

To celebrate 7x1 I share what I have been doing with ST the last days. All sounds are from the GB, the title celebrates us reaching 7 at this very moment!

That would be the ARP Prosoloist flute with some pitch modulation. I posted my patch list here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/965632/sampletank.JPG (I never got around to use the congas tho)

Its from the Sampletank XT pack. So is the organ and the flute. The "salsa" piano in the first part of the song is "Upright" from piano collection tho. Really like that one, but it didnt cut through towards the end, so I kept HQ Free Piano there, I wrote with that one. Thats what amazes me with what I got from this deal. You are writing from the second you load a sound and press a key.
Baard - Seven for the Price of One

pheeleep
I made a short Dark Hip Hop Instrumental demo last night using DeepSouth, World Instruments, World grooves, Cinematik, DownTempo and Vocal Collection. This can give you an idea of the sounds included. I wish I had the time to add more sounds to it, but alas..
http://www.burakg.com/pheeleep/IK_Group ... eeleep.mp3

SaganTech
Here's a simple piece, Eight for one, I created with one instance of Sampletank and every sound used is from this group buy. It uses 2 sounds from the OB library, 2 Vintage rock grooves, a bass from the bass collection, 3 guitars from the electric guitar collection, and one sound from the vintage keys collection.

curt1lp
I used the first patch in hip hop instruments - electric sweep (2.05) and some beats out of Downtempo Electronica Tempos (2.50)to enhance a basic backing track posted by Scuzzo at the Les Paul forum jamzone

(I also added some Xils3 Le action, Minimogue luxus and Absynth (organ sound) as well as my Strat into Le Poulin Le456 with cab impulses, effects bluetube effects especially the Tempo Delay effect from the audiomidi nobrainer and BooteqMk2, Ferric TDS.)

Urban Midification

blueman
I did a demo with Downbeat Electronica (including Bass and World Instruments expansions): Heron Demo

SaganTech
Here is SymStrings.mp3. 7 Channels of strings from the Symphony Strings pack dedicated to the sadness of the group buy ending soon.


Peter - IK Multimedia
I added a terrible "lead" to this older demo that I had apparently never exported - all 10 parts (nine instruments) from SampleArp Solo: http://storage.tinytoaster.com/ArpSolo.mp3

Edit - so we're always "in tune" with the tuning, all the detuned stuff is on purpose and done manually.

[kitekrazy]

Anyone have any of the construction kits?

Lookin for a choice for the 8th one.

So let me get this straight, if I buy this again does that mean 8 more choices?