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Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:37 pm

I am wondering if it is worth it to get the upgrade to v4 from v3 of Sampletank? Is the sample content that much better?

dmbaer · Post by **dmbaer** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:04 pm

If you're talking MAX, then yes, there's a boatload of new content and much of it is very, very good. Of course, maybe you don't need another grand piano, but the one in ST4 is most impressive. Then there's a load of synth content that beats even that in Syntronic. ST4 can have six oscillators of sample layers in playback vs. two in Syntronic. There's much more. Check out the full list of included instruments here:

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/i ... uments.pdf

Oh, and in case you forgot, there's this:

https://soundbytesmag.net/review-sample ... ultimedia/

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:22 pm

I would not be getting the Max version (I wish!), just the regular ST4.

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:56 pm

I found this list to compare v4 to v4 MAX

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/i ... arison.pdf

Mastering7 · Post by **Mastering7** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:38 pm

Is there a way to load the old SampleTron files (thumbnails included) to SampleTank 4?

telecode · Post by **telecode** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:46 pm

ST4 Max is now on sale and you can get it for about $120 with using Jam points. If you aren't already ready invested in a ecosystem like Komplete, it would be a great deal.

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:48 pm

Via S3 is how I did it. It has to be converted to ST3 format before it can be imported into ST4. AFAIK. I still use the 'Strawberry Fields' flute patch in my main template.

LoveEnigma18 · Post by **LoveEnigma18** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:49 pm

You could think of getting Total Studio 2 Max Crossgrade for an even better deal. It comes with ST4 SE, which will load all the previous stuff, and give you 30 GB additional content, and a rescalable interface.

DarkStar · Post by **DarkStar** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:09 pm

Mastering7 wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:38 pm Is there a way to load the old SampleTron files (thumbnails included) to SampleTank 4?

Yes, but you need to Import them into the ST3 sounds library first. you can use SampleTank Custom Shop v3.7.3 for that. But you do not get the thumbnails (which is a shame).

Mastering7 · Post by **Mastering7** » Mon Apr 20, 2020 3:56 pm

I see... thank you!

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:04 am

LoveEnigma18 wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:49 pm You could think of getting Total Studio 2 Max Crossgrade for an even better deal. It comes with ST4 SE, which will load all the previous stuff, and give you 30 GB additional content, and a rescalable interface.

Thanks, actually that's what I ended up doing. It was much more than that in file size though. I checked my downloads folder and it was a little over 100 gigs of zip files, and that's without downloading the ST3 samples as I had those already.

LoveEnigma18 · Post by **LoveEnigma18** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:17 am

Examigan wrote: Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:04 am
LoveEnigma18 wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:49 pm You could think of getting Total Studio 2 Max Crossgrade for an even better deal. It comes with ST4 SE, which will load all the previous stuff, and give you 30 GB additional content, and a rescalable interface.
Thanks, actually that's what I ended up doing. It was much more than that in file size though. I checked my downloads folder and it was a little over 100 gigs of zip files, and that's without downloading the ST3 samples as I had those already.

That's great to know!

I also got the same. Quite an amazing deal - was mainly interested in Syntronik, SampleTank, some T-RackS effects and MODO BASS. I see that there are two ST3 versions shown in the account and I figured out the ST3 Total Studio Max is the one which includes all the additional content and should be downloaded. Since you already have ST3 stuff, I think you might just need to download the additional ST3 Max content.

Bippo · Post by **Bippo** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 9:40 am

I bought sampletank 3 some years before 4 came out. Then I also bought st4.
Long story short, eventually I uninstalled v4 which is a bloated mess but still have v3.
I don't use any of them anymore because for realistic acoustic instruments, you better have seperate kontakt libraries/vsts for each category, and for general midi box for sketchings there are way more cheaper and better alternatives (xpand, triton, xv5080..)

Amyway, I perosnally liked the ui and presets of sampletank 3 way more than st4, plus it works way faster and doesn't have an endless amount of bugs.

So I would say stick to v3.
Sampletank is a jack of all trades and master of none anyway, so I would suggest to save the money for something else.

Bippo · Post by **Bippo** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 2:04 pm

Oh and something that just poped to my head, if you do upgrade to version 4, prepare yourself to one of the most exhausting and primitive downloading+installation process ever that will require you to manually download, unzip and install more than 100 files one by one

Sampletank 3 versus 4