Sonic Reality

barbecutie · Post by **barbecutie** » Sat May 22, 2010 1:55 am

IK Multimedia Xpansion Tank 2 Group Buy

Now 5X1! Currently at 3785 users. Need 215 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

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Sat May 22, 2010 2:52 am

Pianos are pretty good.. but so far I'll say the bundled (as they claim 'free') 1GB library has been really good. It has a collection of samples from most of the IK libraries.. Miroslav, SampleMoog, SampleTron, etc.. as well as from the XpansionTank2 libraries..

The way the deal here is setup.. you order one for 50 bucks and then after thats registered, go to the promotions section of the website to individually select the other libraries you want.. I'd recommend going straight for the SampleTank XT 1GB library first as then you can test out the various patches from all the XpansionTank2 libraries before making your choices set in stone. I'm hoping we get to 6x so I can pickup another I neglected, but from the 1GB library have determined would have been useful to me.. hmm hehe

blueman · Post by **blueman** » Sat May 22, 2010 4:07 am

planet ugh wrote:
blueman wrote:Is there an instrument list for this one: "SampleTank Rare Vintage Collection"? Can someone who got it please review? How does it sound?

Thanks!
Rich
a bunch of drums , 5 guitars/basses and the rest is all keyboards and organs.
sounds good but it's nothing too spectacular.

Thanks

Do the keys and organs make it worth it? Says there is a Prophet there which should be interesting. Hmmm, it was selling for over $200 originally so someone must think it has value

Anyone else grab this title? Is there an instrument list somewhere? Would like to hear samples if possible...

oiramo · Post by **oiramo** » Sat May 22, 2010 4:28 am

You might want to skip the Vintage Collection if you already have the Bass, Guitar, and Vintage Keyboard xpansion tanks. Everything with the exeption of 2 organ patches,4 drumkits, a brass patches and a vocal patch is included in those three xpansion tanks.

zedd · Post by **zedd** » Sat May 22, 2010 4:37 am

blueman wrote:Anyone else grab this title? Is there an instrument list somewhere? Would like to hear samples if possible...

Hopefully someone can post a sound list for you. I'm not 100% sure, but I have a feeling that this is one of the bonuses we got in a GB a couple of years ago (around the time of Bank's Bank). You were probably in that one, so it is possible you have this stuff. If you have any SampleTank folders with "Rare" in the name, those were from that Group Buy and might have the same content.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Sat May 22, 2010 5:14 am

Vintage Keys Collection
Multi-sampled Vintage Keyboard Instruments

Company: Sonic Reality
Type: Multisamples

From the private vault of Dave Kerzner, founder of Sonic Reality comes a premium selection of rare vintage keyboard instruments. Including many items featured in the February 2010 issue of Keyboard Magazine featuring the Sonic Reality Studio's Colossal Keys, this Xpansion Tank title is a must-have for any vintage keyboard lover. From lush electric pianos to dreamy trons to string synths, vocoder choirs and more the Vintage Keys Collection is a true treasure from the Vault.
Size: 977 MB
Number of Sounds: 27 Sample based sounds (parent)
40 Preset sounds (child)

Sound list

Parent Patches:

Ababrasse
Zappattack CP80
Abacba Organ
Confusitar
CP70 4Dyn
DViolins
GR300 Clarion
Ham B3 Organ
Ham B3Org102
Hamdirect 1 + (46)
Keybass
LA Rhdes EP88 3Dyn
LA Wurli 3Dyn
NArpPro BrassFX1
performer-brass
performer-strings1
PolyMg Str
Retro Clav D6
RMI ePiano
Strings Basework
Tony Choir
Tonypad
Tronny Strings 2
VP330-choir
vp330-strings
Watcher 2
Watcher 3

Child Patches:

abacbaorgan-dist
abacbaorgan-rev
An English Film
B3 Org With Rotary
Bi Phase Org
Blinded With Science
Brass of Arp
Carpet Crawlin
Chorus Clav
clarion-delay
Collins Air Tonight Pad
Comp Clav
confusitar-phase
confusitar-rev
DViolins Rev
DViolins Sus
DViolins Vel
Glide GR3
Gritty Organ
Ham Disto Ed
Ham Old Phaza
Ham On It Spring
Ham Org Spring
Ham Proggy Organ
Ham Synthy Phaserz
Here in Me Car
Ive Got Sunshine
LArhds Autopan MW
LArhds Chorus
LArhds Chorvibrato MW
LARhds Lofi Dist MW
LArhds No Half Dollar
LArhds Phased
LArhds Tremolo MW
LArhds Wetness
lawurli-britactrem
lawurli-rev
lawurli-trem
Left Hand Doors
Many Too Pad
MX Are Organ
MXOrgan
Organ withVerb
Pat Leads
Perf Brass Rev
Perf Strings Rev
Phase Clav
Prophetic Chorus Pad
Shining E Grand
stringsbasework-dist
stringsbasework-rotary
Swirly Organ
Tight Clicky Org
Tony Choir Rev
Tony Choir Vel
Tony Phase Organ
VP330 Choir_fx
VP330 Choir_rev
VP330 Strings_fx
VP330 Strings_rev
Wah Clav MW
Watcher 2 Rev
Watcher 2 Vel
Watcher 3 Rev
Watcher 3 Vel
Zappattack CP80_fx

these lists are on their website http://www.ikmultimedia.com/xpansiontank/multisamples/

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Sat May 22, 2010 5:16 am

btw

3800 users
200 left to 6x1

9 days left

zedd · Post by **zedd** » Sat May 22, 2010 5:41 am

VitaminD wrote:Vintage Keys Collection
Multi-sampled Vintage Keyboard Instruments...

Parent Patches:

Ababrasse
Zappattack CP80
Abacba Organ
Confusitar
etc...

Thanks VitaminD. There is actually another one in the Wild Card choices called:

DownloadableSoundz.com wrote:SampleTank Rare Vintage Collection (MSRP:$229) This exclusive 1 gigabyte collection covers a range of popular vintage instruments from the 60's & 70's used by artists such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Yes, Genesis...

I'd like to know what is in that, but I still think it is quite likely that we have this stuff blueman.

I have confirmed that the pack which VitaminD just listed *IS* the content of what was Bank's Bank (from a couple of years back). And in researching this, I discovered that I already have most of SampleArp Solo (from that same Rare and Vintage Bundle Group Buy from April 2008)... so I don't suppose I'll need to pick that one, afterall.

Androidlove, could you possibly tell me the name of the preset that you used at the beginning of that SampleArp Solo audio demo I liked so much. I would like to check my SampleTank library to make sure I have that instrument or not. Thanks!

cevin · Post by **cevin** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:45 am

[quote="Ceej"]I agree, the GUI overall could certainly use a little TLC. It'd really be nice if the scrollwheel worked when using the VST version, for instance. (Maybe there's some host-based reason that can't be possible, but it's still really annoying.)

I can use the scrollwheel on my PC with Cubase and Sampletank. So it must bea problem with your system.

DarkStar · Post by **DarkStar** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:19 am

I don't think so: mousewheel does not work here either. So I use this:
http://asseca.com/wiki/MGUI/SampleTank25GUI

-- as a great bonus, you can access SampleTank Instrument Browser, Combi Preset-Loader and FX-selector using cursor keys and shortcut keys. Makes patch browsing much, much better.
-- if you like it, then refer asseca at eSoundz.

See also:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=118
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=190536

rnms · Post by **rnms** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:27 am

cevin wrote:
Ceej wrote:I agree, the GUI overall could certainly use a little TLC. It'd really be nice if the scrollwheel worked when using the VST version, for instance. (Maybe there's some host-based reason that can't be possible, but it's still really annoying.)

I can use the scrollwheel on my PC with Cubase and Sampletank. So it must bea problem with your system.

Yes works with Cubase but not Ableton Live or Acid

Ceej · Post by **Ceej** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:43 am

Nor Sonar, which is what I use.

Interesting that it DOES work in Cubase; implies that it's at least partly host-related.

Looking forward to trying out SampleTank25GUI - thanks for the pointer!

Steplton · Post by **Steplton** » Sat May 22, 2010 9:08 am

rnms wrote:
Ceej wrote:I can use the scrollwheel on my PC with Cubase and Sampletank. So it must bea problem with your system.
Yes works with Cubase but not Ableton Live or Acid

...or Reaper

Ceej · Post by **Ceej** » Sat May 22, 2010 9:40 am

Hmm - SampleTank25GUI seems to work very well! I'm not even sure what most of it is supposed to do, but simply having it in place makes the scrollwheel work on the patch browser, so I'm a pretty happy camper right there. Thanks a ton, DarkStar! Everyone (except maybe those using Cubase) oughta download and use this.

FYI, it's a little persnickety. It didn't work at first even though I installed it as instructed. It took me a few minutes to find the asData/asseca.log file to debug the problem (it couldn't find the SampleTank .dll file, even though it was in the same directory as the sampletank25gui .dll file). Then a couple more minutes to find the asData/inifiles/SampleTank2.5_GUI.ini file, where I was able to modify the path so it loaded up. But, now it works great!

rnms · Post by **rnms** » Sat May 22, 2010 9:49 am

Steplton wrote:
rnms wrote:
Ceej wrote:I can use the scrollwheel on my PC with Cubase and Sampletank. So it must bea problem with your system.
Yes works with Cubase but not Ableton Live or Acid
...or Reaper

Or Energy XT