Sampletank 2.5

[Squids]

The loop thing is kinda like this....you have, say a drum loop as a wav file, but it is cut into many little slices (not like REX files...way more little slices than that.) Each slice is mapped to a key consecutively, like C, C#, D, D#, E, F, and so forth. Accompanying this is a midi file that plays all of the slices/notes in succession. That way, when you slow down or speed up the tempo of the midi file, the loop will play slower or faster as well to match the tempo of your project, but without any of the artifacts of trying to stretch an audio or acidized type loop. Maybe Squids can explain it a little better than I can

You explained it well. One of the other benefits is that you can PLAY the slices as well as single shots. What's cooler is that in SampleTank you can adjust the velocity response or level of each slice/zone as well so change the FEEL of the relative hits in the groove. You can grab slices of the ghost notes and bring them down or up... there are lots of ways to be creative with this kind of a loop.

By the way, you can't import loops into SampleTank right now and do this so easily. That's another reason why these particular loops we're selling on the bonus disc and also on www.esoundz.com are convenient because they are already made that way ready to go.

Yes, I will do a video showing how it can be done and also why SampleTank could be one of the best players for loops done this way. It's very powerful.

[Squids]

Hi Squids,
Any plan to add disk streaming features to the Sampletank range in the future?

Remember I don't make SampleTank, I make sounds for it. I request features all the time and that has been on the list but along with a ton of other things. A lot of those other requests are more unique though since there are a lot of samplers that have that feature but DON'T have things like Stretch and PSTS or the modeled effects inside with a flexible internal routing system. But, of course, I like to have every feature under the sun! However, that's why I use multiple software tools for different things. SampleTank is great though for use with my laptop and desktop, for writing, producing or just playing. That's without that feature for this long... but I still want it anyway so maybe some day that too!

[keyman_sam]

Thanks for the reply. I was aware you don't make ST, but i thought you might have some info on its future...anyways, I was just curious because I'm not sure how many sounds (usable) you can load into, 512 MB Ram. If you had streaming, ofcourse it helps a lot. For example, i can load gigabytes of samples (piano, strings, percussions, the works) into Gigastudio 3 without any problems, and the loading time itself is a matter of seconds even for the largest library. I went thru the mp3 demos of miroslav, and it sounds bloody fantastic...I thought maybe they'd be gigabytes in size, and wouldnt be usable in ordinary machines like mine's. What system do you run ST2 under (how much ram, specifically) and how many usable sounds can you load at a time, if you dont mind me asking.

[don1thedon]

Just installed and like an earlier post it has removed all settings so that when I launch a song in Cubase (2.2) it has lost all previous ST 2.2 settings when 2.5 loads! Anybody tried this and found a resolution? Maybe start with a clean install ... anybody tried it?
Don

[blades]

My system here runs SampleTank or SonikSynth2 with 2gb. I can load seemingly as many parts of whichever samples from either of those libraries I want. I haven't topped out yet - maybe because I'm not that complex, I don't know. I wouldn't really run a DAW (esp on Vista) with less than 2gb, but 1gb would probably suffice for most things. 512mb isn't even really enough for the OS and apps, really, even in XP SP2.

Just a few thoughts.

[Beardedone]

Thanks for the heads up Dave.

[Squids]

Thanks for the reply. I was aware you don't make ST, but i thought you might have some info on its future...anyways, I was just curious because I'm not sure how many sounds (usable) you can load into, 512 MB Ram. If you had streaming, of course it helps a lot. For example, i can load gigabytes of samples (piano, strings, percussions, the works) into Gigastudio 3 without any problems, and the loading time itself is a matter of seconds even for the largest library. I went thru the mp3 demos of miroslav, and it sounds bloody fantastic...I thought maybe they'd be gigabytes in size, and wouldnt be usable in ordinary machines like mine's. What system do you run ST2 under (how much ram, specifically) and how many usable sounds can you load at a time, if you dont mind me asking.

Minimum of 1 gig of ram. That's enough to run all of the ST powered products. But 2 gigs is even better.

[don1thedon]

Just installed and like an earlier post it has removed all settings so that when I launch a song in Cubase (2.2) it has lost all previous ST 2.2 settings when 2.5 loads! Anybody tried this and found a resolution? Maybe start with a clean install ... anybody tried it?
Don

errrr and if I were to set "prefs" correctly 1st then there would be no problem! Doh - All working now!

[vespers75]

Still waiting on that downloadable bonus disc!

[Squids]

Still waiting on that downloadable bonus disc!

It's coming.

[harmony gardens]

this is incredibly great update. the only thing i've noticed is disk loading time is a tad slower. but for the added functionality it is a small price to pay. it might only be on initial load that it's slow too, can't tell yet.

has anyone experienced increased disk loading times though?

I was, but I realized the new version checks relist on start up. Turn that off, and things will load dramatically quicker.

What is the performance benefit of increasing RAM size??

[telebunke]

Thanks for the heads up Squids,,, downloading now.

What does "heads up" mean, harmony?
My dictionaries got nothing to offer that fits.

tele

[Beardedone]

"Head's up" as in "look out, something is coming your way you should know about". A lot of tennis players at my club have to yell that out when they mis-hit their topspin forehands up into the sky.

[telebunke]

@Beardedone: Thanks for the explanation.

what are the prerequisites for installing 2.5?
Does it also install on top of 2.0 and 2.1 or only on top of version 2.2.2?

Seems th IK site is really busy, now. It tells me to try later, since there's too much traffic, now.

telebunke

[Beardedone]

I installed 2.5 over the last update without a hitch. And this time I had no issues with legacy projects.