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SampleTank 4 CS

SampleTank 4 CS
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SampleTank 4 CS by IK Multimedia is a Virtual Instrument Audio Plugin for macOS and Windows. It functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin, a VST 3 Plugin and an AAX Plugin.
Product
Version
4.2.0
64-bit only
Minimal: Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Intel Core i5 suggested), 4 GB of RAM (8 GB suggested), Windows 7 or later. 40 GB (SampleTank 4 SE), 128 GB (SampleTank 4), 300 GB (SampleTank 4 MAX) of hard drive space.
Requires an ASIO compatible sound card.
Requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.
Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): VST 2, VST 3, AAX.
Product
Version
4.2.0
64-bit only
Minimal: Intel Core 2 Duo (Intel Core i5 suggested), 4 GB of RAM (8 GB suggested), macOS 10.10 or later. 40 GB (SampleTank 4 SE), 128 GB (SampleTank 4), 300 GB (SampleTank 4 MAX) of hard drive space.
Requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.
Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): Audio Units, VST 2, VST 3, AAX.
Instrument
Formats
Sample Formats
Loads and/or Saves
SampleTank
Copy Protection
Online Activation (Challenge / Response)
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SampleTank 4 Custom Shop is your introduction to the power of the new SampleTank 4 sound and groove creation workstation. Combining all the features of SampleTank 4's award-winning sound engine with 50 all-new instruments and 200 MIDI loops, SampleTank 4 CS gives you the power to create full tracks in a single plug-in, then expand your sonic arsenal as needed.

Key Features:

A comprehensive sound set:

  • 50 Instruments, with over 4 GB of sound content.
  • Comprehensive library covers 16 categories.
  • 200 MIDI grooves to build tracks fast.
  • Includes only all-new, freshly-produced content.

The full power of SampleTank 4:

  • New, lightning-fast Sounds Browser.
  • Re-designed sound engine with disk streaming.
  • 4 new Groove Players animate your sounds.
  • Mixer with 70 effects, FX sends and master bus.

Never-ending sonic inspiration:

  • Authorize permanently, with no time restriction.
  • Works as a plug-in or stand-alone software.
  • Expandable with a range of SampleTank libraries.
  • Also reads Syntronik and Miroslav Philharmonik 2.

It all starts with sound

To get you started, SampleTank 4 CS's comprehensive sample library offers 50 Instruments, made up of over 4 GB of sounds in 16 categories, covering all the essential instrument basics, from piano to drums, synthesizers to guitars, and more.

These all-new sounds are freshly produced for immaculate sound and specially programmed to make full use of all SampleTank 4's deep sound creation features.

In addition, 200 new MIDI loops make it easy to build full tracks, bringing your music to life faster than ever.

Latest User Reviews

Average user rating of 2.50 from 4 reviews
SampleTank 4 CS

Reviewed By Chipi [all]
January 25th, 2024
Version reviewed: 4 on Windows

"I have mixed opinions here with SampleTank 4, and especially with the Syntronik 2 instrument. The quality of the sounds and the beauty of each synthesizer panel are immense. The tonality of the analog presets is truly masterful. I have all the best VST synthesizers on the market, and the only one that comes close is Spectrasonics' Omnisphere. The analog leads of Syntronik, along with the layering capability of SampleTank, make these tools a pure diamond for the modern musician.

Regarding the installation process, organization, and intuitiveness with such a large amount of GB to install, SampleTank 2 is a real disaster, literally garbage. I have ultra-fast internet speed, but I've been installing from the Manager for hours, synthesizer by synthesizer, one by one, and the speed from IK's servers is truly awful and a lack of respect for the user who purchased their products. That said, if I were responsible for the website and sound download area, I would fire everyone tomorrow. Seriously, IK? A disaster; but the product and its quality are impressive, which compensates for the hours of waiting (?) Definitely not, if only Dev. would update what I just explained as a user, they would sell thousands more copies of this fantastic collection of vintage synthesizers. 5 stars for Syntronik's quality! 5 for the design of SampleTank 4, and 0 stars for the incapable and ineffective developers who worked on the data and sound downloading process. (1/24/2024)"

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SampleTank 4 CS

Reviewed By elviecho [all]
February 5th, 2021
Version reviewed: 4 on Windows

5 GB harddisk space gone for what? A bunch of not too bad effects, and many boring instrument presets.
I've would have been impressed by this if we had 1998, but in 2021 it is just a waste of space and time.
Sorry IK, I love your Modo Bass but Sampletank is an inflated dinosaur and, in my opinion, the same applies to NI's Komplete Start.
Big but boring.

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SampleTank 4 CS

Reviewed By alienimplant [all]
March 21st, 2020
Version reviewed: 4 on Mac

Does't impress. Library sounds utterly unconvincing, especially by today's standards. The best parts of ST are still the best parts of version 2.5, namely the Mellotron library and the Stretch algorithm. IK should have invested effort in converting a sampler with potential into a stellar user-based sampling juggernaut rather than adding filler and minimal improvements over version 3, resulting in this disappointing ROMpler. The only plugin I still use from IK is Stealth (which is ironically AMAZING, and I promote it heavily).

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SampleTank 4 CS

Reviewed By ubailey [all]
March 18th, 2020
Version reviewed: 4 on Windows

Takes up a lot of resources making it barely useable. Very nice looking gui, and i would love to play more around with it, but it is way too slow for me.

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Comments & Discussion for IK Multimedia SampleTank 4 CS

Discussion
Discussion: Active
rawl747
rawl747
17 March 2020 at 9:03pm

Perhaps a stupid question but if one already owns a copy of the full SampleTank 4, is there any point in downloading this free CS version. Are there additional patches that aren't already included with the full version of SampleTank 4?

Thanx, .

Rawl.

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Peter - IK Multimedia
Peter - IK Multimedia
17 March 2020 at 9:07pm

You wouldn't need SampleTank 4 CS itself (the program and plugin) but the 4GB+ sounds are available to you as a SampleTank 4 user and they are new (and quite good!). You can download those in your Sound Downloads in your IK User Area.

Edit - also meant to say you might also be interested in the SampleTank 4 Editor that you get free since you have SampleTank 4. That will appear in your IK User Area as well.

rawl747
rawl747
17 March 2020 at 9:14pm

Peter, .

Thanks so much for the clarifying response. I will download the sounds today. Also, the editor since I like to tinker.

Rawl.

Conslaw
Conslaw
20 March 2020 at 11:32pm

I have Sampletank 2 and Sampletank 3 (full versions). Can my sounds from these instruments be imported into Sampletank 4 CS? Is there any advantage in doing so?

Ryan_IK
Ryan_IK
23 March 2020 at 4:38am

Yes, any SampleTank 3 or earlier sounds can be used in SampleTank 4. Any earlier sounds must be imported into SampleTank 3, and once imported, they can be loaded directly into SampleTank 4 and used with all of the FX and features of SampleTank 4.

Do note, SampleTank 3 sounds will use the SampleTank 3 engine in SampleTank 4, so sounds will not have all of the functions of the SampleTank 4 engine, but you will still have the benefit of being on a later software which will be updated moving forward.

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