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Sonik Synth
Reviewed By Andy Cook [all]
March 14th, 2002
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Windows
Having finally had the chance to go through this huge library of sounds and find out if they are as good as everyone else says they are, I can quite honestly say 'YES!!!!'.
I have never owned a Pro set of sounds before, so I have been quite honestly blown away by the quality coming out of my quite mediocre PC setup. I only have a pair of bog standard powered PC speakers but boy, do they sound good now. Every instrument is ten times better than any Soundfont or sample I have layed my hands on. The fact that I have no other Pro sets to compare them with possibly sways my judgement but I now feel I don't need to go for other manufacturers CD sets. Sonic Synth has filled a huge gap and I'll be happily buying thier e-Roms from now on.
The Sampletank interface is easy to use and functional, maybe it doesn't win any design awards but can you get the job done... yes!
Support... with Squids about there is nothing lacking there at all.
Stability... no crashes so far in Fruityloops 3.3 or Homestudio 2002 using fXpansions Vst Wrapper standard 3.4.
Documentation. Tells you what you need to know clearly. Install was sweet and you can place your SS samples wherever you want.
Presets... have a laugh.. theres hundreds of 'em and they are all fine by me - even the Harpsichord :-). Brass seems good too although others say they are a little week. Piano's - wow, eveything else - wow.. Generally wow to be honest.
Features. Sample Tank LE has a nice bunch of 22(?) built in effects of which you can assign upto four to each patch. Only 4 midi channels but then again you can open up another instance (some patches can eat processor power so some careful bouncing may be needed)
Value for money.. If I'd paid double I'd still be a very happy Sonic Synth user. 'Nuff said.
Read ReviewI have never owned a Pro set of sounds before, so I have been quite honestly blown away by the quality coming out of my quite mediocre PC setup. I only have a pair of bog standard powered PC speakers but boy, do they sound good now. Every instrument is ten times better than any Soundfont or sample I have layed my hands on. The fact that I have no other Pro sets to compare them with possibly sways my judgement but I now feel I don't need to go for other manufacturers CD sets. Sonic Synth has filled a huge gap and I'll be happily buying thier e-Roms from now on.
The Sampletank interface is easy to use and functional, maybe it doesn't win any design awards but can you get the job done... yes!
Support... with Squids about there is nothing lacking there at all.
Stability... no crashes so far in Fruityloops 3.3 or Homestudio 2002 using fXpansions Vst Wrapper standard 3.4.
Documentation. Tells you what you need to know clearly. Install was sweet and you can place your SS samples wherever you want.
Presets... have a laugh.. theres hundreds of 'em and they are all fine by me - even the Harpsichord :-). Brass seems good too although others say they are a little week. Piano's - wow, eveything else - wow.. Generally wow to be honest.
Features. Sample Tank LE has a nice bunch of 22(?) built in effects of which you can assign upto four to each patch. Only 4 midi channels but then again you can open up another instance (some patches can eat processor power so some careful bouncing may be needed)
Value for money.. If I'd paid double I'd still be a very happy Sonic Synth user. 'Nuff said.