There can be up to 127 Regions, one per MIDI key, and they can't overlap. The main structure is a "Region", which is a a keyrange. (You don't get to see the overall layout of the structure.)Īn Instrument is made up of one KeyMap, which contains 2 "Oscillators " in other words, two sample references, which can be mono or stereo. The downside for the SampleTank user is that there is no real editor, although SampleTank 2 allows editing of parameters in an overriding macro sort of way. stip file, which stores a Preset based on another. stw only contains sample data, nothing else. SampleTank may not be the "sampler-of-samplers," but it sure looks like it!Ī SampleTank Instrument unit is made up of three files, the. IK Multimedia is noted for their skilled artwork with their interface, corporate graphics, and web site. SampleTank 2 has WAVE/AIFF, Akai, and SampleCell conversion built-in. SampleTank 1 uses a separate ST Convertor program, which imports Akai Programs. SampleTank is generally playback-only, it's difficult to create your own sounds from scratch. In short, this prevent the "munchkinization" of sounds when pitch-shifted. In addition to speeding up and slowing down samples across the keyboard to simulate pitch change, ST2 can also use a complex formant-shifting scheme. In 2003 IK Multimedia released SampleTank 2, which featured a formant-shifting option called Stretch. It became popular with people disenchanted with other bloated VST samplers. In 2000 they came out with SampleTank, a VST-based sample playback machine with the emphasis on ease of use and built in sounds that were great. The T-Racks, which they still sell, is an amazing mastering software. From Italy, IK Multimedia starting making plug-ins for computer-based platforms.
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