Year/Date of Issue: 04.2020
Version: 4.0.0
Developer: IK Multimedia
Developer site: ikmultimedia
Bit depth: 64bit
Interface language: English
Tabletka: present | R2R
System requirements: 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.
Description: For those who have always wanted to add their own sounds to SampleTank 4, we have made the SampleTank Editor, a simple and intuitive tool for converting samples to .st4i and .pak formats at a professional level.
From samples to libraries – SampleTank Editor gives you the ability to create your own libraries and instruments from individual samples, as well as assign icons to instruments and libraries. It has a simple and clear interface consisting of tabs where you can construct sounds and assemble instruments from them.
Quick sample import – On the Samples tab, you can import samples and automatically create a layout for them based on file names. You can stick to the general convention of naming SampleTank files, or teach the editor to read your file names and determine their positions so you don’t have to rename large collections of sounds. In the process of creating a layout, the editor automatically creates oscillators, zones, and elements.
Editing Oscillators and Zones – You can edit zones on the Zones tab. This means that for each note, the upper and lower limits on the keyboard are set, within which up to 6 oscillators can be placed. The oscillators in SampleTank support a looping feature that can play different versions of a sound sequentially or randomly at the same pitch and at the same velocity. The SampleTank Instrument Editor also gives access to an extensive set of oscillator and zone parameters that can be used for advanced tuning.
Editing Elements – An Element is called a “multisample”, consisting of several groups of zones. On the Elements tab, you can change the pitch, volume, and panning, as well as the playback mode (traditional resampling or resynthesis) and the triggering mode (note on, note off, or latch). Changes made on this tab affect all zones and oscillators.
Instrument Level Editing – On the Instruments tab you can edit all the elements related to this instrument and dynamics in sound. In addition, 8 macro knobs can be programmed to control modulation or other related parameters. The Instruments tab also sets the name and icon of the instrument, which is a link to a png file in the Library Resources folder.
Create your own libraries – Name your new library and set an icon for it. Now that you’re all set, you can export a single instrument or even an entire instrument library directly into SampleTank 4, resulting in the corresponding files being written directly to the SampleTank 4 directory on disk. SampleTank 4 automatically scans directories the next time it is launched, so your new instrument or library will appear in the browser next to the factory content. You are now ready to fire up the instrument, set up the multi-instrument, play it through the groove players, and take full advantage of the SampleTank sound engine to finish off your signature sound.
