Hey! Guy, I'm in the Bahamas and was captured by you video on this amazing sampler. I had bought the earlier version Sample Tank 2, it was great but this 4 like you said has jumped way up there with a lot of improvements. Even the samples are now more realistic than ever. May God continue to Bless you as his light is radiating from you in your music. You have been Blessed. 👍
Thank you so very much. Just a quick note, we’re you aware of the current IK Multimedia Group Buy? You can get 4 instruments for the price of 1, it is a crazy good deal. Check it out. www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?id=vigroupbuy&
Thanks you so much for your kind words, they are so appreciated. I enjoy being able to share these experiences on this platform and it is so good to know that you are enjoying watching and taking the journey with me. Thanks again, all the best. Simeon 🤓
Hi Simeon. I just got a second hand copy of IK Multimedia Total Studio 2 MAX. Couldn’t be happier, it’s like my second “rompler” next to Xpand2! (well, 3rd if you count Komplete haha). Anyhow, anytime I want to hear a nice demo I come across one of your older videos. And they’re all so nice. That jazzy latin feeling you have going on there by the end is so nice. So glad our paths have crossed. You’re such a nice calm person, yet so talented and excited by music and instruments at the same time. Very inspiring!
It's not just how good he plays, it's the good taste. Outstanding! Loved the software too, but it's being so hard deciding between this and Absolute 4...
So glad you enjoyed watching. Absolute 4 is a very interesting package with HALion and HALionSonic being at the centerpiece. Wishing you all the best this Christmas season and looking forward to a blessed new year.
SampleTank is far less flexible. You get the samples you get. Minimal chance to change them. Whereas Halion is a full workstation with synthesis and complex modulated interconnected chains of effects and audio generation. Also SampleTank needs about 400 gigs of hard drive space to install the full Sample Tank 4 MAX sample set.
Wonderful humility player enthusiam magical virus ! A really must have seen powerful demo GREAT VIBEAS all around your music ; number one demo player virtual instrumental i've seen so far !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much. IK Multimedia is a great company and I appreciate them allowing me to work with their products and share my experiences with all of you.
Just a thought; it would be great to forward some of your comments directly to IK Multimedia as it would let them know how you are finding these videos useful. You never know ;^) Thanks again everyone!
Oh yes, the Lava Lamp is very essential, I call them my power cores ;^) No, seriously I have so much fun playing with these instruments. One thing that lava lights do help is creating some interesting environments. Lighting and the atmosphere in your studio space can make all the difference. Thanks so much for watching.
My pleasure, so glad you enjoyed watching. SampleTank is an amazing virtual workstation that I can only see getting better and more versatile. Thanks as well for your kind words, they help keep me going 🤓 All the best!
You can look at Kontakt as being a sampling platform as although it comes with a small factory library to get you started, the real power is in all of the third party (and free) libraries available. ST4 comes with an extensive collection of sound (ST4 Max) so they both are great options.
Would you still the same thing if this whole thing cost around $8 only(in theory)?There's a group buy going on where if you buy one product you get 24 more.i think it is a steal,i wish NI will have the same thing where i can get a komplete for $10.
So glad you enjoyed watching, Yes, this was sort of a tribute to my high school band director Skip Frank. He was the first to introduce me to how to read chord charts and introduced me into the world of Jazz, Sitting behind a Rhodes suitcase during those two years really took me into some wonderful new musical places are still a part of me today.
I just got sample tank 4 SE, and it does not sound as natural and good as this demo at all. This sounds amazing. Not the fact that I can't play like him but more of the tone and quality of the sounds.
When this question comes up, I always point to the velocity curve of the controller, it just has so much to do with getting the proper dynamic response out of any library. Also, I never add any additional EQ or processing to the library on review as I want you to hear it exactly as I do when exploring. I do have some overall limiting in place to help with the main output levels. Thanks so much for watching and I hope you can unlock the full potential of this library as it is a great starting point. All the best.
@@PraiseTracks Thanks for the detailed response. Much appreciated. I will try out the velocity curve. I have so many libraries, this is just one I happened get for a great price.
Definitely better than st3. I bought st3 SE 3 years ago and I used it maybe twice but this version is refreshing. The guitars/horns and strings still suck. The keys section is great no doubt about that.
Thanks Troy. After getting things installed, SampleTank is a very interesting virtual workstation. The possibilities with the built in TRacks derived effects is also a big plus. The installation can be trying at times but once you get through that, it should be smooth sailing. Thanks so much for watching, and for the kind support.
Good stuff! You're talented! You've got that Billy Joel vibe to your playing... doing the soft stuff but throwing in that rock n roll attack when you feel like it. Also the software doesn't hold you back AT ALL! It helps keep you inspired due to being so easy to set up.
Absolutely, dynamics are the key and you know right away if they are there or not. Thanks so much for the continued kind support, it is very much appreciated. All the best.
Thanks so much for the kind words. I do have some other piano review videos and you can look in my music and fun playlist for some additional videos I think you would like that I have produced. Your comments also encourage me to possibly make more instrumental videos, stay tuned.
@@PraiseTracks By the way I just installed SampleTank 4 and I either don't know how to use some instruments or maybe something went wrong with the install. I loaded up the instrument Nylon G Vintage Sustain guitar and after D4 the notes will play either the correct note or the corresponding note one octave lower. For example, if I play E4, SampleTank will either play E4 or E3. On the software, I can see the signal is triggering E4 but I get the E3 sound. Here is a video of what I'm talking about. Is this how the instrument is intended to play or is that a bug? Any help is greatly appreciated. By the way I purchased it thanks to your review, I hope they realize how good your reviews are for their business. ruclips.net/user/shortsUGvU2ectkkc?feature=share
I would have to say Keyscape only for the sake of it is solely dedicated to providing piano and keyboard sounds only. SampleTank 4 is more of a virtual workstation giving you more versatility and value overall due to it being able to cover such a wide range of instruments. I will say I do love their new C7 recordings, they are very nice. I hope that helps. Thanks so much for watching.
How Would you compare the quality of the samples to other rompler/samplers (like komplete/kontakt/omnisphere etc)? Some are not sure about the quality of the sounds from IK multimedia and I myself have no experience with any quality samplers as I’ve always used cheap ones. Someone for example pointed out that the guitars, strings and horns sound bad. I just dont rly know. Great video, def got the skills! Thanks Edit: is this sampletank 4 MAX or Standard or SE?
Well as SampleTank has grown they always seem to roll in samples and patches from earlier versions which is nice but sometimes they include sounds that might not sound the greatest as they were from years ago. I think the current version really stands up very nice with other virtual instruments, especially when it comes to the way you can layer the sounds along with the collection of effects taken right from T-Racks. This was using SampleTank4 Max and the new Yamaha C7 Piano patches are really nice along with some of the newer guitars. Thanks so much for watching and let me know if you ever have any additional questions? All the best.
Simeon Amburgey Hello, Thanks for your answer! I’ve been looking into the Total Studio 2 Max bundle but realized its a lot of sampletank 3 sounds so I wasnt sure. I’ll have to think about it. Non the less, great video 😁
Incredibly nice performance. All the respect!!! However they say that the installation and activation processes are like hell. What are your thoughts about that? Do you have any bad user experience with SampleTank 4?
With SampleTank, especially Max it is around 200 GB of content 😳so it does take some patience when you initially install everything. I would say they have recently introduced a new Product Manager Portal app that makes things a little easier to manage. The app also makes it much easier to authorize the instruments as well. I really appreciate the kind words, and thanks so much for watching,
My pleasure. I think one of the issues is that SampleTank was one of if THE first multitimbral virtual instrument, so they are still building on the original patch and sample folder structures which can be frustrating at times (believe me). The more you learn about their specific language so to speak the better your overall experience will be. All the best.
Delightful demo once again. I have to say, though, I tink sample tank is a wasted opportunity. It could have been so much more - compete with Kontakt even but this business of not being able to see instrument controls (not talking about the generic UI) is inexcusable. So now if you want to edit the patch for that instrument, you can only do it by loading it's own dedicated plugin.
Yes, it is a missed opportunity for sure, especially since SampleTank was the first virtual workstation plugin. If you do not have a very clear direction starting out you find yourself trying to make something work that might not have been the best to start with. It would have been good at some point to do a reset and start fresh, especially with the advances in the recent years. This is not on,y true in editing the instruments but the task of managing the instrument libraries themselves, it can be a huge task to say the least. I do think once you get past some of the initial issues there still is a lot to love about the platform. Here’s hoping that SampleTank 5 (just speculating) might address some of those. Thanks so much for watching and insightful feedback. All the best.
I started playing piano in church when I was around 4 or 5 years old. I am so grateful for the opportunities I have had over the years that has exposed me to a vast array of various musical styles. A big turning point was in high school when I discovered the Fender Rhodes, Jazz, Rush, and Spyro Gyra 😎
I also remember watching Walt Disney’s Peter and the Wolf in elementary school and that really made an impression on me. The film illustrated how composers use the different instruments to embody the character’s unique personalities. You might say it was my first introduction into classical and film music, outside of Looney Tunes 😂.
You have to be very careful when trying to do this. You have to copy or move the entire content folder to your new drive and then go into settings and you should see where you can change the location to point to your content location. Again, be very mindful when doing this 🤓 I think that there is a possibility that the presets are stored in your USER DOCUMENTS App Data. I will have to check. I might be able to do a quick screen capture of this for you.
Can I sample and use some of your melodies please? Full credit will be giving sir. I'm a Hip Hop Music producer that also sample and love what I'm hearing.
I think that would be fine. I am just improvising as I hear the sounds. The only thing I wouldn't sample would be the song at the end as it is a Spyro Gyra arrangement of Shaker Song 😎 Thanks so much for watching and so glad you are enjoying the channel.
Thanks so much for watching. That is a great question; I had not thought about that possibility but it seems you could do it. I always recommend with sample based instruments to always place your libraries on the fastest drive possible for best results, typically using an SSD. If you had an external SSD drive on a fast USB interface then it you should be good. I actually use a MacBook Pro when I play on the road and use a USB SSD and it has worked alright.
@@PraiseTracks This should not matter, as all sample-based instruments will load all of the samples into memory first. So it may take longer to load up an instrument, but there will not be an issue with latency based on the hard drive speed.
Ezra Shanti , most virtual instruments that have to manage playing back large libraries have a way to manage RAM and STORAGE. SampleTank provides several settings to balance how much is loaded into memory and what is streamed from the drive. HALionSonic and Kontakt also have various settings to manage sharing the load between managing large samples. There are still times that even though most of the sound is loaded into local memory, there are still bits that are streamed from storage at times. That’s another reason to load your system with as much memory as you can afford as in the long run as you mentioned, you will ultimately get the best overall performance when paired with fast disk storage. Thanks as always for watching and the great feedback.
I do not think there is an actual "preview" for instruments, at least I have not seen any mention of one. I think that the iPad version might have something like that. I have had to load the sounds in as I ran across them to hear how they sounded and then added them to my favorites so I would remember them for next time. I do think that would be a great feature to have in a future update. Thanks so much for watching.
It does not seem to be too bad, of course it depends on how many parts and such are loaded, but I have found that I was not running into anything too crazy when running this on my previous Intel i5 system. I need to revisit this with my new setup along with some new expansion libraries that were recently introduced. I am glad that IK is continuing to introduce new libraries for SampleTank.
What song's hold a melody like what you performed at 1:32 and on? I love slow Ballad Jazz! It's hard for me finding great slow ballad songs, everyone does Bebop!
First off, thanks for watching. Well I guess a lot of my musical lexicon comes from gospel music, some of which verge on neo soul and such. I am sort of a melting pot of all of the wonderful music I have been exposed too; especially in high school where I first heard Spyro Gyra and had the great benefit of learning from Mike Tracy and Jamie Abersold who really were some of my jazz influences as they would come and do classes in our Jazz Band period in High School. It also didn’t hurt that the drummer and guitarist in high school were really big fans of Rush and so we would get into some of that. I remember playing Subdivisions in 5/4 for the first time on the Rhodes; pretty cool 😎 I enjoy what David Benoit has done along with Vince Guarldi, Jeff Lorber are some who also come to mind.
Also just to let you know, I have started putting a lot of my originals on the streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc.), just search for Simeon Amburgey and you should find me. Thanks again!
Keith thanks so much for watching and for bringing this to my attention. This was actually MIDI output captured using Steinberg's Groove Agent 2. I took a measure or two of MIDI notes and looped it throughout the demo using it to play the SampleTank 4 drums. I updated this info in the description as well.
Not necessarily, SampleTank 4 actually has most of the SampleTank 3 sound sources (and even earlier versions). What SampleTank 4 brings us more refinement to the user experience and some updated filters and processing that earlier version content can benefit from.
Can you provide more info? I think just recently IK Multimedia released a beta of a SampleTank editor that would allow you to bring in your own samples. Thanks for watching.
I looks like it found my installation of Philharmonik 2. SampleTank 4 MAX has a subset of Philharmonik included with it but if you had the full versions of other IK Multimedia products installed it looks for those sounds as well and imports them into SampleTank 4. I also had some other Syntronik libraries installed that it found as well as some older SampleTank 2 and 3 libraries.
Sampletank manual Chapter 3.3 say about import samples. I don't know what I should I do because I can't find instrument manager. Please explain me how import samples to sampletank 4
Barton, SampleTank 4 does not have an Instrument Manager. As I mentioned earlier when you install and run SampleTank it will look for your previous SampleTank library locations and bring those in so you can use them with SampleTank 4. Section 2.1.2 - Sound Content is where you want to check to make sure SampleTank 4 is seeing the paths where your SampleTank libraries are installed. I hope that is helpful and that I am understanding your issue properly? Just let me know.
You mention samples above. This feature allows you to create your own instrument presets based on samples you provide. This is different than a SampleTank instrument preset.
First let me say I love your vids! Very good quality, and excellent demos! Can you help me with using SampleTank 4 in Multitimbral mode. I’m using Cakewalk (essentially what you’re using). I’m not familiar with setting up ST4. I’d use my other DAW but ST4 keeps crashing it. How do I set up one instance of ST4 using it’s 16 parts so I don’t have to run 16 instances of the VST? Thanks so much for your reply on my other post about HALion Sonic as well.
Thanks so much! I will work on a solution and get back with you soon. It’s very easy once you get the basic principle down that each slot in ST4 is addressed on a different MIDI channel and you route the various MIDI tracks to the appropriate channel. When you insert the VST from Cakewalk it will give you an option to create the MIDI tracks and Audio Outputs for the plugin.
SampleTank is similar to standalone workstation keyboards, it is that there are some really nice standout sounds (the new C7 Piano is really nice), and some of the guitars but with so much content you do have sounds that might not be as strong as others. They also include a lot of the legacy SampleTank content from previous versions, and some can sound dated. What makes SampleTank interesting is the workstation approach where you can have 16 parts in one instance of the plugin, having access to the built in effaces, keyboard zones, splits, and layers, so there are some benefits to it.
Well, the CS version allows new users to start with a totally free version of SampleTank 4 and the cool thing is that you want to download CS even if you have ST4 Max as they have included some new patches in the CS version. I think there used to be a SampleTank 4 free but CS will supersede that version.
During the installation of SampleTank 4 it will locate your previous SampleTank library install locations and perform an import when ST4 is started for the first time. You can also indicate where your libraries are stored in case they are not picked up initially. Any time there is a change in the sound library ST4 will rescan everything to make sure things are where they need to be.
Yes, but due to the streaming nature of some of the larger patches it really needs to be fast. Also it’s not just samples but the library structure has to remain intact to work; IK has a very specific was that everything is organized. I hope that helps and thanks so much for watching.
Great, just create a folder on the external drive and when you run the installation for the sound content just always point it to that location. Each soundset is in a ZIP file, you extract and run an install application which asks for the location. It is a process, especially with SampleTank 4 Max but you should be fine. Let me know if I can assist in any way.
Dmitriy Fissyuk , I agree that would be a limitation for sure. I will have to look into this a little bit further. There might be a way to do it using multiple slots somehow. I will let you k is what I discover. Thanks so much for watching.
@@dimafg1 , I always love a challenge and thus I have found a workaround ;^) SampleTank 4 has 16 instrument slots so that being the case you could load multiple instances of the drum kit and create a corresponding MIDI and Audio track. There would be a couple of ways to go from there; the Dumkit instrument itself has level controls for the various elements so you could turn the parts you would not want to hear down thereby isolating the individual part. Alternatively you would have already copied the MIDI file to each additional drum channel so you could delete the unwanted drum notes in the piano roll so you could have a MIDI track that just triggered the Kick drum for instance. Another benefit of having different drum slots is that you could mix and match kit sounds using different kits loaded into the various instrument slots. You could also use the other slots to "layer" drums on top of each other with each kit having its own mix and effects section. I think I feel a video coming on ;^) I hope that might be helpful?
OK, so in one of the “EMPTY” instrument slots you should see what I call a “hamburger” button ext to the words “Load Instrument”; this is the icon that has three lines stacked. When you click that icon you should see a menu pop up that gives you the “Load Samples” dialog. Remember this is to create an instrument from your audio files and not intended to import a SampleTank library.
It is very good. For SampleTank 4 they recorded the C7 fresh with several different perspectives. It has a nice cut through as you would expect from a C7.
Simeon Amburgey ok im looking at getting this.. Considering all thee pianos you review so far where does this one Rank? Especially when it comes to realism
@@jayrichardson6144 , you have to put it into context with the rest of the package you are getting and treat it something like purchasing a multitimbral workstation. The piano in SampleTank are great however they are limited somewhat from having a dedicated piano sample library as far as the amount of tweakability and such. What SampleTank does give you is the ability to layer and the TRacks derived effects are amazing so there are a lot of great possibilities. I would say that it is more in line with a straight up pop type of piano with beauty and attitude. Hope that helps.
I really avoid using the term best piano as each one has something different to bring, that is why you may need to have a couple in your setup. What I would say however is that SampleTank 4 would give you lots of possibilities for creating some nice Gospel songs as you can leverage the other sounds to stack, layer and split with it. There are a lot of places it could go. I might try and do just a focused ST4 Piano vid as that might help. Also you can now download SampleTank 4 CE for free and it comes with some nice starter and preview sounds that you might want to check out.
Yeah, it is sometimes hard to adjust when the interfaces change. I think one of the reasons they did the change with ST4 is to allow for resizing. Thanks so much for watching.
Dude. I'm guessing, you can make anything sound great!! 5 years later, just bought SampleTank 4 Max. Nice demo mate. All I need now is your skills....
came for the demo on sample tank, stayed for the playing. you’re great man!
Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed watching. All the best.
Dude you radiate musical goodness!!
Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed watching!
Hey! Guy, I'm in the Bahamas and was captured by you video on this amazing sampler. I had bought the earlier version Sample Tank 2, it was great but this 4 like you said has jumped way up there with a lot of improvements. Even the samples are now more realistic than ever. May God continue to Bless you as his light is radiating from you in your music. You have been Blessed. 👍
Thank you so very much. Just a quick note, we’re you aware of the current IK Multimedia Group Buy? You can get 4 instruments for the price of 1, it is a crazy good deal. Check it out. www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?id=vigroupbuy&
The more I watched, I got lost to the fact that this was a SampleTank 4 preview, your playing was so captivating! Really top notch, fun to listen!
Thanks you so much for your kind words, they are so appreciated. I enjoy being able to share these experiences on this platform and it is so good to know that you are enjoying watching and taking the journey with me.
Thanks again, all the best.
Simeon 🤓
Hi Simeon. I just got a second hand copy of IK Multimedia Total Studio 2 MAX. Couldn’t be happier, it’s like my second “rompler” next to Xpand2! (well, 3rd if you count Komplete haha). Anyhow, anytime I want to hear a nice demo I come across one of your older videos. And they’re all so nice. That jazzy latin feeling you have going on there by the end is so nice. So glad our paths have crossed. You’re such a nice calm person, yet so talented and excited by music and instruments at the same time. Very inspiring!
It's not just how good he plays, it's the good taste. Outstanding! Loved the software too, but it's being so hard deciding between this and Absolute 4...
So glad you enjoyed watching. Absolute 4 is a very interesting package with HALion and HALionSonic being at the centerpiece.
Wishing you all the best this Christmas season and looking forward to a blessed new year.
SampleTank is far less flexible. You get the samples you get. Minimal chance to change them. Whereas Halion is a full workstation with synthesis and complex modulated interconnected chains of effects and audio generation. Also SampleTank needs about 400 gigs of hard drive space to install the full Sample Tank 4 MAX sample set.
I feel your spirit in your music and I was truly blessed to find this video. My soul brother! That piece with the Nylon....
Welcome to the channel. I am so glad that the presentation connected with you. Thanks so much for the kind words and support. All the best.
I have been going through review videos so I can pick my free plugin from IK… First time seeing your channel. You’re the man! Great talent
Thanks so much Drew. Yeah, the IK Group Buy is really crazy as there are so many things to choose from. I appreciate the kind support. 🎹Joyfully!
Nice playing. and thanks for showing us around Sample tank 4
Fabulous! and I love that track you played The Manhattan Transfer version is just perfection!
Great playing and demo of Sampletank 4!
My pleasure. I am so glad you enjoyed watching. All the best.
that was an awesome demo...love your vibe
Much appreciated! Thanks so much for watching and so glad you enjoyed the presentation.
Fantastic playing sir. This was fun.
Wonderful humility player enthusiam magical virus ! A really must have seen powerful demo GREAT VIBEAS all around your music ; number one demo player virtual instrumental i've seen so far !!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much. It is such a pleasure to share my experiences with you and we are just getting started!
Love the review, love your playing, but I especially love the lava lamp.
Thanks so much for watching. There are actually two that help power the core of the production area 😎
Sir, you are a fenomenal player.
Thank you so much, so glad you enjoyed watching. I am very inspired by the sounds when I am doing a demo and SampleTank 4 does not disappoint.
Homie gots some skills .....good stuff
Thanks so much Dunbar, I am so glad you enjoyed watching.
Joyfully!🎹
That first piano was pure heaven!
So glad you enjoyed it, thanks so much for watching.
Wow-incredible demo! If IK hasn't hired you yet they need to now!
Thanks so much!
Great video and great piano chording!!! Oh IK should hire you to represent them you can make Sampletank 4 sale
Thanks so much. IK Multimedia is a great company and I appreciate them allowing me to work with their products and share my experiences with all of you.
They really should! I bought IK's Miroslav Philharmonik because of Simeon's showcase video - and love it
@@Avant5 he makes those instruments sound great
Just a thought; it would be great to forward some of your comments directly to IK Multimedia as it would let them know how you are finding these videos useful. You never know ;^) Thanks again everyone!
@@PraiseTracks I will definitely recommend you to them by sharing your video in IK facebook comment section
Thank you
Nice demo man thanks! Great playing too. Cheers dude.
My pleasure Paolo, thanks so much for watching.
Great playing. You've convinced me to both download Sampletank and dig out my old lava lamp from the closet. 😁
Oh yes, the Lava Lamp is very essential, I call them my power cores ;^)
No, seriously I have so much fun playing with these instruments. One thing that lava lights do help is creating some interesting environments. Lighting and the atmosphere in your studio space can make all the difference. Thanks so much for watching.
Very cool! Seems like you’re really having fun in the review.
Thanks for watching and yes I really enjoy sharing my experiences through these reviews. 🤓
You play beautifully.
You surely know your way around the keyboard
Thank you so much. 🙏
Thank you very much for this video! And, very nice playing.
My pleasure, so glad you enjoyed watching. SampleTank is an amazing virtual workstation that I can only see getting better and more versatile. Thanks as well for your kind words, they help keep me going 🤓 All the best!
Yooo .. that guitar! Well played
Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed watching.
Great video. Fire fingers. Thanks!
😎 My pleasure, so much potential in these amazing instruments. Thanks for watching.
Luv how he plays 🔥💯👌
Thanks so much, and so glad you enjoyed watching.
What a great video. Thanks a million!
My pleasure, so glad you enjoyed watching, SampleTank 4 has so much potential.
@@PraiseTracks I am debating between ST4 or Kontakt. Thoughts? I know the price is one. Lol
You can look at Kontakt as being a sampling platform as although it comes with a small factory library to get you started, the real power is in all of the third party (and free) libraries available. ST4 comes with an extensive collection of sound (ST4 Max) so they both are great options.
@@PraiseTracks I will make my decision soon. Thanks!
Nice ! I buy one SampleTank 4 today it's fun !
Have fun, SampleTank is really powerful. Thanks so much for watching.
the more I listen to sampletank, the more I love Native instruments :)
Would you still the same thing if this whole thing cost around $8 only(in theory)?There's a group buy going on where if you buy one product you get 24 more.i think it is a steal,i wish NI will have the same thing where i can get a komplete for $10.
Watched for a demo. Stayed for the music. 😆
So glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
Amazing!
Thank you so much. I am planning more on ST4 to go through the sounds hopefully in a little more detail.
Great demo !!! SampleTank 4 is fantastic !!!! The strings are beautiful !!!
i sure like your playing.... thank you!
My pleasure; so glad you enjoyed watching.
Amazing playing - great video
Thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed watching.
Just dope!
Thanks so much. 😎
Nice
I find now. Thank you very much for your help.
Great video man
Thanks so much for watching; glad you enjoyed it!
Wow! Shaker Song😆👍
So glad you enjoyed watching, Yes, this was sort of a tribute to my high school band director Skip Frank. He was the first to introduce me to how to read chord charts and introduced me into the world of Jazz, Sitting behind a Rhodes suitcase during those two years really took me into some wonderful new musical places are still a part of me today.
WTF this was great. This guy is so talented.
So glad you enjoyed watching. Welcome to the channel.
You are a musician from God. Greetings from Russia.
Thank you, He receives all of the glory! I am so grateful to be able to minister and be a blessing. Thanks for watching!
I just got sample tank 4 SE, and it does not sound as natural and good as this demo at all. This sounds amazing. Not the fact that I can't play like him but more of the tone and quality of the sounds.
When this question comes up, I always point to the velocity curve of the controller, it just has so much to do with getting the proper dynamic response out of any library.
Also, I never add any additional EQ or processing to the library on review as I want you to hear it exactly as I do when exploring. I do have some overall limiting in place to help with the main output levels.
Thanks so much for watching and I hope you can unlock the full potential of this library as it is a great starting point. All the best.
@@PraiseTracks Thanks for the detailed response. Much appreciated. I will try out the velocity curve. I have so many libraries, this is just one I happened get for a great price.
Nice Chops!!!
Thanks Sean, so glad you enjoyed watching, All the best.
Thank you, from the UK. Would love to see a video of how you set up Cakewalk DAW to record with SampleTank 4.
I will see what I can do. Thanks so much for watching.
I think alto saxophone is especially the highlight.
I've been looking for a replacement for sonic synth 2 on my rig- I'm sold on sampletank now, outstanding video and talent sir!
your a very impressive musician
That is very kind, thank you so much. All the best.
Definitely better than st3. I bought st3 SE 3 years ago and I used it maybe twice but this version is refreshing. The guitars/horns and strings still suck. The keys section is great no doubt about that.
Impressive
Thanks Troy. After getting things installed, SampleTank is a very interesting virtual workstation. The possibilities with the built in TRacks derived effects is also a big plus. The installation can be trying at times but once you get through that, it should be smooth sailing.
Thanks so much for watching, and for the kind support.
I don't know what it is - but your sampletank sounds way better than mine!
(coz' u're such a great pianist :) )
Esben, SampleTank is a great virtual workstation with loads of possibilities. Thanks so much for watching. Joyfully!🎹
@@PraiseTracks I know - they're having a sale, so I just bought it. That's why this video was especially handy :)
Good stuff! You're talented! You've got that Billy Joel vibe to your playing... doing the soft stuff but throwing in that rock n roll attack when you feel like it. Also the software doesn't hold you back AT ALL! It helps keep you inspired due to being so easy to set up.
Absolutely, dynamics are the key and you know right away if they are there or not. Thanks so much for the continued kind support, it is very much appreciated. All the best.
You should share orsell those sounds aren't they default sounds?
These are right out of the box. SampleTank does have a lot of potential. Thanks for watching.
What was that playing man, holy fucking shit
What a player.....I must subscribe you ....thnx !
your piano performance took my heart, can you play longer?
Thanks so much for the kind words. I do have some other piano review videos and you can look in my music and fun playlist for some additional videos I think you would like that I have produced. Your comments also encourage me to possibly make more instrumental videos, stay tuned.
Here is a link to where I have some other instrumental videos. Enjoy!
Music and Fun ruclips.net/p/PLygzRhYzPtHgKg-0XXnBeqq7nDbn3k7Yd
Any idea when sampletank 5 might be released?
I have not heard anything, but you can be sure, viewers of the channel will be among the first to know. Joyfully! 🎹
@@PraiseTracks By the way I just installed SampleTank 4 and I either don't know how to use some instruments or maybe something went wrong with the install. I loaded up the instrument Nylon G Vintage Sustain guitar and after D4 the notes will play either the correct note or the corresponding note one octave lower. For example, if I play E4, SampleTank will either play E4 or E3. On the software, I can see the signal is triggering E4 but I get the E3 sound. Here is a video of what I'm talking about. Is this how the instrument is intended to play or is that a bug? Any help is greatly appreciated. By the way I purchased it thanks to your review, I hope they realize how good your reviews are for their business. ruclips.net/user/shortsUGvU2ectkkc?feature=share
Great video. Which one as a better quality piano sample tank or keyscape
I would have to say Keyscape only for the sake of it is solely dedicated to providing piano and keyboard sounds only. SampleTank 4 is more of a virtual workstation giving you more versatility and value overall due to it being able to cover such a wide range of instruments. I will say I do love their new C7 recordings, they are very nice. I hope that helps. Thanks so much for watching.
How Would you compare the quality of the samples to other rompler/samplers (like komplete/kontakt/omnisphere etc)? Some are not sure about the quality of the sounds from IK multimedia and I myself have no experience with any quality samplers as I’ve always used cheap ones. Someone for example pointed out that the guitars, strings and horns sound bad. I just dont rly know. Great video, def got the skills!
Thanks
Edit: is this sampletank 4 MAX or Standard or SE?
Well as SampleTank has grown they always seem to roll in samples and patches from earlier versions which is nice but sometimes they include sounds that might not sound the greatest as they were from years ago.
I think the current version really stands up very nice with other virtual instruments, especially when it comes to the way you can layer the sounds along with the collection of effects taken right from T-Racks.
This was using SampleTank4 Max and the new Yamaha C7 Piano patches are really nice along with some of the newer guitars.
Thanks so much for watching and let me know if you ever have any additional questions?
All the best.
Simeon Amburgey Hello, Thanks for your answer! I’ve been looking into the Total Studio 2 Max bundle but realized its a lot of sampletank 3 sounds so I wasnt sure. I’ll have to think about it. Non the less, great video 😁
Incredibly nice performance. All the respect!!!
However they say that the installation and activation processes are like hell. What are your thoughts about that? Do you have any bad user experience with SampleTank 4?
With SampleTank, especially Max it is around 200 GB of content 😳so it does take some patience when you initially install everything. I would say they have recently introduced a new Product Manager Portal app that makes things a little easier to manage. The app also makes it much easier to authorize the instruments as well.
I really appreciate the kind words, and thanks so much for watching,
@@PraiseTracks Thank you very much. There are lots of debates over ST and your video just made my mind a bit clear. Cheers
My pleasure. I think one of the issues is that SampleTank was one of if THE first multitimbral virtual instrument, so they are still building on the original patch and sample folder structures which can be frustrating at times (believe me). The more you learn about their specific language so to speak the better your overall experience will be. All the best.
Delightful demo once again.
I have to say, though, I tink sample tank is a wasted opportunity. It could have been so much more - compete with Kontakt even but this business of not being able to see instrument controls (not talking about the generic UI) is inexcusable. So now if you want to edit the patch for that instrument, you can only do it by loading it's own dedicated plugin.
Yes, it is a missed opportunity for sure, especially since SampleTank was the first virtual workstation plugin. If you do not have a very clear direction starting out you find yourself trying to make something work that might not have been the best to start with. It would have been good at some point to do a reset and start fresh, especially with the advances in the recent years.
This is not on,y true in editing the instruments but the task of managing the instrument libraries themselves, it can be a huge task to say the least.
I do think once you get past some of the initial issues there still is a lot to love about the platform. Here’s hoping that SampleTank 5 (just speculating) might address some of those.
Thanks so much for watching and insightful feedback. All the best.
How did you learn Piano? Self taught or lessons? Great video and God Bless!
I started playing piano in church when I was around 4 or 5 years old. I am so grateful for the opportunities I have had over the years that has exposed me to a vast array of various musical styles. A big turning point was in high school when I discovered the Fender Rhodes, Jazz, Rush, and Spyro Gyra 😎
@@PraiseTracks thanks for the quick reply!
I also remember watching Walt Disney’s Peter and the Wolf in elementary school and that really made an impression on me. The film illustrated how composers use the different instruments to embody the character’s unique personalities. You might say it was my first introduction into classical and film music, outside of Looney Tunes 😂.
Instrumental Solos please!
How is the cpu hit on all this?
Kevin, it is not too bad. I think I did this video when I was still on my INTEL i5 system.
Rhodes piano sounds good
Sir how can i change move sampletank 4 presets location other drive ?
You have to be very careful when trying to do this. You have to copy or move the entire content folder to your new drive and then go into settings and you should see where you can change the location to point to your content location.
Again, be very mindful when doing this 🤓
I think that there is a possibility that the presets are stored in your USER DOCUMENTS App Data. I will have to check.
I might be able to do a quick screen capture of this for you.
Can I sample and use some of your melodies please? Full credit will be giving sir. I'm a Hip Hop Music producer that also sample and love what I'm hearing.
I think that would be fine. I am just improvising as I hear the sounds. The only thing I wouldn't sample would be the song at the end as it is a Spyro Gyra arrangement of Shaker Song 😎
Thanks so much for watching and so glad you are enjoying the channel.
@@PraiseTracks Great. Will do. I look forward to making some good use of it and will stay in touch. Thanks so much!
Great video... can you relocate library on an external hard drive ??
Thanks so much for watching. That is a great question; I had not thought about that possibility but it seems you could do it. I always recommend with sample based instruments to always place your libraries on the fastest drive possible for best results, typically using an SSD. If you had an external SSD drive on a fast USB interface then it you should be good. I actually use a MacBook Pro when I play on the road and use a USB SSD and it has worked alright.
Simeon Amburgey thanks for your reply
@@PraiseTracks This should not matter, as all sample-based instruments will load all of the samples into memory first. So it may take longer to load up an instrument, but there will not be an issue with latency based on the hard drive speed.
Ezra Shanti , most virtual instruments that have to manage playing back large libraries have a way to manage RAM and STORAGE. SampleTank provides several settings to balance how much is loaded into memory and what is streamed from the drive. HALionSonic and Kontakt also have various settings to manage sharing the load between managing large samples.
There are still times that even though most of the sound is loaded into local memory, there are still bits that are streamed from storage at times. That’s another reason to load your system with as much memory as you can afford as in the long run as you mentioned, you will ultimately get the best overall performance when paired with fast disk storage.
Thanks as always for watching and the great feedback.
I'm having a hard time previewing instruments before adding them onto my studio set
I do not think there is an actual "preview" for instruments, at least I have not seen any mention of one. I think that the iPad version might have something like that. I have had to load the sounds in as I ran across them to hear how they sounded and then added them to my favorites so I would remember them for next time.
I do think that would be a great feature to have in a future update. Thanks so much for watching.
Which daw software you used in that video?
Cakewalk by BandLab, a totally free full featured DAW. Thanks for watching.
Cpu power?
It does not seem to be too bad, of course it depends on how many parts and such are loaded, but I have found that I was not running into anything too crazy when running this on my previous Intel i5 system.
I need to revisit this with my new setup along with some new expansion libraries that were recently introduced. I am glad that IK is continuing to introduce new libraries for SampleTank.
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Thanks Randy. Joyfully! 🎹
@@PraiseTracks 👍🏾I'm a musician at my church.
What song's hold a melody like what you performed at 1:32 and on? I love slow Ballad Jazz! It's hard for me finding great slow ballad songs, everyone does Bebop!
First off, thanks for watching. Well I guess a lot of my musical lexicon comes from gospel music, some of which verge on neo soul and such. I am sort of a melting pot of all of the wonderful music I have been exposed too; especially in high school where I first heard Spyro Gyra and had the great benefit of learning from Mike Tracy and Jamie Abersold who really were some of my jazz influences as they would come and do classes in our Jazz Band period in High School.
It also didn’t hurt that the drummer and guitarist in high school were really big fans of Rush and so we would get into some of that. I remember playing Subdivisions in 5/4 for the first time on the Rhodes; pretty cool 😎
I enjoy what David Benoit has done along with Vince Guarldi, Jeff Lorber are some who also come to mind.
Also if I think of some other sources, I will be glad to pass them along. All the best!
Here is a good one, very nice, rich gospel. ruclips.net/video/RhblbTTtpUU/видео.html
Also just to let you know, I have started putting a lot of my originals on the streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, etc.), just search for Simeon Amburgey and you should find me. Thanks again!
So does the looping of the pattern stay on beat or just go off beat after 16 bars like on sampletank 3
Keith thanks so much for watching and for bringing this to my attention. This was actually MIDI output captured using Steinberg's Groove Agent 2. I took a measure or two of MIDI notes and looped it throughout the demo using it to play the SampleTank 4 drums. I updated this info in the description as well.
so you think the sampletank 3 are inferior 4 in sound and reality?
Not necessarily, SampleTank 4 actually has most of the SampleTank 3 sound sources (and even earlier versions). What SampleTank 4 brings us more refinement to the user experience and some updated filters and processing that earlier version content can benefit from.
Hi, could you please tell me what the restrictions are on this sampler.
Can you provide more info? I think just recently IK Multimedia released a beta of a SampleTank editor that would allow you to bring in your own samples. Thanks for watching.
What is the name of the string library that it imported?
I looks like it found my installation of Philharmonik 2. SampleTank 4 MAX has a subset of Philharmonik included with it but if you had the full versions of other IK Multimedia products installed it looks for those sounds as well and imports them into SampleTank 4. I also had some other Syntronik libraries installed that it found as well as some older SampleTank 2 and 3 libraries.
Sampletank manual Chapter 3.3 say about import samples. I don't know what I should I do because I can't find instrument manager. Please explain me how import samples to sampletank 4
Barton, SampleTank 4 does not have an Instrument Manager. As I mentioned earlier when you install and run SampleTank it will look for your previous SampleTank library locations and bring those in so you can use them with SampleTank 4. Section 2.1.2 - Sound Content is where you want to check to make sure SampleTank 4 is seeing the paths where your SampleTank libraries are installed.
I hope that is helpful and that I am understanding your issue properly? Just let me know.
You mention samples above. This feature allows you to create your own instrument presets based on samples you provide. This is different than a SampleTank instrument preset.
First let me say I love your vids! Very good quality, and excellent demos! Can you help me with using SampleTank 4 in Multitimbral mode. I’m using Cakewalk (essentially what you’re using). I’m not familiar with setting up ST4. I’d use my other DAW but ST4 keeps crashing it. How do I set up one instance of ST4 using it’s 16 parts so I don’t have to run 16 instances of the VST? Thanks so much for your reply on my other post about HALion Sonic as well.
Thanks so much! I will work on a solution and get back with you soon. It’s very easy once you get the basic principle down that each slot in ST4 is addressed on a different MIDI channel and you route the various MIDI tracks to the appropriate channel. When you insert the VST from Cakewalk it will give you an option to create the MIDI tracks and Audio Outputs for the plugin.
Thank you so much!!!
Check out my latest Quick Tip Video ;^)
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Dis video was fish n grits on Easter Sunday
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Thanks so much for watching and the best part is no extra calories, just good music and fun.
are the samples from sample tank 4 really that good?
SampleTank is similar to standalone workstation keyboards, it is that there are some really nice standout sounds (the new C7 Piano is really nice), and some of the guitars but with so much content you do have sounds that might not be as strong as others.
They also include a lot of the legacy SampleTank content from previous versions, and some can sound dated. What makes SampleTank interesting is the workstation approach where you can have 16 parts in one instance of the plugin, having access to the built in effaces, keyboard zones, splits, and layers, so there are some benefits to it.
I'm confused on the difference between sample tank 4 and sample tank 4 cs. Are both free? What's the difference?
Well, the CS version allows new users to start with a totally free version of SampleTank 4 and the cool thing is that you want to download CS even if you have ST4 Max as they have included some new patches in the CS version. I think there used to be a SampleTank 4 free but CS will supersede that version.
Simeon Amburgey download it, very cool. Thanks!
Having install issues..tried a few things, but cant get the sound content to install properly...tried to contact you via email. ;(
Sorry you are having issues. Try using praisetracks@gmail.com for a contact email and I can see what we might could do.
How import instrument to Sampletank 4 ?
During the installation of SampleTank 4 it will locate your previous SampleTank library install locations and perform an import when ST4 is started for the first time. You can also indicate where your libraries are stored in case they are not picked up initially. Any time there is a change in the sound library ST4 will rescan everything to make sure things are where they need to be.
I have SampleTank 4 MAX - revelation
Absolutely! It is packed full with so much sound!
Is it possible to store the samples to an ext storage
Yes, but due to the streaming nature of some of the larger patches it really needs to be fast. Also it’s not just samples but the library structure has to remain intact to work; IK has a very specific was that everything is organized. I hope that helps and thanks so much for watching.
@@PraiseTracks so how do I do this then? I have fast ext storage :)
Great, just create a folder on the external drive and when you run the installation for the sound content just always point it to that location. Each soundset is in a ZIP file, you extract and run an install application which asks for the location. It is a process, especially with SampleTank 4 Max but you should be fine. Let me know if I can assist in any way.
U SO HANDSOME !
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The drum kit does not have multi-output. How can you use it like that? And this is in 2019 !!!!
Dmitriy Fissyuk , I agree that would be a limitation for sure. I will have to look into this a little bit further. There might be a way to do it using multiple slots somehow. I will let you k is what I discover.
Thanks so much for watching.
@@PraiseTracks I made a request to the manufacturer. They replied that there was no such possibility. I will use as a drum kit MODO Drums.
Yes, MODO Drum is really nice. I have been using it a lot on some of my recent projects.
@@dimafg1 , I always love a challenge and thus I have found a workaround ;^)
SampleTank 4 has 16 instrument slots so that being the case you could load multiple instances of the drum kit and create a corresponding MIDI and Audio track. There would be a couple of ways to go from there; the Dumkit instrument itself has level controls for the various elements so you could turn the parts you would not want to hear down thereby isolating the individual part.
Alternatively you would have already copied the MIDI file to each additional drum channel so you could delete the unwanted drum notes in the piano roll so you could have a MIDI track that just triggered the Kick drum for instance.
Another benefit of having different drum slots is that you could mix and match kit sounds using different kits loaded into the various instrument slots. You could also use the other slots to "layer" drums on top of each other with each kit having its own mix and effects section.
I think I feel a video coming on ;^)
I hope that might be helpful?
@@PraiseTracks Thank you very much! I know about all these possibilities. Nevertheless, thank you very much for your desire to help!
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When did he play the sax I didn't hear a sax
No sax in this particular presentation. I think they are just referring to the one in the SampleTank 4 library.
Remember to speak. More closely into the mic
Yes, audio is something I am always looking to improve. Thanks so much for watching and the feedback. All the best.
And welcome to the jazz club... ruclips.net/video/TebUMhJAKSM/видео.html
🤣😂🤣😂🤣 That’s hilarious. Thanks so much for watching.
@@PraiseTracks Mr balfour is brilliant, and he certainly knows his jazz, lol as you can see us brits are mad.
Please read carefuiiy Sampletank maual Chapter 3.3 I don't know how I can create dialog box show in Chapter 3.3. Please try do it.
OK, so in one of the “EMPTY” instrument slots you should see what I call a “hamburger” button ext to the words “Load Instrument”; this is the icon that has three lines stacked. When you click that icon you should see a menu pop up that gives you the “Load Samples” dialog.
Remember this is to create an instrument from your audio files and not intended to import a SampleTank library.
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Oh yes! The sounds just sort of take over some times. Thanks for watching and so glad you enjoyed it.
How good is the Yamaha C7 on here?
It is very good. For SampleTank 4 they recorded the C7 fresh with several different perspectives. It has a nice cut through as you would expect from a C7.
Simeon Amburgey ok im looking at getting this.. Considering all thee pianos you review so far where does this one Rank? Especially when it comes to realism
@@jayrichardson6144 , you have to put it into context with the rest of the package you are getting and treat it something like purchasing a multitimbral workstation. The piano in SampleTank are great however they are limited somewhat from having a dedicated piano sample library as far as the amount of tweakability and such. What SampleTank does give you is the ability to layer and the TRacks derived effects are amazing so there are a lot of great possibilities. I would say that it is more in line with a straight up pop type of piano with beauty and attitude. Hope that helps.
Simeon Amburgey so great for Gospel? In your opinion what would be the best overall piano Vst
I really avoid using the term best piano as each one has something different to bring, that is why you may need to have a couple in your setup. What I would say however is that SampleTank 4 would give you lots of possibilities for creating some nice Gospel songs as you can leverage the other sounds to stack, layer and split with it. There are a lot of places it could go.
I might try and do just a focused ST4 Piano vid as that might help.
Also you can now download SampleTank 4 CE for free and it comes with some nice starter and preview sounds that you might want to check out.
I'M SOLD ON SAMPLE TANK 3 IT LOOKS BETTER TIRED OF LOOKING AT DARK BLACK DEAD SCREENS...
Yeah, it is sometimes hard to adjust when the interfaces change. I think one of the reasons they did the change with ST4 is to allow for resizing. Thanks so much for watching.
Good demo, guitar sounds awful like every guitar plugin, but nice playing
Actually guitar is not bad at all however, I cant say the same for Strings. Now, that's what they just cant get right in any V.i. workstation