Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 17 Sampletank expansions on sale at $5 each (80% off) https://sonicreality.com/landingpages/sampletank.php Sonic reality is Erik Norlander's company (and e.g., the clavitube currently on sale at IK is from his collection) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sander Verstraten Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Aren't these all made for ST2.5? I recognize a lot of them from a 2012 Group Buy Or did he create any new ones lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I haven't tried importing any of the old SampleTank 2 libraries -- like SR is selling -- into SampleTank 4. Is it an easy process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) These are the old ST 2.5 ones by the look of it. Dave Kerzner's social media posts seem to indicate that there my be some new ones in the pipeline. Edited January 15, 2021 by Vernon Barnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeGBradford Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 It looks that way from the website - you can import to ST3 and use in ST4 but not sure how they would stand up to modern sounds - I have a few I got when I had ST2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 These were included in the original Total Studio Package and were made for SampleTank 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 It makes little sense that ST4 does not allow you to convert these into ST4 ready files, but ST3 does. I understand why it happened historically, but it's not very consumer-friendly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, PavlovsCat said: I haven't tried importing any of the old SampleTank 2 libraries -- like SR is selling -- into SampleTank 4. Is it an easy process? You would need a copy of ST3 to do any importing. ST4 doesn't support importing. ST4 will read ST3 libraries native, no import required. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 22 minutes ago, LAGinz said: It makes little sense that ST4 does not allow you to convert these into ST4 ready files, but ST3 does. I understand why it happened historically, but it's not very consumer-friendly. I suppose that right or wrong, IK must have assumed that most would have converted their old libraries to ST3 format by now. But I agree, not very consumer friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, abacab said: not very consumer friendly. No it's not. Having installed all of the expansion packs I got from the original Total Studio on my new build was a major PITA. Importing into ST3 was nothing compared to the manual installation of all those libraries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, JoeGBradford said: It looks that way from the website - you can import to ST3 and use in ST4 but not sure how they would stand up to modern sounds - I have a few I got when I had ST2 Just went through a few of the ST2 sounds in ST4. They are not bad. I would say with the right fx they would do. To be honest, I think these sounds have passed their prime. They are more trouble to install than they are worth. Let me put it this way, I won't be installing them anymore. If something happens and I have to reinstall ST3 and ST4, ST2 libraries will not be included. What sounds are in ST2 I have other replacements they would serve me better. And MUCH EASIER TO INSTALL!! That said, if your still working with ST2 and a minimum PC, this is a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Heck, I still have (and never used) Sonik Synth ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Fleer said: Heck, I still have (and never used) Sonik Synth ... First world problems... ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yan Filiatrault Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Fleer said: Heck, I still have (and never used) Sonik Synth ... It’s the only software you never used? Lucky you... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, JoeGBradford said: It looks that way from the website - you can import to ST3 and use in ST4 but not sure how they would stand up to modern sounds - I have a few I got when I had ST2 I used to mainly use Sampletank for their synth patches and Tron libraries from Dave Kerzner's company. I did read about importing ST2 libraries into ST3 first in order to use them in ST4, but what a convoluted and non-user friendly hassle. I suppose I'll do it for the old SR libraries I have, but I doubt I'm going to buy more decade old libraries to go through that process. Edited January 15, 2021 by PavlovsCat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fret_man Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 it is my understanding once you import them into ST3 you can save the directory, delete ST3, and then point ST4 to that directory and it will now read those old files. But I have not tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 minute ago, fret_man said: it is my understanding once you import them into ST3 you can save the directory, delete ST3, and then point ST4 to that directory and it will now read those old files. But I have not tried it. That should work. I have ST4 pointed to my ST3 content path, and I never open ST3 any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I still use the various mellotron sounds from ST2.5. Part of their charm is that they are so clearly lo-fi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 hour ago, LAGinz said: Part of their charm is that they are so clearly lo-fi. Agreed. And that's part of why I installed all that stuff. But after getting it installed, imported, and working I now realized there is a better way. If IK could/would combine all the sample libraries of ST2.5 into one install, then there would be no reason not to install them. As it stands, I really ain't going to go through that PITA installation again. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Grem said: Agreed. And that's part of why I installed all that stuff. But after getting it installed, imported, and working I now realized there is a better way. If IK could/would combine all the sample libraries of ST2.5 into one install, then there would be no reason not to install them. As it stands, I really ain't going to go through that PITA installation again. : ) Luckily I had already gone through that process for ST3, do didn’t have to do it again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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