IK Multimedia Pro Sound Suite Encore Humble Bundle $1 to $29

[Starship Krupa]

It's an encore of the Humble Bundle that was offered earlier this year.

The important price points are $29 for SampleTank 4 MAX v2 and $1 for SampleTank 4.

ST4 MAX includes SampleTron 2, Syntronik 2, Miroslav Philharmonik 2 and much much more.

I've gone on at length about the value of ST4MAX before, so if you somehow missed that and are interested in what I have to say about it (very positive at this price), search for my earlier comments.

[Skijumptoes]

The big problem I had with IK and products like Sample Tank Max in the past is that they limited the timeframe you can download the content to about 180 days, beyond that period you had to pay to be able to download it again.

Just incase anyone is unaware, Since November 2023 they no longer put this restriction on sound content:

https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=33469

Just thought i'd throw that out there for anyone not aware of the changes.  As it put me off using their products as I always felt like I had to download the whole sound library and archive it, as well as the installed versions.

[jude77]

ST4 for a buck is an astonishing deal!   I guess we can safely say it's a no brainer for any fence-sitters out there.  Adding Sampletron 2, Syntronik 2, Miroslav Philharmonik 2 for another $28 still covers the no brainer territory well.

[Jeremy Oakes]

I would have done it but the Miroslav Philharmonik 2 is the CE version……. The rest i don:t care about.

J

[Skijumptoes]

3 hours ago, Jeremy Oakes said:

I would have done it but the Miroslav Philharmonik 2 is the CE version……. The rest i don:t care about.

You can get the whole caboodle for $125

https://www.jrrshop.com/ik-multimedia-total-studio-max Code: Group

[paulo]

On 12/17/2024 at 4:41 PM, jude77 said:

ST4 for a buck is an astonishing deal!   I guess we can safely say it's a no brainer for any fence-sitters out there

Nope. I still can't convince myself that I would ever actually use it.

[Jeremy Oakes]

5 hours ago, Skijumptoes said:

You can get the whole caboodle for $125

https://www.jrrshop.com/ik-multimedia-total-studio-max Code: Group

Grossly too expensive for me. And to be honest i don’t really need it.

J

[Starship Krupa]

9 hours ago, Jeremy Oakes said:

I would have done it but the Miroslav Philharmonik 2 is the CE version……. The rest i don:t care about.

While the Humble Bundle includes a license for Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE, SampleTank 4 MAX v2 includes a license for the full version of Miroslav Philharmonik 2. And the top tier of the bundle includes ST4 MAX v2.

It's confusing, but I think it goes back to the previous Humble Bundle, where they added ST4 MAX to the top tier.

ST4 MAX v2 includes everything in the bundle in their full most recent versions, so in effect the top tier is ST4 MAX v2. All of the other licenses would be duplicates.

If you check the ST4 MAX page at IKMultimedia, you will see:

https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/st4/?pkey=sampletank-4-max-v2

It also includes Orchestral Percussion and Cinematic Percussion, if you're into that sort of thing.

Edited December 18 by Starship Krupa

[JT music]

In my humble opinion, it is what it is worth, Sampletank has already become a mediocre sampler, too heavy in size and not very faithful in sound quality compared to Kontakt or others on the market, just like Syntronik synthesizers, low sound quality that does not compete in the big leagues, the current prices of IKM are more obvious.

[kitekrazy]

3 hours ago, JT music said:

In my humble opinion, it is what it is worth, Sampletank has already become a mediocre sampler, too heavy in size and not very faithful in sound quality compared to Kontakt or others on the market, just like Syntronik synthesizers, low sound quality that does not compete in the big leagues, the current prices of IKM are more obvious.

I think that's what is was meant to be.  Just an all around rompler with many choices.

I think with all of the VSTs and what can do I just don't deal with sample based romplers.  They other marketing gimmick is trying to impress us with bloat.

I keep ST and Syntronik on a HDD.  One of these days I need to challenge myself by making something just using only these.

[dubdisciple]

4 hours ago, JT music said:

In my humble opinion, it is what it is worth, Sampletank has already become a mediocre sampler, too heavy in size and not very faithful in sound quality compared to Kontakt or others on the market, just like Syntronik synthesizers, low sound quality that does not compete in the big leagues, the current prices of IKM are more obvious.

In a world where over-layered libraries create horrific mix issues, ST mamages to sit in mix better than most romplers.  I still hate the organization, but at this price it is quite useful.