This demo contains 16 DEMO instruments with limited note range. The DEMO polyphony is limited to 16 notes. In the XL folder it's contained a list of all the 450 instruments available in SampleTank XL.
-System Requirements
Macintosh(r):
Minimal: PPC604 200MHz with MacOS 8.5 or later system software, 64 MB RAM. Screen settings: 640x480, thousands of colors, 240 MB of free hard disk space. Suggested: Power Macintosh(r) G3/G4 with 128MB RAM, 2GB of free hard disk space. ASIO card is recommended for low latency realtime play.
Windows(r):
Minimal: Intel(r) Pentium(r) 200 MHz MMX(tm) with Windows(r) 95, Windows(r) 98, Winsows(r) ME, Windows(r) NT(tm) 4.0, Windows(r) 2000, 64 MB RAM and high-quality sound card. Screen settings: 800x600, high colors (16 bit), 240 MB of free hard disk space. Suggested: Intel(r) Pentium(r) III 500 MHz with 128MB RAM, 2GB of free hard disk space. ASIO card is recommended for low latency realtime play. Optimized for Pentium(r) III.
MIDI sequencer:
To use Sampletank you need Cubase(tm), Logic(tm) Audio(tm) or any other Macintosh(r) or Windows(r) sequencer compatible with VST(tm) instruments (Cubase(tm) PC version 3.7.2 or Mac version 4.1.1, or later, Logic(tm) Audio PC and Mac version 4.5, or later).
-Installation
The installer tries to locate your VstPlugIns default folder in your system and asks you to confirm the location where to install Sampletank. You could choose to install it into the default folder for VST instruments in Cubase(tm) or, if you wish, you could specify a different location. Remember that as a plugin, Sampletank has to be installed in a VstPlugIns folder or it wouldn't work. In the destination folder will be created a new folder called IK Multimedia, into this folder you will find the Sampletank plugin itself and the Sampletank Instruments folder containing all the DEMO instruments, grouped by category. The installation will then be complete.
- Opening Sampletank in Cubase(tm)
Launch Cubase(tm). Open the 'Panels' menu and select 'VST Instruments'. This will display the VST Instruments interface. Click on the 'No VST Instrument' text. A pop-up menu will show all available instruments. Move the selection over 'IK Multimedia' and click on the sub-menu 'Sampletank'. Switch the instrument on by clicking on the dull red button. The button will light up. Now click on the 'Edit' button. Sampletank will be launched.
- Opening Sampletank in Logic(tm) Audio
Launch Logic(tm) Audio. If you already utilize 'AudioInst' channels in Logic(tm), just load Sampletank as one of those instruments. Otherwise create a new audio object in the Logic(tm) Audio envinronment. Set the output channel as Instrument 1. On this channel (in the mixer window) load Sampletank as a plug-in in the first 'insert' slot. Double-click on the plug-in slot (blue) and Sampletank will be launched.
- Loading and playing instruments
Before loading an instrument, select the MIDI channel where you want to place it. You have all 16 channels at your disposal (for each of the VST(tm) instruments opened). You select a MIDI channel by clicking on the 1-16 MIDI buttons on the SampleTank interface. Once you have a channel ready, double-click on an instrument name to load it in the channel. To the same effect you can select an instrument and press the 'Load' button. Notice that the led right under the channel button, called the 'Status' led, will turn yellow while the instrument is loading, and will stay green when it's ready to be played.
The instrument name, as well as a generic description of the available instrument knobs, will appear in the left side of the interface. One or more pre-defined effects will be loaded and displayed in the effects interface on the right. More information on each single instrument is available by pressing the 'Info' button.
You can now play the instrument using a master keyboard connected to the sequencer or using a MIDI sequence in the track. MIDI activity in the channels is indicated by the red led, called the 'MIDI' led, above each of the channel buttons.
To load another instrument in the same channel, just double-click (or select and load) a new instrument in the list. To change to a different channel, press its MIDI button. To empty a channel, press the 'Empty' button. The Status and MIDI leds will immediately blank out.
