IK MULTIMEDIA SAMPLETANK 2.5 XL Virtual instrument sound software

SampleTank 2.5 XL is an amazing sound workstation. Not only does it come with a huge collection of professionally recorded sound samples, instruments and loops, but it allows you to completely manipulate the sounds to truly create instruments, patterns and textures of your own. It comes with over 6 GB of sounds, more than any other sound library in the industry, and more importantly professionally recorded sounds that are truly useful in any genre of music.

SampleTank 2.5 XL comes with the widest variety of sounds in all instrument categories. You immediately have access to tons of Acoustic Grand Pianos, Electric Pianos, Strings, Brass, Winds, Vocals, Orchestral sounds, Organs, Percussion, Drums, Basses, Guitars, Synths, Loops, Ethnic sample and more. Plus SampleTank reads all "Powered by SampleTank" instruments' sounds, including Miroslav Philharmonik, Sonik Synth, SampleMoog, and SampleTron. This way you can work much faster and more creatively by having access to thousands of high-quality sounds from a single interface. Plus, you can also import your own WAV, AIFF, AKAI, SDII and Samplecell files for a truly unlimited world of sounds.

SampleTank 2.5 XL also comes with 33 built-in effects derived from our extensive collection of sought-after studio gear. So why is that important? Because it gives you the ability to totally control a sound, to dominate the instrument and make it the exact sound you hear in your head. And because it's your music, and the sounds you use to create your music should sound like you... the way you want them to sound.

So, if you want your music to have the cohesive glue it needs to sound like a true composition of art, get SampleTank 2.5 XL.

• 16 part multitimbral sound module with layerable parts
• 3 synth engines: newly enhanced STRETCHTM and Pitch-Shift/Time-Stretch (PS/TS) plus traditional Resampling
• Powerful Multi-Effects section that includes 5 effects per Part, 5 Send and 5 Master effects
• 33 built-in DSP effects
• Part and Master Loop Sync
• Independent Part and Master Volume/Pan controls
• Works as a standalone application as well as a plug-in in Mac OS (Universal Binary), and Windows (XP/Vista/7)
• Supported plug-in formats: VST, RTAS, and AU
• Imports WAV, AIFF, SDII, AKAI S-1000/3000 and SAMPLECELL instruments directly from the plug-in

Together with Danish sample specialist Thomas SkarbyeScarbee and impulse response expert Ernest Cholakis, Alicia Keys has created a virtual piano that meets her professional standards and embodies the soulful sound that has become her trademark as a superstar. This is the piano sound that has helped Miss Keys win multiple Grammys and reach the top of the charts.

ALICIA'S KEYS was sampled from her own playing with her very own Yamaha­™ C3 Neo grand piano.

SESSION STRINGS to new heights of quality and detail, SESSION STRINGS PRO is20 times bigger with refined workflows, separate instrument groups, a choice of instrument placements, 29 articulations and precise control. SESSION STRINGS PRO is far more than just a string library. Creating natural, expressive string tracks in the highest possible quality has never been more immediate, or more rewarding. Product type KOMPLETE Instrument For use with Free KONTAKT 4 PLAYER, KONTAKT 4, free KOMPLETE 7 PLAYERS, KOMPLETE 7, KOMPLETE ELEMENTS Sound category Studio strings Size 48 GB of samples (32 GB compressed, using the KONTAKT Lossless Sample Compression format. Requires 32 GB of free hard disk space) System requirements Requires version 4.2 or higher of the FREE KONTAKT 4 PLAYERorKONTAKT 4 Please also see theKONTAKT 4 PLAYER system requirements and theKONTAKT 4 PLAYER FAQ