IK Multimedia SampleTank 2.5 XL is the ultimate sample-workstation. With an exclusive combination of features and sounds, SampleTank 2.5 XL stands apart from any other sample-based virtual instrument, as one of the most powerful and easy-to-use solutions for making fully produced songs out of the box.

You can immediately get 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 now SampleTank has the ability to read 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. If this is not enough, you can also import your own WAV, AIFF, AKAI, SDII and Samplecell files for a truly unlimited world of sounds.

3 advanced sample engines allow unique sound manipulation with multi-samples and loops. SampleTank 2.5XL is the only sample workstation that sports 3 different type of sample-engines: traditional resampling, STRETCH and PS/TS. The unique STRETCH engine will deliver amazing realism and expression over multi-sampled instruments. Your performances will come to life with true glide, bending, full control over staccato and vibrato, with an incredibly rich, vibrant, and natural sound quality (no more “chip-munk” effect). When working with loops, the PSTS engine (Pitch-shift/Time-stretch) will allow you to synchronize loops with one click, or control its tempo and pitch independently for the ultimate beat machine.

Sounds can load up so fast that its performance is comparable to the one of hardware synths and samplers. That is why more and more musicians use SampleTank for their live performances. Try to do this with other complicated and heavy-load sample-based virtual instruments, and you can immediately see the difference!

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IK Multimedia SampleTank 2.5 XL comes with 2 DVDs and over 2,000 sounds (for over 6.5GB of samples) plus an extra bonus sound disk! Your second option is the L version, an affordable introduction to SampleTank that includes 1 DVD and over 1,100 sounds.

• 16 part multitimbral sound module with layerable parts
• 3 synth engines: newly enhanced STRETCH 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)
• Supported plug-in formats: VST, RTAS, and AU
• Imports WAV, AIFF, SDII, AKAI S-1000/3000 and SAMPLECELL instruments directly from the plug-in