New SampleTank LE Sound Modules: Axe' and Trance Grid
December 2, 2002
New from IK Multimedia are AXE' and Trance Grid, two new highly focussed loop sound
libraries for the company's SampleTank software sound module.
These new sound libraries range from ethnic music to the hardest
modern trance.
They both offer
flexible groove creation via a construction kit format,
including single sounds and also recycled loops with associated MIDI
files.
In both libraries users have the possibility of combining instruments
and loops from sound banks in a instant, with thousands of creative
combination possibilities and different grooves, because all banks
share the same BPM. Furthermore, SampleTank's easy-re-sampling
feature allows for BPM adaption as easy as turning a knob.
Both libraries contain the SampleTank LE plug-in, a 'lite' version
of SampleTank, providing 4 multitimbral midi part channels (instead
of 16), one stereo output (instead of four), 4 effects per voice
selectable among 20 DSP effects and the ability to read other
Sampletank native sounds.
SampleTank LE is already available all the major recording platforms
including VST, MAS and Digidesign RTAS formats, both in Macintosh
and Windows platforms.
AXE'
Including more than 550 MB of sounds and loops, AXE' captures the
allure and mystique of typical Brazilian rhythms and sound,
containing all the instruments of the Batucada set such as Surdo,
Tamborim, Pandeiru, Berimbau, Repinique, Guiro, Agogo and many
others. Pure Brazilian loops are played live by master carioca
percussionists and were recorded by IK Multimedia at its studio
facilities.
AXE' is available in construction kits, a powerful tool to combine
all sounds and loops, share the same tempo among them, and create in
real time thousands of different grooves.
Recycled files are included for maximum control and ease of editing,
giving user the ability to change tempo without pitch variation, to
quantize the resulting grooves, achieving a huge amount of different
possibilities for every requirement.
Trance Grid
An energetic Trance loops library in construction kits with
separate rhythmic elements which can be played as single instruments,
including Basses, BDs, Snares, Hi-Hats, Effects, Synth lines and many
more, or combined together. Featuring 8 different sound and loop
banks in more than 250 MB of samples, it generates zillion of trance
grooves with the most intricate rhythmic combinations
Pricing
Both libraries, including SampleTank LE, are available online
(www.sampletank.com) and in music stores around the
world at $99/€109/£79 list price, with all versions (MacOS/Window)
and formats (RTAS,VST, MAS) included in the same box.
For more information, visit their web site at www.ikmultimedia.com. |
