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USER MANUAL
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Table of Contents
English 1

Contents 2

License Agreement 8

Chapter 1 – Overview 12
1.1 – Introduction 12
1.2 – Interface 13
1.2.1 – Parts View 13
1.2.2 – Instrument Browser 14
1.2.3 – Edit Panel 15
1.2.4 – Effects Rack 16
1.2.5 – Player Panel 17
1.2.6 – Layer Editor 18
1.2.7 – Mixer 19
1.2.8 – Live Mode 20
1.2.9 – Upper bar additional controls 21

1.2.10 – Lower bar additional controls 22

1.3 – Features 24

Chapter 2 – Getting started 25

2.1 – Using SampleTank 4 as a standalone application 25
2.1.1 – Audio / MIDI 26
2.1.2 – Sound Content 27
2.1.3 – Remote 28
2.1.4 – Streaming 29
2.1.5 – Info 29
2.1.6 – Registration Lock 29
2.2 – Computer keyboard keys 30
2.3 – Using SampleTank 4 as a plug-in 30

2.3.1 – Synching to the host application’s temp

tempo
o 30
Chapter 3 – The Parts View 31
3.1 – Loading Instruments 31
3.2 – Saving and Removing Instruments 31
3.3 – Importing Samples 32
3.4 – MIDI Channel 33
3.5 – Transpose 33
3.6 – Solo and Mute 34
3.7 – Player / Loop Status 34
3.8 – Pan and Volume 35
3.9 – Lock Instrument 35

Chapter 4 – The Instrument Browser 36

4.1 – Overview 36
4.2 – The Library selector 37

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4.3 – Folder View 38

4.4 – The Category selector 39
4.5 – The Filter selector 40
4.6 – The Instruments column 41
4.7 – The Info column 42
4.8 – Favorites 42

Chapter 5 – The Edit Panel 43

5.1 – Overview 43
5.2 – Two Engines for Legacy Compatibility 44
5.3 – Editing SampleTank 4 Instruments 45
5.3.1 – Choose an Element 45
5.3.2 – Round Robin Playback 45
5.3.3 – Zones 46
5.3.4 – Element Amplitude 47
5.3.5 – Element Pitch 47
5.3.6 – Playback Type 48
5.3.7 – Oscillators 48
5.3.8 – Play 49
5.3.9 – LFO Section 49
5.3.10 – Envelope Sections 50
5.3.11 – Filter 51
5.3.12 – Modulation Matrix 52
5.3.13 – Modulation Matrix Quick View 53
5.4 – Editing Legacy SampleTank 3 Instruments 54
5.4.1 – Choose an Element 54
5.4.2 – Round Robin Playback 55
5.4.3 – Zones 55
5.4.4 – Element Amplitude 55
5.4.5 – Playback Type 56
5.4.6 – Oscillators Strip 57

5.4.7 – Velocity
Velocity Strip 57
5.4.8 – Play 58
5.4.9 – LFO Section 59
5.4.10 – Envelope Sections 60
5.4.11 – Filter 61

Chapter 6 – The Effects Rack 62

6.1 – FULL AMPS 63
6.1.1 – American Vintage T 63
6.1.2 – British Tube Lead 64
6.1.3 – Cabinet 65
6.1.4 – Flexi Amp 66
6.1.5 – Jazz Amp 120 67

6.1.6 – Modern Tube Lead 68

6.1.7 – Preamp 69
6.1.8 – SVT Classic 70

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6.1.9 – Tone Control 71

6.2 – DISTORTION 72
6.2.1 – Crusher 72
6.2.2 – Distortion 73
6.2.3 – Lo-Fi 74
6.2.4 – Overdrive 75
6.2.5 – Overscream 76
6.2.6 – Phonograph 77
6.2.7 – Saturator X 78
6.3 – EQ + DYNAMICS 79
6.3.1 – Channel Strip 79
6.3.2 – Compressor
Compressor 80
6.3.3 – Black 76 81
6.3.4 – British Channel 82
6.3.5 – Bus Compressor
Compressor 83
6.3.6 – EQ 81 84
6.3.7 – EQ Comp 85
6.3.8 – EQ PG 86

6.3.9 – Limiter 87
6.3.10 – Model 670 88
6.3.11 – Parametric EQ 89
6.3.12 – Vintage EQ-1A 90
6.3.13 – White 2A 91
6.4 – MODULATION 92
6.4.1 – AM Modulator 92
6.4.2 – AutoPan 93
6.4.3 – Chorus 94
6.4.4 – Chorus C1 95
6.4.5 – Electric Flanger 96
6.4.6 – Ensemble 97
6.4.7 – Env Flanger 98
6.4.8 – Flanger 99
6.4.9 – FM Modulator 100
6.4.10 – Multi Chorus 101
6.4.11 – Opto Tremolo 102
6.4.12 – Phaser 103
6.4.13 – Rotary Speaker 104
6.4.14 – Slicer 105
6.4.15 – Small Phazer 106
6.4.16 – Tremolo 107
6.4.16 – Uni-V 108
6.5 – REVERB + DELAY 109
6.5.1 – Ambience 109
6.5.2 – ConvoRoom 110
6.5.3 – Digital Delay 111

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6.5.4 – Digital Reverb 112

6.5.5 – Reverb Delay 113
6.5.6 – Inverse Reverb 114
6.5.7 – Room Reverb 115
6.5.8 – Spring Reverb 116
6.5.9 – Stereo Imager 117
6.5.10 – Tape Echo 118
6.5.11 – Hall Reverb 119
6.5.12 – Plate Reverb 120
6.6 – FILTERS / OTHER 121
6.6.1 – Acoustic Resonance 121
6.6.2 – Filter C 122
6.6.3 – Filter Formant 123
6.6.4 – Filter M 124
6.6.5 – Filter O 125
6.6.6 – Filter Phaser 126
6.6.7 – Filter R 127
6.6.8 – Env Filter 128

6.6.9 – LFO Filter 129

6.6.10 – Multi Filter 130
6.6.11 – Piano Lid 131
6.6.12 – Wah 47 132

Chapter 7 – The Player Panel 133

7.1 – The Arpeggiator 133
7.1.1 – Arpeggiator Preset Browser and Manager 134
7.1.2 – Arpeggiator Play 134
7.1.3 – Latch 134
7.1.4 – Clear Arpeggio 134
7.1.5 – Set the Number of Steps in the Arpeggio 134
7.1.6 – Arpeggio Step Enable and Disable 135

7.1.7 – Chord Step 135

7.1.8 – Step Velocity 135
7.1.9 – Step Transposition 135
7.1.10 – Step Length and Tie 135
7.1.11 – Arpeggio Trigger Mode 136
7.1.12 – Arpeggio Note Range 136
7.1.13 – Pattern Velocity
Velocity 136
7.1.14 – Pattern Note Length 137
7.1.15 – Pattern Swing 137
7.1.16 – Note Order 137
7.1.17 – Pattern Octave 137
7.1.18 – Pattern Rate 138
7.1.19 – Lock Arpeggio 138
7.2 – The Strummer 139
7.2.1 – Strummer Preset Browser and Manager 139

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7.2.2 – Strummer Play 140

7.2.3 – Latch 140
7.2.4 – Clear Strummer 140
7.2.5 – Strummer Mode 140
7.2.6 – Auto Mode Play 140
7.2.7 – Auto Mode Record 141
7.2.8 – Manual Mode 141
7.2.9 – Set the Number of Steps in the Strum Pattern 141
7.2.10 – Strummer Step Enable and Disable 141
7.2.11 – Step Type 141
7.2.12 – Step Velocity 142
7.2.13 – Step Length and Tie 142
7.2.14 – Chord Inversion 142
7.2.15 – Strummer Trigger Mode 142
7.2.16 – Pattern Intensity 143
7.2.17 – Pattern Length 143
7.2.18 – Pattern Swing 143
7.2.19 – Division Time Up 144

7.2.20 – Division Time Down 144

7.2.21 – Division Curve 144
7.2.22 – Strum Intensity 144
7.2.23 – Strum Release 144
7.2.24 – Strum Vel. Curve 145
7.2.25 – Strummer Rate 145
7.2.26 – Lock Strummer 145
7.3 – The Phraser 146
7.3.1 – Phraser Preset Browser and Manager 146
7.3.2 – Phraser Play 146
7.3.3 – Latch 147
7.3.4 – Clear Phraser 147
7.3.5 – Phraser Pattern Browser 147
7.3.6 – Adding User Patterns 147
7.3.7 – Library Rescan 148
7.3.8 – Pattern Preview 148
7.3.9 – Preview Octave 148
7.3.10 – Phraser Trigger Mode 149
7.3.11 – Phraser Note Assignment Window 149
7.3.12 – Pattern Intensity 150
7.3.13 – Pattern Humanize 150
7.3.14 – Pattern Swing 150
7.3.15 – Transpose 150
7.3.16 – Quantize 150
7.3.17 – Speed 151
7.3.18 – Lock Phraser 151
7.4 – The Loop Manager 152

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7.4.1 – Latch 152

7.4.2 – Sync 152
7.4.3 – Loop Trigger Mode 153
7.4.4 – Loops Window 153
7.4.5 – Waveform View Selector 154
7.4.6 – Playback Mode 154
7.4.6 – Loop Sound Controls 154

Chapter 8 – The Layer Editor 155

8.1 – Note Range 155
8.2 – Velocity Range 156
8.3 – Latch Status 156
8.4 – Trigger Setting 156
8.5 – Load Instruments 156

Chapter 9 – The Mixer 157

9.1 – The Mixer Channel Strips 157
9.2 – Instrument Icon / Load Instrument 158
9.3 – Effects Lock 158
9.4 – Effect Editor / Effect Rack Manager 158
9.5 – Insert Effects 159
9.6 – Effect Sends 159
9.7 – Pan Slider 159
9.8 – Volume Slider 159
9.9 – Mute and Solo Buttons 160
9.10 – Part Lock 160
9.11 – Output Selector (standalone version only) 160
9.12 – Return Channels 160
9.13 – Master Channel 160

Chapter 10 – Live Mode 161

10.1 – Set List Browser 161
10.2 – Song Program Change Column 162
10.3 – The Song Column 162
10.4 – Instrument-Multi Program Change Column 162
10.5 – Tempo Column 162
10.6 – Instrument-Multi Column 162
10.7 – Master Fader Column 162

Chapter 11 – Troubleshooting 163

Chapter 12 – Support 165

12.1 – User Area 165

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Chapter 1 – Overview

1.1 – Introduction

SampleTank 4 is a 16-part virtual instrument that plays samples of acoustic, electric and electronic instruments
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including audio loops of rhythmic grooves and musical performances. It also includes a powerful “Player”
section that provides the ability to generate notes and musical performances with the Arpeggiator,
Arpeggiator, Strummer
and Phraser. These musical performances can be initiated using the Global Play button or simply by loading
preset Instruments with one of the Players enabled.
Here is some important terminology to begin:
The Instrument is the primary object in SampleTank 4. You can think of the Instrument as a “preset,” “program”
or “patch” like “1973 Stage Electric Piano” or “Fat Synth Bass 42.” An Instrument contains multiple samples
and often multiple Elements. The Instrument has its own 5-slot effects rack, and the settings for the effects are
stored with the Instrument. Instruments are loaded by first clicking the Instrument field in each Part or by clicking
on the Instrument name if another Instrument is already loaded into the Part. This will open the Instrument
Browser where you can choose from thousands of available Instruments. Double-click an Instrument name in
the Instrument Browser to load an Instrument into the Part. To save an Instrument, use the Instrument Manager
with the 3 horizontal lines to the right of the Instrument name in the Instrument column of the Part.
An Element is a subset of the Instrument that has its own volume, tune, filter, envelopes, LFOs and other
common synthesis parameters. In the case of our “1973 Stage Electric Piano,” there is an Element for the
regular multi-velocity piano samples, and a separate Element for the release samples – the samples that are
triggered when you release a key. You can also imagine a multi-articulation Instrument like a violin that has
separate Elements for several different articulations like staccato, spiccato, pizzicato and sustain. All Element
settings are stored with the Instrument.
An Oscillator is a subset of the Element. Each Element can have up to 6 Oscillators each with their own tuning,
volume and pan settings. These are most relevant to synthesizer Instruments where the sound designer has
set up multiple Oscillators of the same basic sound to chorus and phase with each other for a fatter and more
animated sound like a classic analog synthesizer
synthesizer.. Oscillator settings are stored with the Instrument.
A Part is the slot in SampleTank 4 that contains an Instrument. There are 16 Parts. Each Part can be assigned
to its own MIDI channel with its own volume, pan, transpose, solo, mute and play settings. The Part settings are
stored with the Multi.
The Multi is the top level of SampleTank 4. The Multi stores the settings of all 16 Parts including the loaded
Instrument and any edits to it including the Instrument’s effects and Player settings. Multis are loaded by clicking
the Multi Browser where you will find directories for both SampleTank 4 and legacy SampleTank 3 Multis.
Navigate through the various Category directories to the Multi you want, and then simply click it to load the
Multi. To save a Multi, use the Multi Manager with the 3 horizontal lines to the right of the Multi Browser.
These 5 important objects – Instrument, Element, Oscillator,
Oscillator, Part and Multi – will remain capitalized throughout
this manual for easy identification.

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1.2 – Interface
SampleTank 4 provides an extremely user-friendly consolidated interface that lets you browse, load, edit and mix
the sounds you want fast. There are 8 primary windows:.

1.2.1 – Parts View

This is the main interface for SampleTank 4 and the default view when the application or plug-in is launched.
Click the note icon at the top left to return to this window. Here you can load Instruments into any of the 16
Parts by clicking in the Instrument column for the desired Part, adjust each Part’s volume, panning and MIDI
channel and save the result as a Multi. Click the Instrument Manager icon at the far right of the Instrument field
in each Part to store your edits to the Instrument with Save or Save As, empty the Part or import samples to
create a new Instrument.

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1.2.2 – Instrument Browser

To open the Instrument Browser, click in the Instrument column in the Parts View or the Layer View, or click
the top of the channel in the Mixer. Here you can browse through the thousands of available SampleTank
Instruments and refine your search using the keyword filters. Double-click an Instrument name to load it into the
selected Part.

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1.2.3 – Edit Panel

Click the sine wave icon at the bottom left of the interface to open the Edit Panel. Here you can edit deep
synthesis parameters of the Instrument in the current Part including the filter, envelopes, LFOs and modulation
matrix. SampleTank 3 legacy instruments are supported here in their native format.

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1.2.4 – Effects Rack

Click the Effects Rack icon at the bottom left next to the Edit Panel icon to open it. Each Part has 5 dedicated
effect slots presented in a 500 series-style rack. Click at the top of the slot to choose the effect for each slot,
click at the bottom of each slot to load and save effect presets. You can also drag effects in the rack to re-order
them.

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1.2.5 – Player Panel

Next to the Edit Panel and Effects Rack icons is the Player icon with the triangle-shaped arpeggio steps. Click
it to see the 4 Player Modes: Arpeggiator, Strummer, Phraser and Loop Manager. The Players generate MIDI
performances based on held chords or triggered notes. The Loop Manager is a powerful tool for handling audio
loops with independent control over pitch and tempo.

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1.2.6 – Layer Editor

Click the Layer icon with the horizontal lines at the top left to open the Layer Editor. Here you can quickly adjust
the note and velocity ranges for each of the 16 Parts while seeing an overview of them all together. You can also
set the trigger mode for each Part.

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1.2.7 – Mixer

Click the icon with the 3 vertical sliders to open the Mixer. Here you have a DAW-style mixing board with vertical
channels for each Part plus 4 return channels for effects or bus processing along with a master channel. An icon
for the loaded Instrument appears at the top. Click this field for each Part to return to the Instrument Browser to
browse and load other instruments.

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1.2.8 – Live Mode

Click the list icon at the top center left of the interface to enter Live Mode. Live Mode lets you assign Multis and
individual Instruments to MIDI Program Change numbers. Multis and Instruments can be grouped into Songs
where all of the sample data for each Song is pre-loaded for faster switching during live performance. Songs
can also be assigned to a MIDI Program Change number, and a collection of Songs can be stored as a Set List.

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1.2.9 – Upper bar additional controls

There are additional controls in the upper and lower bars. Here are the additional controls in the upper bar:

The Multi Browser is at the top center of the interface. The collection of Instruments in all 16 Parts along with
their Edit, Effects and Player settings is stored as a Multi. Load Multis by clicking the Multi Browser. You can
load both SampleTank 4 and SampleTank 3 Multis here.

The Multi Manager is to the right of the Multi Selector. Click the Multi Manager icon to Save, Save As and
Delete Multis.

The Global Play button starts and stops the assigned Players for all Parts.
The Clock icon lets you sync SampleTank 4 to incoming MIDI clock or use SampleTank 4’s internal clock.
The Tempo Selector lets you set the tempo for SampleTank 4’s internal clock.
The Key Selector lets you choose the Global Key which can be used by the various Players.

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1.2.10 – Lower bar additional controls

Here are the additional controls in the lower bar:

The MIDI connector icon at the lower right opens the MIDI Panel where you can view and edit MIDI Continuous
Controller assignments for each of the 16 Parts as well for the Return Channels and the Master Channel.
Next to the MIDI icon is the Panic Button, the exclamation point icon. Click this to send an All Notes Off
message in the case of stuck notes.
The gear icon opens the Settings Panel. Here you can configure the general settings of the application
including the Audio Interface, Output Channels, Buffer Size, Sample Rate, MIDI Interface and MIDI Channel.
Here you also set the disk paths for the Sound Content and scan the Sound Content database when new
content is added or any content changes are made. The Remote Tab lets you configure SampleTank 4’s
Instrument Browser for use with external MIDI controllers.
The shopping cart icon opens a web browser link to the IK Multimedia Online Shop where you can purchase
additional sound content as well as hardware accessories.
In the plug-in version only, click the icon on the left side of the bottom bar with the 3 linked lines to open the
Autom
Au tomati
ation
on Host
Host Pane
Panell. Here you can manage Automation Host assignments.

The very bottom of the SampleTank 4 interface has 3 views: the In-App Keyboard (default), Macros and Virtual
Pads.

The In-App Keyboard displays 88 keys which are velocity sensitive. Click the lower part of the key for harder
velocities. The In-App Keyboard is automatically opened when the Zone button is activated in the Edit Panel.

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The Macros display 8 macro control knobs for the loaded instrument. These are the most common parameters
chosen for each instrument for quick adjustments without needing to open the Edit Panel or Effects Rack. The
Macros can be re-assigned using the Modulation Matrix on the Edit Panel or the Mods View in the Effects Rack.
Click the MIDI jack icon at the lower right to open the MIDI Assignments window where you can assign MIDI
Continuous Controllers to the 8 Macro knobs to allow you control the macros from an external MIDI controller or
DAW.

The Vi
Virtu
rtual
al Pads
Pads view gives you 8 pads to which you can assign a Part and MIDI Note. Multiple pages are
available for pad configurations of 8 – 64 pads on 1 – 8 pages. Set the number of pads in the Setup drop-down
menu at the left, and access the various pages of 8 pads each using the Pads drop-down menu at the right.

A MIDI Learn function is available for nearly all the controls in SampleTank 4. This allows you to assign an
external MIDI controller to a SampleTank knob, button or slider. To do this, right-click the SampleTank parameter
and choose MIDI Learn. Then move the control on your external controller, and it will automatically be linked to
the corresponding SampleTank knob, button or slider.

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1.3 – Features
• Works as a multi-platform
multi-pla tform plug-in and as a Standalone application
• Content structure
structured
d in Instruments, Multis and MIDI Patt
Patterns
erns
• Fully compatible wit
with
h macOS and Windows
• Supported plug
plug-in
-in formats: AAX, VST 2, VST 3, and Audio
Audio Units
• 16 part multitimbral
• 16 individual ster
stereo
eo outputs
• Info view with specific informat
information
ion and 3D icon for each instrument
• Mix view and full mix parameters co
control
ntrol
• Live mode for instantaneous sounds loading, or
organized
ganized in set lists and songs
• Expandable instrument library
library
• Pad interface lets you launch patterns, loops or single notes seamlessly from iRig Keys I/O or any MIDI
controller
• 70 studio q
quality
uality effects
effects
• Layers allow for creating s
splits
plits and layers
• Edit view for in depth editing of all synth engine parameters, independently for all the elements or
articulations that are included in the instrument
• Custom modulatio
modulationn for synth engine and effects parameters
parameters
• Advanced instrument br
browsing
owsing with convenient search function
• BPM syncable time-bas
time-based
ed effects, audio loop instruments and LFOs
• Four play modes including m
mono
ono legato with portamento
portamento
• Zone switch allows to edit individual key-zones for the selected sound element or articulation
• Multi Articulation and Key Swit
Switch
ch instrument control
• Easy to use assignable MID
MIDII control to any parameter
parameter with MIDI Learn
• Compatible with all previous “Powered by SampleTank” sound modules and sounds (can import all
previous sounds and Combis)
• Import feature allows users to import .wav and .aif
.aifff samples
• 3 Synth Engines: STRETCH™, Pitch-Shift/Tim
Pitch-Shift/Time-Stretch,
e-Stretch, Resam
Resampling
pling
• 3 Play Modes: Poly
Poly,, Mono, Mono Legato

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Chapter 2 – Getting started

SampleTank 4 can be used as a standalone application or as a plug-in.

2.1 – Using SampleTank 4 as a standalone application

Launch SampleTank 4 from your applications folder to use it without a host application such as a digital audio
workstation (DAW). This allows SampleTank to have all the functionality and flexibility of the plug-in in a self-
contained software instrument. For example, you can use SampleTank 4 for live performances when there is no
need for a complex sequencer setup or in a second computer that is dedicated to virtual instruments as each
Part can be triggered from an individual MIDI input.

When launching SampleTank 4 standalone for the first time, you need to set the audio output and MIDI input as
well as the disk path where the library content is stored. You can also set the disk streaming settings to match
your hard drive and usage style. This is accomplished in the Settings window that can be opened by clicking the
gear icon at the top right.

There are 6 tabs in the Settings window that you must configure to use with your studio or live setup:
Audio
Audio / MID
MIDI,
I, Soun
Soundd Conte
Content,
nt, Remote
Remote,, Stre
Streami
aming,
ng, Inf
Info
o and
and Re
Regis
gistra
tratio
tion.
n.

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2.1.1 – Audio / MIDI

Click the Audio / MIDI tab to set up your audio output and MIDI input. SampleTank 4 is compatible with any
ASIO
ASI O or Direct
Direct Audio
Audio a
audi
udio
o inter
interfac
face
e in Window
Windowss and
and any
any Cor
Core
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Audio-co
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ble audio
audio inte
interfa
rface
ce in Mac
Mac OS
OS X.

Output device
Choose which available audio interface you want to use with SampleTank 4.

Left channel / Right channel

Set which output from your chosen output device SampleTank 4 will use for its left and right output.

Sample Rate and Buffer Size

The sample rate and buffer sizes drop-down menus let you choose your settings for SampleTank 4. These
settings are dependent on the audio interface as not all audio interfaces provide the same sample rate or buffer
setting options. For the best performance in SampleTank 4 standalone, set the buffer as low as possible without
hearing clicks and pops. This will provide the lowest amount of latency, the delay between playing a note and
hearing the sound. Higher sample rates such as 96kHz will deliver better sound quality but at the expense of a
higher CPU load.

MIDI Input
This drop-down menu determines which MIDI input of your computer that SampleTank will respond to. Any MIDI
interface supported by computer’s operating system will work with SampleTank 4.

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2.1.2 – Sound Content

Click the Sound Content tab to set the disk paths for SampleTank 4. You must specify where the SampleTank
sound library content is stored on your hard disks. The hard disks may be internal or external. You may set
multiple disk paths to allow content to be spread across multiple hard drives.
The default disk path is User/Documents/IK Multimedia/SampleTank 4. Click Add to navigate to a new location.
To remove a location, select the location in the Sound Content window, and then click Remove.
The Update button lets you modify an existing Sound Content location. Select the location in the Sound
Content window, then click Update to modify the location. Once you have set all of your desired sound content
locations, click the Rescan Instruments button to scan and rebuild your sound content database. This may take
a little while if you have a large amount of sound content installed such as SampleTank 4 MAX.

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2.1.3 – Remote

Click the Remote tab to assign the MIDI Continuous Controller numbers from an external MIDI controller that will
operate these tasks in the SampleTank 4 Instrument Browser:
• Browse Part
Parts
s – select a Part
Part
• Browse Sounds – open the Instrument Browse
Browserr for the selected Part
• Load Selected Sound – load the selected Instrument fro
from
m the Instrument Browser into the selected Part

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2.1.4 – Streaming

Click the Streaming tab to adjust the way SampleTank 4 streams samples from your hard disk. Set the Preload
Buffer to match the type of hard disk on which your Samples folder is located. If you are using multiple disks for
your samples, set this to match the slowest disk. Then set the Buffer Multiplier to match the way you will most
often use SampleTank 4. The “Small” setting is appropriate if you just load one or two Instruments at a time
and do not use much polyphony (bass and lead sounds, for example). Use the “Large” setting if you plan to
load many Parts and / or play a lot of simultaneous notes such as with a complicated piano performance. The
“Medium” setting is a good all-around choice for general use. You can of course adjust this setting for specific
sessions as needed.

2.1.5 – Info
Click the Info tab to find the specific software version number of SampleTank 4 along with additional information
about the product.

2.1.6 – Registration Lock

Click the lock to launch the IK Authorization Manager where you can enter your serial number to authorize
SampleTank 4.

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2.2 – Computer keyboard keys

In Standalone mode, you can use your computer keyboard to play MIDI notes to trigger the Instruments in
SampleTank 4.

2.3 – Using SampleTank 4 as a plug-in

In addition to a standalone application, SampleTank 4 also works as an Audio Units, AAX or VST plug-in
instrument in major host applications such as Logic, Pro Tools,
Tools, Cubase, Digital Performer and others.
Consult your host application’s user guide for specific instructions on how to use virtual instruments.

2.3.1 – Synching to the host application’s tempo

When SampleTank 4 is used as a plug-in within a DAW or other host application, it automatically synchronizes
its global tempo to that of the host application. To override this and change the tempo of SampleTank 4
independent of the host application, click the clock icon in the top row next to the tempo BPM indicator.

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Chapter 3 – The Parts View

Think of the Parts View as the “home page” of SampleTank 4. This is the page where you can see an overview
of all the Parts of SampleTank 4 and the Instruments loaded into each one.

There are 16 Parts in SampleTank 4. Each Part can contain an Instrument along with its associated 5-slot Effects
Rack and Player. Each Part has its own settings for the Instrument loaded along with the MIDI channel, volume,
pan, transpose value, solo, mute and play status.
The collection of all 16 Parts along with any edits to the Instruments, Effects Racks and Players is stored as a
Multi.

3.1 – Loading Instruments

Load an Instrument into a Part by clicking the Instrument column. This opens the Instrument Browser. Double-
click the desired Instrument name in the Instrument Browser to load it into the Part.

3.2 – Saving and Removing Instruments

Click the 3 horizontal lines to the right of the Instrument name in the Instrument column to access the Instrument
Manager. Here you can save your edits to the current Instrument, perform a “Save As” to create a new
Instrument from your edits, or remove the Instrument from the Part by clicking Empty in the Instrument Manager.

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3.3 – Importing Samples

SampleTank 4 is designed to be a virtual instrument and not a sampler. However there is some basic
functionality that allows you to load a single sample or a set of multiple samples within a designated folder to
create your own new SampleTank 4 Instrument. Click the Instrument Manager to the right of the Instrument
name in the Part, and then click Import Samples. This will open the Import Samples dialog where you can chose
the disk path for the folder of samples you want to import, enter the name of the new Instrument you want
to create, select the destination for where the new Instrument will be written, the sound category and BPM (if
relevant) for the new Instrument and whether you want to map the samples based on their file name or simply
map them chromatically from a designating starting note. Once you have set all fields the way you want them,
click Import to import the samples from your designated folder and create a new SampleTank 4 Instrument and
single PAK file which contains all of your samples in SampleTank 4 format. The created PAK file will be stored in
the Imported Samples folder inside your SampleTank 4 Disk Path chosen in Settings. Do not move the PAK file
or else your created Instrument will be able not load its samples.

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3.4 – MIDI Channel

Set the MIDI channel for each Part by clicking and dragging on the MIDI channel value from 1 to 16. By default,
the 16 Parts are assigned to MIDI channels 1 to 16 so that you can play each Part on its own unique channel.
But this is easily changed by clicking and dragging the value to the channel you want. Parts set to the same
MIDI channel will naturally be layered and play together.

3.5 – Transpose

To transpose a Part, click and drag the transpose value. The transpose range is –60 to +60. The Transpose

setting changes
are playing. incoming
It does MIDI the
not change notes to play SampleTank
Instrument Instruments
itself. The virtual lower
keyboard will or higher
display than
the the actualnote,
transposed notenot
you
the actual note you are playing.

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3.6 – Solo and Mute

You can solo one or more Parts by clicking the S button which will highlight it. This will stop the other Parts from
sounding and let you hear only the Parts in Solo. Similarly, you can mute one or more Parts by clicking the M
button. This will stop the muted Parts from sounding.

3.7 – Player / Loop Status

The Play button determines whether the Instrument’s Player will engage when you play notes. Think of this as an
on/off switch for the Player of each part. It performs the same function as the Play button on the Player Panel.

For
playLoop
whenInstruments, the Play
the Global Play button
button in thedetermines
upper bar whether
is turnedthe
on.designated loop samples in the Instrument will

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3.8 – Pan and Volume

These sliders adjust the pan and volume settings for the Part. These settings are independent of the actual
Instrument loaded and are stored with the Multi.

3.9 – Lock Instrument

Click the lock icon to the left of the Instrument name to prevent the Part from loading a new Instrument when a
new Multi is loaded. This allows you to preserve one or more Parts while loading new Instruments from a Multi
into the other Parts.

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Chapter 4 – The Instrument Browser

4.1 – Overview
The Instrument Browser is the place where you view and load Instruments into the 16 Parts of SampleTank 4.
You can open the Instrument Browser from nearly any page in SampleTank 4: Just click on the Instrument Name
in the Instrument column in the desired Part row. If no Instrument is loaded, click the blank area in the desired
Part row within the Instrument column. This will open the Instrument Browser. To close the Instrument Browser,
click the red X at the top right of the window under the SampleTank 4 logo.

The Instrument Browser is organized into 5 columns to help you navigate through the thousands of available
SampleTank 4 Instruments to quickly and efficiently find the sound you are seeking. The first 3 columns are
filters, and the 4th column shows the results of the filtering. For example, if you select SampleTank 4 in the
Library column, the 4th column – the Instruments column – shows only Instruments from the SampleTank 4
Library and excludes Instruments from SampleTank
SampleTank 3, Miroslav Philharmonik 2, any of the Syntronik Libraries
and the many SampleTank
SampleTank Instrument Collections like American Acoustic and Cinematic Percussion. Similarly, if
you select the Philharmonik 2 icon in the Library column, the Instrument column will only show you Instruments

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from Miroslav Philharmonik 2. You can make multiple selections to display the Instruments from multiple
Libraries. Active selections are always highlighted red.
You can make multiple selections within each column and across the 3 columns to narrow your selection to a
fine point. For example, you can select “Galaxy” in the Library column, “Synth Pluck” in the Categories column
and “Modern” in the Filters column. Now SampleTank 4 will show you only Instruments from the Syntronik
Galaxy Library that are a Synth Pluck that is modern. In this example, the Instruments column will show you only
one matching result, the Instrument called “Waveterm
“Waveterminal
inal Pluck.”

4.2 – The Library selector

The first column is the Library selector. Here you will see a vertical list of all the available
Libraries for SampleTank
SampleTank 4 including Libraries you have not purchased. These include
the SampleTank 3 legacy content, the virtual instruments of Miroslav Philharmonik and
Syntronik, and the many SampleT
SampleTank
ank Instrument Collections like American Acoustic,
Cinematic Percussion, Neil Peart Drums and more.

You can select Libraries that you have not purchased to jump to the IK Online Shop to
learn more about those Libraries, purchase and download them.

If you have purchased libraries but not downloaded or installed them, the Library will
display an arrow icon superimposed to indicate that you need to install the Library.
Click the icon to jump to the My Products section of the User Area on the IK web site to
download the content, download it, then run the included sound installer:

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4.3 – Folder View

You canleft
the top alternatively viewcolumn.
of the Library the Libraries in the
This will classic
hide SampleTank
the Category “folder
and Filter view” style
selectors and by clicking
instead theyou
show folder icon at
a nested
folder hierarchy of the Instruments for each Library. This configuration will be familiar to users of SampleTank 3
and earlier. But it is a less efficient way of working than the default browser column configuration. It is important
to note that the Folder View hides the Category and Filter columns. If you want to use the Category and Filter
columns for more powerful searches, click the folder icon again to de-select it and return to default Instrument
Browser configuration with the 5 columns.

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4.4 – The Category selector

The secondlike
Categories column is the
Drums, Category
Bass selector.
and Synth Bass.Click one select
You can or more Categories
multiple to filtertothe
Categories listlist byInstruments
their specific Instrument
together and exclude the Categories not selected.

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4.5 – The Filter selector

The third
results. column
The first 4provides 5 sets
sets are the of keyword
factory filters
keyword sets:that you can
Timbre, use
Style, to finely
Genre andhone your
Mood. Instrument
These selection
are essentially
directories or folders that you can collapse or expand to customize your browsing experience. For example,
if you don’t care about the musical genre reference, you can collapse the Genre tab and not be bothered with
seeing any of its keywords. The last set of keywords is the User set. When you save your edited Instruments,
you have the opportunity to apply keywords to the Instrument in the “Save As” window. In addition to choosing
from the various factory sets of keywords, you can also enter your own keywords. These will then appear in the
User keyword set so that you can use your User keywords as additional filter terms.

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4.6 – The Instruments column

This
part. is where
Click thethe
redresults
X at theoftop
your filtering
right appear.
to close Double-click
the Instrument an Instrument
Browser name
and return to load
to the it intoview.
previous the selected
Use the
first 3 columns as filters to reduce and fine-tune the list of Instruments displayed. If no filters are applied –
no Libraries selected, no Categories selected, no Filter selected – then all of your available Instruments will
appear here in the Instruments column sorted alphabetically. If you have SampleTank 4 or SampleTank 4 MAX
installed, the list will contain many thousands of entries. To narrow it down, use the Library, Categories and
Filters columns to filter out the Instruments you definitely don’t want to load. For example, if you are working
on a hardcore industrial electronic track, probably you can filter out Philharmonik 2, American Acoustic and
the various piano libraries. And if the first 3 columns are not giving you the results you’re after, you can always
simply type in a search term in the search window with the magnifying glass icon. The results of the search will
appear in the Instruments column. Note that you use the search field in conjunction with the other columns. You
can type in “ethereal,” for example, and then also click Synth Pad and 99. Now SampleTank 4 will display only
the Instruments that are ethereal-sound
ethereal-sounding ing synth pads in the Syntronik 99 Library.

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4.7 – The Info column

The fifth column in the Instrument Browser is the Info column. Here you can view specific information about the
selected Instrument prior to loading it. You will see a large icon of the Instrument, a star to allow you to select
this Instrument as a Favorite (click the star to make it a Favorite), a text description of the Instrument, icons of
the effects used in the Instrument’s Effects Rack, and finally, a description of the 8 Macro controls programmed
for the Instrument.

4.8 – Favorites
As noted
noted above
above,, you
you can
can c
clic
lick
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the star
star in
in the
the Info
Info colu
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tag the
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selected
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Favorite.
te. To vi
view
ew all
of your Favorited Instruments, select the star at the top of the Filters column. You can un-favorite an Instrument
simply by clicking its Info column star again. Favorites work just like the other browser filters. You can select
Favorites in addition to other keywords in the Filters, Categories and Library columns.

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Chapter 5 – The Edit Panel

5.1 – Overview

Click the sine wave icon at the left of the lower bar to open the Edit Panel. This is where you edit the deep
synthesis parameters for the loaded Instrument’s Elements. SampleTank Instruments often contain multiple
Elements. Each Element is a complete “voice” with its own filter, envelope, LFO, pitch, volume and pan
settings. Imagine an electric piano Instrument where one Element is the regular electric piano samples and a
second Element is the release samples that sound when you let go of the key. Or imagine a violin instrument
with multiple articulations where one Element plays the staccato samples, another element plays the pizzicato
samples, and a third Element plays the sustained samples. For yet another example, imagine a drum kit
instrument where the kick drum is one Element, the snare drums are another Element, the toms are a third
Element, and the hi-hat and cymbals are a fourth Element. You can select the Element you want to edit from the

drop-menu at the top left of the Edit Panel. The first Element is always selected by default.

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5.2 – Two Engines for Legacy Compatibility

There areofdifferent
because Edit Panels
the difference for SampleTank
between 4 Instruments
the SampleTank and legacy3 SampleTank
4 and SampleTank engines. The3SampleTank
Instruments.3This is
engine
compatibility is provided to ensure that legacy content plays in SampleTank 4 exactly the way it played in
SampleTank 3 without any conversion. In fact, SampleTank 3 Instruments cannot be converted to SampleTank 4
Instruments because of the difference in their structures. Hence the need for two different kinds of Edit Panels.
So we will necessarily address the Edit Panel for SampleTank 4 Instruments and SampleTank 3 Instruments
separately.
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5.3 – Editing SampleTank 4 Instruments

Each SampleTank 4 Element has settings for its amplitude, pitch and whether its playback type is standard
resampling or more esoteric resynthesis. The Element has a single filter than can be set to various types, modes
and slopes. It also has 4 envelopes and 6 LFOs that can be programmed to modulate the Element’s pitch,
filter and amplitude settings in the Element’s Modulation Matrix. Each Element also has its own Play settings
including the amount of polyphony it will use, the velocity curve, the keyboard mode (poly, mono, mono legato)
and glide settings. Each Element can contain up to 6 Oscillators as pre-defined by the sound designer. Each
Oscillator has its own editable pitch, pan and level settings, but the number of available Oscillators within a
given Instrument is not editable by the user.

5.3.1 – Choose an Element

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at the
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s. The Edi
Editt
Panel affects only one Element at a time, so always make sure that you are editing the specifically desired
Element and not another Element by mistake. Choose the Element to edit from the drop-down menu at the
upper left of the Edit Panel. The first Element is selected by default.

5.3.2 – Round Robin Playback

Many SampleTank Instruments use “round robin” samples. Round robin sampling provides multiple takes of the
same note at the same velocity to provide a more life-like and animated sound on repeated notes than just one
sample played over and over. But sometimes you might prefer the consistency of just one sample repeated for
a particular note. This can often be the case in electronic music styles. If an Element has round robin samples
available, the Round Robin button at the top left will be lit. To disable round robin playback for the Element, click
the Round Robin button to turn it off.
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