The pitch shifting algorithm sounds terrible with obvious artifacts. There are almost no velocity layers in the instruments, and it is obvious that in most cases they just took one sampled note and pitch shifted the note to other notes. The instruments in Sample Tank are totally 'under-sampled' compared to other comparable software. I usually go make a cup of coffee, what a hassle. This alone makes the software almost unusable because every time I open it up I have to wait from 5 minutes for it to load. This is also true when I open it as a plug-in inside a DAW. Sample Tank seems to essentially build this database every time the application is opened. For many other samplers (Kontakt, Kore, etc) the database of sounds is built the first time the software is opened. My only explanation is that the software is looking for and making some kind of record for the the location of all the sounds. One thing that really bothers me about the software is that every time you start up the application, it takes a long time for the software to load. The sample tank library is rather large and is installed from DVDs. Ik Multimedia software is easy to install, and authorization can be done from the Ik Multimedia webpage.

Ik multimedia sampletank 4 review