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140 sounds seems like a lot, but there are so many you’ll never use. And they skimp on the sounds you will use... not enough drums or basses. The bass selection is especially horrible. I purchased another 35 based for $10 (so expensive!!!). The real basses were good in the add on but the synth basses were horrible. This whole application is designed to make you buy more and more sounds. They show you all the sounds you don’t have as you use the app. And the choices for the sounds they give you just aren’t useful enough. More: The timing when you control it with external midi off by random milliseconds on every trigger. It is noticeable on drums. Show more

It's got good sounds, I'll give it that. But, SampleTank is a burdensome when it comes to user-interface and doesn’t take advantage of iOS audio as one would hope. Pros: ?Quality sounds and good expression when tweaking the controllers. CONS: ?SampleTank is in a world of its own. The app ignores the capabilities of iOS, No AU3 support, NO separate channels for discrete instrument mixing just stereo. ?Hit with in iRig "advertisement" splash page at every SampleTank launch. ?Cannot read user manual unless you register the product through their website, and only after confirmation. ?The user manual is nested four button presses deep to find information, and no option to download the documentation as a PDF or separate webpage and no manual available at their support site. ?The Transport Controls are difficult to see if they are active or not and e.g. The record button is so bright it always appears to be on. ?SampleTank has sloppy internal MIDI implementation so playing it with the other internal apps can be challenging, and there's no standard MIDI implementation chart Show more

I’ve been using SampleTank since it first dropped I’m 2001 and purchased the app when it was first available for iOS. It’s been one of m,y favorite apps for nearly 20 years. I would love to see AU3 support and expanded multi timber to 16 channels. Show more

Before SampleTank I was using high end hardware Keyboard/Workstation/Synth/Samplers . Now with a basic $99 midi controller and this Application my life has changed. The sounds are fantastic, rivals all current keyboards on the market, and the expansions are phenomenal. If you are a keyboard player and looking for something to work with live or in studio out of the iPad this is where you need to start. There are similar apps, but most are one trick ponies compared to SampleTank. Sure there are great piano apps, synth apps, organ etc etc, this app covers it all and does it very very well. Create layers/Splits that are phenomenal sounding in any setting. SampleTank puts “Module” to shame on EVERY level. My reason for not giving the 5th star is because OS updates can sometimes cause major problems with functionality, not too long ago the app was unusable for about a month due to incompatibility with new updates from Apple. However once corrected the app is now better than ever. IK you have created an amazing product here, my only request is you keep it a little more up to date for those of us who depend on it. Keep the awesome work. Show more

Another reason why I give this app one star is that you people cater more to dance, pop, rap but not enough to us rock and roll fans. Why can’t you guys create pwith classical, blues or metal rock? This would be such a huge plus. Just look at how many electronic sounds you have or synth. You people need to know that there are people out here who love rock so please l think about this. Show more

works well. the sounds of the expansions are worth the price. when theyre half off $. the pianos offered are substandard. the drum demos wont play in the "shop" menu of the app. and there are no demos on your site to hear. this app has gone up and down in stability. its not cheap. for now its simply the only real multi timbral sampler option. the miraslov orchestra 2 is amazing. and when its half off, highly recommended and worth getting sampletank for, on its own. works incrediblywell in conjunction with isymphonic... the pianos in the miraslov, however, are the worst on the market. easily, the worst. everything else is top notch. don't buy it for the pianos. the stock sounds are average. you need to expand and have space to get its max potential. it'll cost you fifty bucks to do it right. if you know what an "eps16+" is you'll be right at home. Show more

From guitars, to orchestras, pianos, synths, percussion, voices. Links nicely with Cubasis, both midi and audio, and Audiobus. Lots of patterns associated with the sounds. Finally, they fixed the ios 12 bugs. Show more

Trying to implement a mobile sketch studio using Cubasis and SampleTank. Trying to use SampleTank because it seems to have the best sounds for a basic orch template. But, like another review stated, the integration is a mess. Audio Units compatibility would be a dream. It’s useless as a real mobile DAW on it’s own. Wish ST could integrate like Kontakt does in full DAWs. Actually wish Kontakt had an iOS ver but... Saving the worse for last. I finally came up with a useable template utilizing “AudioBus” only to find that Cubasis mixer does not control ST and of course when I attempt to adjust channel vol in ST it crashes. Known, killer bug that is a over a month old with no fix available. Show more

It has been a little over a month since the iOS 12 update came out, and in that time period they have already offered two improvements to the operating system; yet IK Multimedia hasn’t offered any solutions to the glitches and app crashes that are occurring as a result of these updates, leaving customers who use this app frequently feeling disappointed. Show more

This used to be my favorite synth app but now it keeps crashing any time you try and move any of the on screen controls so now it’s worthless, glad I’ve only been using the free version and didn’t waste money on adding additional sounds, there’s enough free soft synths out there so goodbye IK Multimedia. Show more

Pretty much unusable, keeps crashing on iPad.

It crashes every time I touch a knob. I see several others with the same complaint. For now, this app is broken. When it works, the sounds are decent, but nearing the end of 2018 still without AU support is a pretty big let down. Its just not worth it since you probably won’t be using Sample Tank in much of your work. I don’t have much faith in IK to keep up any more. Show more

As soon as I tap a knob (volume, pan etc) the app crashes. Decided to do a full wipe since there was a major update anyway, and I have the exact same results. The Crashes render it inoperable. Show more

SampleTank crashes when trying to use the knobs to modify a sound parameter. I love the app and use it all the time, but need the crash fixed please!

Might be good but the app crashes if I try to turn a knob.

You touch any controls including volume, pan, transpose and any of the knobs above the keyboard and it instantly crashes.

Crashes every time I use it. If you try adjust the parameters it crashes. Not au support. You to great to be lacking so much. Update the apps and show your customers you take your product serious. You get 0 stars. No audio unit support. Show more

It might just be me but does this app have problems for an iPhone? Mine keeps force closing. Pretty upsetting for the amount I paid for it.

A lot of these sounds are just chords and cutoff changed which you could do yourself so your really not getting that many different organs. Other than that I would have gave it 5 stars. I use a Fishman Triple Play on a strat sounds track nicely. Show more

IK apps have some of the best sounds out there but without AU support I’m unable to use them in all the cool ways I could with some midi compatibility. When IK gets with the modern times there is so much money to be made because I, for one, would then be interested in their complete catalog of sounds on multiple apps. Show more