I bought that sample tank Squids set, wasn't very impressed with it,
plus installing the sampletank player was a pain in the arse.
Yet to hear anything that's better than the tronsonics DAT tape I
bought in the late eighties, I wish I'd bought more of them.
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:14 AM, Bernie <kornowicz@cox.net> wrote:
> This is the forerunner to SampleTron:
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> http://www.sonicreality.com/viewDetails.php?ProductID=220&view=info
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> Some interesting comments by the creator from kvraudio:
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> To use your Squids Tron you should get SampleTank. I originally
> thought SampleTron would be able to read it but this seems to not be
> the case. The sounds have different IDs completely. So, even the
> sounds that came from Squids Tron inside SampleTron are actually
> reprogrammed differently and have different IDs that SampleTron can
> read (and ST) but not the other way around or it could get confusing.
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> Here's what is different about the way they are programmed for
> SampleTron. A sort of "Best of Squids Tron" is within it but they are
> programmed where they are both looped and non-looped 8 seconds all in
> the same sound. You just turn a knob to get "sustain" (default
> otherwise is "purist 8 seconds- at least on Mellotron and Chamberlin
> sounds). I know we didn't include the non-looped Ampex and Chamberlin
> stuff though. The 8 seconds is done by a hold function instead. For
> the completely esoteric sound of the tape ending though your Squids
> Tron will occassionally offer a quirky noise or two that isn't in
> SampleTron. The extras like harmonium and toy piano are also not
> included in SampleTron (but you get plenty of NEW extras like
> Stylophone, VP330, 360 Systems etc.)
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> Over half of SampleTron is completely new (and basically the same as
> Squids Tron Vol. 2). But it is important to note that Squids Tron
> Vol. 2 is not coming out in SampleTank format! SampleTron IS Squids
> Tron Vol. 2 (plus the best of Vol. 1) in SampleTank format. You will
> see that Squids Tron Vol. 2 in Reason format and whatever other
> formats we do will be the same price as your discounted upgrade from
> Squids Tron Vol. 1 to SampleTron is. So there is no reason to make
> two products (plus, trust me if you are a Squids Tron Vol. 1 user you
> will WANT the updated programming we did on the sounds we chose from
> it as they do more now... also some knobs to adjust noise amount and
> tape artifacts... not to mention an inspiring vintage interface).
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