

T he download version is down from $1,000 to $400 (opens in new tab), and the boxed/USB version is down from $1,030 to $420 (opens in new tab), so there’ll never be a better time to buy. In fact, the bundle contains a total of 94 products, 16,800 sounds, 39 mixing/mastering processors and over 350 gear models for guitar and bass. All of the company’s big hitters are here - the likes of AmpliTube, T-RackS, SampleTank, Miroslav Philharmonik 2, Syntronik, MODO BASS, Lurssen Mastering Console and many more. Right now, you can save up to 60% on the Total Studio 2 MAX bundle, SampleTank 4 and SampleTank 4 MAX, but these offers will only be around until 2 December, so get in quick if you want to take advantage of them.Īs its name suggests, Total Studio 2 MAX is very much an IK Multimedia greatest hits collection, featuring pretty much everything you need to make music in your DAW.

Performance is generally good, but combining large sample instruments can cause trouble.įor an all-round multitimbral software instrument, I think SampleTank 4 is a great choice.

There is a lot of great sounds to discover here.Ĭrashes are rare, but can occur when switching too quickly between instruments based on large samples. Very powerful and flexible stuff.Īs for the sounds, highlights include strings, pianos, EP’s, organs, wood winds, vocals and synths. I have also bought Syntronik by IK Multimedia, as these sounds can be loaded and played in ST4. ST4 can run as a stand alone application, so there is no need for a VSTi host, which makes it even easier to run.

The synth workstation-like interface, makes it very easy to set up sounds, combine them in all kinds of splits and layers and switch between them using MIDI program changes from my keyboards. That is, as a multitimbral instrument that provides additional sounds to my hardware keyboards. I am using ST4 very much as a rack synth. For me, SampleTank 4 has been a great, simple and low risk way to incorporate many more sounds into my live rig.
