Ik multimedia sampletank ipad review full#
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Normally when something is grayed out on a computer screen, it means it cannot be selected or used in any way, which as I mentioned, was not the case with the SampleTank app. After much confused frustration I noticed that the sounds I didn't technically own were grayed out. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't play the sounds with my Korg keyboard, especially since I could hear the sounds using the Play button in the Sounds screen. Well, yours truly did figure this out for about an hour.

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However, you can listen to ALL of the sounds play loop patterns, even the ones you don't technically 'have.' In the 'Sounds' window you can tell which sounds you have because it will appear in white, plus it will have the word FREE next to it (which are yours if you just have the SampleTankFree app). The free SampleTank app comes with 8 instruments as I listed above. It would have been helpful to know this in advance, though it is not unreasonable for IK Multimedia not to have specs on every conceivable MIDI keyboard out there. It wasn't until I physically disconnected the USB cable on my Korg keyboard that the light started to blink.

Next, I moved the switch on the back of the Korg. I even went and got the the power cable for my Korg and hooked it up. With my Korg connected to the iRIG MIDI IN port, the light above that port should have been blinking red. The iRig MIDI has a triangular light above both the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports to indicate when data is being went or received. No problem I thought, I'll simply plug the iRig MIDI cable into the Korg's MIDI OUT jack and we'll be in business. The USB connector also can power the keyboard. My Korg keyboard has both USB and standard 5-pin MIDI cable connections. Here's where I ran into another glitch, which is not a slam against the product, but was something I didn't know until I spent a bunch of time doing trial-and-error. Anyway, I used one of the two provided MIDI cables (standard 5-pin MIDI connector on one end and tiny RTS (ring/tip/sleeve) pins on the other). Alternatively you can connect them directly into your audio mixing setup if you have one. The other main connections remaining were the MIDI cable and headphones, which you technically don't need, but to really appreciate the awesome sounds in SampleTank you should use them.

Ik multimedia sampletank ipad review full#

If you download the full SampleTank app for $19.99, you get 72 instruments. SampleTankFree comes with 8 sounds (2 drum kits, 1 electric piano, 2 bass guitars, 1 guitar, 1 keyboard synth, and 1 oboe). But with the iRig MIDI you can start using it free by downloading the SampleTankFreeapp onto your device. The standard, computer-based SampleTank virtual instrument program costs close to $200.

You can use it with several different instrument apps for the iPhone/iPad, but IK Multimedia's own SampleTank app was designed specifically to work in connection with it. The primary use for this thing, at least from a home recording perspective, is as a virtual instrument. It uses a lightning connector, but also detachable Mini-DIN connector, which lets you attach a Lightning (included), USB (included), OTG to Mini-DIN (optional), 30-pin (optional) cable depending on the mobile device or computer that you'd like to use. The iRig MIDI works all versions of iOS devices (as well as computers). This time it's the iRig MIDI 2 - Universal MIDI interface for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Mac/PC ($79.99), which allows you to connect a MIDI keyboard (or other MIDI device like drum machines, guitar and floor controllers, etc.) to your iOS device. IRig MIDI 2 - Universal MIDI interface for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Mac/PC