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- SampleTank(r) ver. 1.1 FREE for Macintosh(r)/Windows(r)
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- To order SampleTank online go to http://www.sampletank.com/STSales.html
- To order SampleTank by phone call toll free 866-243-1718 (US and Canada only)
- To order SampleTank by phone call toll free 0800-0934066 (UK only)
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- SampleTank 1.1 FREE instructions
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- - Limitation:
- This is a full working version of SampleTank able to play only the included
- sounds. Two versions (normal and high-quality) of the smallest concert
- grand-piano sound you'll find in the full version of SampleTank and 16 demo
- instruments with limited note range. In the XL Edition Instruments List folder
- is contained a list of all the 450 instruments available in SampleTank XL.
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- - System Requirements Macintosh(r):
- Minimal: PPC604 200MHz with MacOS 8.5 or later system software, 64 MB RAM.
- Screen settings: 640x480, thousands of colors, 30 MB of free hard disk space.
- Suggested: Power Macintosh(r) G3/G4 with 128MB RAM, 50 MB of free hard disk
- space. ASIO card is recommended for low latency realtime play.
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- - System Requirements Windows(r):
- Minimal: Intel(r) Pentium(r) 200 MHz MMX(tm) with Windows(r) 95, Windows(r) 98,
- Winsows(r) ME, Windows(r) NT(tm) 4.0, Windows(r) 2000, 64 MB RAM and
- high-quality sound card. Screen settings: 800x600, high colors (16 bit), 30 MB
- of free hard disk space. Suggested: Intel(r) Pentium(r) III 500 MHz with 128MB
- RAM, 50 MB of free hard disk space. ASIO card is recommended for low latency
- realtime play. Optimized for Pentium(r) III.
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- - MIDI sequencer:
- To use SampleTank you need Cubase(r), Logic(tm) Audio or any other Macintosh(r)
- or Windows(r) sequencer compatible with VST(r) instruments (Cubase(r) PC version
- 3.7.2 or Mac version 4.1.1, or later, Logic(tm) Audio PC and Mac version 4.5, or
- later).
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- - Installation:
- The installer tries to locate your VstPlugIns default folder in your system and
- asks you to confirm the location where to install SampleTank. You could choose
- to install it into the default folder for VST instruments in Cubase(r) or, if
- you wish, you could specify a different location. Remember that as a plugin,
- SampleTank has to be installed in a VstPlugIns folder or it wouldn't work. In
- the destination folder will be created a new folder called IK Multimedia, into
- this folder you will find the SampleTank plugin itself and the SampleTank
- Instruments folder containing the included sounds. The installation will then be
- complete.
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- - Opening SampleTank in Cubase(r) Launch Cubase(r). Open the 'Panels' menu and
- select 'VST Instruments'. This will display the VST Instruments interface. Click
- on the 'No VST Instrument' text. A pop-up menu will show all available
- instruments. Move the selection over 'IK Multimedia' and click on the sub-menu
- 'SampleTank'. Switch the instrument on by clicking on the dull red button. The
- button will light up. Now click on the 'Edit' button. SampleTank will be
- launched.
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- - Opening SampleTank in Logic(tm) Audio Launch Logic(tm) Audio. If you already
- utilize 'AudioInst' channels in Logic(tm) Audio, just load SampleTank as one of
- those instruments. Otherwise create a new audio object in the Logic(tm) Audio
- envinronment. Set the output channel as Instrument 1. On this channel (in the
- mixer window) load SampleTank as a plug-in in the first 'insert' slot.
- Double-click on the plug-in slot (blue) and SampleTank will be launched.
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- - Authorization (8 steps).
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- 1) Write down carefully (or copy) your Digital ID. This must be the Digital ID
- of the system where you are planning to install and use SampleTank. Digital ID
- and Authorization Code have no letters \'I\' and \'O\'. Those you might see are
- actually numbers: one and zero, respectively.
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- 2) Launch your browser and connect to the SampleTank registration page:
- http://www.sampletank.com/STFreeReg.html (your browser needs to support frames
- and Javascript; all recent versions of Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer
- will suffice). You will access the SampleTank registration form.
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- 3) Fill in all required fields, including your Serial Number and Digital ID. All
- codes should be entered in capital letters. Remember to include a working e-mail
- address: it will be used to send your Authorization Code. Press \'Submit\'.
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- 4) Open your e-mail client software and check for new mail in the address you've
- just inserted in the registration form. You will shortly receive a message
- confirming your registration and giving you an Authorization Code.
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- 5) If you had closed your applications, launch SampleTank again. Otherwise, just
- return to the authorization window.
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- 6) Type carefully your Authorization Code in the \'Authorization Code\' field in
- the authorization window.
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- 7) Press 'OK'. If all information has been entered correctly, SampleTank will
- now be authorized. Remember to write down your Authorization Code.
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- 8) If you need a new authorization simply repeat the procedure. If you use a
- different computer for music and for the internet, just note down the Digital
- ID, move on to your internet computer and use it to visit the registration page,
- fill in the registration form (with the Digital ID copied from the other
- system), and get the e-mail confirming your registration. Then note down the
- Authorization Code, get back to your music computer and complete the procedure.
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- - Loading and playing instruments:
- Before loading an instrument, select the MIDI channel where you want to place
- it. You have all 16 channels at your disposal (for each of the VST(r)
- instruments opened). You select a MIDI channel by clicking on the 1-16 MIDI
- buttons on the SampleTank interface. Once you have a channel ready, double-click
- on an instrument name to load it in the channel. To the same effect you can
- select an instrument and press the 'Load' button. Notice that the led right
- under the channel button, called the 'Status' led, will turn yellow while the
- instrument is loading, and will stay green when it's ready to be played.
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- The instrument name, as well as a generic description of the available
- instrument knobs, will appear in the left side of the interface. One or more
- pre-defined effects will be loaded and displayed in the effects interface on the
- right. More information on each single instrument is available by pressing the
- 'Info' button.
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- You can now play the instrument using a master keyboard connected to the
- sequencer or using a MIDI sequence in the track. MIDI activity in the channels
- is indicated by the red led, called the 'MIDI' led, above each of the channel
- buttons.
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- To load another instrument in the same channel, just double-click (or select and
- load) a new instrument in the list. To change to a different channel, press its
- MIDI button. To empty a channel, press the 'Empty' button. The Status and MIDI
- leds will immediately blank out.
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- For any question you may have please refer to the FAQ at:
- http://www.sampletank.com/FAQ.html
- where you'll find answers to the most common questions.
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- For free support write at: support@sampletank.com
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- SampleTank is a registered trademark of IK Multimedia
- http://www.ikmultimedia.com Via dell'Industria 46 - 41100 Modena Italy
- tel +39-59-285496 fax +39-59-2861671
- ikm@ikmultimedia.com
- (c)2001 IK Multimedia Production
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- All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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