by thomashlewis » Thu May 16, 2024 11:54 pm
I saw a shootout of 10 Rhodes-style EPs on Sweetwater, and IK was the best. It has the 'bark' I'm looking for. Nothing else does, including Lounge Lizard, which I use, but not happily, as it does not seem to have that bark, regardless of me trying to configure that for years.
After the confusion of wrestling with Kontakt, I wanted to give IK a test drive before parting with my cash (which I would be very willing to do), so I downloaded the free version of Sampletank 4 CS simply to get a feel for the interface.
MacOS, Macbook Pro, Logic Pro (Au only).
After navigating many confusing and unexplained hoops, I got the IK Sampletank to load as an instrument in Logic, and I had to do nothing to get that to happen other than for it to be resident on my laptop. I also downloaded the instruments, created an account with IK, downloaded the manuals, got a PW, etc., everything it appeared would be what to do.
There seemed to be no real instruction as to how, so I may have missed something. Sampletank loads, but I see no instruments and no way to select them. I honestly don't care how many millions of instruments and sounds there are—I just want that Rhodes EP (of course I would need the paid version of Sampletank for that, which I would be happy to purchase if this interface was not quite as inscrutable as it appears to be).
What am I missing? is there a tutorial on this? It would seem a large percentage of customers would be using Logic, so maybe that would be a good idea. I am reticent to spend money here if there is no clear path to using the product.
Little help, please?
(I'm not saying IK did not 'answer', but this looked like a thread that tech help might be focused on. Thanks in advance.)