SampleTank
★ 2.4What it actually doesSampleTank 2 is a mobile multitimbral synthesizer with 2300+ instrument samples and 1200+ patterns for composition and live performances, but suffers from numerous bugs in updates and incompatibility with older devices.
Actually does
- ✓Music player60% of reviews
- ✓8-канальный многотембровый синтезатор с послойностью30% of reviews
- ✓MIDI Learn для програ́ммирования внешних контроллеров25% of reviews
- ✓Audio recorder15% of reviews
- ✓Библиотека паттернов и риффов инструментов20% of reviews
- ✓Plug-and-play совместимость с iRig интерфейсами20% of reviews
- ✓Subscription35% of reviews
- ✓Inter-App Audio для интеграции с другими iOS приложениями(bonus)10% of reviews
- ✓Dark mode10% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Встроенные инсерт-эффекты и мастер-ревербератор
Common complaints
- ✗Frequent crashes on launch, during playback, and when manipulating touch controls40% of mentions
«Touch knobs = crash... Crashes in live mode on iPhone 6s on iOS 12»
- ✗Updates incompatible with older devices (32-bit, iPad 2, iPhone 4s, iPad 4)25% of mentions
«After the update the app works inadequately... Can't update, says device not supported iPad 4 iOS 9.3.4»
- ✗Misleading tool count — advertise 2300, but only 30% are available in the basic plan15% of mentions
«After paying 1490 rubles, I only have access to 30% of the total number of tools»
- ✗Expensive in-app purchases for instruments (169 rubles, previously 66 rubles), plus the app itself is paid20% of mentions
«Especially since the app itself is paid! And if previously the price for an instrument pack was 66 rubles, now it's 169 rubles — that's just outrageous!»
- ✗MIDI issues: does not play notes from Cubasis, loses connection with keyboard15% of mentions
«When I send MIDI from Cubasis MIDI out to SampleTank MIDI in, SampleTank does not play these notes»
What people praise
- ★Huge collection of 2300+ instruments and patterns — the largest library for iOS
«Wide variety of instruments... Overall it's pretty good. Great sound and lots of instrument variety»
- ★Fixed Inter-App Audio support for integration with other apps
«Inter App fixed - it's good!!!»
- ★High-quality instrument sounds, good audio for a mobile app
«Everything sounds pretty cool, and while for serious professional work it has some limitations, for a regular user of music software on iOS, the quality and variety of samples built in here is more than enough»
- ★Good integration with MIDI keyboards and iRig interfaces
«You need to use SampleTank with a MIDI controller... I also use it with MIDI keyboard + iRigMIDI. All good»
- ★Improved intuitive interface after update
«The interface became more convenient»