Announced a year ago at the FrankFurt Musik Messe 2007, IK Multimedia has finally released SampleTron.

Done in cooperation with Sonic Reality, SampleTron includes over 2 GB of sounds, 640 presets and 260 multi-samples from 17 rare and vintage Mellotrons, Chamberlins, and their derivatives, together with a "Powered by SampleTank" engine.

Sound Features :

- Mellotron M400
- Mellotron MK5
- Mellotron MKII
- Mellotron Powerhouse (8 Track Rhythm Machine)
- Novatron
- Vako Orchestron
- Optigan
- Talentmaker
- Chamberlin Music Master 600
- Chamberlin Music Master 400
- Chamberlin Model 200
- Chamberlin M1
- Chamberlin M4
- Chamberlin Rhythmate
- 360 Systems "Digital Tron"
- Roland VP-330 (Choir)
- Stylophone

Software Features :

- 16 part multi-timbral sample-based synth, allows extremely complex synth layering and advanced manipulation possibilities.
- 3 synth engines can be switched on the fly: traditional Resampling, Pitch-Shift/Time-Stretch, and IK's newly enhanced STRETCH engine.
- Built-in multi-effects with 4 effects per part selectable on 32 high-quality DSP effects.
- Over 50 synth controls with Mono/Poly/Legato modes with selectable Legato, 2 LFOs, 2 Envelopes, syncable LBF/BPF/HPF Filters, Velocity, Range and Macro controls.
- Sounds can be read by SampleTank and can be used to expand its world of sounds.
- Works as a standalone application as well as a plug-in in Mac OS X (Universal Binary), and Windows (XP / Vista).


SampleTron is available now for €249.99 / $329.99. A crossgrade price of €199.99 / $269.99 is also available for all previously registered users of any lite or full version IK product.

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