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[peter]

Peter, being a marketing manager, isn’t going to be authorized to share information on IK’s plans for SampleTank unless the CEO has authorized it. But there’s no harm in politely asking him. SampleTank has never been a priority for IK. They’ve gone more than 10 years in between major versions (in between 2 and 3).

SampleTank (2001): The original virtual instrument was released.
SampleTank 2 (2003): The second version came out approximately 2 years later.
SampleTank 3 (2014): A decade after its predecessor, the third version was released. This was the longest gap between major versions.
SampleTank 4 (2019): The most recent major version was released roughly 4.5 years later.

When IK sold SampleTank 4 XL through Humble Bundle for $1, I did question their plans for SampleTank — that is, whether or not they would continue with the product line. The release of their modeling lines — MODO Drum and MODO Bass — both of which I think are excellent products, and their PianoVerse, a high-end line of “deep-sampled’ piano libraries, makes clear that they are committed to virtual instruments beyond plugin effects. But with the recent closures of some older, but beloved releases like SampleTron, it does make one wonder (I’m friends with Peter and Dave Kerzner, who is responsible for SampleTron, but I’ve never asked either about that or SampleTank — Dave’s brother is, I believe, the VP of Sales for IK). The possibilities are endless. IK could be planning a big step up for the product line, they could be closing it and going in different directions. They could have decided they’re no longer interested in pursuing an everything sample library plugin, but prefer to focus on more specialized, detailed instruments like PianoVerse. For me, their doing PianoVerse was a great statement that the company is committed to doing state-of-the-art sample libraries. I thought it was great news.

@peter-ik I realize that you’re limited in what you can share to what’s officially permitted, but can you tell us if there are any plans for future SampleTank releases or if there are other sample-based product releases coming from IK in the near future (with the next 12 months)?

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