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IK Multimedia SampleTron 2 The Lost String Quartet Sound Content-R2R screenshot
Team R2R | 08 Nov 2024 | 61.8MB
This FREE collection for SampleTron 2 is something you won't find anywhere else. The Lost String Quartet includes 4 new solo string instruments: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, and Cello, recorded to tape many years ago by Erik Norlander and recently rediscovered inside a storage vault.

Together, they add 20 presets and 30 MB of sample content to explore and enjoy. Watch to hear these sounds in action with Luca Zabbini.



All 4 string instruments have a dramatic and sweeping vibrato that complements perfectly all of the classic Mellotron samples already inside SampleTron 2. They'll quickly become some of your favorites.



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  Resident 21.04.2014 1665
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There was a time, long ago, when people made music at home using it, and some even took their instruments to the stage, which was a wonderful thing. Back then, sampling for tapes was done note by note. Decades passed after 1979 when they finally figured out how to store data on media like EPROMs. However, instead of improving, the situation worsened. The issue wasn't with sampling itself, but with getting all that data to be read by RAM, which was incredibly expensive and only produced by a single factory in Japan.

Everything changed when that Japanese company caught fire, leading to broken patents. Even today, RAM is the most expensive component in all computer systems, and ironically, it’s also the part that wears out the fastest, requiring constant replacement, while motherboards and processors tend to last much longer.
I have a computer that is 20 years old, with the same Asus motherboard and the same Intel Quad Core, they still work today and are very fast, but over all these years, I have changed the Ram memory and video card dozens of times.

It's worth noting that past physicists—who were not musicians—believed that sampling just one note was sufficient. They thought physical calculations could distribute that single sample across the entire staggered system, which was a misguided approach.

Fortunately, things have significantly improved now. We have access to dozens of samples for a single note, sympathetic resonance, programmable aftertouch, and amazing filters. There are even virtual pedals available for those in poorer countries who could never afford expensive gear.
However, nothing is perfect, and music still suffers from degradation, with an overwhelming amount of low-quality, ephemeral content flooding the market.

It took a long time to reach this point, and the same people who create these samples are now nearing retirement. Yet, I believe all of this is being developed for a future that is yet to come, and perhaps many of us won’t even get to experience it.

And how I miss the old sampletank, sampletron made in Italy, which made many people play at home and even produce music and commercial CDs.

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