Infinite Player: How I got duped into re-purchasing SampleTank

Ah, I get it, I think. It appears to actually be a Kontakt instrument that's licensed to run within the free Kontakt player. Sort of an end-run around NI's exorbitant licensing fees, as it reads its own file formats, allowing for inexpensive expansions.

The second part of my question remains, though: anybody found a use for it?

Infinite Player is expandable w/ Sonic Reality content only... so sort of an expandable 3rd party library product, as opposed to a fix set of content.

Dave, they are the same libraries as SampleTank.....but apparently do have some differences (I can't remember what they are) which some KVR users said were somewhat "better" than SampleTanks. Something to do with the different engines each of them run on.
We both got in on IK's group buy last year and and these Kapsules mirror the SampleTanks libraries. I haven't seen anything new coming out and got almost all the libraries back then. Possibly the new SampleTank3 might add some spark to these older libraries....

Boy, do I feel like a dupe! So I just re-purchased my SampleTank libraries. Well, maybe I can recoup some of the investment by ... spending some more money! Roto-toms, yep, that's the ticket.

To suggest that bit got "taken" by SR is really unfair, IMO. They offer sample libraries in different formats for legitimate reasons.

For instance, some folks may want the Kapsules containing SampleTank content in Kontakt format because they own Kontakt but do not own SampleTank.

Some folks have both samplers and buy the samples in both formats just for the convenience of using them in either one.

There is no mischief afoot here.

Just my $0.02.

Regards,
Don

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Boy, do I feel like a dupe! So I just re-purchased my SampleTank libraries. Well, maybe I can recoup some of the investment by ... spending some more money! Roto-toms, yep, that's the ticket.

Two things:
 
1) Contact allen "at" esoundz.com and let him know about what happened.  He might can suggest some other packs and offer an exchange.  I can't say for certain he will, but I think a polite email would likely get you some sort of exchange or credits or something.  They're definitely one of the companies that tries to do things right by the customer, at least in my opinion.   He'll respnd faster than Squids, who is doing a lot of recording right now.
 
2) There is quite a bit of Infinite Player content that is not available for Sampletank.  To me, the best uses of the Infinite Player are the Drum Masters drum kits (multitrack) and the Ocean Way for Kontakt drum kits.  Definitely check out the Jerry Marotta Taos kit...it's unlike any drum kit that I know that's available.  When you install the infinite player, you get a foundation library that has an example of a multitrack kit and such.
 
Epik Drums and the Serafine Tron Fx are also pretty unique.  Some of the Kontakt Kapsules have Sampletank content but are not Sampletank Xpansions.  For example, the Orchestral Kapsules for Kontakt have the Miroslav library...but they can't advertise it that way (I don't know why).  That version does have one very distinct advantage over the Sampletank library...it has keyswitches!  The Vintage Kasule has content from a variety of areas....most of which is in Sonik Synth 2, I think.  The Tron Kapsule is a mystery to me.  I'm not sure if those patches are in Sampetron or one of Squids Tron Collections or something else.  I'm a Genesis fan, but I'm not much on playing Trons.
 

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Well, maybe I can recoup some of the investment by ... spending some more money! 

LMAO!


Oh wait, I do that all the time.

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This is why, contrary to my age, experience has taught me to get two of everything.

Kapsulized!!

"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils" (Louis Hector Berlioz)

That's a good one. Reminds me of the similarly droll "50% of all marriages end in divorce, which isn't so bad if you consider that the other 50% end in death." Jerry Seinfeld, IIRC.

But the one that keeps me going is from Calvin Coolidge, because it applies perfectly to musical pursuits:

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

I picked up the Infinite Player in the Nigel Tufnel Day sale, along with the Tron Kapsule. 

I don't have Sample Tank, so I don't have to worry about Kapsules duplicating my ST content.  I am curious which Kapsules people are recommending, though.

I have only one instrument in Infinite Player and that is Cinema Sessions. It would be nice to see a complete list of instruments or Kapsules that go with Infinite Player... which can actually be found here: http://www.sonicreality.com/infinite-player/

It makes perfect sense to get maximum mileage from their library investment by making it available in different formats. They could be a little more upfront about it, though. There is no mention of it in their online product descriptions. I only discovered that these were SampleTank libraries from an offhand remark by squids in an old KVR thread.