As far as adding more meaningful discussion, I know we have definitely noted that there is some confusion about "what pricing do I qualify for?" and even though we do provide some detail at http://www.ikmultimedia.com/news/?item_id=4109 I understand.  So I did want to say that I can answer your questions about that to the best of my ability or get you to the right person and you also have the option of logging in to our site and clicking the button to preorder will show you the version for which you qualify.
 
If you prefer to order from the dealer offering the preorder, you can still check with the methods above or you can contact your rep there directly and they will help too.  If you have any other questions you can ask me directly here or via PM, on our forum, our support team, or I can relay questions I don't have the answer for.  Thanks.

I have a simple question Obi. The full price after pre-order pricing is $349 USD. That will end up costing me more that $400 CDN.
 
What is there about sample tank that will make me want to leave Komplete at that price point? The number of sounds isn't it. I have thousands of sounds. Is it more user friendly? Is it easier to program multi-outs? Tell me why I should be interested. Serious questions with no hidden agenda.

Obi, I have a question I didn't see on the website:
 
What does ST3 import. I understand the old libraries are included or will import and the website mentioned (I think) individual .wav files, but is there any importing of other sample formats built in?

MGC59
As always Jim you are correct in every point you made.
 
As far as ST3 goes, there can be no meaningful discussion until we actually have a delivered product.
 
If it workflows as well as ST2 did for me, there will be only praise.
 
I will check out Coffee House. For some reason I have never been in there.
 
Also the system you sold me has brought me nothing but pleasure these past few years. Thank you for a wonderful product and support.
 
Much respect.

Glad to hear the DAW has been working well!
Much respect back to you...
 
There was a period of time where the Coffee House was full of turmoil.
That dates back a good ways...   
The thread about building a custom guitar is particularly good.
Wish I had those skills!  Love translucent finishes on Ash body instruments

paulo

Jim Roseberry
 
 There was a period of time where the Coffee House was full of turmoil.
 

 
LOL ! Never been anywhere near as much as there has been in the main forum, although in fairness a good deal of that seems to have stopped with X3. These days all the drama queens are in the ST3 threads.

LOL, Yeah it use to get pretty brutal around a new Sonar release time. 
 
I just pre-ordered ST3 from Sweetwater today. My sales Rep said he was Hoping the boxed version would be available around the beginning of August.

yorolpal
NIAGRA FALLS...Slowly I turned...And step by step I........

Wow. I remember that. 

What i do love about sampletank versus NI is that the FX are not cheap !! and you hear those NI bit crush , disto , ect ...in everything nowdayz 
 
The way they also included new Tracks stuff is brillant and a pure logic !!

Guitarpima
TBH, who cares if they didn't make their release date?

This!
 
Or does it really matter in the big scheme of things, if it took this long to get a 64bit version?
 
Come on people!!

musichoo

IK_Multimedia

musichoo
Obi,
     Can I import sfz files into ST3?

SampleTank 3 does not import sfz files.  I have relayed your question as a request, though.

Thanks. I will be very nice to have that feature. I don't speak for everyone in this forum. But I do believe a lot of folks here have sfz files too.
I have tons of that from Dimension Pro and Computer magazine. I wish to use those in a sampler player in an expressive way. 

Use alchemy player or alchemy. Very powerful and expressive.

Glad you find such glee in that and still show interest in following SampleTank 3 threads.  I have no problem with other products on the market, and the Camel folks I know are quite talented and great people so hats off to them too.  There's more than enough room :)
 
Let me know if you decide to order, we've had a lot of people who "swore off" IK or ST3 on board already, so there's also plenty of room there too :)  The link is SampleTank 3 coming in July if you change your mind.

Again, If you do decide to purchase ST3, Pre-order from a retailer like Sweetwater as they will not be using your money until your product is available and they are Great people to deal with.
 
If you order directly from IK you will be charged immediately. Your choice...

What about Sonik Capsules? Can ST3 read those? I have the acoustic guitar set.

For many years, I resisted buying a smartphone. The data plans were like highway robbery (we are larger than the average nuclear family), and I felt I already had enough tech to keep me happy and busy between studio and day-job.
 
During those years I suffered when the 32-bit ST2 would crash SONAR, all the while IKM rubbed salt in the wound piling iOS products higher and deeper. But crash after crash I trudged on, from one SONAR version-up to the next, because the sounds I got (and how quickly) with ST2 kept bringing me back. That, and my beloved combi's that I had been collecting all those years, in between crashes, that is. (The reader will kindly note that running SONAR in 32-bit mode is not considered here, nor will it be, nor has it, for many, many years.)
 
This month, I picked up a smartphone (had to - my wife's dumb phone croaked and we always get the same style phones to scale the learning curve together). And tonight, I ordered ST3. Coincidence? Providence? We shall see.
 

losguyCoincidence? Providence? We shall see.

 
Deliverance?