I'm bummed about not being able to import my libraries but eventually, I'll get ST3 full someday. Or not. Free is ok with me.

dubdisciple
On the scale of world evil, with Hitler being the top of the evil chart for reference purposes and singing rainbow painted unicorns being least evil,

That's babble. It's sort of correct but neglects those who put him there.

I haven't seen cc this cross since the thread where he felt cakewalk were dragging their heels on vst3

Well, I downloaded it and the sound it pretty good. I don't know if the program is usable though. Just using it in standalone was ridiculous. There is about a 3 or 4 second delay from hitting the keyboard and hearing the note. so, useless there. I haven't tried it in a project so it remains to be seen if it works well there.

Guitarpima

dubdisciple
On the scale of world evil, with Hitler being the top of the evil chart for reference purposes and singing rainbow painted unicorns being least evil,

That's babble. It's sort of correct but neglects those who put him there.

Are you talking about Hitler or the Unicorn?  You do realize such a ridiculous analogy was not said for purposes of accuracy? For all I know singing rainbow painted unicorns could be the epitome of evil.

I just put it in a project and so far, the sound is pretty nice. It seems a bit darker than True Pianos but together, they will probably make one nice piano. Also, it works well in a host DAW.

Guitarpima
Well, I downloaded it and the sound it pretty good. I don't know if the program is usable though. Just using it in standalone was ridiculous. There is about a 3 or 4 second delay from hitting the keyboard and hearing the note. so, useless there. I haven't tried it in a project so it remains to be seen if it works well there.

I have the same issue,,,,2 second lag from the keyboard to the program. Not impressed.

Rain
"Download it today and discover why SampleTank 3 is considered the new industry standard."
 

 
 

Statements like this is why I take all marketing hyperbole with a grain of salt.  It's not an outright lie, because the fact that there are not many (if any) direct competitors that fit exactly in ST3's niche. The closest equivalents  are hardware devices like Yamaha Motif or Roland Phantom. I can't think of any vst workstation. 

I think rushing out a "free version" before all the kinks are worked out with initial release are worked out is a misstep and overreaction to loudmouths. It seems rushed and forced.  I suspect the success of this product will eventually lay in the quality of additional sample libraries made available by IK and third parties.

It is definitely NOT the industry standard. (Marketing hype) I would say Kontakt would be much closer to that role. In fact it is a very ordinary instrument and does not really offer anything really new. There are quite a few VST's out there that do the same sort of thing.
 
And while on the subject of hardware the Kurzweil PC3K is so far ahead of Roland and Yamaha equivalents (in sound) it is not funny either.