el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote:3. The decision to not have a free version at release is because first SampleTank 3 new features and the entirely new sound set are closely connected (it will make more sense upon release and seeing the features and sounds working together in the new engine), plus there are a lot of new features which we have spent time and money to develop.
this makes absolutely no difference to users like myself who have no intention of buying a behemouth library just to use as a wrapper for a couple of libraries
clearly you understand that there are many in such a situation, and you are holding out to grab as many of those who will just say 'what the heck" and buy it anyway. everyone else gets just enough lip service and vagueness, in an almost "we aren't even sure whether there will be a free version yet" kinda way.
the last sentence about all the time and money to develop infers that you aren't really about to give freebies until you start making back on your investment, which would be normal for any business were it not for the fact that many of us who bought the products that helped you to become such a high profile company over the years now feel they are getting stiffed, and being held over a barrel to shell out more money just to use the same instruments they have already paid for
To which Peter replied:
In other words, everything el-bo said was true, and Peter couldn't deny it... LOL. How patronising of him to tell us that we bought 32 bit software and there was no promise of a free 64 bit upgrade... If I can get ST 2.5 to work fine in FL Studio 12 I have no interest in ST3, but so far I have experienced error messages when using ST 2.5 in FL Studio 12, and I can't rely on it at the moment.This is the same stuff that Ben told us was debated over and over again in the other threads, so you can reference our forum or those threads as I won't respond any more about this beyond repeating for the last time: The software you purchased (and by your statement have had years of use which should be more than a good recoup of investment in either real currency or musical output/satisfaction) does exactly what it states it would do, and it is stated it is 32-bit plus there is a free version and have been demo versions throughout for anybody to assess whether it will work on their system. Those not interested in SampleTank 3 have bit bridging available to them as an option. Again, it is all hashed out in the other locked threads that you can find and on our forum. We also have multiple methods of contact available to you if you'd like to speak to IK directly about your issues with any of this. Thank you.
If they brought out an ST3 player for £30, with a £10 discount for current ST 2.5 owners, they would sell hundreds, if not thousands, and it would take them virtually no effort to produce the player - after all, all they have to do is NOT include the samples. Is that difficult?
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I'm pretty sure he doesn't visit KVR. Plus, I'll take the hit and also say "hey, I thought they may have sampled ME playing drums whilst unaware and that would most certainly match the name!"
