Amplitube 2 Jimi Hendrix RELEASED this month!!!

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Hink: No doubt that adding increasingly more effects will eventually either cripple your system (pops and clicks) or cause you to increase your latency. I'm just talking about 5ms of working pop-free latency, pure and simple. No "what ifs".

Greg

I think about the what ifs, maybe to a fault...but if I dont have any I don't have to worry about them...besides I know if I ever found my biological family I would discovery my name was Murphy...

[Watto]

I wish you all the best regardless. Good luck!

Nicely veiled...

[A3ntar]

You'd be surprised. But, also so many artists are influenced by Bob Dylan. It took me a while to appreciate Dylan and a lot of people don't get it. But then they like Tom Petty or something and people like Bearded One and I just roll our eyes. Or even if someone says they like Cold Play but not U2 or U2 but not BB King or Elvis... it's about deeper appreciation of rock roots. I also hear some young kids say they don't like The Beatles. But, if the song Helter Skelter didn't exist who knows if there would even have been a Led Zeppelin and then Heavy Metal and then ___________ thrash grunge band whatever...

It's good to know this stuff even if you appreciate more the musicians who were influenced than the influencial musicians. It is as useful knowledge as the knowledge about the gear and software we discuss on this forum (maybe even more useful in many respects).

Thanks for the enlightenment master Squids

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Cool - I spent many hours getting Midnight Rambler down tight. - I surprised my self recently by playing through the whole song on my acoustic without cramping up.

Love in vien and the last of sympathy to....you could see from the grooves on my lps where the solos started in sympathy......but then I heard Ritchie Blackmore...

[A3ntar]

Nicely veiled...

I just wento to Fritz's website. This dude means business...LOL. He is even chewing on his own guitar!

I downloaded some of the music, but i couldn't understand a word. I was laughing though because for me it sounds like a comedic sound due to the (german?) accent. Fritz, you have a nice vocals though when you really sing, not when you "rap". Nice heavy guitars riffs.

[Beardedone]

But then they like Tom Petty or something and people like Bearded One and I just roll our eyes.

Hey that's right. How did you remember that Dave? I still don't get Tom Petty or Nirvana for that matter. At least Hendrix still seemsgolike even after all these years - the new hendrix Woodstock footage is great btw.

[A3ntar]

I don't get Bob Dylan
Maybe it is only about the lyrics and not the muscial talent is his case?

Nirvana is bah, overhyped. Tom Petty is OK. I am a recent fan of Weezer though

[Beardedone]

Beardedone wrote:
Cool - I spent many hours getting Midnight Rambler down tight. - I surprised my self recently by playing through the whole song on my acoustic without cramping up.


Love in vien and the last of sympathy to....you could see from the grooves on my lps where the solos started in sympathy......but then I heard Ritchie Blackmore...

Love in Vain- yeah that was a god lesson in soul, eh?

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Beardedone wrote:
Cool - I spent many hours getting Midnight Rambler down tight. - I surprised my self recently by playing through the whole song on my acoustic without cramping up.


Love in vien and the last of sympathy to....you could see from the grooves on my lps where the solos started in sympathy......but then I heard Ritchie Blackmore...

Love in Vain- yeah that was a god lesson in soul, eh?

that was my break up song when a girl dumped me...I heard it often...

[Squids]

FRitz, are you serious? :-/

What if it sounds really good, outstanding...Will you still not buy it just because you don't like IK's and Squids behavior?

Personally I like squid's exciting attitude. I mean, this guys could have not told us anything about AT2. But here he is, participating in this thread and giving us insider informations you won't get anywhere else. Altough he might make a bit of profit from the sale his "hype" ( because he IS creating hype) will generate, eventually it will all come down to how good the plugin sounds.

Ummm... if you buy it from www.esoundz.com then I make a profit. Don't forget, professionally I am on the sample sounds side of the biz. That is where I make my money, apart from what sells on our web store. Also, when it comes to profit I think I give back a lot for what we get and we're not wasteful with our success. We put it back in to give more and build that way which I think people like about us.

But, anyway, thanks.

[Squids]

yes *might* be great but we'll never know if we don't buy ikey just to demo it

This would be ridiculous....really. We cannot judge based on sound samples alone. We have to feel how it interacts with the guitar and our fingers.

Hey, again, I don't know the official word on what sort of demo version there may or may not be. However, just like if you wanted to know what a real amp sounded like you can go to a store to check it out hopefully. If not then... when there is a will there is a way! Again, I really don't know so please don't hold me to speculation on that. We'll see.

[A3ntar]

Don't forget, professionally I am on the sample sounds side of the biz. That is where I make my money, apart from what sells on our web store

Sorry if I was a bit unclear when I said "profit from the sale", I meant of course the sale through your website. I know you guys only make sample sounds for IK, and are not a "daughter" company.

And, your welcome

Hey, again, I don't know the official word on what sort of demo version there may or may not be. However, just like if you wanted to know what a real amp sounded like you can go to a store to check it out hopefully. If not then... when there is a will there is a way! Again, I really don't know so please don't hold me to speculation on that. We'll see.

Don't worry, we all know it is speculation when it comes to the demo version, and hopefolly nobody will be quoting you for that.

In fact seriously Squids, I am very happy that you are keeping us updated a bit on AT2, because IK is keeping us in the dark. Thanks to you, I am getting excited again about AT2. IK should pay you some fee for all these AT2 postings...LOL

[Squids]

Using software vs hardware? If so, it is a different animal with a different set of trade offs. For example, a real amp is a real amp (beautiful thing... if it is a good amp!). But, it is one amp. It is not 20,000 amps and a built-in 12 configurable stomp box and 8 rack effects unit. That's what AmpliTube 2 is uniquely and it is really handy for music production. But anyway, let's say that with the stomp pedal combined with a fast CPU you are looking at the lowest POSSIBLE latency. If that is not good enough for you then... gee I don't know man!

OK fine but why would I need that many combinations? I don't. I would be happy with just a few great sounding real tones. With a hardware amp that I feel is right for me like an Ashdown 60 W combo I can play happily in many situations. I do find AT1 clean sounds are just not right. Besides a hardware amp does not have the potential to screw over my DAW. Sorry to be a downer but this is my experience with amps, AT1 and dongles.

Gordy, that might be exactly what you need! Why not? I have several different ways I work on music. Sometimes for me less is more and sometimes I want it all at my fingertips. For example, I have this ragged set up with just my Danelectro acoustic/electric (lipstick pick ups... like the old Silvertone Page used) and a Vox AC10 (because it gets a crunch distortion without having to crank as loud as an AC30). Then an acoustic piano and an old Ludwig 60's kit (that ironically I haven't even sampled yet...I'm weird... the Ludwig kits that I sampled were picked out by Josh Freese and Lyle Workman but the one I have is good too... one of these days Remember that I sample most of the time for mySELF and if I already own the gear then I don't need to sample it for me because I can just play it whenever I want... sometimes I do sample for you guys though ).

So, I do have a bunch of guitars but they sit on a wall in my studio until I am REALLY getting into another mode of production. But, this is when I am working on my own music. I also have a whole midi composition set up of course loaded with tons of samples and plug-ins. I use that all the time for production but for writing I tend to use it about half the time. I suppose it depends a lot on which style of music I am working on. For scoring I use the most deluxe computer set up possible. For rock I use all kinds of degrees in set up. Sometimes JUST the Dano alone! Then you know if your tune is any good!

Anyway, my point (long-winded as I am) was that while I am happy using my Vox or Fender amp too, when it comes to production I like to have choices. I've been lucky to be hanging around studios like Oceanway and Sound City when people like Jack Joseph Puig were doing a Jellyfish or Black Crowes album and someone like that has every choice under the sun. I mean, we're talking about tons of guitars, amps and vintage keyboards (some of which would be mine that I'd bring to the session, like in the case of Black Crowes Amorica album). Or people like Jon Brion who bring a room full of gear to the session (and of course it costs mega bucks for the artist/record label to do that). So, for myself (like many of you) I don't have a major label backing my music. They're not going to pay for my own personal Jon Brion or JJP to come to my studio and fill it with everything under the sun! That is why on the sound side of things Sonic Reality is dedicated to offering that kind of power without needing to have a major label deal to do production with that range of colors. Well, what I love about IK (and why I enjoy working with IK as much as possible to be close or influence some of this stuff) is that on the effects side it fits in with my mission to make it possible to do production even at THAT level (or emulate it closely). Yes, sure, sometimes I'd rather just be in JJP or JB's shoes and do it that way... but then if I did that then I wouldn't be behind making this stuff for everyone else who MAY want some of the same things I am talking about.

Does that make sense? It still may not be something YOU need. It depends on if you want to get different signature sounds ranging from Beatles to Steely Dan (I heard the best Reeling in the Years sound today with AT2 btw) to Green Day to whatever one is into. It's about getting the variety of character of sounds as well as the features and total recall within your host. There are a lot of reasons, even more than what I am saying. But, I am really talking from my perspective which I know you are familiar with.

[Beardedone]

I hear you Dave. I do respect your experience and POV - from the production side of things the software option is miles ahaed. I am sure AT2 really adds a huge pallete of sounds to the mix. Note though that I am still trying to find a really good hardware amp to play live that I can afford. 2. I am biased against the tones I heard with AT1. They were not compelling for me. At2 may turn me around but frankly I am terrified of the copy protect key. I know about 10 peopled whose systems were screwed by the Syncrosoft dongle.

[Squids]

Don't forget, professionally I am on the sample sounds side of the biz. That is where I make my money, apart from what sells on our web store

Sorry if I was a bit unclear when I said "profit from the sale", I meant of course the sale through your website. I know you guys only make sample sounds for IK, and are not a "daughter" company.

And, your welcome

Hey, again, I don't know the official word on what sort of demo version there may or may not be. However, just like if you wanted to know what a real amp sounded like you can go to a store to check it out hopefully. If not then... when there is a will there is a way! Again, I really don't know so please don't hold me to speculation on that. We'll see.

Don't worry, we all know it is speculation when it comes to the demo version, and hopefolly nobody will be quoting you for that.

In fact seriously Squids, I am very happy that you are keeping us updated a bit on AT2, because IK is keeping us in the dark. Thanks to you, I am getting excited again about AT2. IK should pay you some fee for all these AT2 postings...LOL

Well, daughter company... not what I would call it. But, sister/brother company is more accurate since we formed a strategic alliance based on the foundation of SR doing the sounds for IK plug-ins (such as SS2, Philharmonik and even some of the sounds in ST2/ST2.1). I also do demonstrations when asked (usually for plug-ins SR is involved in but I would gladly do an AT2 demonstration anytime! I may not be the best guitar player to do it but you can tell I love it enough to talk about it for days).

So, I don't pretend that I don't have biases from our deep involvement with IK. But, I am not hired to come in here and represent IK on KVR that is for sure. I do my best to get some clearance to be able to give some "unofficial" information. I do that because I love KVR and I enjoy it. I'll admit that many times that effort does earn www.esoundz.com more business (and that is what funds me being able to take the time in general.). But, what is really obvious I think is that I am fueled by loving this stuff and if I help anyone or even just make them laugh then it is worthwhile for me. I may piss a few people off in the process by just being blunt (such as with my view on using models in advertising... all for it generally speaking... well, to a point anyway.