KVR Audio

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:10 pm

Wow, cool beans! Great job Squids. I think IK will be happy about their decision once they see the big bump in sales that happens once the dongle-less version is out and word gets out about it. Didn't think I'd be saying it, but thanks, IK!

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:21 pm

Good for IK!

NAD · Post by **NAD** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:28 am

But seriously, if this thread hits 300 I will shoot myself. Now who wants my death on their conscience?

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 12:33 am

t-willy wrote:son of a bitch. i waited months for my free ikey to use AT2 and now it will be dongleless.

squids, you guys gonna get a preset area going for AT2 at esoundz any time? i know you had discussed it a while back, but just wondering.

lates

t-willy

I forgot about that

O.L.T · Post by **O.L.T** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:08 am

Squidsy, the voice for the common man ...

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:33 am

I have to admit I'm pleasantly surprised by the dongle-less policy

So right now, stealthplug is UB and dongle-less? And did I see something about an update to the "full" version available someday?

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:02 am

You can choose to pick up the AmpliTube 2 upgrade later when it is dongless.... btw, YES it will be dongless. No more dongle! Sans dongle. Dongle no mo! Asta la vista baby! Ciao bella! Bye bye dongle hello free USB ports! WE WON!!!!! I rallied on your behalf to rid ourselves of dongles on IK products and just to let you know that companies DO listen it is going to be done.

Hourrrrraaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!

Very very kool.

The only reason I didnt buy the plugin yet is because of me being afraid of system instabilities due to the dongle. Now this issue cleared away, I feel free. My station wil still be dongless and running the BEST software amp ever!

O.L.T · Post by **O.L.T** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:06 am

A3ntar wrote:My station wil still be dongless and running the 2nd BEST software amp ever!

riley4reason · Post by **riley4reason** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:12 am

Is this that thread I heard about backstage at the Stones concert?

dusted william · Post by **dusted william** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:13 am

will be able to load this onto more than one machine, to switch between laptop and desktop?

dw

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:24 am

Now that I just absorbed that news, one have to wonder why IKMM, after having spent a load of money, decided to remove the dongle alltogether ( very smart decision )

some possibilities are

1)The sales where somewhat of a dissapointment probably due the fact that no one with no dongle where able to demo it to begin with and be impressed with the plugin. IKMM lift the dongles, lot of people gets to try it and be impressed with it and buy it.

2)The sales where a huge success and they recuperated development costs and copy protection licensing costs so they want to have a feel for the sales figures of dongled vs. dongless product. It might blow a new "wind" in the product.

3)There is technical issues with the protection, maybe a Vista compatibality issue ( new Vista kernel access rules etc ), or lots of support due to the dongle and they judged that the risk of piracy is less than the cost of them supporting the customers with all the copy protection issues.

4)maybe the copy protection of Amplitube2 has been pirated so there is no need for it anymore because it ended up not being as robust as anticipated and now is more of a nuisance to real users instead of a deterrent for illigitemate ones.

What do you guys think?

Squids, if you know it, can you share with us the reason why IKMM is going dongless after having launched the product as dongled ones? Maybe it can help us understand better what is happening on the market as far as copy protection is concerned.

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:46 am

So Squids, can you say anything about the latency of the StealthPlug?
I *will* buy either that or the M-Audio JamLab - based solely on latency figures. Sure, Amplitude Live will be a welcomed addition, but my main concern isn't any software but latencies as low as possible.

I'm touring so much right now that I just need a quickly accessable ultra-portable audio interface, wasting less space than my FW-410.

Cap'n Spanky · Post by **Cap'n Spanky** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:28 pm

A3ntar wrote:...wonder why IKMM, after having spent a load of money, decided to remove the dongle alltogether ( very smart decision )

some possibilities are

1)The sales where somewhat of a dissapointment probably due the fact that no one with no dongle where able to demo it to begin with and be impressed with the plugin. IKMM lift the dongles, lot of people gets to try it and be impressed with it and buy it.

3)There is technical issues with the protection, maybe a Vista compatibality issue ( new Vista kernel access rules etc ), or lots of support due to the dongle and they judged that the risk of piracy is less than the cost of them supporting the customers with all the copy protection issues.

What do you guys think?

I wondered the same thing. I'm guessing (and it's pure speculation)that it's some combination of #1 and #3. I didn't think of #2 and #4.

I don't think it's #2. Because if sales were great, I doubt they would change anything.

Cap'n Spanky · Post by **Cap'n Spanky** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:31 pm

NAD wrote:But seriously, if this thread hits 300 I will shoot myself. Now who wants my death on their conscience?

I shot a man in Reno... just to watch him die.

multree · Post by **multree** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:57 pm

I always suspected Squids was the man - now I know...

great work

Amplitube 2 Jimi Hendrix RELEASED this month!!!