Amplitube 2 Jimi Hendrix RELEASED this month!!!

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Oh! Just logged on to http://www.ikmultimedia.com/ and guess what?

The video clips from NAMM are up!!!

I am off to watch them now.

Just an advice : watch them !

Especially the "AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix Edition announcement".

[Squids]

Wow the thread that keeps on ticking. I posted more about this in the SR forum but just a quick one here. I met Alex Lifeson today and it turns out he's a big fan of AmpliTube 2. He's really psyched about the Stomp IO and when I told him about AmpliTube JH edition he was even more excited (what guitarist doesn't like Univibes and fuzz boxes?).

[A3ntar]

Oh! Just logged on to http://www.ikmultimedia.com/ and guess what?

The video clips from NAMM are up!!!

I am off to watch them now.

Just an advice : watch them !

Especially the "AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix Edition announcement".

Whoa!! That video was THE BOMB!!! AT2JHE looks like THE product for a true hendrix tone.

Altough my favorite part is the beginning when the CEO explains what the product is about. Got to love this italian accent

What did you guys think of the video?

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My thoughts are that I'd much perfer to hear some straight DAW mixdowns. That would be much more relevant. Also, I hate QuickTime. I had a difficult time watching the videos - had to find the URLs in the source code and create an HTML link myself to save them to my computer first.

[A3ntar]

My thoughts are that I'd much perfer to hear some straight DAW mixdowns. That would be much more relevant. Also, I hate QuickTime. I had a difficult time watching the videos - had to find the URLs in the source code and create an HTML link myself to save them to my computer first.

I think Mixdown sound samples will be coming out shortly.

As far as quicktime is concenred, I think it is a more platform compatible format than wmv for instance. Lots of people on Mac are interrested in AT2JHE as well.

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Hey Squids, you need to tell these IK guys that its time they apply their AmpliTube2 DSM techniques to an upgraded version of T-Racks. And tell them to make some simple saturation plugs like McDSP's Analog Channel plugs. We need good tube and solidstate preamp emulations like only IK could do!

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Hey Squids, you need to tell these IK guys that its time they apply their AmpliTube2 DSM techniques to an upgraded version of T-Racks. And tell them to make some simple saturation plugs like McDSP's Analog Channel plugs. We need good tube and solidstate preamp emulations like only IK could do!

Yeah, and where is T-RackS 2 ? About 4 months before I got a positive answer about the development of this version 2, for an announcement soon ! But you know, with IK soon can mean in 12 months ^^. Seriously, I really hope that they'll announce it at the Musikmesse in March...

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Hey Squids, you need to tell these IK guys that its time they apply their AmpliTube2 DSM techniques to an upgraded version of T-Racks. And tell them to make some simple saturation plugs like McDSP's Analog Channel plugs. We need good tube and solidstate preamp emulations like only IK could do!

Yeah, and where is T-RackS 2 ? About 4 months before I got a positive answer about the development of this version 2, for an announcement soon ! But you know, with IK soon can mean in 12 months ^^. Seriously, I really hope that they'll announce it at the Musikmesse in March...

Better that they not announce it until it's ready though. We don't want another one of THESE debacles now do we? On the bright side, between CSR, AT2, and SVX, I'd be highly interested in seeing/hearing what IK could do to T-Racks. It seems like they've come a long way since the T-Racks algos were coded.

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It seems like they've come a long way since the T-Racks algos were coded.

You're right : more than 4 years have passed...

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Try more than 7 years...

I didn't know they had an update planned. That's great. I just hope they come out with some pure tube and solidstate preamp models, either as part of T-Racks or seperately, because we could really use that, especially on VST for PC. There's already plenty of "tube" compressors and EQs, but not much in the way of pure tube preamp saturation, and nothing for VST PC at all for a solidstate console counterpart.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Try more than 7 years...

I didn't know they had an update planned. That's great. I just hope they come out with some pure tube and solidstate preamp models, either as part of T-Racks or seperately, because we could really use that, especially on VST for PC. There's already plenty of "tube" compressors and EQs, but not much in the way of pure tube preamp saturation, and nothing for VST PC at all for a solidstate console counterpart.

I'm with you. My ideal hope is that they drop the idea of T-Rack being a mastering suite, and instead just release a UAD-1 killer volume 1, with more to come. I'd love a good native 1073, Pultec, Fairchild, 1176, LA2A, along with even more modern stuff like a Distressor, a Manley Massive Passive, an API Pre, etc. Basically, I want a UAD-1's plug-ins without the underpowered card/dongle attached. If IKMM could put out a good plug-in suite like that, on top of their current product line, they'd be in a really good position to seriously cut into Waves marketshare and gain themselves a potentially higher reputation (lack of a dongle, no stupid WUP). Hell, if they could do a really good bundle like that by the end of the year, they'd totally abolish my waiting for a UAD-2 to be announced/released.

I wouldn't even care if they weren't exact 1:1 emus or if they do something like Waves did with their V-series, but I'd definately like to see IKMM tackle a Neve plug-in along with some other choice vintage gear.

[A3ntar]

I dont know much about mastering or mastering plugins, but what is the purpose of T-Racks? to make the digital sound more analog?

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Well T-Racks was initially designed as a mastering suite. Mastering is the last step in the phase before a series of different mixes/songs are ready to be mass produced on a CD/album. This generally means EQ'ing the different tracks to a) get a better sound out of each mix while b) making sure the mixes don't sound strange next to each other on the album. It also means leveling off the volume of each mix so they're all at a consistent level. A mastering engineer may also want to try and get bass and or vocal levels as close to the same as possibel between tracks. Mastering can involve fixing problems with the stereo image of a mix, including increasing width or correcting balancing problems. In recent times it's also often (some would argue to too great an extent) meant compressing, limiting, and clipping a mix for maximum volume while doing the least amount of damage to a track by looking to avoid negative sounding audio artificats. Mastering Engineers (or ME's) are often the ones who sequence the order of songs on the albums, apply fades, decide the length of time between tracks (if any), etc. Mastering also often involves dithering (going from 32 or 24 bit to 16 for CDs) and sometimes samperate conversion (96k to 44.1k, for example). Finally, and most importantly, I'd say mastering is also the art of making sure the music sounds good on as many systems as possible. This requires that ME's have great ears, a good knowledge as to what the levels should be and how they will translate to different systems, a well tuned room (different rooms will change the sound coming out of the same speakers), and excellent monitors.

T-Racks was designed to cover many of these aspects, and is supposed to be modelled from analog gear. There was, and still is, this whole idea that digital gear isn't good enough to use for mastering, and that analog is the way to go. T-Racks was probably designed (at least partially) with the intention of doing away with this belief. So it was a suite designed to cover just about all the gear required to do everything listed above (which it can do). Eventually IKMM wisened up and broke down the pieces that made the single standalone program (T-Racks24), into individual plug-ins (T-Racks VST).

T-Racks definately doesn't sound terrible, and does have its uses, but compared to some newer plug-ins as well as plug-in suites, it may not be the best choice for everyone. For instance, some people want ultra clean gear when mastering as to try and level and EQ the audio without adding any additional color that was not originally in the mix. T-Racks would certainly add color. Plus with all the options available today, it seems a little long in tooth and is showing it's age. For instance, the free Electri-Q (Posihfopit Edition), does better boosts and cuts in analog mode than T-Racks can IMO. The T-Racks compressor, has a strong character of it's own, and may not be great for a mix compared to some other options, etc.

It's all up to taste though. And sorry for the super long post. I'm getting over a cold, and I guess I'm just bored from being at home on a Friday night.

[A3ntar]

Whoa! Thanks FET...Great explanation!

You know, I easily get lost in all those details. Like I do not know what mixing/mastering means, or how to use EQ, etc...

I was wondering if there would be any "All in one" book that explains how to produce a song for A to Z, while teaching how to do recording, mixing and mastering.

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Whoa! Thanks FET...Great explanation!

You know, I easily get lost in all those details. Like I do not know what mixing/mastering means, or how to use EQ, etc...

I was wondering if there would be any "All in one" book that explains how to produce a song for A to Z, while teaching how to do recording, mixing and mastering.

go search on amazon, you'd be surprised