Amplitube next models? What will they be?

[festeringheap]

Gear Credits will start at $1 per credit, but they get progressively cheaper when you buy in bulk. Plus, you can use Jam Points for up to half the cost of a Gear Credit purchase. So to get a new amp head, you will be able to spend $10 + 10 Jam Points to purchase 20 Gear Credits.

Do you have to have these Gear Credits in your account before you can demo the models?

Hope there are no taxes involved...

[susiwong]

You will need an internet connection for CS.

Hope this www connection doesn't have to be on the DAW.
Can you do this from another computer ?
Cheers,
susiwong

[Brian @ IK Multimedia]

Gear Credits will start at $1 per credit, but they get progressively cheaper when you buy in bulk. Plus, you can use Jam Points for up to half the cost of a Gear Credit purchase. So to get a new amp head, you will be able to spend $10 + 10 Jam Points to purchase 20 Gear Credits.

Do you have to have these Gear Credits in your account before you can demo the models?

Hope there are no taxes involved...

No, you don't need to have Gear Credits first.
Just download AmpliTube Custom Shop, register it, and begin demoing away.

There probably is VAT where applicable.

[Brian @ IK Multimedia]

You will need an internet connection for CS.

Hope this www connection doesn't have to be on the DAW.
Can you do this from another computer ?
Cheers,
susiwong

Unfortunately, it must be done from the same computer for the time being.
But once you purchase your gear, you do not need to maintain the connection.

[Hink]

I see guitar tone and notes as colors and textures in my mind anyhow

You're going to be seeing a lot of Orange...

we'll see, the timing is interesting for me because on Tuesday the Frenzel pre-amp is arriving. I really have high hopes for this and a big part of that is it being my front end for sims, if I'm right performance like I said earlier will matter more than more models. If better performance includes more models that's a win/win. However if the performance is the same and I'm just getting more models with all due respect I will likely put my money towards more builds.

If by chance the Frenzel is not suited for this once again my attention and investments will likely go to more builds over the next year. I do not want to sound like I'm dissing anything, in fact the exact opposite. As far as itb there is no void to fill, I know AT3 will do the job and I already have plenty of models. Of course I also have GR4, GTR3.5 and VANDAL so there is no shortage of itb models.

So how I spread my cash around for a while wont be based on what I like or G.A.S. It will be about what benefits me the most whether it be AT3.5, a new guitar, that jet city iso cab, another head, some new builds (even possibly a tube amp kit). I cannot begin to tell you how rewarding building a modded tubescreamer kit was, not only sound wise but education wise and of course that feeling of 'I built this'.

AT3 already works for me and I like it, I have no problem sticking with it

[susiwong]

You will need an internet connection for CS.

Hope this www connection doesn't have to be on the DAW.
Can you do this from another computer ?
Cheers,
susiwong

Unfortunately, it must be done from the same computer for the time being.
But once you purchase your gear, you do not need to maintain the connection.

Ok, thanks, I'm out.
No internet connection for the DAW, period.
This is not an Icrap, it's a serious tool.
Oh well,
susiwong

[heffus]

(You will need an internet connection for CS.)

Are you telling me that I can't even purchase any of the new stuff if my DAW computer isn't connected to the internet? That makes no sense.

[festeringheap]

You will need an internet connection for CS.

Hope this www connection doesn't have to be on the DAW.
Can you do this from another computer ?
Cheers,
susiwong

Unfortunately, it must be done from the same computer for the time being.
But once you purchase your gear, you do not need to maintain the connection.

Uh oh...you mean I have to bring my cables, my guitars, my interface, my monitors and monitor amp from my offline DAW computer, to a computer that is connected just so I can demo the models?

Oh, and buy a firewire card to install on the connected computer for my firewire interface so I can plug in my guitars??

Well no great loss for IKmulti, I suppose, as susiwong, heffus and festeringheap are probably a very small minority of folks who have an unconnected DAW computer.

I'm sure Custom Shop will still be a smashing success.

[hibidy]

You will need an internet connection for CS.

Hope this www connection doesn't have to be on the DAW.
Can you do this from another computer ?
Cheers,
susiwong

Unfortunately, it must be done from the same computer for the time being.
But once you purchase your gear, you do not need to maintain the connection.

Ok, thanks, I'm out.
No internet connection for the DAW, period.
This is not an Icrap, it's a serious tool.
Oh well,
susiwong

I swear, it's really frustrating that a tried and true auth system for IK is getting what seems to be a makeover.

Now, I can understand needing to be online with 3.5 to demo the custom shop stuff but once you decide to buy something, why wouldn't you be able to auth it on another computer? What, now we only get one auth??

[heffus]

All this time anticipating and waiting for something that I won't even be able to use. Incredible. If it ain't broke(the auth system), don't fix it.

[Brian @ IK Multimedia]

You will need an internet connection for CS.

Hope this www connection doesn't have to be on the DAW.
Can you do this from another computer ?
Cheers,
susiwong

Unfortunately, it must be done from the same computer for the time being.
But once you purchase your gear, you do not need to maintain the connection.

Ok, thanks, I'm out.
No internet connection for the DAW, period.
This is not an Icrap, it's a serious tool.
Oh well,
susiwong

I swear, it's really frustrating that a tried and true auth system for IK is getting what seems to be a makeover.

Now, I can understand needing to be online with 3.5 to demo the custom shop stuff but once you decide to buy something, why wouldn't you be able to auth it on another computer? What, now we only get one auth??

New gear you add is tied to your ATCS serial number, which is authorized the same way as always, and shows up on every system you install on. You only need to activate it once per new installation. If you installed a second copy of AmpliTube on your laptop, for example, you simply go to your account menu in the Custom Shop application, and click the "Restore My Gear" tab. Every piece of gear associated with your AmpliTube Custom Shop serial number will be automatically unlocked inside AmpliTube 3.5.

[hibidy]

That sounds cool, but it's going to be a bitch for people like susiwong who doesn't have their DAW connected to the net. For previous versions, you could get the ID from the DAW, and generate a code off that through IK and then simply type in the auth.

For me, it's not a big because I use my daw (you better have tested this on reaper x64 ) while connected.

[waiting man]

If you installed a second copy of AmpliTube on your laptop, for example, you simply go to your account menu in the Custom Shop application, and click the "Restore My Gear" tab.

so I'll have to install it on a pc where it's not needed, wasting also an authorization...impressive solution, really.

[susiwong]

New gear you add is tied to your ATCS serial number, which is authorized the same way as always, and shows up on every system you install on. You only need to activate it once per new installation. If you installed a second copy of AmpliTube on your laptop, for example, you simply go to your account menu in the Custom Shop application, and click the "Restore My Gear" tab. Every piece of gear associated with your AmpliTube Custom Shop serial number will be automatically unlocked inside AmpliTube 3.5.

Wait, does that mean if I "waste" an authorization for the internet machine I can transfer demos and bought models to my (constantly offline) DAW ?
That would be a PITA, but a compromise I might grudgingly accept as long as you're cool about a new set of authorizations (free of course) on request in case of a hardware change.
In any case, my DAW won't go online and my internet computer can't play guitar, this won't change in the foreseeable future.

Ymmv,
susiwong

[chrisby]

I haven't really been following this thread and am not posting this to call anybody out or piss anybody off but for those that are concerned with attaching their DAW to the net (understandable) you might look into some disk imaging software (e.g. Acronis True Image or similar). If you keep your system disk disk separate from your projects and samples, taking or restoring an image of your system disk should take only a few minutes. Plus it's good to keep checkpoints as your system evolves anyway. The backup images taken with these type products are done at the sector/track level so a restore will truly put your machine back to the state it was in when the image is taken.

For me I have a shortcut on my desktop for my network connection and it usually disabled. If I absolutely have to get on the net I right click and enable it, do what I need, and disable it again. If for any reason I'm worried that my machine was compromised I'll just restore from the last checkpoint image.

True Image often is free from various etailers with rebates and it really is pretty handy to have around anyway...