Way off the mark? Well first: say that I would like to buy the excact same AMOUNT of gear that is any given previous AT pack. Not the same gear, but the same amount. That would cost way much more than the previous pack, right? I can't even understand how to calculate the costs, IK haven't even included VAT in their prices. But I've understood that it would be way much more expencivepopmoney wrote:Way off the mark there bud.Seems to me to be a fairly decent marketing ploy, especially for all the people who already own a few of Ik amp suites. I'd say it is fairly well thought outradioegg wrote:This is from the view of a potentially new customer (so LISTEN, Brian and IK):
I have been close to buying a guitarampsim several times. I've tried a lot of demos, all IK stuff since AT 2 among them. And a lot of them were good, and some very good.
Up until now, I always decided in the end that I did not need it. After all, I got real amps when I want to record serious stuff. For simple demos at home, there's no point in getting a commercial ampsim, except maybe for the fun. And the freebies are getting better and better.
But the demos were GREAT FUN, and because of that I follow amp sim threads here at KVR, and I was really curious about AT 3.5. I really liked the idea of the custom shop, because I saw that I could get only the models that interested me, without all the crap I don't care about.
So: AT 3.5... It started a few of months ago, with IK teasing and bragging about the outstanding new version. Now it's here...
Well...
The content of this thread alone should be evidence enough. AT 3.5 is a ship that sank at the moment it was put at sea. Technical issues galore, pricing, etc.
Sinking, sinking... Unless IK do something about it really quick. Do something about all the technical issues, do something about the pricing and the way custom shop works, and not to mention the authencification. Yeah, the new "gear" might be great, but it's NEVER going to be worth it the way it is today.
And IK: The next time you pre-market and release a new product, remember that YOU DON'T KNOW if IK and AT is the best, most accurate, fantastic amp sim in the world. YOU DON'T KNOW if you are better than everyone else making ampsims. Because you are NOT. So stop telling us you are the best, the most accurate, most authentic. WE, THE USERS OF AMPSIMS (free or commercial), WE KNOW THE ANSWER. I KNOW what's the best ampsim. It'll be the one I use at any given time (I use the Revalver beta right now, I love the sound of the amps, and in my ears, AT can't compete at all. I'll most likely RV 3.5 before the beta runs out.) Any other guy or girl knows the answer too, and it's a different answer than mine.
My verdict (and I deliberately give a f**ck about the sounds): This is so far the grandest failure I have ever seen when it comes to expectations meeting reality...
SO IK: GET YOURSELF TOGETHER! THIS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH!! IT SUCKS! I will definately NOT buy your products until IK and AT are rehabilitated. Sorry. But you made this trap for yourselves in the way you marketed this shit before it was released, and you fell right into it.
One last thing: I guess Fender, Ampeg, Orange and all the other companies that put their name into this are pissed off at you now. After all, their names are kind of dragged down in the mud too, aren't they?
So long IK, might see you again...
Then there is all the problems with people losing presets, losing previous paid for "gear", AT isn't recogniced, serials don't work, whatever...
And that silly solution with authencification having to be done online...
And then there is the thing with the sky high expectations that IK made from months ago. With so many people complaining, almost none talking about the great new gear, what can one say? I say failure. And I don't want to buy this product. Sorry.
Way off the mark?
