Introducing AmpliTube 3.5 Custom Shop

[ObiWonder]

are these same sounds in amplitube fender?


just checking

No those are in our Custom Shop.

[ObiWonder]

Do you still need a internet connection on the daw to authorize? or can you now authorize via other computer like before? I have a no internet pc with things set up in the bios blocking it also. no idea how I would change it back. was built by a pro company.

You can authorize AmpliTube 3 fine, if you want to purchase additional gear in the custom shop you need to have an active internet connection.

[damoog]

i totally support IK/ amplitube custom shop...the whole idea (and pricing sheme) is more than fair,i totally took advantage of the £15 off voucher and i purchased 45 points for £15(with the voucher) which gave me access to a very convincing soldano and tiny terror and i had 5 points left which gave me a nice 4x12 boogie cab to!

you cant fault IK,you just cant

[Hink]

i totally support IK/ amplitube custom shop...the whole idea (and pricing sheme) is more than fair,i totally took advantage of the £15 off voucher and i purchased 45 points for £15(with the voucher) which gave me access to a very convincing soldano and tiny terror and i had 5 points left which gave me a nice 4x12 boogie cab to!

you cant fault IK,you just cant

but in the interest of fair play you also have to see the point from those who do not like their DAW going online. I am partially one such person but it's not set in stone (though it was for a while) and I will go online with my DAW but it's not something I prefer.

People think that it's over cautious but that isn't always the case, it isn't just about security it's also about performance. Run the latency checker sometime and see how much disabling your ethernet ports makes, the same holds true for anti-virus software running in the background. I do not keep my DAW connected online and the ethernet cable I use is shared with my blue ray player (that doesn't have to be and wasn't always the case but it works best for me at this time).

So for me I have to connect the DAW to the cable, enable my security software, enable the port at which point my security says "hey dude, you haven't updated me in a while" which also reminds me I should turn on my windows automatic updates. So it's wise to run the security updates first because of the threat of new viruses, then when that's done I have new updates from windows so that gets run next. Then I do what it is I have to do online, run a scan and start working backwards...unplug the cable, disable the port, disable windows auto updates, disable my security software and then I can go on like normal.

That's a lot of steps that I dont mind doing every so often but it is time consuming and enough of a pita that it defeats the whole purpose of 'easily checking out new models'. I'm not interested in the opinions of those who feel they can leave their DAWs connected at all times because just like not being able to fault IK for choosing this business model you cannot fault me for wanting the peace of mind I get from my DAW not being connected to the internet 24/7 and wanting the extra performance gained by not running certain things 24/7. True I could get of my ass and buy another long ethernet cable and just shut off the port, but still it eats up time with updates and all.

FWIW I could go use the wifi for my blueray but lately I have had connection issues even though the router and blueray player are not that far apart (15' maybe). My laptop is 6 feet from the router and often I lose my connection, I think it's because there are so many people with wifi around me but that's just a guess...so even my laptop is hardwired most of the time now.

[Dr.Gunjah]

Do you still need a internet connection on the daw to authorize? or can you now authorize via other computer like before? I have a no internet pc with things set up in the bios blocking it also. no idea how I would change it back. was built by a pro company.

You can authorize AmpliTube 3 fine, if you want to purchase additional gear in the custom shop you need to have an active internet connection.

Only for purchase/authorize or do I need an active internet connection for actually using it too ?

[Hink]

Do you still need a internet connection on the daw to authorize? or can you now authorize via other computer like before? I have a no internet pc with things set up in the bios blocking it also. no idea how I would change it back. was built by a pro company.

You can authorize AmpliTube 3 fine, if you want to purchase additional gear in the custom shop you need to have an active internet connection.

Only for purchase/authorize or do I need an active internet connection for actually using it too ?

you do not need to be connected to the internet to use purchased models

[ObiWonder]

Do you still need a internet connection on the daw to authorize? or can you now authorize via other computer like before? I have a no internet pc with things set up in the bios blocking it also. no idea how I would change it back. was built by a pro company.

You can authorize AmpliTube 3 fine, if you want to purchase additional gear in the custom shop you need to have an active internet connection.

Only for purchase/authorize or do I need an active internet connection for actually using it too ?

After you have bought and downloaded a gear model you no longer need to be online for it to work. The only time you have to stay online is while demoing a gear model or browsing/purchasing new models.

[Dr.Gunjah]

okay, that's reasonable.
thanks hink & obik.

[Amon1973]

People think that it's over cautious but that isn't always the case, it isn't just about security it's also about performance. Run the latency checker sometime and see how much disabling your ethernet ports makes, the same holds true for anti-virus software running in the background.

That's the main reason why I was concerned in the beginning.
We're talking about IK here and, ironically, the only plug-in forcing me to keep my DAW connected to the web is the reverb I bought to replace CSR

[damoog]

i totally support IK/ amplitube custom shop...the whole idea (and pricing sheme) is more than fair,i totally took advantage of the £15 off voucher and i purchased 45 points for £15(with the voucher) which gave me access to a very convincing soldano and tiny terror and i had 5 points left which gave me a nice 4x12 boogie cab to!

you cant fault IK,you just cant

but in the interest of fair play you also have to see the point from those who do not like their DAW going online. I am partially one such person but it's not set in stone (though it was for a while) and I will go online with my DAW but it's not something I prefer.

People think that it's over cautious but that isn't always the case, it isn't just about security it's also about performance. Run the latency checker sometime and see how much disabling your ethernet ports makes, the same holds true for anti-virus software running in the background. I do not keep my DAW connected online and the ethernet cable I use is shared with my blue ray player (that doesn't have to be and wasn't always the case but it works best for me at this time).

So for me I have to connect the DAW to the cable, enable my security software, enable the port at which point my security says "hey dude, you haven't updated me in a while" which also reminds me I should turn on my windows automatic updates. So it's wise to run the security updates first because of the threat of new viruses, then when that's done I have new updates from windows so that gets run next. Then I do what it is I have to do online, run a scan and start working backwards...unplug the cable, disable the port, disable windows auto updates, disable my security software and then I can go on like normal.

That's a lot of steps that I dont mind doing every so often but it is time consuming and enough of a pita that it defeats the whole purpose of 'easily checking out new models'. I'm not interested in the opinions of those who feel they can leave their DAWs connected at all times because just like not being able to fault IK for choosing this business model you cannot fault me for wanting the peace of mind I get from my DAW not being connected to the internet 24/7 and wanting the extra performance gained by not running certain things 24/7. True I could get of my ass and buy another long ethernet cable and just shut off the port, but still it eats up time with updates and all.

FWIW I could go use the wifi for my blueray but lately I have had connection issues even though the router and blueray player are not that far apart (15' maybe). My laptop is 6 feet from the router and often I lose my connection, I think it's because there are so many people with wifi around me but that's just a guess...so even my laptop is hardwired most of the time now.

in respect i dont see your point ...whats the problem with a DAW going online,nobodys going to steal your serial?....are they?...you only need to have custom shop online whilst you try before you buy...its brilliant

[Hink]

i totally support IK/ amplitube custom shop...the whole idea (and pricing sheme) is more than fair,i totally took advantage of the £15 off voucher and i purchased 45 points for £15(with the voucher) which gave me access to a very convincing soldano and tiny terror and i had 5 points left which gave me a nice 4x12 boogie cab to!

you cant fault IK,you just cant

but in the interest of fair play you also have to see the point from those who do not like their DAW going online. I am partially one such person but it's not set in stone (though it was for a while) and I will go online with my DAW but it's not something I prefer.

People think that it's over cautious but that isn't always the case, it isn't just about security it's also about performance. Run the latency checker sometime and see how much disabling your ethernet ports makes, the same holds true for anti-virus software running in the background. I do not keep my DAW connected online and the ethernet cable I use is shared with my blue ray player (that doesn't have to be and wasn't always the case but it works best for me at this time).

So for me I have to connect the DAW to the cable, enable my security software, enable the port at which point my security says "hey dude, you haven't updated me in a while" which also reminds me I should turn on my windows automatic updates. So it's wise to run the security updates first because of the threat of new viruses, then when that's done I have new updates from windows so that gets run next. Then I do what it is I have to do online, run a scan and start working backwards...unplug the cable, disable the port, disable windows auto updates, disable my security software and then I can go on like normal.

That's a lot of steps that I dont mind doing every so often but it is time consuming and enough of a pita that it defeats the whole purpose of 'easily checking out new models'. I'm not interested in the opinions of those who feel they can leave their DAWs connected at all times because just like not being able to fault IK for choosing this business model you cannot fault me for wanting the peace of mind I get from my DAW not being connected to the internet 24/7 and wanting the extra performance gained by not running certain things 24/7. True I could get of my ass and buy another long ethernet cable and just shut off the port, but still it eats up time with updates and all.

FWIW I could go use the wifi for my blueray but lately I have had connection issues even though the router and blueray player are not that far apart (15' maybe). My laptop is 6 feet from the router and often I lose my connection, I think it's because there are so many people with wifi around me but that's just a guess...so even my laptop is hardwired most of the time now.

in respect i dont see your point ...whats the problem with a DAW going online,nobodys going to steal your serial?....are they?...you only need to have custom shop online whilst you try before you buy...its brilliant

you did miss my point entirely, my DAW is dedicated to audio and video work only. It was built for that purpose by PC Audiolabs and tweaked by them for working with audio, among those tweaks are things I have to change to go online. Things running in the background that I do not need running only waste resources (that is why those things were tweaked to begin with). Like I said if you take the LTC latency checker you will see a difference when you disable your ethernet ports, if you go into the yellow or red on LTC I believe this is one of the things it suggests to check for improved performance. Anti-virus software, automatic updates (updates are more of a pita popping up when you're wotking), firewalls etc. These things may seem to make little difference when the machine is basically idol but when I'm running my DAW with quite a few tracks of audio, fx and instruments I want as much of my resources going to the task and not doing useless things.

My DAW in it's natural state is set up not to go online, this is a common thing as it is one computer dedicated to one thing. I have no concern of going online, before this DAW my last machine was dual purpose and all was well but now I enjoy the luxury of being able to have a dedicated audio workstation. If I have to go online I do, but the work I need to do in order to do so does make me question whether I need to or want to and if it falls under 'want to' I wait until I need to.

[memyselfandus]

Do you still need a internet connection on the daw to authorize? or can you now authorize via other computer like before? I have a no internet pc with things set up in the bios blocking it also. no idea how I would change it back. was built by a pro company.

You can authorize AmpliTube 3 fine, if you want to purchase additional gear in the custom shop you need to have an active internet connection.

thank you!

[memyselfandus]

Do you still need a internet connection on the daw to authorize? or can you now authorize via other computer like before? I have a no internet pc with things set up in the bios blocking it also. no idea how I would change it back. was built by a pro company.

You can authorize AmpliTube 3 fine, if you want to purchase additional gear in the custom shop you need to have an active internet connection.

Only for purchase/authorize or do I need an active internet connection for actually using it too ?

you do not need to be connected to the internet to use purchased models

cool

[memyselfandus]

Do you still need a internet connection on the daw to authorize? or can you now authorize via other computer like before? I have a no internet pc with things set up in the bios blocking it also. no idea how I would change it back. was built by a pro company.

You can authorize AmpliTube 3 fine, if you want to purchase additional gear in the custom shop you need to have an active internet connection.

Only for purchase/authorize or do I need an active internet connection for actually using it too ?

After you have bought and downloaded a gear model you no longer need to be online for it to work. The only time you have to stay online is while demoing a gear model or browsing/purchasing new models.

to be clear for my slow brain. Can I buy it on my laptop and port the models over to my internet-less daw to use?

[Hink]

Do you still need a internet connection on the daw to authorize? or can you now authorize via other computer like before? I have a no internet pc with things set up in the bios blocking it also. no idea how I would change it back. was built by a pro company.

You can authorize AmpliTube 3 fine, if you want to purchase additional gear in the custom shop you need to have an active internet connection.

Only for purchase/authorize or do I need an active internet connection for actually using it too ?

After you have bought and downloaded a gear model you no longer need to be online for it to work. The only time you have to stay online is while demoing a gear model or browsing/purchasing new models.

to be clear for my slow brain. Can I buy it on my laptop and port the models over to my internet-less daw to use?

no, you have to enter the custom shop through AT3.5 to buy and authorize models on your machine. Therefore to purchase and authorize the models you must do it on the same machine or machines you have AT3.5 on.