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mandolarian · Post by **mandolarian** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:11 pm

I've scanned all 18+ pages of this thread and read the blurb with the shiny pictures on the IK page and I'm still not getting the 'upgrade' part. Sure, it's a stunning marketing upgrade for IK, repackaging and reselling the same stuff. But, if I already have Deluxe plus White/Black, where is the upgrade for $99 (assuming I qualify)? Is it:

A) White/Black updates with dubious distortion additions.

B) A new British channel of unknown emulation (is it Welsh, Geordie, Cornish, Posh?), with eye-catching-and-never-letting-go design.

C) In-VST purchases of future VSTs that offer in-VST purchases of other future in-VST purchasing plugins.

D) Uncertain constraints to re-sell my existing IK plugins.

E) The 'Quad' multiband processors I have zero interest in.

F) All of the above including Bonus installation failures with the 165+ megabyte 'shell'.

I just need to get clear in my less than astute marketing mind how this is an upgrade and then tackle the bigger question of how I would fit in with the enormous complexity of upgrade qualification.

For the moment, I won't ask where the 'custom' part of the Custom shop is beyond the new 'customized shopping experience'.

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:14 pm

Well, you also get their 4 new multiband processors (the "Quad" ones).

So, it's a lot for $99, or so it seems.

monkeymanx · Post by **monkeymanx** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:17 pm

Does this have the RAM consumption like amplitube 3 now?

braj · Post by **braj** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:19 pm

Has anyone been to a Rainbow gathering? Or Shakedown Street at a DEad show? It would be cool if IK embraced a bartering system where users could trade and sell plugins and even credits perhaps, make some useful social tools (not some ad-tie ins to Twitter for marketing sake, but something in-app to share patches within the custom shop, maybe host workshops and video tutorials. Give us value beyond a shopping center. I would push the educational aspects that are possible.

Peter - IK Multimedia · Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:19 pm

monkeymanx wrote:Does this have the RAM consumption like amplitube 3 now?

You mean far less? You did get that update, I hope. Also, the Custom Shop is the only component that is shared between them.

paterpeter · Post by **paterpeter** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:28 pm

monkeymanx wrote:Does this have the RAM consumption like amplitube 3 now?

Everything's cool memory-wise. Just a couple of MB for the first instance, almost nothing extra for additional instances.

mandolarian · Post by **mandolarian** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:31 pm

jsp1979 wrote:Well, you also get their 4 new multiband processors (the "Quad" ones).

So, it's a lot for $99, or so it seems.

Thanks for that. Updated my in-stream poll with the addition. Still not seeing the upgrade 'value'.

Peter - IK Multimedia · Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:35 pm

mandolarian wrote:
jsp1979 wrote:Well, you also get their 4 new multiband processors (the "Quad" ones).

So, it's a lot for $99, or so it seems.
Thanks for that. Updated my in-stream poll with the addition. Still not seeing the upgrade 'value'.

5 new plugins, 2 others with the most-requested updates made... $99. Still not seeing that value? OK.

Edit - never mind. YMMV

AudioGuy720 · Post by **AudioGuy720** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:38 pm

It looks like the Pultec (Program 1A EQ) Oversampling delay compensation bug may have been fixed. Can someone else double check?

paterpeter · Post by **paterpeter** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:40 pm

@Peter - do you know if there are any plans to increase the 48hrs demo time a bit? Like a week or two? I'd appreciate that a lot.

Peter - IK Multimedia · Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:44 pm

paterpeter wrote:@Peter - do you know if there are any plans to increase the 48hrs demo time a bit? Like a week or two? I'd appreciate that a lot.

I don't know offhand if there are any plans for that. I will definitely let the powers-that-be know this has been requested though.

paterpeter · Post by **paterpeter** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 10:53 pm

Peter - IK Multimedia wrote:
paterpeter wrote:@Peter - do you know if there are any plans to increase the 48hrs demo time a bit? Like a week or two? I'd appreciate that a lot.
I don't know offhand if there are any plans for that. I will definitely let the powers-that-be know this has been requested though.

Thanks!

anxiousmofo · Post by **anxiousmofo** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:05 pm

Peter - IK Multimedia wrote:
Lode_Runner wrote: 300 Credits isn't nearly enough to go all in.
It was at the time, this was slightly delayed and had more than expected. Typically a good thing, though!

Hopefully IK can make up for it and make it so we can go all in for ST3 with those 300 gear credits.

Peter - IK Multimedia · Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:11 pm

Thanks for that laugh anxiousmofo

anxiousmofo · Post by **anxiousmofo** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:25 pm

I...see.

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