Amplitube force installing drivers unnecessarily? why?
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- KVRAF
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Not absent. Anonymous. There were those two 'hate' votes. And two regular IK personnel on KVR. A coincidence? You decide.TheoM wrote:I am a bit disappointed with IK's absence on this topic, so let's keep it bumped, and voting, and take a stand.
Full disclosure: I voted for 'not installing IK because of this issue' - I still use my old skool IK plugins, but if I migrate to a new system, well then there's a horrible dilemma that IK support will have to unravel - how I get to use the plugins I paid for without their adware/spyware code.
PS - If there was an option for 'Perfect anonymous opportunity to say.. I really do love you TheoM and IK stealth installs suck' I would have voted for that. Anonymously. Uh...oopsie.
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- KVRian
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Nooo no, you're good and raised some good points.
When something doesn't work for me, I usually just move along and I know IK will surive fine without me. I know my opinion about this kind of things don't carry much weight, as I'd like to think I'm not an average consumer, but sometimes if you never speak your mind, your opinion will never be heard? So what's a guy like me to do? I guess just pop in once in a while in discussions like this. Also I'm not famous for my eloquence, good English or coherent trains of thought
BTW, I still love the 3.0 era Amplitubes, including Hendrix and Fender
When something doesn't work for me, I usually just move along and I know IK will surive fine without me. I know my opinion about this kind of things don't carry much weight, as I'd like to think I'm not an average consumer, but sometimes if you never speak your mind, your opinion will never be heard? So what's a guy like me to do? I guess just pop in once in a while in discussions like this. Also I'm not famous for my eloquence, good English or coherent trains of thought
BTW, I still love the 3.0 era Amplitubes, including Hendrix and Fender
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- KVRAF
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I have the Stealth Pedal which I rarely use. In system->kexts there is additionally 'StompIO' driver installed.
It seems normal to have this as optional in an installer. But I don't know how having these as startup, .kext is negatively impacting me. If I did I would be irritated by it.
As it is, there are issues here with IK (until I pointed them out it really looked like they had never considered VE Pro as host, including a(n) - inappropriate? - response here after they changed the internal ID [T-Racks singles] so that every template I had using those vacated them) that make me think more than twice about investing in their plugs. But I'm someone to just get on with my life. My vote? either/or, don't care.
It seems normal to have this as optional in an installer. But I don't know how having these as startup, .kext is negatively impacting me. If I did I would be irritated by it.
As it is, there are issues here with IK (until I pointed them out it really looked like they had never considered VE Pro as host, including a(n) - inappropriate? - response here after they changed the internal ID [T-Racks singles] so that every template I had using those vacated them) that make me think more than twice about investing in their plugs. But I'm someone to just get on with my life. My vote? either/or, don't care.
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Peter - IK Multimedia Peter - IK Multimedia https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=217907 - KVRAF
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While we were asked to step out of the voting process and have not commented much if at all, you know that I've told you privately that I do view the thread and have relayed the request and feelings of users toward this. It was actually a change made based on user requests way back to be this way, but the request to change it back is definitely considered and not ignored if that is the way our user base feels today. I can't make any promises, and you of all people seem to understand that, but I wanted the thread followers to also be aware that we as a company do not ignore these requests. I apologize if the contempt threads don't exactly make a presence here feel welcomed (or effective) though for the most part I do realize that a presence here is both of those things for the most part. And I do believe a majority realize we do listen and have made changes (some VERY recently) based on user input.TheoM wrote:47 votes only.. yet other ik topics can go to hundreds of pages.. or at least nearly 100, with contempt for the support team, the CS, etc.. and here right now is a poll addressing one of the specific issues of "installing stuff we don't want or need" and it's dying.
I'm hoping that this reply doesn't start a contemptathon or send the thread OT, as I will have to apologize again if so. I do hope that Theo's request to stay on topic is honored and that I understand where the constructive feedback - even when off topic - is coming from, and I do my best to make requests heard.
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- KVRAF
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My new system is about to jump on the UPS truck for delivery in the next couple of days. Amplitube CS is something that I was going to install rather early on but now after seeing this thread I'm a bit cautious.
So exactly what does it install and what possible malware does it contain ? I'd like an IK rep to answer if possible......
So exactly what does it install and what possible malware does it contain ? I'd like an IK rep to answer if possible......
None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Peter - IK Multimedia Peter - IK Multimedia https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=217907
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It doesn't install any malware, you have an option to install QuickTime (only used for the Standalone not the plugin, and for audio import) and what is being discussed here are the drivers for StealthPedal/StompIO control. For more in-depth information, you can contact our technical staff here and they'll gladly give any more details for you: http://www.ikmultimedia.com/support
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