Amplitube 4 is here!!!!! ......well almost.....

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

will the distorted tone that comes in every 30 seconds while using the demo use the new amps and cabs?

There is no noise during a proper demo (one that has Custom Shop open in the background while demoing).

heh, sorry ..that was an attempt at humor that obviously went awry. It was more of a jab at the folks struggling to understand how the old stuff integrates into the new stuff. Obviously I didn't use enough smiley faces around it to offset the bad joke.

I'm telling you it was hilarious in my head.

I may have to commit hari-kari since I am typically not only alert when it comes to punny/corny joke detection I am also typically EXTREMELY amused by them - even my own groan-worthy contributions to the "art". This one was, as Emo Philips once put it, a "joke grenade" and I'm appreciating it now

[braj]

I'm not much of a Marshall amp lover, just doesn't suit my ears usually, but I'm really liking the Red Pig, I'm keeping it subdued, and it comes across as a hot sweet dark bluesy very playable tone, and I love being able to put my T-Rex Replica at the end of the signal chain in a rack. That along with the insert and the new cab room features, and I'm feeling that I have a lot more possibilities and control of my tone than A3.

For people thinking the same patch sounds the same between A3 and A4, my perspective is that A4 can make sounds that A3 can't, they probably should sound the same with the same basic settings, but you can alter the sound in the cab room more in A4, and throw in pedals in the rack (I'm way more pleased with that Replica pedal than I ever was before) and I do think you get a much bigger sonic palette in A4 when using your A3 gear.

[braj]

Huge feature request for A5: allow us to use Sampletank format audio loops from our Sampletank collection in the DAW Recorder and Looper. It would be a value add to your customers that buy all your products, and a tempting reason new customers should invest in more IK product lines. Something like the Terry Bozio drum loops time stretched with ST technology in the DAW would make it much more useful as a practice and songwriting tool.

And thinking about that some more, you could put the acoustic guitar loops in there too, you could really make an awesome songwriting tool using Sampletank interfaced with this little DAW. Imagine just creating blocks in the timeline, each representing a loop, then right-clicking to browse to the available loops, then select a new pitch for the loop if necessary, and then have all of ST3's effects available to shape the sound. It would be wicked awesome IMO. Then make the whole thing rewire slave mode ready so it could plug into any DAW. Please do this!

[dwozzle]

While we're requesting, not totally new, but really would love to be able to insert effects that aren't part of the preset in or after the rack in standalone mode. If you don't want to open it up to other devs plugins, at least allow T-Racks stuff. Just need an EQ, almost anything would do.

If you're gigging or jamming, you really need a way to change the EQ for all presets (really bright room, different real-world speaker, room is now full of people, etc), without needing a whole other host. Amplitube is so patchable, really a shame you can't do that.

[braj]

Yeah, and in the Mic room, it would be nice to have an EQ on each channel. Again a T-Racks button would be best IMO and maybe sell you some compressors and EQ's, but even a simple EQ would be great.

[braj]

Oh, and for V5 please allow more than one midi input. It would be great to be able to use my Korg nanoKontrol in Mackie mode to work as the mixing desk for the cab rooms and transport controls for the DAW, while controlling the amps and effects with a midi pedalboard and my BCR2000. That's three inputs right there.

[electro]

Oh, and for V5 please allow more than one midi input. It would be great to be able to use my Korg nanoKontrol in Mackie mode to work as the mixing desk for the cab rooms and transport controls for the DAW, while controlling the amps and effects with a midi pedalboard and my BCR2000. That's three inputs right there.

Sounds like a job for a DAW.

[braj]

Oh, and for V5 please allow more than one midi input. It would be great to be able to use my Korg nanoKontrol in Mackie mode to work as the mixing desk for the cab rooms and transport controls for the DAW, while controlling the amps and effects with a midi pedalboard and my BCR2000. That's three inputs right there.

Sounds like a job for a DAW.

Well, it is a little DAW. That's what they call it. I am just being practical, I think it could easily handle few inputs so a musician, on stage or off, can fine tune their sound. I'm not complaining, I'm just actually rather excited about where IK could take it, and especially as a rewire slave that manages Sampletank loops elegantly, with the ability to start songs outside a full DAW, or have these loops available in a live show in A5, it could find a lot of love. If you make some easy way of making the saved files portable, anyone owning the libraries could play the file, so a guitarist that only uses Amplitube could hand off a track with backing tracks to a band mate or producer to go on with the song. I dunno, I just see tons of potential with IK leveraging all their gear well, I think Sampletank benefits immensely from having T-racks gear. This would also not make Amplitube a competitor to any DAW, but a compliment.

[MickGael]

There is one maddening thing I hope IK can address in this otherwise exciting release:

When you position mics then swap cabs, the mics revert to the default position.

Perhaps user error. If not, I hope can address this as it is very frustrating.

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

First, thank you for the requests above. I like them all, and the loops idea is a cool tie-in that I hadn't thought of but makes a lot of sense. I'll forward these on. However, I do have some good information about the speakers issue...

It was definitely a glitch/misconfiguration (Custom Shop is fairly complex on the back end, unfortunately in this case). Yes, 29 speaker models are supposed to be included in AmpliTube 4. We're working on the fix and will have it done in a few days. Thanks for your patience.

[SJ_Digriz]

Yes, 29 speaker models are supposed to be included in AmpliTube 4. We're working on the fix and will have it done in a few days.

sorry, I can't find the source of your response in a previous message. Is this the cause of me getting pinged to buy/authorize the Alnico Blue speaker for example?

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

Yes, 29 speaker models are supposed to be included in AmpliTube 4. We're working on the fix and will have it done in a few days.

sorry, I can't find the source of your response in a previous message. Is this the cause of me getting pinged to buy/authorize the Alnico Blue speaker for example?

Seems so. There should be 29 included speaker models, but a "virgin" AT4 install did not properly unlock these. The problem wouldn't be apparent to those that already purchased a multitude of cabs (or had them from AT3, etc) as they'd have access to those speakers, so not everybody experienced the issue and that caused more confusion. Sorry about that, it will be fixed soon though.

[braj]

First, thank you for the requests above. I like them all, and the loops idea is a cool tie-in that I hadn't thought of but makes a lot of sense. I'll forward these on.

Cool, thanks!

[Dewdman42]

I'm a little confused about how the IK AT4 upgrade works for those of us who have purchased AT3 in the past. Can anyone clarify?

First I guess there is no upgrade path for AT3 users to AT4. We just have to buy it if we want it..same price as everyone else..which is on promotion for another week or so.

However it also appears that AT4 Custom Shop is basically free, which I'm assuming will include all the amp models I had previous bought, both with the original AT3 as well as any other Amps and add ons I bought through the custom shop.

So if I am understanding right, its actually totally free for me to upgrade to AT4 with all the same amps and cabs I had before. If I want to add the new amps and cabs that come with AT4, (and possibly sound better?), then I can either pay full price as anyone else to buy AT4, or I could add the couple of new amps and cabs that seem interesting to me and basically have the same thing.

Am i understanding that right or is there more too it? I can never keep track with these guys, I mean I have Jam points and custom shop credits and previous licenses, etc..its a bit confusing to understand the upgrade path from here, I don't love AT3 enough to pay full price for AT4, so just trying to understand what is the right way for me to evolve with this.

[Peter - IK Multimedia]

I'm a little confused about how the IK AT4 upgrade works for those of us who have purchased AT3 in the past. Can anyone clarify?

First I guess there is no upgrade path for AT3 users to AT4. We just have to buy it if we want it..same price as everyone else..which is on promotion for another week or so.

If you purchased and registered AmpliTube 3 before September 2012, you should have already received 20 bonus JamPoints to apply toward AmpliTube 4 preorder a while ago. If you purchased AmpliTube 3 later, you should still have accrued JamPoints for it and other IK purchases which is the loyalty program where you get more of a discount than a new customer so you would not be paying the same price as everyone else if you take advantage of the JamPoints loyalty program. Full details at http://www.ikmultimedia.com/jampoints/

However it also appears that AT4 Custom Shop is basically free, which I'm assuming will include all the amp models I had previous bought, both with the original AT3 as well as any other Amps and add ons I bought through the custom shop.

So if I am understanding right, its actually totally free for me to upgrade to AT4 with all the same amps and cabs I had before. If I want to add the new amps and cabs that come with AT4, (and possibly sound better?), then I can either pay full price as anyone else to buy AT4, or I could add the couple of new amps and cabs that seem interesting to me and basically have the same thing.

You can run your AmpliTube 3 and Custom Shop gear in AmpliTube 4 Custom Shop. You will not have the new amps nor many of the new features of the full AmpliTube 4 in this scenario.

Am i understanding that right or is there more too it? I can never keep track with these guys, I mean I have Jam points and custom shop credits and previous licenses, etc..its a bit confusing to understand the upgrade path from here, I don't love AT3 enough to pay full price for AT4, so just trying to understand what is the right way for me to evolve with this.

JamPoints are the loyalty program that allows you to get up to 30% discount - even on the already-discounted AmpliTube 4 preorder. Gear Credits are currency which you can use in Custom Shop, though you can also purchase using regular payment methods if you do not choose to use Gear Credits. They are completely optional, though there are discounts involved for bulk purchases of Gear Credits and we do have promotions on them from time to time. I hope this and the above tidbits of information help you. Thanks.