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redshift factor · Post by **redshift factor** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:28 pm

A3ntar wrote:I think that they will eventually give it out for free to everyone with guitar products.

Latest official response from IKMM as of yesterday is that if you have AT2, you get it for free. No words on ATJHE's owners.

What's the latest word from IKMM about its availability?
Last month they said it would be out by tomorrow.
Same for Metal.

joeykusack · Post by **joeykusack** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:47 am

I think they are waiting for someone to buy stomp i/o first

redshift factor · Post by **redshift factor** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:25 pm

On January 17, IK Multimedia wrote:X-GEAR has an MSRP of €79.99/$99.99 and it is included in StompIO. A software-only version of X-GEAR with support for general-purpose MIDI controllers will be available next month.

http://www.kvraudio.com/news/8517.html

Today is the last day of February. Leap Year bought IKMM an extra day.
So where is it? Do these guys have a calendar?

On January 17, IK Multimedia wrote:The included AmpliTube Metal for AmpliTube 2 registered users will be available by March.

http://www.kvraudio.com/news/8516.html

Metal is supposed to be out no later than today, too. Unless they're going to play semantics with something like "that depends on what the meaning of 'by' is."

The X-Gear and Metal webpages still say they would be available in 2007.
This is already well beyond ridiculous.

I guess they're going for a repeat of the AmpliTube 2 fiasco...

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:57 pm

Wait, doesn't "By March" usually means, _before_ march?

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:01 pm

A3ntar wrote:Wait, doesn't "By March" usually means, _before_ march?

In Italy "by" means "including march and the following 6 months"..

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:07 pm

lotus2035 wrote:
A3ntar wrote:Wait, doesn't "By March" usually means, _before_ march?
In Italy "by" means "including march and the following 6 months"..

LOL,

You cannot help but like these italians though man...I wish I could take life that easy and relaxed.

I think in North America we got used to that fast paced life where you always seem to be running towards something and not have enough time to do anything.

When you travel to countries like Italy where they take their time to enjoy life, and then you come back to north america, I swear, you wonder to yourself why the heck are all these people running for...you even find it weird. You can actually see the difference in the paste...that is until the paste catches up to you and you start sprinting again...

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:14 pm

A3ntar wrote:You cannot help but like these italians though man...I wish I could take life that easy and relaxed.

Italians relaxed?? lol..I was in Italy 3 times and I thought they could do with chilling out a little but then again I'm from Ireland originally and the Irish are a lazy bunch of bastards so I suppose its all about comparison and perspective eh?..lol

No disrespect though, I like the Italians a lot...Love the food too..

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:26 pm

I just bought Amplitube 2 from the good folks at esoundz, still waiting for it...but anyway Amplitube Metal sounds good..I wonder what the differences will be?
I reckon there will be some cool stomp boxes in there..

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:41 pm

lotus2035 wrote:I just bought Amplitube 2 from the good folks at esoundz, still waiting for it...but anyway Amplitube Metal sounds good..I wonder what the differences will be?
I reckon there will be some cool stomp boxes in there..

Yep. I am guessing also that they have an overhauled engine, probably based on a newer revision of Amplitube. Like going from 2.0 to Hendrix.

Also, I heard it through the grape vine that we shall see a new Amplitube version sometime soon, which in Italien is translated to sometimes around the next 18 months.

redshift factor · Post by **redshift factor** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:53 pm

A3ntar wrote:Also, I heard it through the grape vine that we shall see a new Amplitube version sometime soon, which in Italien is translated to sometimes around the next 18 months.

Now you've done it!
We still haven't even seen the last two things announced (and WAY behind schedule) and now we're going to be stuck waiting for this for who knows how long... maybe another 2 years like when they announced AmpliTube 2...

So what are the details of this that you have heard? And is it a reliable source?
I remember Squids mentioning something about how X-Gear was originally planned to be incorporated into AmpliTube 2.5.
Is this what you're talking about, or do you know something else?

Is the topic going to be changed now to "AmpliTube 2.5 to be released sometime this decade!"?

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:55 pm

redshift factor wrote: Is this what you're talking about, or do you know something else?

Something else, and yes a reliable source, and no, not Squids

I can't say more or they will have to kill me

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:56 pm

A3ntar wrote:
lotus2035 wrote:I just bought Amplitube 2 from the good folks at esoundz, still waiting for it...but anyway Amplitube Metal sounds good..I wonder what the differences will be?
I reckon there will be some cool stomp boxes in there..
Yep. I am guessing also that they have an overhauled engine, probably based on a newer revision of Amplitube. Like going from 2.0 to Hendrix.

Also, I heard it through the grape vine that we shall see a new Amplitube version sometime soon, which in Italien is translated to sometimes around the next 18 months.

If they overhauled the engine for JHE, did they do the same for AT2 at any stage?

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:57 pm

A3ntar wrote:I can't say more or they will have to kill me

Italian mobsters I presume? Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci?

redshift factor · Post by **redshift factor** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:57 pm

A3ntar wrote:I can't say more or they will have to kill me

That's a risk I'm willing to take.
Now come on, out with it!

A3ntar · Post by **A3ntar** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:58 pm

morelia wrote:
A3ntar wrote:
lotus2035 wrote:I just bought Amplitube 2 from the good folks at esoundz, still waiting for it...but anyway Amplitube Metal sounds good..I wonder what the differences will be?
I reckon there will be some cool stomp boxes in there..
Yep. I am guessing also that they have an overhauled engine, probably based on a newer revision of Amplitube. Like going from 2.0 to Hendrix.

Also, I heard it through the grape vine that we shall see a new Amplitube version sometime soon, which in Italien is translated to sometimes around the next 18 months.
If they overhauled the engine for JHE, did they do the same for AT2 at any stage?

Not to the extent of my knowledge. Usually minor update do not modify the engine or sound, they are mostly bug fixes and minor features addition.

AmpliTube Metal - Released THIS month!!!