Introducing AmpliTube 3.5 Custom Shop

[hibidy]

FTR, wrong thread

I noticed that just before.........could you change it? I think there is enough confusion

I can't change it, I only have mod status in the DIY thread

You could edit the quote out

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Can anyone get standalone to work in Win 7 x64?

I get an error that says:

VPA PlugIn rejected VPA Host

Then Windows tells me that AT3 has stopped responding and needs to be closed.

[hibidy]

fixed

u r a great guy hink

[Teksonik]

I do not like the business model of buying names.

Certainly you're not buying a name you're buying an emulation of the sound under the nameplate. I was hoping to see a Laney model since it's one of the amps I've played that I liked....................

Ok I finally managed to get into the shop.....I'm sure it's being stampeded at the moment so it's pretty slow. Downloaded a couple of demos, an Orange amp head and a Cab sim............nothing that will make me sell my J Station but I like the concept of buying gear just like we did in the old days.........a piece or two at a time.....just a different form factor now. All the modules are reasonably priced so I think it's a great idea and as more modules are added hopefully we'll see a Laney in there as well.............

[Hink]

I do not like the business model of buying names.

Certainly you're not buying a name you're buying an emulation of the sound under the nameplate. I was hoping to see a Laney model since it's one of the amps I've played that I liked....................

Ok I finally managed to get into the shop.....I'm sure it's being stampeded at the moment so it's pretty slow. Downloaded a couple of demos, an Orange amp head and a Cab sim............nothing that will make me sell my J Station but I like the concept of buying gear just like we did in the old days.........a piece or two at a time.....just a different form factor now. All the modules are reasonably priced so I think it's a great idea and as more modules are added hopefully we'll see a Laney in there as well.............

the name is licensed, I do see your point and can understand the sentiment behind it however I do not agree from MY perspective

[ObiWonder]

a bunch of hype that boils down to buying more names and some minor improvements

...has IK not seen all the posts over the internet people make saying "I dont care about models, I care about sound"?...

Good luck to IK, but this is not for me

This is an unfortunate turn because it instantly struck me as a marketing innovation for them, rather than a technological innovation such as the created the original Amplitube. It looks as if they realized that you can only sell a comprehensive amp/device modeler once to each customer. However, this new method of selling lets them encourage continued repeat buys and, ultimately, much greater revenue from each buyer.

I think it's brilliant marketing and good on them for figuring out how to make lots of money. However, I can't base my purchasing decisions on my respect for a company's marketing people--I buy based on cost vs. functionality. If IK phases out entirely the comprehensive package for a core + add-ons structure in the future, I'll look for better alternatives--especially those in which the developers are proudest of their technical advances.

We realized a lot of people didn't want all those models that came in the big package and for others it was just out of reach.

We released the update to 64 bit with some new features for free. Great

BUT we also have AmpliTube 3 FREE so now anyone can download and use AmpliTube 3 with some killer amps, effects and cabs as is and if they want to have say an Orange Tiny Terror they can buy JUST that amp. It can save people a lot of money that don't want or even need all of that. Same for bass player. Maybe they want JUST the Fender Bassman and an Ampeg SVT Classic. They would dave a substantial amount of money compared to buy the full AmpliTube Fender and AmpliTube SVX packages. PLUS they can still use IK's Jam Points to save money!

[ObiWonder]

My presets were not deleted after all. Very sorry IK...

After a run and some careful poking around, I found my presets. They were not deleted, they were just in the Program Files folder, which is not where the new presets go. For some reason, I always thought they were in the user\documents folder, but I was wrong. This was entirely user error on my part, and I apologize to IK for the complaining and any issues I may have caused. I've edited all the posts I made on this subject with the correction so people don't think this is IK's fault and end up missing my correction.

Sorry if I freaked anyone out at IK by calling you out publicly on something that ended up being user error. The change in the directory location really threw me for a loop and I got bent out of shape when I thought I lost all my presets.

Luckily, now that they're in the Documents folder, they'll be backed up in the future.

No problem

[Peevy2000]

A big thumbs up! for finally having Amplitube 3 64-bit.
A big thumbs up! for the quality of Amplitube as an Amp sim.
A big thumbs up! for the custom shop, I think its a pretty cool concept & I like that I can try out gear for 2 days before deciding to buy.
And fingers crossed this latest update truly does address the crashing problem in Ableton Live Arrangement view.

BUT I can't help but feel that the cost of buying credits is a bit of a rip off, especially if like me you live in the EU. 20 credits = €14.99.....WRONG..including VAT its actually €17.99. And to make matters worse say if you want to match an Amp at 20 credits with the cab at 5 credits your really gonna have to buy another 20 credits to do it. What if you only want the Amp & cab??

If you could at least buy 10 credits for around €7.50 (well probably closer to €9 when including the VAT) I think this would make things a lot more fair. So I ask the nice folks at IK Multimedia to please consider this & hopefully implement it sooner rather than later.

[SJ_Digriz]

Well, two steps forward ...


I was demoing the soldano and I had this ground buzz going. Couldn't find it for the life of me. Driving me crazy. F'N ground wire pulled off the 1/4" jack of my 57 strat.

Anyhow, Soldano great total distortion. Can't get it sound good clean. The high gain is excellent, which is normal for sims. The smooth sustain is better than I thought it would be. One complaint .. it is either Hi Gain or No Gain. Not a lot of in between. It's like turning the volume does nothing but change how loud it is, no tone shaping at all. But, that one sound I can get out of it is very good.

At least that's my opinion after about 30 minutes playing and 1 hour trying to find a ground problem.

[dblock]

ok, so they're giving AT3 away for free that includes a couple of amps and cabs.
Seems to me they should also give those of us who bought AT3 a couple of customer loyalty free amps and cabs as well as part of the 3.5 upgrade.

[Peevy2000]

Well, two steps forward ...


I was demoing the soldano and I had this ground buzz going. Couldn't find it for the life of me. Driving me crazy. F'N ground wire pulled off the 1/4" jack of my 57 strat.

Anyhow, Soldano great total distortion. Can't get it sound good clean. The high gain is excellent, which is normal for sims. The smooth sustain is better than I thought it would be. One complaint .. it is either Hi Gain or No Gain. Not a lot of in between. It's like turning the volume does nothing but change how loud it is, no tone shaping at all. But, that one sound I can get out of it is very good.

At least that's my opinion after about 30 minutes playing and 1 hour trying to find a ground problem.

I was getting a really smooth crunch sound out of the Soldano but as the description in the Custom shop says:

"The Soldano SLO-100 (Super Lead Overdrive) is true icon of high-gain tube distortion tone."

"The SLO-100 uses the finest military grade components and custom designed transformers to put the industry's finest high-gain guitar tone right in your hands."

So I wouldn't really expect much of a clean sound from it, at least not the sim version anyway. I'm really liking it & I'm very tempted so..............................

If you could at least buy 10 credits for around €7.50 (well probably closer to €9 when including the VAT) I think this would make things a lot more fair. So I ask the nice folks at IK Multimedia to please consider this & hopefully implement it sooner rather than later.

Come on IK

[jens]

ok, so they're giving AT3 away for free

No, they are absolutely not!

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Anyhow, Soldano great total distortion. Can't get it sound good clean.

When you're on the Normal channel (Normal/Overdrive switch), make sure you have the Clean/Crunch setting to Clean. Otherwise, you get a crunchy clean with the preamp gain up.

The high gain is excellent, which is normal for sims. The smooth sustain is better than I thought it would be. One complaint .. it is either Hi Gain or No Gain. Not a lot of in between. It's like turning the volume does nothing but change how loud it is, no tone shaping at all.

When you're on the Overdrive knob on the Master volume offers no tone-shaping BUT, if you adjust the Overdrive knob on the Preamp section, you get a wide range of distortion. Give it a shot.

[Brian @ IK Multimedia]

I was getting a really smooth crunch sound out of the Soldano but as the description in the Custom shop says:

"The Soldano SLO-100 (Super Lead Overdrive) is true icon of high-gain tube distortion tone."

"The SLO-100 uses the finest military grade components and custom designed transformers to put the industry's finest high-gain guitar tone right in your hands."

So I wouldn't really expect much of a clean sound from it, at least not the sim version anyway. I'm really liking it & I'm very tempted so..............................

Flip the Overdrive / Normal switch...

[glokraw]

a bunch of hype that boils down to buying more names and some minor improvements

...has IK not seen all the posts over the internet people make saying "I dont care about models, I care about sound"?...

Good luck to IK, but this is not for me

This is an unfortunate turn because it instantly struck me as a marketing innovation for them, rather than a technological innovation such as the created the original Amplitube. It looks as if they realized that you can only sell a comprehensive amp/device modeler once to each customer. However, this new method of selling lets them encourage continued repeat buys and, ultimately, much greater revenue from each buyer.

I think it's brilliant marketing and good on them for figuring out how to make lots of money. However, I can't base my purchasing decisions on my respect for a company's marketing people--I buy based on cost vs. functionality. If IK phases out entirely the comprehensive package for a core + add-ons structure in the future, I'll look for better alternatives--especially those in which the developers are proudest of their technical advances.

+1, my point is it's all about G.A.S....there comes a point where you do not need all these models, one good model will do the job. Midway between releases of every sim it seems to shift to 'if it sounds good that's all that matters' and people do not care if it's a Marshall model or an Orange model or a Fender model etc. But yet IK is still pushing models and some of those same people will be gushing over the models.

I've been involved in a ton of these threads and I doubt anyone will say that I am either anti or pro sim or anti or pro real amp because I am not biased in any direction. (the only true bias I have is against revalver for they way they treated me personally). The truth is imho that more models wont make you sound better, I really like AT3, I really like GR4, I kinda like GTR3.5 and then there's VANDAL (I do not put that in the same category, it's a virtual amp) and I own them all. There are great freebies as well, some of which are giving the big guys a run for the money sound wise.

Here you have my pet peeve and I'm sorry I do not recognize you (but it's a pleasure to make your aquatence)...however those who know me know how I feel about Gibson and Fender, in this economy performance matters...not the name. I do not buy names, end of story.

IK is pushing the 'official' models which is a business model that I do not care for. That does not mean it's bad, I'm right or wrong but to me and to a lot of people I know it is all hype. I have really been very consistent about this over the years and will not change, what matters is my needs.

I have all the sims I have, I have several amps and am getting more (owned quite a few others over almost 40 years) for a reason. I want as many options as I can get. Now that might sound like I'm contradicting myself but I'm not, I want a lot of options but I do not need a lot of duplicated options. And to be brutally honest the 'official' label is like all the other advertising I see in the world, just like adding 'pro' to a name...bs. There is a lot of duplicated options because I can alreay get that sound from another model, why do I need it to say Soldano or Marshall?

I dont buy a car because some race car driver endorses it, I don't buy a guitar because some rock star endorses it, I don't buy groceries because it's what some celebrity endorses...I buy what works for me. AT3 works for me, I'm glad I can get AT3.5 for the 64 bit when I need it (I use samplitude and it's not yet 64 bit)...but more models will not make me perform better, sound better or produce more. I do think AT3 is a cpu hog and was already bloated, therefore it's primary purpose for me is for re-amping and I'm okay with that. But I would have rather seen AT 3.5 move more in a direction that enhanced it's own performance rather than add a mechanism to add more models, which are just names...or the 'official' name.

That's how I see this update and there will be those who will jump all over me, but I speak my mind with honesty. So I am a bit disappointed, but I dont expect anyone else to be and I respect the right of all to disagree with me (and am bracing myself for the attacks that will follow my statements)...but for me this is not what I hoped for.

I do also recognize that IK needs to generate income the best way they can to continue to deliver a fine product to us, but as you say so well "I buy based on cost vs. functionality"

There are a goodly number of gigging bands whose day jobs leave little time
for them sort gear, and having understandable 'brand-names' will be valuable, when adding new cover songs to the playlist. They may be fully capable of finding tones when using generics, but time is money. And competition can be fierce.
(I don't need the names either, since I don't play any covers)
Cheers