Thanks, I'll try to give it a spin at lunch time and see if it will cooperate with my Babyface.
 
Rocky

If I need support then it was a waste of money...IJS...

It works fine in Sonar...

Just the Standalone that won't work....
 

Yep...I get nothing out of the Standalone with the Focusrite Asio driver...
 
Both input and output meters are registering...but  no sound other
then my dry guitar...

I really didn't expect it to be released this quickly....well done IK. Downloaded the 295MB file....installing now.....

Initial impressions for going through the presets...

Cleans are nice...crunches are nice...

I'm going to have to spend some time with this to determine
any more...not sure where I stand yet...while the sound is 
good...I can't say it's "Hyper-realistic"...so will have to experiment
and see where I land..

JohnKenn
Dumb question...
 
The download page shows Custom shop released today, and Amplitube 4 released 9/10/15.
Same size files but different serial numbers. Do we need both?
 
John

The A4 download will install all that you need...

Ok..have to say...nothing is making me go "wow"...
went through all the new amps, and presets...
I wouldn't even say that is is marginally better then A3...
other then the Cab, Room, and Speaker options...

Maybe I'm crazy...but it's just not "there"....for me anyways...

Obviously more time will be needed...unlike S-Gear, where I plugged
in, chose a preset, and said "Holy Crap"...

Mesh
Although the overall sounds are quite good, I also have to agree with you Larry on this being marginally better than A3 (of course this is just my initial impression going through all the presets). I'm also not quite sure what "Hyper-Realistic" really means........but I'm sure I can get some very good tones out of it with a bit of tweaking.......like I did with A3. I'll need to spend a little more time on it and see what all this "hype" is all about.... 
 
I noticed that in the "Miscellaneous Presets", many of them stated "the current preset uses models that are not installed". Does this mean:
 
1) I already have these models (in my A3 collection??) and just needs installation or
 
2) I have to purchase all of these a la carte, just so I can hear why A4 included them as a preset? (not going to be happy if this is the case.....)

I got the same message on several of them...mind you I own EVERY Collection other then Mesa, and just about everything else...so it's amazing that I didn't "own" these items...

But, they are, indeed, ala carte items Mesh....

I went another step and added A4 to a mix of a a song I'm working on (very SLOWLY), and it 
did make a difference.  I replaced the 2 instances of Bias FX I had on the rhythm guitars with 
A4 and selected one of the "Stock" Heavy Rhythm guitars (9000 I believe)  from A4, and I did like it slightly better,
and, as you said, with with some tweaking, I'm sure this will be good...but I'm still not "wowed" 

Mesh
Although the overall sounds are quite good, I also have to agree with you Larry on this being marginally better than A3 (of course this is just my initial impression going through all the presets). I'm also not quite sure what "Hyper-Realistic" really means........but I'm sure I can get some very good tones out of it with a bit of tweaking.......like I did with A3. I'll need to spend a little more time on it and see what all this "hype" is all about.... 
 
I noticed that in the "Miscellaneous Presets", many of them stated "the current preset uses models that are not installed". Does this mean:
 
1) I already have these models (in my A3 collection??) and just needs installation or
 
2) I have to purchase all of these a la carte, just so I can hear why A4 included them as a preset? (not going to be happy if this is the case.....)

I only rattled through a few of the ones in the Misc presets, but the worked fine for me, no not installed messages, also tried some of my other stuff from Amp 3, it all seemed to work, what I tried anyway. I own everything there is to own from Amp3. Didn't do anything other than install, Auth, select ASIO driver, then fire it up.

AAAAARGH!!!!
 
Screwed again, my own fault for not keeping up with technology...
 
My main computer is a rock solid 32 bit win XP, receding fast into the dark ages.
 
Looks like Amp 4 is 64 bit only... Oh well, got a win 7 laptop 64 bit...
 
John

I have lots of presets with missing pieces for effects/amps/cabs that I don't own. I avoid them by only selecting presets in the collections that I do own in the dropdown menus and browser. I would vote for a feature request to only show pertinent presets and gear but I'm sure it has a lot to do with marketing.
 
Rocky

OK...got it DLed, authorized and ran through the new additions.  Programmed up a couple of new amp/fx stacks too.
 
First impression is very good. Love the new speaker selector, amp room and mixer.  Haven't fooled with the looper or recorder yet.  I honestly think it sounds better...hyper realistic?...what the heck does that even mean?  But better.  Seems stable so far. 
 
BUT...
 
If that new "acoustic simulator" plug is supposed to do something it wasn't happening for me.  I twiddled every slider and knob and not much change at all to my strat.  Is there a "trick" to it??
 
Also, when I went to name my new amp stacks...I couldn't...at least not what I wanted to, as letters like A and P and others wouldn't type...EVEN AFTER CLICKING ON THE "GIVE ALL KEYSTROKES TO THE PLUGIN" THINGY.  Is there a workaround for this?
 
Still needs a better gate.  A much better gate.  Which leads me to a blanket criticism of most all amp sims.  If our new technology is so all fired hot then why can't they make high gain amps and settings WITHOUT the hiss and hum and squeal??  It's like all the comp and eq and console emus that have a knob to "add back" the hiss of the original unit.  Those of us who are old enough to have worked with the hardware fought every single day to get rid of it.  At least with those you can turn it off.  But not these amp sims. 
 
Anywhoo...so far so good.  Kudos IK!
 
 
PS:  Love dat Red Pig!

King_Windom
I too cannot use many of the misc. presets. I am not finding much if any difference in sound between A3 & A4 when switching from one to the other on things I already own. There also does not seem to be a lot of new content. Overall not impressed.   Dan

This was my conclusion also Dan.  Is it better?  Minorly.  But not really impressed either.
Yes, the new Speaker Room, and 3D mics, and speaker selection, etc are very welcome
additions, but even when moving the mics there is not "a lot" of adjustment and not "a lot"
of difference overall, as there would be with a "real" mic in front of a speaker cabinet...
so overall I don't find a "wow" factor of improvement.  But it is what it is...
IK has always been a "Hype"...er....

yorolpal
Another thing is that the promo makes it sound like you get all the new speaker options.  You don't.  There are several that are greyed out and require additional purchase.

And rest assured MANY more to come....

yorolpal
Another thing is that the promo makes it sound like you get all the new speaker options.  You don't.  There are several that are greyed out and require additional purchase.

This is a big disappointment!!!  I had no interest in the new "marshall" type amps, but what got me to purchase A4 was then new speaker cab config and the switching of these speakers.  No, and just now after purchase, we find out that you have to purchase the extra speakers to have this work.  Again, this is a big disappointment.  
 
Just a first impression, but I am not happy, and certainly not excited about this purchase. {btw--I did get A4 installed and authorized, and restored all my gear}