BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2!

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2006/03/31 11:21:55 (permalink)

BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2!

That sucks. I am entitled to a free upgrade but I must purchase an iKey first. Lame Lame Lame!


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    inmazevo
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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 11:27:36 (permalink)
    Indeed...
    I say: bye, bye... no buy, buy, even if it is just the dongle I'm buying...
    Already have enough of them.

    Is the free upgrade worth it? Meaning... will you get a great deal of new functionality from having it?
    Perhaps it's worth using it for free until they want you to pay for an upgrade again, and then the world will have changed once again, and who knows...
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    CassidyGT
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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 11:38:42 (permalink)
    Did you get an e-mail from them? I have been waiting forever for some information on how I can get my free upgrade. I am getting annoyed with IK. And now an iKey? Is that different from my iLok?
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    MKS
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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 11:41:07 (permalink)
    Just got this today:

    Dear AmpliTube user:

    According to our records, you qualify for the Free Upgrade to AmpliTube 2. Please read the following important information for receiving your AmpliTube 2 Upgrade.

    Like all recently released IK Multimedia software, AmpliTube 2 works with the Syncrosoft USB Dongle/Key. If you already have a Syncrosoft key from other IK products (such as Miroslav Philharmonik or CSR, Classik Studio Reverb) or from other products that come with the Syncrosoft key (from companies like Steinberg, Arturia, Korg, Vienna, etc.), receiving your free AmpliTube 2 is as easy as downloading and activating it, and you are immediately ready to go. For a complete list of software equipped with the Syncrosoft key click here:
    http://www.ikmultimedia.com/prod_iKey.html

    By next week the installer of AmpliTube 2, along with instructions for registering your IK product and activating your Syncrosoft key, will be available in the "Download Software Updates and Free Software" section of your user area here:
    http://www.ikmultimedia.com/IKRegUsersArea.html

    Your AmpliTube 2 serial number and the Syncrosoft license code necessary for its activation/authorization will be located in the "Request A New Authorization Code" section of your user area. Please follow the instructions for registration and activation you will receive when downloading the installer.

    If you do not already have a Syncrosoft key, to receive your AmpliTube 2 upgrade immediately, you can purchase a Syncrosoft key. This is not expensive and can be easily found in a number of major music instruments' dealers here:
    http://www.ikmultimedia.com/IKDistributors.html

    or online here:
    http://www.ikmultimedia.com/prod_iKey.html

    If for any reason, you can't find a Syncrosoft key easily in your area, or if you do not want to purchase one to be able to use your AmpliTube 2 upgrade immediately, we invite you to contact us here and we will ship one to you (due to the significant amount of AmpliTube users, please allow 8-10 weeks for delivery). Click here to have an AmpliTube 2 iKey shipped to you:

    http://www.amplitube.com/AT2iKeyReq.html

    *If you chose to have the iKey shipped to you, please do not register/authorize the AmpliTube 2 you received in your user area. Wait until you receive your iKey. If your copy of AmpliTube 2 is registered/authorized, you will not receive your free iKey shipment.

    Thank you for your continued support and enjoy your AmpliTube 2!

    Best regards,

    Your IK Team

    You qualify for the Free Upgrade to AmpliTube 2 - Guitar Amp & Fx Plug-In!

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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 12:00:59 (permalink)
    Hi Larry-

    Aargh! I don't use Amplitube, but changing the copy protection scheme mid-upgrade-stream for existing users really stinks, IMO. I started a thread here about "creeping iLoks". Offering it as a "feature", then requiring it for an upgrade, then requiring it for all new customers. Very slippery slope!

    I can certainly understand your frustration. Users unite!

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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 12:08:19 (permalink)
    i'm not opposed to the dongle .. but i cancelled my order because i'm out of
    USB ports .. i've already got an iLok .. i don't want another one... and they
    are problematic with usb hubs...

    i like the software .. but sheesh...

    jeff
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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 12:29:24 (permalink)
    Dongle = Deal breaker. Looks like I won't be upgrading to Amplitube 2. Pity.
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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 12:31:54 (permalink)
    Wow!

    More so than ever it seems like everyday I'm reminded of this:

    "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

    In this case, I'm reminded that the software industry is littered with failed copy-protection schemes, tainted with PO'd *paying* customers, and products abandoned because of some misguided attempt at selective crippling of the product.

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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 12:38:10 (permalink)
    Honestly, I will probably just use the cracked version. I'm sure it will be available in the next couple weeks. They made no mention of this ahead of time and I find that highly unacceptable.

    post edited by MKS - 2006/03/31 12:45:37

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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 12:40:11 (permalink)
    I knew it....but I didn't technically know it till just now! I also got an email from them (yesterday), but it was a little different and had NO MENTION of the new dongle requirement. I proceeded to their official website, and searched everywhere for mention and/or explanation - nothing. Usually in the "Requirements" section companies will put something like "One free USB port...", but nope nothing of the sort. :-0

    I was starting to wonder if maybe they weren't gonna do it. Now the truth is out, thanks Larry!
    And yeah, that's a deal breaker for me as well. Fortunately, I'm quite happy sticking with Amp 1...

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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/03/31 12:54:13 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: jmarkham

    i'm not opposed to the dongle .. but i cancelled my order because i'm out of
    USB ports .. i've already got an iLok .. i don't want another one... and they
    are problematic with usb hubs...

    i like the software .. but sheesh...

    jeff



    Hey Jeff -- I hope you let them know *why* you canceled. Not that they actually give a crap, but every little bit helps. When I ordered Dim Pro, I told the Cakewalk sales person on the phone that I was sending my money their way to support their minimal copy protection stance.

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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/04/03 13:56:18 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: jamester

    I knew it....but I didn't technically know it till just now! I also got an email from them (yesterday), but it was a little different and had NO MENTION of the new dongle requirement. I proceeded to their official website, and searched everywhere for mention and/or explanation - nothing. Usually in the "Requirements" section companies will put something like "One free USB port...", but nope nothing of the sort. :-0

    I was starting to wonder if maybe they weren't gonna do it. Now the truth is out, thanks Larry!
    And yeah, that's a deal breaker for me as well. Fortunately, I'm quite happy sticking with Amp 1...

    I haven't checked email today yet, but over the weekend I emailed IK support (because like you I couldn't find anything about copy protection) and asked about copy protection for A2 and got an answer back the next day that it's both a C/R AND dongle. Sucks. This is what held me back from going with the upgrade to Groove Agent 2; ditto for anything new from PSP - they're going to dongles as well. And there's been talk over at the East/West Soundsonline forum (from where I've been blackballed and Nick hasn't the had the decency to tell me what happened) about possible dongles but nothing definite.
    post edited by jackn2mpu - 2006/04/03 14:03:37

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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/04/03 15:15:14 (permalink)
    All i can say is those dongle companies must be doing some SERIOUS pressure sales on software houses.

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    RE: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2006/04/03 15:28:56 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: daverich

    Free hookers and yacht trips?



    Hopefully, STD infested hookers. That's what they deserve.

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    Re: BOOO! Need dongle for Amplitube 2! 2013/06/23 20:19:31 (permalink)
    Well I'm off to buy a ikey from allans music, they guy I bought this off on ebay said he bought two by mistake and it doesn't need a dongle to work on mac.
    I load the software with out a dongle and it doesn't appear in my applictations folder
     
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