Essential Keyboards for SampleTank 3

Gotta give you credit for being consistent despite your feelings about the company.

lol..rape is a strong word!  I know you are a good guy and we all have been pissed off before.  I will never ever use travelocity again no matter what they offer

But at .least NOW you know the history and WHY 
they were GIVING THOSE PRODUCTS AWAY recently...
 
 

Larry..i already knew the "history" because you and several others have repeated it often lol.  I just don't see it as being as awful as you do. Agreeing to disagree is what makes America awesome.  I guess I know too many people who have been raped for real to compare money spent on software voluntarily to having someone violate your body.  I'm quite sure if you gave anyone who was made to perform sexual acts against their wishes the choice between that and being upset over the business practices of a software company, they would choose the latter.
 
I have heard variations of the "crime" over and over and I am still trying to grasp what IK did that was so sinister. 
 
Did IK promise a free 64-bit version at the time you purchased?
Did Pro Tools or any of the other big name software products give their new flagship model of program free when they finally got around to going 64-bit ? (I already know that one is no)
In fact, aren't they the ones that cost customers thousands of dollars by finally going 64-bit but making all the old plugins obsolete by insisting on a proprietary format?
Did you get what you paid for?
I also would love to hear how their delay somehow cost you money.  It sounds like you purchased what you paid for.  Yes, IK heavily discounted their older products but I don't see the big deal in that.  Most companies do. 
 
Again, I can't tell you what should or should not make you angry, but please try to understand that not everyone is going to see it as a big deal and share your anger on the issue. When you rant on this topic you tend to label those of us who don't agree as somehow having GAS or selling out to big greedy corporate interests and other possibly insulting buzzwords and catchphrases.  I have posted with you long enough to know that you don't intend to insult so i take it with a grain of salt . IK is probably smaller than a lot of the larger companies I have seen you promote who have done things arguably as bad or worse than IK without bothering to attempt to explain why they did it.  I am the farthest from a GAS shopper.  I have purchased exactly 3 vst plugs in the past two years (Geist, ST3, string studio 2) despite being tempted by sales and the reviews of users here.  The first two were to seriously fill a need and both were at discounted prices.  The last one was a no brainer price and I wanted to support a company that has given me great service despite the fact I got their product dirt cheap.  I'll probably never understand what has you so upset..but that's ok.  Just don't assume we don't know the history.  We just don't see the excat same set of events the way you do.  if everyone saw the exact same set of events exactly the same way, there would not be over 5000 denominations of Chritianity. We would not have the toxic us vs them standoff in politics. Muslims would not be killing each other left and righgt in Iraq now and we would all have consensus about IK Multimedia :). Just skip on buying and let it go...or keep telling us all the history.  Either way, I doubt it sawys peiple one way or another.
 
 

Err that aside, really you only get one piano, some EPS and some Tron junk. Under 400 megs for the lot. I'm thinking 20 bucks is actual value.

it is indeed all good larry :)  I just hope you never have to actually experience  true rape. 

IK_Multimedia
SampleTank Free for the 2.x version didn't come out for years after the initial release (in case anybody reading this thread is unaware).  We provided 64-bit versions of T-RackS and AmpliTube at no charge to those that owned recent versions (sorry T-RackS 24 or AmpliTube 1 or 2 users, those weren't even as long in the tooth as SampleTank either...).  People interested in the response to the question about "Why SampleTank 3 for 64-bit?" can find the official answer on our forum at Why SampleTank 3 for 64-bit? An explanation.
 
Agree or disagree, we all obviously have the right to our opinions of course.

See...no apology...just CORPORATE ARROGANCE...

This post and thread totally negate the fact that your company left the product COMPLETELY 
unsupported for almost 5 years....in favor of iCrap...and could have simply
GIVEN a ST 3 FREE to those who only wanted to be able to us what they paid for
in a 64 bit environment without issue...

We know all of that information...it's a "Smoke Screen"...thanks again for proving it...

This only goes to show that people just WANT...that's why some who get raped
desire to have an intimate (howbeit, meaningless and abusive) relationship with 
the Rapist....

I certainly empathize...as I was a victim myself Dub...so keep those comments out of it...
(it's an analogy...and a good one...as, in Rape, someone UNWILLINGLY GETS USED
and someone SELFISHLY BENEFITS)

This has to do with a company that failed it's customers...some may not think so....
a VAST many do (most have moved to Kontakt or some other Sampler (not ROMPLER, which
is what ST 3 is..) due to the SEVERE lack of support for this product...

The sad part is ....IK knows what they did...and make no apology for it...

I totally respect others rights to do as they please and buy what they want...
but I DO NOT support or respect a Companies right to do whatever it pleases at the expense
of it's Customers and the Products they paid good money for....


I will say no more on this....