We have shared out current development on ARC and its something we are still working on with Audyssey on the next version. We are trying to show you that we are indeed working on the things you are asking for. It's a fine line we walk though, you can't really make everybody happy as this thread shows. I'd give you more info on the other products you mentioned, but I don't think I should. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. :/

Trust me, we ALL wish it would go faster, but its the unexpected hiccups that take time.

IK Obi

We have shared out current development on ARC and its something we are still working on with Audyssey on the next version. We are trying to show you that we are indeed working on the things you are asking for. It's a fine line we walk though, you can't really make everybody happy as this thread shows. I'd give you more info on the other products you mentioned, but I don't think I should. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. :/

IK OBi:  Again, I thank you for the many ways you help so many of us, especially recently with ARC.  I sometimes have over-reacted not just on this thread but with others and hit "send" before I realize I should have waited and not said what I have written; I can't beleive sometimes what I have written.  I hope I have not offended you.  For me, I have over the last three years bought the complete line of your studio products and they are good, some are great: the complete Samplexxx line, Amplitube (Fender, Hendrix, Ampeg), the T-Racks Deluxe (with Black and White), CSR , ARC, etc.. You get the picture.   I absolutely love the Fender amps in Amplitube, the T-Racks is great for mastering, and boy does ARC really do the trick for room correction--Wow are they great!!!!  I believe that when you guys do release ST3 and 64bit updates that those products will not just go a long way at calming this recent torrential storm of discontent, but hopefully with make many, many of us project & home studio users happy sailors with IKMultimedia.  Certainly you did prove that you were still in it for us studio users when you brought forth the Black & White (especially with that recent group buy, which btw I did not join as I already had it; I just bought them outright because they were that good).  I look forward to spending some of my money for ST3;  I am excited that it will be bigger, better, newer, greater and still be able to read all the nice ST2 samples and hopefully with have an updated more readable GUI.  I always look carefully at ALL of your posts and hope that it is being announced.   So, please don't disappear or leave.  It must be difficult certainly and you must have  mighty thick skin to enter so many of these forums (I can't believe how bad it is on some of the gearslutz forums--I don't have that thick of skin).  Please continue our journey with us and please keep us up to date on products that are coming or have arrived.  Who knows, some of us might even buy one of those Iapps for the fun of it.

Jonbouy

cecelius2


So, please don't disappear or leave.  It must be difficult certainly and you must have  mighty thick skin to enter so many of these forums (I can't believe how bad it is on some of the gearslutz forums--I don't have that thick of skin).  Please continue our journey with us and please keep us up to date on products that are coming or have arrived.

Have no fear Obi will be with us as long as he keeps his current job, or until Cakewalk withdraw his priviledge of advertising here for free and start charging IK for their internet real estate, whether we like it or not.

That's my guess.

Obi's aware that he'll get a hard time from time to time because not everyone is pleased to see a spammer spamming, although of course some don't mind that and he's playing to those percentages as is likely defined in the training guides for his professional role.

Calling him a spammer is ignorant and rude.

Jonbouy


You may not like the idea, but it isn't in the realm of rude, nor name calling, it's fact.

Wiki:

Forum spam is the creating of messages that are advertisements, abusive, or otherwise unwanted on Internet forums. It is generally done by automated spambots, or manually with unscrupulous intentions.

Cakewalk Forum TOS:

Advertising
Cakewalk does not allow any form of advertising, therefore promoting websites or products in the forum is inappropriate.

He is neither a spambot , unscrupulous or abusive.  MI company representatives are uniformly welcome on MI forums including this one.  Contact Cakewalk and ask them if he is unwelcome.

vintagevibe

Jonbouy


You may not like the idea, but it isn't in the realm of rude, nor name calling, it's fact.

Wiki:

Forum spam is the creating of messages that are advertisements, abusive, or otherwise unwanted on Internet forums. It is generally done by automated spambots, or manually with unscrupulous intentions.

Cakewalk Forum TOS:

Advertising
Cakewalk does not allow any form of advertising, therefore promoting websites or products in the forum is inappropriate.

He is neither a spambot , unscrupulous or abusive.  MI company representatives are uniformly welcome on MI forums including this one.  Contact Cakewalk and ask them if he is unwelcome.

???

Go promote Cakewalk on IK's site.  You've cherry picked spambot, and abusive read the definition fully.  Then read Cakewalk's unambiguous statement in their own TOS, it doesn't make mention excluding MI reps, MI I'm assuming is your own code for Music Industry.

Maybe Cakewalk will ban OBbi like they have repeatedly banned you Jonbouy :)

Jonbouy

Go promote Cakewalk on IK's site.  You've cherry picked spambot, and abusive read the definition fully.  Then read Cakewalk's unambiguous statement in their own TOS, it doesn't make mention excluding MI reps, MI I'm assuming is your own code for Music Industry.

MI is the standard acronym for the Music Industry.  Perhaps you don't know much about the MI.  All I can say is that if you are this worked up about  IK Obi you really need to take a break.  Go out.  Get some relaxation.  It will be OK. He's not coming to your house.

forget what I said... I'm with Bapu, 64 bit would be a real lift. Congratulations on the Marshall deal nonetheless.

kurrykid


Jonbouy you really, really need to give it a rest. It is really, really old! Your comments are much worse (in regards to forum material) then IK Obi. You don't like him, we get it. Why do you feel the need to keep telling us. I want to read music related information, not your hateful spew! Can we please move on?????????????

Kurrykid where did you get the inference that I don't like Obi?

Hateful spew?  That's quote there is probably the nearest thing that fits your description on this thread.

I don't like Spam that's the point you could have read in a previous post.  How about the Spam has got old and for every Spam post that Obi delivers as a rep I flag it up as Spam?

I'm willing to do that for free.

IK Obi


Trollololoolololol. When people ask what I do for a living I'm just going to reply deal with Trolls. Not to mention the fact if IK was not present on the boards, we wouldn't have created a way for IK users to request features and updates. (We created the IK forums for that) We wouldn't be able to help users as much as we can where they are. (You know, like here with simple questions and getting them help with support when I can't help them here) However I may appear to whomever I have no control over. I can control the block settings here though and if I really bug anybody that much, feel free to block me. Its really a great feature.

There is a BIG BIG difference between Support and Marketing.
Giving support is a reactive action and marketing an proactive.


I have no problems with you giving support when needed.
I do see the problem with you doing marketing campaigns here.


Imagine how it would be if all companies were doing the same as IK Multimedia is doing?
Just because IK Obi have been here a long time should not justify him and IK Multimedia any special treatments/rules.


Jonbouy is correct...

BTW, you don't even give support because that is NOT your job...
This is what you call support...
http://forum.cakewalk.com/fb.ashx?m=2599578

IKObi is Mr. Trololo??  I thought that guy just died. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM

I'm with Jonbouy on this one.

I'm bombarded with dozens of e-mail advertisements everyday. I really don't come to the cakewalk forum and need to see anymore.
You, Obi, and the dude that was hawking Kirk Hunter Strings awhile back, are salesmen.

First and foremost, you are here to sell merchandise.
Surely, you can see why some of us are not exactly thrilled with your presence.

IK Obi


I would be VERY careful about "leaking" IK employees opinions like that. IK is a VERY small company and even more so when you narrow it down to just the US office, which I assume the employee works from because you write English well. I already have a name in my head I'm VERY certain of, not that I care but if the wrong person sees this at IK that employee will be called out.

And what does this even mean to anyone here?

Is it a threat?

Whatever it is it is completely bizarre in a pretty dark way.