Ample Sound | Ample Guitar II +update 2.0.2

dateAmple Sound has released Ample Guitar II, a completely recreated program with loads of new features, including:
New sample engine with significant performance improvement:

• Multiple instances can be loaded much faster and takes only a small amount of additional memory.
• Improved voice management significantly enhances performance.

New Strummer with drag & drop support:

• Users can search, browse and audition chords and patterns now with drag & drop support.
• Slash chord support is implemented for Detect Mode.
• Chord slots have been increased to 24 for Select Mode.
• Arpeggio can now be played on all six strings for every chord now.
• Improved humanization options are present in 2.0.
• New strummed patterns.

VST3 format is now supported for Mac & Windows.

Added Slide Guitar articulation/group samples for all guitars.

Improved and optimized GPX format support in the built-in tab player.

Completely new standalone app which can load all Ample Sound plugins with virtual keyboard support.

Other updates:

• Added capo option which enables transposing without the need of modifying MIDI.
• Added Auto Mod to enable automatic vibrato.
• Added Mod Range to adjust vibrato intensity.
• Added Poly Bender to enable multiple notes bend.
• Added the new Solo Mode, in addition to Keyboard Mode and Standard Mode.

Announcements:

• There will be sample library extensions in future, and this update has been designed to support this feature.
• The current release of Ample Guitar II only covers acoustic series of the product line-up. More changes will be brought about by the electric series, which is coming up soon.

Important Information
Ample Guitar II cannot load presets/settings created/used with previous 1.x version software directly. However, parameters in 2.0 version software cover all parameters in 1.x versions, which means copying details of parameters from 1.x presets to 2.0 software is doable by hand. Users can keep the old version 1.x while installing version 2.0. They can run and exist in parallel.

All updates are free of charge for owners of corresponding Ample Guitar software. Users can get their updates through the MyAmpleSound page.
 
http://www.amplesound.net/en/index.asp
 

It looks like the stand alone is different than the previous version. I have not found instructions yet but was able to set it up and get it working. It is called ASHost.exe and is found in the install directory. You need to run it, setup the plugin paths, audio and midi device info, then select the plugin you want to run.
 
The activation is still not working yet.

I have AGM, AGL & AGF.
 
Thanks Carl!

I do like the standalone AGHost plugin selection better now. I really hadn't noticed any of the issues they corrected.

carl
I didn't get the email, needed the links sent to me for the main v2 install & saw the updates in my account. Then I saw the fixes posted over at KVR.

As Rick said make sure to set up AGhost so it scans your vst folder or you won't see them listed.

So the AGHost is imbedded in the installers, then?

Ok, thanks Carl.
 
I had the links sent to my email, and I'll get to them tomorrow.

Ok, thanks Carl.

The updates have caused Platinum to hang during VST search and even the old dlls no longer work...I posted this over at KVR but figured you all might have some thoughts... thanks in advance!
 
"This afternoon I downloaded the 1.8 and 2.0.2 updates and applied them to my win7 64 system Sonar Platinum DAW and all but AGT2 and AGM2 now hang in scan search. I've spent hours and am at a loss. Even the old dlls no longer work... I've searched for duplicate dlls and reinstalled the update several times and as soon as I remove the dlls, Sonar scans fine.

I'm putting Ample on the shelf for now as this has taken too much time. I assume a full reinstall of both the old AGT and AGM might be in order as well as AGG and AGF. But for now, I'm moving over to Orange trees Stratosphere/Strawberry/EAG. I don't know why things are hanging and everything worked fine before the updates. I have used these vsts in several songs and they are dead in the water now.  

Do I need to do an uninstall of everything, just use windows uninstall (I tried this for AGM and appied the update but it still hung), or what...

Can I do a complete reinstall and will that overwrite the old setup and hopefully fix the problem?

I haven't actually tried AGT2 an AGM2 yet as this has taken the evening but I will tomorrow. However I want the originals to work also and they are now hanging up Sonar's vst Scan..."
 
 
I am rather frustrated with Ample at this point.  I've enjoyed the sound on several songs but their help system sucks, there are issues,  and maybe it's just the fun I've been having with Greg's new engine... They were not cheap and hope I can get this sorted....Oh and the installer seems to put the dlls in amples folder along with everything else no matter that I told the installer where to put them.  They hang no matter where I put them...
 
Thanks, all in advance.

OK, Carl... I guess I missed that.  I just upgraded all of Gregs guitars and didn't have to do that as it just used the old samples... my bad.  Thanks.  will download now.
 
A further complication is a hard drive appears to have gone missing (I have seven, and now 6 so the old samples must have been on the crashed/plug loose or whatever drive which no longer shows up in windows....wonder what else was on there...I'm lousy with cataloguing  
 
I'll adjust the post accordingly tomorrow or late tonight after downloading...
 
Thanks, and I've cross posted the status over at kvr too but you were much quicker.... because... our forum ROCKS!

Hi, Alchemy... Well, as I noted... a hard drive failure may be at fault.  I'm redownloading everything right now...