IK announces NEW gear for Amplitube and T-Racks...

Ah I'm sorry we have hurt your feelings with updating our other lines while we have been meticulously working on SampleTank 3 behind the scenes all year. (As I KNOW you know as I have told you many times on these very boards before...) Its coming. Like REALLLLLLLLLLLLY close. Not as close as T-Racks. Probably before ****** and definitely after we bring AAX in the T-Racks Custom Shop for our Pro Tools users. But still REALLLLLLLY close. Like, I just saw THE full instruments list yesterday close.
 
So, yeah. Thats a thing. In the works. On the way. Yup. But for now, new T-Racks gear which we have been working on for months now. It's going to be a great release with some cool new gear. Any guesses on what legendary gear we modeled this time?

A Kemper Profiler Amplifier?
 
:-)

I love my T-Racks and Amplitube....I love ALL my IK Products...
 
I just believe that a company SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON DOLLAR SIGNS...
but instead, MAKE DOLLARS from doing what they SHOULD have done a LONG time ago...

And even though IK is STILL not Windows 8 Compliant...which is WAY overdue...I still use them...
 
None of my stand alones work in Win 8...except Miroslav? How weird is that...
ALL the others...nothing...I think it's a duel between the IK Products and the Quad Capture driver...
they work fine in hosts...but not stand alone...
 
All my other stand alones work....Kontakt, Guitar Rig, etc....they ALL work...only the IK stuff won't.

Yet, they have time to release THOUSANDS of iCraps...and updates and NEW this and NEW that for stuff
that was just updated only a few months ago...while the SampleTank line (YES - 4 Products - SampleTank, SampleMoog,
SampleTron, and Miroslav) just sit there for 4 years...and all their other stuff still isn't Win 8 compliant....
even 64 bit T-Racks and Amplitube aren't Win 8 compliant yet...

Seriously, why not just make a 64 bit version of SampleTank?  That could have been done YEARS AND YEARS
AGO....oh..I know they were WAY TO BUSY doing iCrap stuff...to even think about it.....
 
I'm sure IK is thinking, well we don't have a lot of customers for those products...

WELL DUH...if you're not updating them on regular basis WHO WANTS THEM?  That's just COMMON SENSE!!!

I can only hope that people EVENTUALLY wake up...

Listen to Obi's quote "We've been working on for 4 months"....WHAT?  It's been 4 years for SampleTank...
That's a SLAP IN THE FACE!!!

These companies do whatever they want, regardless of what existing customers say or do...WHY?
because they are GREEDY...it's not about YOU, they've already got your dollars ...it's about THEIR dollar signs..it's not about MUSIC,
it's about MONEY....and yes, that is what businesses are about, BUT, a GOOD business will do so with
INTEGRITY...and do the RIGHT thing, regardless of the dollar signs...and will gain a REPUTATION 
while doing it for their CUSTOMERS and GAIN dollar signs...but, they'll also gain a REPUTATION for NOT doing it for their 
customers...if you catch my drift...

Sad part is, most don't care...they will just BUY....they don't care..they're junkies...buy, buy, buy...companies screw you...
that's ok...buy buy buy...etc...they can't stop...it's called OCD...gotta have it...can't do without it...

I'm done with these companies...as Godsmack says..."I STAND ALONE" and that's ok...right is right and wrong is wrong...
 
and EVERYTHING that IK is doing right NOW is WRONG....sorry guys...no one said the truth was pretty...they've been promising
SampleTank 3 for 3 years...and NOW they say..oh..it's close...NOT YET...but close...here's the carrot, come and get it...
and while you're reaching for that carrot that we keep pulling away, here's an apple....
 
NOPE...not doing it....

That's my 2 cents worth...and THAT is the rest of the story...Paul Harvey...

He's been saying ST3s been coming for what, 2 years now? I'm sure they are on it.
 
I like my IK products as well. I hope they make better, more visible, GUIs. The trend seems to be a "who gives a crap if you can read it" though. We can hope I guess.

rtucker55
Even if the only improvements they made to ST3 would be an improved/visible/re-sizable GUI along with 64bit native I would be happy. Of course, it would have to be available this week and a free upgrade... 

+1!!!

What "legenday British compressor" is the new compressor emulating?

Oh cool, the Neve 33609!  Will be comparing this to the UAD version for sure.
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 

I personally couldn't care less about IK's abandonware (hee hee), but this new Neve emulation is pretty dang good.  It sounds nearly identical to the UAD version.  And its GUI is easier to deal with.
 
HOWEVER, there's the question of whether you need this plugin, given all the other high-quality options out there.  IK is billing this as a great bus compressor, and it may be, but don't they already have a plugin called ... "BUS COMPRESSOR"?  I think that one (an SSL emulation) is just as good as this Neve.  Do you need both?  I don't think I do.  Not to mention all the excellent offerings from Slate, UAD, Waves, and other vendors.  Help, plugin overload! 
 
I won't even get into the whole "IK Way" of selling products.  Suffice it to say that it had better be something I MUST HAVE for me to bother jumping through all their hoops.  Not to mention that you can't even find the price of these things (in actual money) from their website.  Who else does that?  Answer: nobody. 
 
One more thing, and I'll stop (I promise):  those of you who like having the option of selling your plugins on the used market should know that these T-RackS singles bought through the Custom Shop are NOT FOR RESALE.  You can't transfer them to anybody else, ever.  Better make sure you use your oh-so-generous 3-day demo wisely, cuz if you buy it, you're stuck with it.
 
Good products obscured by loopy business practices.  That's the thing with IK. 
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 
 
 

You can't be tu sure about IK and their gestapo practices. Say what you want about Cakewalk, even on their frorum, but IK will delete your posts if you voice something negative about them or their product. Had I known that in advance, I would have steered clear of their products. A shame too. They make good products.

Guitarpima
You can't be tu sure about IK and their gestapo practices. Say what you want about Cakewalk, even on their frorum, but IK will delete your posts if you voice something negative about them or their product. Had I known that in advance, I would have steered clear of their products. A shame too. They make good products.

Its in our ULA agreement when you sign on. The forums aren't meant for support so if you have any issues with IK (Negative comments, we've had racist comments, downright nasty ones) please take it up with our contact us form or our support. Its all laid out when you sign up.
 
As for our Bus Compressor Vs our new Precision Compressor / Limiter then yeah I can see why you'd compare them. 1 being clean and "gluey" while the newer one being "thick" and "warm" sounding. It definitely imparts a beautiful colored tone to your mixes and sounds great when paired with a tube EQ like the one found in T-Racks.
 
 

Hi Obi,
 
I noticed you mentioned this while you were arguing with one of your customers:
 

IK Obi
Its in our ULA agreement when you sign on.

 
 Wow. It says "no spam" in this forums EULA agreement but you seem fairly comfortable taking a dump all over the commitment you made when you signed up.
 
"Advertising: Cakewalk does not allow any form of advertising, therefore promoting websites or products in the forum is inappropriate."
 
 It's none of my business, of course, but it does seem to indicate to me that IK Multimedia doesn't have any ethics.
 

IK Obi
Precision Compressor / Limiter now available on T-RackS CS

New version includes a classic British dynamics processor and AAX compatibility!

 
 Have you ever considered asking your boss for some sales training? Good sales reps know how to keep it classy no matter how stinky the company they work for seems to be.
 
 best regards,
mike
 
 

cclarry
I love my T-Racks and Amplitube....I love ALL my IK Products...
 
I just believe that a company SHOULD NOT FOCUS ON DOLLAR SIGNS...
but instead, MAKE DOLLARS from doing what they SHOULD have done a LONG time ago...

And even though IK is STILL not Windows 8 Compliant...which is WAY overdue...I still use them...
 
None of my stand alones work in Win 8...except Miroslav? How weird is that...
ALL the others...nothing...I think it's a duel between the IK Products and the Quad Capture driver...
they work fine in hosts...but not stand alone...
 
All my other stand alones work....Kontakt, Guitar Rig, etc....they ALL work...only the IK stuff won't.

Yet, they have time to release THOUSANDS of iCraps...and updates and NEW this and NEW that for stuff
that was just updated only a few months ago...while the SampleTank line (YES - 4 Products - SampleTank, SampleMoog,
SampleTron, and Miroslav) just sit there for 4 years...and all their other stuff still isn't Win 8 compliant....
even 64 bit T-Racks and Amplitube aren't Win 8 compliant yet...

Seriously, why not just make a 64 bit version of SampleTank?  That could have been done YEARS AND YEARS
AGO....oh..I know they were WAY TO BUSY doing iCrap stuff...to even think about it.....
 
I'm sure IK is thinking, well we don't have a lot of customers for those products...

WELL DUH...if you're not updating them on regular basis WHO WANTS THEM?  That's just COMMON SENSE!!!

I can only hope that people EVENTUALLY wake up...

Listen to Obi's quote "We've been working on for 4 months"....WHAT?  It's been 4 years for SampleTank...
That's a SLAP IN THE FACE!!!

These companies do whatever they want, regardless of what existing customers say or do...WHY?
because they are GREEDY...it's not about YOU, they've already got your dollars ...it's about THEIR dollar signs..it's not about MUSIC,
it's about MONEY....and yes, that is what businesses are about, BUT, a GOOD business will do so with
INTEGRITY...and do the RIGHT thing, regardless of the dollar signs...and will gain a REPUTATION 
while doing it for their CUSTOMERS and GAIN dollar signs...but, they'll also gain a REPUTATION for NOT doing it for their 
customers...if you catch my drift...

Sad part is, most don't care...they will just BUY....they don't care..they're junkies...buy, buy, buy...companies screw you...
that's ok...buy buy buy...etc...they can't stop...it's called OCD...gotta have it...can't do without it...

I'm done with these companies...as Godsmack says..."I STAND ALONE" and that's ok...right is right and wrong is wrong...
 
and EVERYTHING that IK is doing right NOW is WRONG....sorry guys...no one said the truth was pretty...they've been promising
SampleTank 3 for 3 years...and NOW they say..oh..it's close...NOT YET...but close...here's the carrot, come and get it...
and while you're reaching for that carrot that we keep pulling away, here's an apple....
 
NOPE...not doing it....

That's my 2 cents worth...and THAT is the rest of the story...Paul Harvey...

So because IK doesn't move at the rate that you deem they should they are screwing their customers? I mean at least their **** works just like they say it does. They have several lines of products and I am pretty sure its easier and faster to model these compressors than it is to build entire new modern sample libraries from scratch which is what is likely going to happen with Sampletank 3. Long story short get over it. Sampletank 3 will be here when its here and they have already said it will be here before the end of 2013. I am guessing before Thanksgiving to get some Christmas sales. I want Sampletank 3 too but it makes no sense to **** about it in a thread about a new T-Racks module. 

IK Obi

Guitarpima
You can't be tu sure about IK and their gestapo practices. Say what you want about Cakewalk, even on their frorum, but IK will delete your posts if you voice something negative about them or their product. Had I known that in advance, I would have steered clear of their products. A shame too. They make good products.

Its in our ULA agreement when you sign on. The forums aren't meant for support so if you have any issues with IK (Negative comments, we've had racist comments, downright nasty ones) please take it up with our contact us form or our support. Its all laid out when you sign up.
 
As for our Bus Compressor Vs our new Precision Compressor / Limiter then yeah I can see why you'd compare them. 1 being clean and "gluey" while the newer one being "thick" and "warm" sounding. It definitely imparts a beautiful colored tone to your mixes and sounds great when paired with a tube EQ like the one found in T-Racks.
 
 

Thanks for being completely rude. I would never say racial comments. The comment was from your guys, "They have been saying a lot of things". I said, "Like ST3's been coming for almost 2 years".  Then I went on to say that I love the effects I have from IK.
 
So know what your typing about before you accuse me of things I don't do. Like contact IK support or the lack therof.

Guitarpima

IK Obi

Guitarpima
You can't be tu sure about IK and their gestapo practices. Say what you want about Cakewalk, even on their frorum, but IK will delete your posts if you voice something negative about them or their product. Had I known that in advance, I would have steered clear of their products. A shame too. They make good products.

Its in our ULA agreement when you sign on. The forums aren't meant for support so if you have any issues with IK (Negative comments, we've had racist comments, downright nasty ones) please take it up with our contact us form or our support. Its all laid out when you sign up.
 
As for our Bus Compressor Vs our new Precision Compressor / Limiter then yeah I can see why you'd compare them. 1 being clean and "gluey" while the newer one being "thick" and "warm" sounding. It definitely imparts a beautiful colored tone to your mixes and sounds great when paired with a tube EQ like the one found in T-Racks.
 
 

Thanks for being completely rude. I would never say racial comments. The comment was from your guys, "They have been saying a lot of things". I said, "Like ST3's been coming for almost 2 years".  Then I went on to say that I love the effects I have from IK.
 
So know what your typing about before you accuse me of things I don't do. Like contact IK support or the lack therof.

 
I want to be clear, I did not say you were making those comments, but explaining that there are tons of reasons we delete or ban users/comments. Not to mention, I'm not the only one on those forums. We have a LOT of IK employees on those forums. So I'm sorry if you feel I deleted or banned your comment wrongly. It was more said broadly covering many different peoples posts here. I apologize if it seemed that I was wrongly accusing you of those things.

cclarry

And even though IK is STILL not Windows 8 Compliant...which is WAY overdue...I still use them...
 
None of my stand alones work in Win 8...except Miroslav? How weird is that...
ALL the others...nothing...I think it's a duel between the IK Products and the Quad Capture driver...
they work fine in hosts...but not stand alone...
 

I have no issues with Sampletank 2.5 or Miroslave LE in standalone (or in Sonar using bit bridge) but in the more up to date Amplitube there dose indeed seem to be a problem detecting the Quad capture ASIO drivers in stand alone. It finds them and then seems to forget them straight away. It seems to remember the Direct X drivers (at least there are no error messages) but I don't use amplitube in stand alone so I cant say how this well works in practice.
 
I also have a problem using the Quad Capture ASIO drivers with all the latest NI product stand alone versions. I have to use WASAPI.