Why I will probably not upgrade to ST3.

Looking over my list of libraries* it seems that ST3 will most likely be redundant or at minimum unnecessary since I have not opened it up since I went 64bit.
(I wonder if I'll be proved wrong)
 
 
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Komplete 8, Kirk Hunter Strings, All the guitar libraries (Waves Factory, Real Guitar, Orange Tree, AAS etc.), Soundiron Venus & Mars
EWQL - Ra, Gypsy, FabFour, Ministry of Rock, Voices of Passion, Symphonic Choirs & Symphonic Orchestra
 
 
So end of my rant about ST3 taking a lifetime to bring to market.
 
Now if they give it to me for free (the player) as a customer loyalty gesture and let me choose any add on libraries at a later date I will not turn it down.

drewfx1

bapuNow if they give it to me for free (the player) as a customer loyalty gesture and let me choose any add on libraries at a later date I will not turn it down.

You mean like if they had a free player shell thingy and, I don't know what to call it, but some sort of custom shop or something for adding libraries to it?

Sumpin' like dat.

This??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ducati_ST3_(DerHexer)_2010-10-31_041.jpg
 
I like BMWs and Triumphs myself. But, if you do get an ST3, make sure it's not red...

  Yea, I read those reasons; you already have IK samples that will play in 64bit without a bridge when it comes up? ...PLLEEASE, I wouldn't want to accidently be between you and the buy it now button when it comes up....I call shenanigans

No soup for you

bapu
Looking over my list of libraries* it seems that ST3 will most likely be redundant or at minimum unnecessary since I have not opened it up since I went 64bit.
(I wonder if I'll be proved wrong)
 
 

Well, I certainly don't need to spend too much on a another bread and butter factory library. Kontakt, Independence Pro and Dim Pro have those bases covered pretty well. Then I have the extra stuff in Komplete 8 and a shed load of third party Kontakt instruments. - Kirk Hunter, Hollow Sun, Sampletekk, Orange Tree, Boulder Sounds and Sound Iron products to name a few.
 
The upgrade price will be critical. If it costs too much I may as well keep on using the old 32 bit players for the legacy content.
 
I am really curious to see what ST3 brings to the table. Kontakt's only real competition at the moment is Mach 5.

IK Obi
I look forward to your comments in the SampleTank 3 threads. ;)

I wish there was a "worst" answer button in the new forum software.

I've nothing against Obi. He's just "doin' his job".
 
And I'm doin' mine.

I'm on the fence about ST3. It will depend on the breadth of the sample library and the initial price. The enormous shoes ST3 will need to fill aren't those of Kontakt, but of its own predecessor, ST2.
 
ST2 still gets used here on a regular basis. Not because it's a great piece of software - it wasn't ever the best sampler around - but because of the breadth of sounds included. I'm approaching a terabyte's worth of Kontakt libraries, but I'd need a lot more to completely cover the same ground as ST2.
 
If ST3 offers what ST2 does, only with higher-quality samples and a bigger UI, and doesn't cost a fortune, then I'm in.

bapu
Dave,
 
If I used ST2 as much as you apparently do/have I'd be in the same place.
 
The UI turned me off so early on that although I too have a fairly extensive library of ST2 stuff (IIRC I purchased nearly every esoundz expansion pack I could get my hands on) I just never really got into ST2 as a goto tool.
 
Amplitube on the other hand has been my goto amp sim.

I'm in pretty much the same place - I don't have the full version, but I have a few very nice ST libraries that don't really get used because I despise the GUI and it's not like I'm wanting for other options.
 
 
But haven't IK always had free/cheap versions of ST that don't come with much content, but will play whatever libraries you own? 
 
From http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/sampletank/index.php?pp=sampletank-2-xl-versions
 
SampleTank FREE
A fully working, expandable version of SampleTank. Simple to use and easily expandable with ReTank refills and sound libraries.
 
 
Given this, I don't get all this "upgrade price" concern people seem to be having.

Given that they have Amplitube Free and T-RackS Custom Shop Free I'd be surprised if that's the direction they went. It seems to me that they've adopted the ibusiness model of trying to sell lots of additional content at as close to impulse buy prices as they can.

Bajan Blue
Impulse buy model - you know I think this works - I have happily purchased the latest stuff from Hideaway and Hollow Sun without really thinking too much about it - but there was a product from another manufacturer a few weeks back that was approaching $100 - I listened, I listened again, I really really wanted it, thought about it then never purchased it - if it had been say $25 or $35 I would probably have got it without too many second thoughts. And I'm sure if it was cheaper, they would sell far more - enough extra to make MORE money - in these testing times, people are thinking more about purchase decisions.

This is definitely true for me as well.  It's a lot easier to get me to pay $10 ten times than to pay $100 once.

ampfixer
You're all talking like this vapourware is solidifying. 

Like a fiat.

I thought you'd go a little deeper than that.
 
;-)
 
Any linguists in the house?