jimusic.. good examples but those are both companies that perpetually offer free updates to new versions of the same software.  Perhaps I should have specified all new versions  i.e giving 32 bit Elephant owners a free 64 bit elephant 2 upgrade. The equivalent example is if IK had released ST2.5 as 64 bit and charged for it.  Of course, if you feel that ST3 is merely ST2.5 with 64-bit than you may already feel that is the case.

jbow..had to read that twice to catch the capitalization.  Thought for a second you were implying Larry had a cocaine habit. lol

Jeezz now this topic has everything.....Sex, Drugs and Rock'n Roll

Oh...and Hello Kitty is not a cat!!

Blimey

Addictive Drums was upgraded after quite a few years to 64bit at no charge - they only charged an upgrade price when the introduced AD2

IK_Multimedia
SampleTank 3 is far more than a "face lift" and SampleTank 2.x products were never sold as anything but 32-bit products, and had a very long lifespan as such.  I am sorry but I don't see how you are paying twice for something when you got exactly what you paid for when you purchased and used SampleTank products in their 32-bit form (as mentioned - and at the core of what I'm seeing in many posts - for years in many cases).  They served well doing exactly what was stated on the tin, and for quite a long time for the long-term customers that I see expressing disdain for having to upgrade.
 
We stated that SampleTank 3 would be the 64-bit version, was a major update not just a 64-bit version by any means, and that the long-in-the-tooth 32-bit libraries would need to be imported into it to run in 64-bit.  We did provide 64-bit upgrades to T-RackS and AmpliTube as they were far more recently-updated products and thought we were clear about the major changes to the SampleTank line.  We did post an explanation before SampleTank 3 was released, so we could be as clear as possible, on our forum to clear up some questions that were being asked too:  Why SampleTank 3 for 64-bit? An explanation.
 
I understand you disagree with the above, and you most certainly have that right and the right to your own opinion on the matter.

Again, at EVERY STEP, they make ABSOLUTELY no apology to ANYONE...5 years without an OUNCE
of support for a Product that many paid THOUSANDS FOR...and that's ok?

THIS IS the Corporate BEAST that I fight.  And if you guys can't (and DON'T WANT TO) see it...
I feel VERY SORRY FOR YOU!

READ THIS REPLY CAREFULLY....LONG LIFE SPAN (DERH) it died almost 5 years ago...but
then the SAVIOR IK resurrected it and now says this AND PAY US!!!  And all the people said "AMEN".

WOW...just WOW....

Beware that if you use the free version in any projects and upgrade to the full version later, the sounds and settings that you have used may not be recognised and you would need to load them (or their equivalents) up again. This was the case with the free version of SonikSynth that I tried a few years ago.

cclarry

IK_Multimedia
SampleTank 3 is far more than a "face lift" and SampleTank 2.x products were never sold as anything but 32-bit products, and had a very long lifespan as such.  I am sorry but I don't see how you are paying twice for something when you got exactly what you paid for when you purchased and used SampleTank products in their 32-bit form (as mentioned - and at the core of what I'm seeing in many posts - for years in many cases).  They served well doing exactly what was stated on the tin, and for quite a long time for the long-term customers that I see expressing disdain for having to upgrade.
 
We stated that SampleTank 3 would be the 64-bit version, was a major update not just a 64-bit version by any means, and that the long-in-the-tooth 32-bit libraries would need to be imported into it to run in 64-bit.  We did provide 64-bit upgrades to T-RackS and AmpliTube as they were far more recently-updated products and thought we were clear about the major changes to the SampleTank line.  We did post an explanation before SampleTank 3 was released, so we could be as clear as possible, on our forum to clear up some questions that were being asked too:  Why SampleTank 3 for 64-bit? An explanation.
 
I understand you disagree with the above, and you most certainly have that right and the right to your own opinion on the matter.

Again, at EVERY STEP, they make ABSOLUTELY no apology to ANYONE...5 years without an OUNCE
of support for a Product that many paid THOUSANDS FOR...and that's ok?

THIS IS the Corporate BEAST that I fight.  And if you guys can't (and DON'T WANT TO) see it...
I feel VERY SORRY FOR YOU!

READ THIS REPLY CAREFULLY....LONG LIFE SPAN (DERH) it died almost 5 years ago...but
then the SAVIOR IK resurrected it and now says this AND PAY US!!!  And all the people said "AMEN".

WOW...just WOW....

Dude..............................Let it go already.
 
Rocky

If I got it right, the major complain is not existence of ST2 64 bit version. Compiling some 32bit program as 64bit was never a problem for me, till the program source is complete garbage. So either the source of ST2 is complete garbage (which is hard to believe), they decided to save a little not doing that or that was political decision. In all that threads, IK has not clarified that point. So the "fight" is not over