bitflipper
I share your disdain for iOS apps, and your impatience for ST3. But let's not lose our objectivity...
1. I really doubt the iOS product line has had much impact on ST3 development. They are probably separate teams.
2. It's unfair to criticize a product that was released a decade before 64-bit operating systems became the norm for possible 64-bit compatibilty issues
3. It's bitbridge that's crashing, not SampleTank
4. Most projects in which ST is the main sample library can be run in 32-bit SONAR with no problems.
None of which is to suggest your frustration is unjustified. I'm just trying to keep it in perspective.
1: I disagree. I think it's an allocation of resources issue.
2: Disagree again. Kontatck, Sonar and virtually everything else was in the same situation. Even Waves, Propellerhead and UAD is 64 bit now. They were seen as the last great holdouts.
3: That just highlights the entire issue - that ST needs a bridge.
4: That only works if you abandon 64 bit for the sake of ST. If ST was the main sample library and all of my vst's were 32bit it would be 2001.
Obviously IK will do what they think will be most profitable but this is leaving many loyal customers feeling abandoned. I've spent a lot of money on IK libraries and I am their lowest priority.