Luc

144 to 21 free products! This is going fantastically well! Maybe another freebie tomorrow?

16 minutes ago, bdickens said:

It's a microphone. What did you think?

Wow, no need to be rude about it. I asked someone representing IK if the MEMS mic was useful for anything else when it came out and they said "not really." Had figured it was just for calibration and not actually recording audio. But thanks to a few others here, though now I know. Yay!

37 minutes ago, abacab said:

The IKM MEMS Mic for the ARC system software is also compatible with Mic Room.

The MEMS mic can be used for audio?

11 minutes ago, RSMcGuitar said:

204... It's on

Like Donkey Kong!

36 minutes ago, Craig Fowler said:

I've had a really irritating time installing the main Sampletank library and was getting kinda pissy. Then I thought, 'you know what? I didn't pay for this. I'll deal.'

What was irritating about it? I never installed any SampleTank libraries before and wondering if there's something I should know before starting to make the process easier.

7 minutes ago, Fleer said:

16 gone and no cigar

IK Cigar didn't qualify for the GB

8 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

And here I might go for another dip 🤫

Sounds like a good idea to me!

The word just freaked us all out a little. 🤣

Has anyone used an Apex220 calibration mic with ARC 3? Got the software in the GB and I noticed a nearby music shop rents them for a few dollars a week. Was wondering if it would do the job.

21 minutes ago, Max Arwood said:

Is it possible to buy in twice?

Definitely! I'm in 4 times. You'll have a drop down list for each level (so, for example, the $99 level will give you a bunch, the $199 level will show all of those plus some extras). Plus, according to the post above if you go in another 11 times, we all move to another level. 😅

17 minutes ago, jgarland said:

I can't help but feel the dreaded "S" word is coming for future updates:       SUBSCRIPTION !!!  😨

Don't give them any ideas. 🤣

4 minutes ago, husker said:

all I can make is plastic-y synth sounds....

Nothing wrong with plastic-y synth sounds, my friend!

These tutorials are actually pretty good. I learned quite a few things on plugins I have been using for a long time. And I love that it's not just the usual DAWs and major plugins, they do tutorials of plugins that don't usually show up on lists of tutorials.

Annnnd we did it! 14 free products!

The counter rarely works for me, it gives random numbers so the last few times I refreshed, I got: 76, 95, 40 and 80. Though from the other posts, I'm assuming the actual number is a bit above 100 but I can 100% guarantee that the participants needed for the next level is LESS than 1000! I hope this helps.

19 minutes ago, InstrEd said:

I rather have it be a few more purchases to 24 free 😆

I'm in 4 times. Someone around here isn't pulling their weight! 🤣

Just a few posts to 100 pages, my friends!

2 hours ago, abacab said:

I think you're on track with T-RackS, and if you follow the advice given for AmpliTube, you should be good there as well.

So I'm only going to comment on SampleTank...

Unless you can somehow get the ST4 MAX crossgrade, you will not get the MAX package via individual Group Buy freebies. Although as freebies go, there are numerous SampleTank 3 instruments, and post ST4 instrument collection releases that you can pickup. But there are 2,000 more instruments, and an additional 160GB of samples in MAX, that are not included in the full ST4!

Ouch! I was way off on that one (the SampleTank MAX)! Thanks a lot for the information! And here I thought once this GB is over I might have everything besides the full Miroslav Philharmonik lol

3 minutes ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said:

@Luc

Regarding Amplitube, you'd be missing the new impulse response functionality that is in AT5 "full" but not AT5 CS

In general I would use a combination of looking in Custom Shop and checking in the DAW whether the plugin opens or it complains about a license being required

Oh I forgot to mention, yeah I do have the full (not MAX) AT5 now so it sounds like I'm set. Thanks. And that's good advice checking to see if the license shows up when loading. And definitely good to know that the CS checkmarks aren't always accurate cuz I based some of my plans on that. So many bits and pieces it's tough to keep track of what I have and what I don't. Though deep down, it's a good problem to have, I guess!

Ok so I'm posting:

1) because I know many of you are checking and it's so quiet, you're sad that there is no update here.

2) because I'm trying to sort things out to make sure I didn't miss anything I don't have.... So, for those spreadsheet makers and others who want to work out their brains a bit tonight, a couple of quick questions...

T-Racks: If I have T-Racks 5 Max, and I add Space Delay, Sunset Reverb and Comprexxor, I have everything T-Racks-related, right?
Syntronik: If I have Syntronik Deluxe, I have 'em all, right? (there aren't any of the individual synths in the GB that I need to get seperately)?
Amplitube: And Amplitube is a bit more complicated, but from my calculations, I had Amplitube 4 Max, so a bunch of the packs got upgraded, but if I got Brian May, Dimebag Darrell, Fender 2, Joe Satriani and Leslie, I believe I should be covered? (basically the same as Amplitube 5 Max?)
Sampletank: I have Sampletank 4. I'm assuming I'd have to get all of the Sampletank packs that are available in the Group Buy (like 30 of them) to have the equivalent of Sampletank 4 MAX?

I know it's a lot of questions and thinking....  feel free to ignore this. I know there are many here who pay attention way more than I do and since I have been trying to sort out this stuff for a week and my brain is mush haha, wondering if I missed anything.

13 minutes ago, kevin H said:

That’s what I did and used my freebies to complete anything missing to get equivalent of Amplitube 5 max

Fantastic plan! Thanks!

So grateful for the help from all of you! It was tough to find some of the information on their Website. This is fantastic!

Let's make it to 25!

2 minutes ago, Doug Rintoul said:

All your gear will be upgraded. Peter has stated so on previous occasions.

Wow, even better! Thanks a lot, I didn't know that! Dare I say... I love IK! (sorry Larry!) 🤣

3 minutes ago, Doug Rintoul said:

Buy 200 gear credits for $160 or less if you use Jam Points to buy the gear credits. Then use the gear credits to buy Amplitude 5 upgrade or SampleTank upgrade, or SampleTron 2 upgrade...

Note that the term "upgrade" is a bit of a misnomer. They are really crossgrades and you don't have to own any previous product in that line. All you need to have done is bought an IKM product for $99+.  

Wow! Great information, thanks! I will get one of those!

Luckily I now have an extra month to make a decision! lol

2 minutes ago, Craig N said:

Perhaps the Amplitude 5 upgrade? For me it's listed as $199 / 200 Gear Credits

This sounds like a good plan. I have Amplitube 4 MAX but I'm assuming I can just do this upgrade to the regular version of Amplitube 5, some of the gear will be upgraded, and the MAX-specific ones won't. I'm OK with that (assuming it works in general). Again, thanks a lot for saving me the disappointment of purchasing something that didn't qualify for the GB!

2 minutes ago, Craig N said:

As long as it's eligible for the group buy, yes;

Thanks SO much! Hadn't thought of checking this. Was thinking the tape machines but it doesn't look like the bundle is part of  the group buy (unless I didn't make it to that page yet)... Trying to find a way to get in at the $199 level through Gear Credits. Proving more difficult than I had thought.