cclarry Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 $1,099.99 on Amazon (Shows exactly HOW MUCH owners of the original Total Studio got shafted in not being offered ANY upgrade path to Total Studio Max products)https://www.amazon.com/IK-Multimedia-Total-Studio-2/dp/B002GOSFAA/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=IK+Multimedia+Total+Studio+Max&qid=1583333421&sr=8-1-fkmr1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter - IK Multimedia Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 That is not our listing, we have multiple upgrade paths including from TS1. We just had it on sale, even the MAXgrade from any MAX product was at a ridiculous price. These are the prices that were in the promo, even the original pricing is good (below that): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) That Upgrade is for owners of TOTAL STUDIO MAX 1...not Total Studio 1, 2, OR 3... If they don't show up in your account then you can't buy them... I own Total Studio 3, and we've already had this conversation...there was NO UPGRADE PATH OFFERED, not does ANY show up in my account. And, since I wanted the Total Studio Max "Designation", despite the fact I already own just about EVERYTHING, I bought the Axe I/O to get Amplitube Max to be able to upgrade at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE, and LOW AND BEHOLD, at the VERY SAME TIME, IK changed their POLICY to "ANY PAID MAX TITLE" from "ANY MAX TITLE". I still have ALL my original receipts, and I went through IK support and THEY assured me that THERE WAS NO UPGRADE OFFERED for Total Studio 3 Owners. I've been going on about this FOR YEARS!!! PS. My purpose was to show HOW MUCH we paid when we bought it "back when" and then got the shaft not being offered ANY upgrade path to Total Studio Max in ANY form... Edited March 4, 2020 by cclarry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Oh boy, that is awful Larry. They should find a way to do something for a longtime loyal customer like you. Not fair. Particularly with all the free promo you give them here. Every time I read what happened to you it makes me feel very guilty about how blessed I have been with my IK purchases. I've been lucky because I came into these products very late. If any of you are also new to the company, if you buy any MAX product like T-RackS MAX, Amplitube MAX, SampleTank MAX, etc. then Total Studio MAX 2 cost $179.99 during the promo. You can make it even less with Jam Points. And with this you get Modo Bass, Lurssen, regular Syntronik, all the SampleTank expansions, Miroslav 2, all the Amplitube MAX expansions, plus Fender 2, SVX 2, and Fulltone Collection. Plus a CE version of Sampletank 4, so you get the resizable interface. Before getting Total Studio 2 in December, the only thing I had from this list was Syntronik, T-Racks MAX and basic Sampletank 3, So I got all the rest for $150. I was even able to sell my extra copy of Syntronik. Total Studio 3 will come out someday, and it will then go on sale 50% off at some point. And it will likely include everything that IK brought out after Total Studio 2: Sampletank 4, Modo Drum, Dimebag Darrell, Brian May, Joe Satriani, all the new T-RackS like the tapes and Sunset Sound, etc. And who knows how much more. I expect to pay less than $200 for all of it. But I'll have to wait. To sum up: the best deal with IK is to buy one MAX product and wait for the next Total Studio to be released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Reid Rosefelt said: To sum up: the best deal with IK is to buy one MAX product and wait for the next Total Studio to be released. Just DO NOT get it on a "promo" as a FREEBIE...it will be disqualified from the upgrade to MAX. And the Max Promo ended yesterday Edited March 4, 2020 by cclarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Also, if you buy Total Studio 2 on a MAXGrade, you may have some duplicate serial numbers after that. Like I had an extra copy of Syntronik then, so I sold the first one. But you can't resell the MAX product you used to get the MAXgrade. There will only be one serial number for that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 That's a lot of bloat that I wouldn't know what to do with. I'd rather buy a piece at a time than have the Total Studio label attached to it. There are companies out there that don't have a nice upgrade policy. There's a rant about Reason upgrade for $129, Suite $250. If you buy the upgrade and want to upgrade to the Suite it's still $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 It's pretty OBVIOUS that they hire people with "Degrees", but who have no common sense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse g Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Crickets....Crickets....... No response from Peter - IK on Larry's remarks. 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, cclarry said: It's pretty OBVIOUS that they hire people with "Degrees", but who have no common sense. Quite true. Harvard nor MIT are any help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 hours ago, cclarry said: It's pretty OBVIOUS that they hire people with "Degrees", but who have no common sense. You should see the Fry's Food grocery app. I want to beat those developers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitekrazy Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 51 minutes ago, Fleer said: Quite true. Harvard nor MIT are any help. Unless its Gordon Freeman from Half Life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleer Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, kitekrazy said: Unless its Gordon Freeman from Half Life. Yay, one more month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 16 hours ago, Reid Rosefelt said: Every time I read what happened to you it makes me feel very guilty about how blessed I have been with my IK purchases. I've been lucky because I came into these products very late. I have to agree with this. I have been really lucky with my purchases from IK. The ironic thing is, I've been lucky because of Larry! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnoldoo Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 40 minutes ago, Grem said: I have to agree with this. I have been really lucky with my purchases from IK. The ironic thing is, I've been lucky because of Larry! I am the same boat. First at kvr and last year here. quite the irony 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Rosefelt Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 21 hours ago, kitekrazy said: That's a lot of bloat that I wouldn't know what to do with. I'd rather buy a piece at a time than have the Total Studio label attached to it. There are companies out there that don't have a nice upgrade policy. There's a rant about Reason upgrade for $129, Suite $250. If you buy the upgrade and want to upgrade to the Suite it's still $250. That's what I've been doing with NI this time around. I always used to wait, but this time there were a few libraries I just wanted to get right away and was able to buy with a slight discount with vouchers. Aside from those libraries, NI hasn't brought out anything else that I want at all. It's possible that I'll upgrade to Komplete 13 Ultimate and sell my old libraries, but I might let it pass. With these things it's not just about money. Sometimes you want to start using something and it's worth the money to get it right away. So maybe I'll lose my resolve and buy something from IK before Total Studio 3 comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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