Brian Walton

No, it is intended design. After the trial you get to keep a version that removes access to advanced tweaks but let's you use some basic things. This isn't the first time they did this concept. Not a bad idea to add some incentive to actually install it

Yeah I don't care that I don't think it sounds like an authentic guitar. It sounds very usable, just a commenting based on a post or two suggesting it sounds like a convincing guitar. And figured it was worth a note as someone that has played an SG for around 25 years, not sure I agree, and not from the stand point of being nit picky. The sounds it is making do sound excellent. Curious the DL size Based on this synthesis idea, I certainly wasn't expecting the piano to be over 6gigs.

True, but I feel like I can't make an full blown rig with it in standalone (on a machine that is older but still capable in most respects) and run it at the latency I want either.

Considering they make a version of this application that runs on a phone....I think it is reasonable to expect that we shouldn't need a state of the art computer to run the sister application on a reasonable spec computer. Not only that but fire up a plugin alliance Amp sim that only takes up like 20megs of HD space, uses very little processing power and sounds and responds as good as anything in AT5 and we are left wondering about the efficiency of an app that takes longer to load than any other VST I have out of a couple thousand. I like AT5, big upgrade from 4, but the Amplitube Plugin which is a plugin that one REALLY needs to run at the lowest possible latency - which by nature will tax a computer, needs to be one that is efficient.

I still own one as it is one of my favorite guitars to play. (Derek Trucks is the king of SG tone) That said, I don't think this really sounds like a guitar to me....but it does share some qualities of a vintage SG recorded straight to board. For a guitar VSTi - guitar recorded straight in is what I'd want so that I can use any amp sim on it. I'll hold judgement until I hear it in that context, but the demos to me sound like interesting tone/insturment but not really a great representation of an electric guitar that someone would want to use on its own as the sound of an electric. The pickups used in a 70s era SG vs what most SGs of the 90s and 2000s (not the 62 reissue kind of stuff) are quite different. The SG sound we associate with Angus, Townshend and Clapton is more about the amp used than the guitar, in my opinion. Even Angus who is perhpas the quintessential SG player (along with Iommi) played a LP on some tracks and really the only way we know this isn't becuase of a drastic change in tone.

Confirmed, looks like it is, likley makes it eaiser for them to implement the "use once per account"

What you have never released a 96khz MP3 of a 2 minute single on floppy before? You haven't lived! (I have a box of floppy drives around, digging the computer out of a closet that could actually read them would be the trouble).

I thought the same, and oddly USB or SD cards were mysteriously missing, which I've actually seen used a couple times.

Free Pink Floyd is a worthy deal....other bands, not so much.

Anyone see any updates on this, thought today was the drop date?

Many emulations (or approximations) are built on principals surrounding replicationg circuit diagrams and what a circuit is doing. Not much different than someone making a "clone" of a guitar amp by following a schematic and using parts within a certain tollerance. It will sound similar but not 100% identical as it needs adjustment based on how the parts work together and component variations. You are correct that a little one-man shop like this isn't actually going to be doing A/B testing with the real thing but it isn't unrealistic to expect there are some documentation and diagrams to get the general idea of it.

Plus the bugs that were rather common a few years ago. My impression has been that has been sorted out and he is making some good stuff now. That said, with the other options I have and the non-resizing interfaces they don't get much use on my end either. If I didn't have a collection of plugins with reasonable authorization systems/amounts then I'd certainly be all over the AO freebies.

That doesn't sound right at all. For the freebies, I just went to this URL: And then for any that are availalbe you click the red button, takes you to a page where there is a drop down. After you make your selectiosn and confirm, go back to the Install Manager and Custom Shop and "refresh purchases" in the upper right: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/userarea/promotions/ The only time I had to enter a serial number was during the Buy In itself.

Yeah, except for the fact the post has nothing to do with a deal and started a thread about it, instead of a comment related to the actual instacomposer deal thread that is alive and well. We bring out the pitch forks for duplicate deal threads, this kind of thread shouldn't be encouraged in this area - but respectivly moved elsewhere. While it is a sub forum under the Coffee House, many of us have complained about that status and placement. King Larry and his loyal followers should have their own section.

You can eliminate Tape 440 and 99 I think. I think you will find the other two are the highest recommended options. 24 for cleaner with 80 for the bit more character - take em for a spin, I really do like the sound of both, but hate the CPU hit. Not a huge fan of the X-Distortion, but if working all in the AT platform nice to have on hand, personally expected a little more "boutique" offerings in this one that just revised versions of classics where you can buy the real thing for less than $50. But X-Space seems to be the only real option for high grade reverb within the loop in Amplitube, and to a lesser extent I'd say X-Time is the same sort of play. (though I have to say, for the in the room style reverb, adding Sunset Sound Reverb after AT5 sounds amazing - and I'd be using X-Space more for "effect" reverb. I do like X-Vibe to, but might feel redundant (though they absolutly sound different) as you do get a quite of few Modulation effects if you own AT5 with a bunch of the expansions already. I fully agree, you are in a tough choice spot.

I have 3 products left that I can pick, but at least 10 that I could choose from. But I feel crippled in my ability to do so after Larry's warning not to make selections till the very end....eventhough Peter indicated no new additions are planned... Also using a $200 tier selection on a $25 or less item is giving me anxiety. ? ?

In terms of the group buy, my understanding is it isn't an option for anything other than the smaller subsets.

Wrong forum? This is Cakewalk by Bandlab delas section.

Loving the sound of the kit in the demo videos. Requires full Kontakt is a non-starter for me currenlty.

Bought in 4 times and I'll still be missing something like 5 pieces of gear after using them all.

I believe you are correct. If you are in at the 99 tier you can grab the entire collection but the individual pieces were not added at the 49 or 79 level. What they did was add items that were in the MAX collection but not available in any other package.

Peter made this post along those lines, and he would know better than anyone else

It depends if it is part of another package, then it can happen. Overall though, with the drowndown list in a view like this, it won't let you select individual products you selected already. As mentioned in another post, it isn't fool proof though, but in terms of this particular example it could fit into an odd area. I for example have The Deluxe Upgrade, and therefore can't select it, but I can select the Cross Grade (as it is a seperate but overlapping product from what I own)

And since you can't select a product as a freebie that you already own, I'm guessing you have to sell the old one before you could actually select it, might want to check your account.