Larry Shelby

Yeah...I'll hold my breath for that...LOL ? (They probably hate me for pointing out the flaws in their marketing...LOL)

At the price, it's definitely worth it IMO!

I know exactly what you are saying, and I started to add that to my post, but NO... you can't "magically" take an existing IR, captured in a specific Mic Location, and create new mic positions! THAT would require "new" IR's to properly capture those positions. So, as you said, they are most likely using "Mumbo Jumbo" methods of "psycho acoustic simulation" if that is the case.

These RARELY go on sale, so if you can get ANY of the SSL plugins at a substantial discount, DO IT!

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All true...but I've always kept Amplitube (being a Guitar player, first and foremost) up to date... For sure, I could opt out and wait, but then maybe have to pay full price if there is no sale, or have to wait 6 months before there is. You can rest assured this will NOT be in the BF sales... or even the Holiday Sales. And DOOOON'T YOU FORGET IT!?

It must have expired

This Video says that the "Legacy" cabinets were "recaptured"! Wouldn't that mean that they WOULD have to "upgrade" your existing Cabinets for your "Collections" if the 'Full Features" for those Cabinets were going to work? They would HAVE to give you new IR's for your existing collections 'Legacy" cabinets wouldn't they, or am I just KRAZY?

Right-e-o! Anyways....that $80 is what I should have had to pay to get from AT 4 Max to AT 5 Max...but whatever...they boned me again... I should be used to it by now ? At least Waves have the intellect to do "graduated" upgrades based on what you already own...so my hats off to them! ?

$3.99 at Best Service https://www.bestservice.com/hybrid_3.html

That's correct...you get less of the NEW gear in SE than you do in the Full Version...

Pete says here "you don't have to SPECIFICALLY upgrade them....and any version above CS has "Full Features" and will "run" them" so the wording is "vague"....Yes, you'll get all the functions available in the SE version. The question is will you get the upgraded cabs, etc for the packs, as you don't have them yet...if you did you WOULD have to specifically UPGRADE THEM to get the new cabs, etc...blah blah blah... It's all to dipsy doodle - screw a poodle - nonsense IMO. If they REALLY did do all that they say that they did YOU WOULD HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY upgrade them as all of the IR's would NOT be in your "existing" pack.

Correct...by buying ANOTHER copy of Amplitube 4, I'll get Amplitube 5 SE, which apparently is all that I need to run my existing collections, but again, I lose my "Max" designation for not paying the $300, despite having ALL the collections except Satriani...which is ludicrous... I hate myself for continuing this sham...

I hope you're right. Peter said that they would RUN, and didn't have to "specifically be upgraded"...he didn't say that they would ACTUALLY GET the NEW stuff... By his wording, it doesn't sound like they get upgraded with the "new stuff", but rather that they would "RUN"...

YES they WILL run...they will NOT get the upgraded Cabinets, etc of Version 5!

So, AGAIN I shoot myself in the face... I only had 16 Jampoints, thanx to IK STEALING 8 of them... I managed to purchase Amplitube 4 FULL, which I already own 2 copies of Amplitube MAX, AND a copy of Amplitube 4 Deluxe, at Best Service with the WOW20 Coupon, for $80 and I also got SoundIron Luminabells included in the purchase. This was $3 LESS than buying the Pre-Order from IK for Amplitube 5 SE with my 16 Jampoints, AND I got 15 MORE Jampoints in the process! I hate that I keep giving this company my money....

Accurate! You'll get a few new thingies, the new Engine, and the new Interface and features, but all of your V4 Collections remain V4. Like I said, the entire thing is just completely ridiculous...BUT...and here's the GREAT BIG TAKE IT UP THE BUT... You LOSE you Max status, and then will have to PAY MORE later on to upgrade either to AT5, or AT5 Max...or wait for Total Studio Max 3...which they'll probably ***** you on AGAIN! Shysters....plain and simple....

Option 2 is the correct one. If you already own it, it will be available in AT5, but will STILL be version 4... This entire thing is pretty ridiculous to me...but hey, what do I know?

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No Tom...they are VST as well...

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Hey...that's MY line!?