A mild grumble+warning about IK Multimedia & Amplitube 5 Max

I have a lot of IK stuff - Tonex pedal, all 4 X-Gear pedals, and a bunch of software (Total Studio Max 3.5 and a few extras). But I see it for what it is. They're the fancy-look fast food joint of the effects/plugins world. Generally low prices (ok, not the X-Gears, but I got them on a blowout) , decent capabilities, clunky "undo and redo it" software, mostly a comms vacuum. Take the product or leave it. Interaction only via email in their ticketing system. If they don't want to answer a question, they just don't. They'll just go silent or tell you to open a ticket - where you'll be told you're wrong or asked to record samples of things that are in the factory settings. The real basic stuff - like info on input levels for Amplitube or bothering to even out factory amp captures (and X-Drive pedals) so you can switch between them - is left to the customer.
 
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