by whitejcdc » Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:10 pm
Have been thinking about this for a while now. Bought AP5 Max about a year and half ago. Now also downloaded and installed TONEX so I could test that out as well. My issue, also as stated by member user squeezenor back on Sun Mar 06, 2022 in this very thread, about how large the updates to the programs are. Especially Amplitube and TONEX.
Currently to "update" your product, you go to the Program Mgr and initiate the install. I have checked the download file, and its essentially the same size of the product as if you are downloading it for the first time. Really, I think that is what is happening. We are downloading the entire current installer for the product.
As a network guy, I have to think about things like excessive bandwidth and usage on a network. To me, its no different from home or my work. Unnecessary bandwidth should be avoided. I am wondering why IK makes you download the ENTIRE installer just to get the product updated. That is a huge waste IMO. Users shouldn't have to download a 4.X Gb installer just to get their product updated. The installer should be a reasonably slimmed down installer that ONLY updates the pieces/files/modules/etc of the product to get it to version 5.X.X.X that is current. NOT a 4GB file that installs everything over again...
So essentially I am asking IK Engineering to look at this and maybe think about revamping their updates/packages to something far more manageable than a 4.X Gb file. For some its not a big deal but some are dealing with bandwidth limitations by their ISP carriers. I happen to be OK, but others might not be so lucky.
Also then, how about anything else in the product that is not part of the base the Product Mgr can get downloaded in the background if needed, like for specific amp packages, etc, like if say they bought the Satriani Pkg. Sorry for the rant if but its just been bugging me since my second update to AMP Max5. Thanks for listening.
**EDIT: Other than the issue I list above, the only thing that I have noticed like many others is that if you load in a community preset and they may have left the level set very high, it loads that way, and blasts you out. Would love all presets to upload and have the level set to 25% maybe, or when you load it into your AMP its automatically auto-levels presets to something we could control in preferences.
Otherwise I love your product(s) and will continue to use them for many years!!