allegro1650
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Well, I was looking for a decent freeware plugin to do some demos, and I thought I'd try SampleTank FREE. (Their caps, not mine.)
Anyway, I figured I'd try it for a bit, and if it was worth the money I'd buy the full version.
No luck. First, it kept telling me the Install Verification was out-of-date. Um, it's YOUR "install verification", IK Multimedia. Don't send me something out-of-date online, and then tell me it's my problem, and that I have to correct it.
After 3 tries, I finally got the install to verify, with my serial number sent to the corporate website. Now, to the good stuff: It kept crashing and throwing up error messages: "registry error, please verify this item is properly installed". OK, uninstall, reinstall. Same thing. Uninstall Reaper (64-bit), reinstall, scan for plugins -- uh oh. It wouldn't show up in the "Instrument" folder, only "FX".
Oh, well. No big deal, right? I mean, a plugin is a plugin... *bzzzt*! Nice try. Not only will it not load, now it's puking error messages again, and saying .dll and .exe files from QuickTime 4 are missing. Wait, version 4? Apple's on 7.x already, version 4 was archived at least 12 years ago!
So why is this puppy looking for QuickTime 4 files, on a 64-bit operating system that came out 8 years after? Why can't I do anything with it? Why does it need QuickTime anyway? Why does Reaper keep crashing when I try to run it?
Assuming that I'm somewhat ignorant would be acceptable, if I didn't follow protocol, or hadn't checked all the boxes, or that I was diddling around with the program somehow. However, this isn't my first day at the rodeo. Reaper was working just fine before this, and I downloaded it all by myself like a good little boy.
sigh...
/rant.
Yeah, it's freeware. If if don't work, toss it, right? It would be a shame, though, if IK's freeware version was such a vacuum of suckage that it discouraged me from buying the full product.
Anyway, I figured I'd try it for a bit, and if it was worth the money I'd buy the full version.
No luck. First, it kept telling me the Install Verification was out-of-date. Um, it's YOUR "install verification", IK Multimedia. Don't send me something out-of-date online, and then tell me it's my problem, and that I have to correct it.
After 3 tries, I finally got the install to verify, with my serial number sent to the corporate website. Now, to the good stuff: It kept crashing and throwing up error messages: "registry error, please verify this item is properly installed". OK, uninstall, reinstall. Same thing. Uninstall Reaper (64-bit), reinstall, scan for plugins -- uh oh. It wouldn't show up in the "Instrument" folder, only "FX".
Oh, well. No big deal, right? I mean, a plugin is a plugin... *bzzzt*! Nice try. Not only will it not load, now it's puking error messages again, and saying .dll and .exe files from QuickTime 4 are missing. Wait, version 4? Apple's on 7.x already, version 4 was archived at least 12 years ago!
So why is this puppy looking for QuickTime 4 files, on a 64-bit operating system that came out 8 years after? Why can't I do anything with it? Why does it need QuickTime anyway? Why does Reaper keep crashing when I try to run it?
Assuming that I'm somewhat ignorant would be acceptable, if I didn't follow protocol, or hadn't checked all the boxes, or that I was diddling around with the program somehow. However, this isn't my first day at the rodeo. Reaper was working just fine before this, and I downloaded it all by myself like a good little boy.
sigh...
/rant.
Yeah, it's freeware. If if don't work, toss it, right? It would be a shame, though, if IK's freeware version was such a vacuum of suckage that it discouraged me from buying the full product.
