if this happens, "user unfavourable IR bundles" won't save anything at all!
in actual fact, this is all about "the idiots will buy it anyway and in this case why charge 20$ if we can pull 100$ out of their pockets"
marketing strategies and that's what i just can't stand!
i'd never exect an amp manufacturer to pay for my tube exchange but the axe,
well it's half a digital product and it's re-programmable so we surely didn't just pay for the hardware box
...still not talking about FREE IR's
just per post? there should be way more to gain out of this...
you simply do not understand!
once again:
it's NOT about FREE IR's, i didn't ask for that, however most people here seem to deluded to understand...
i'd just like to buy the IR's i need and not hundreds of others i will never try/use, is this really so hard to understand?
Yeah, I hear you, but as you stated the real problem is that there is no one size fits all IR for everyone, so basically you are going to have to go through and find one; just as if you were in the studio mic'ing a real cabinet. Trial and error. I don't know how you come up with a business model to package that capability without just going out of business. I mean we're talking about a 7kb file here. I think that the way they package them is about the best way to do it. I actually liked the way that Redwirez did them with the ability to buy a specific cabinet, ironically I bought the big box. But if memory serves they charged like $10 per cabinet set which is pretty close to what you are talking about; you get the cabinet you want, go through all of the IR's and find the one you want or mix them into the one that you want and you have your $10 cabinet. Unfortunately it's not URez.
The reason I don't mind paying for "good" IRs is that I've tried to mic cabinets myself in the past. I spent countless hours experimenting, and never got a result that I really liked. And even if I had, it would have not been reproducible. Convolution now allows others to spend all of that time and effort, while I can reap the benefits with a convenient tool. I get great miced cab tones that are reproducible. The only work involved for me is the time I spend at my regular job making the money to pay for the IRs, and the time sifting through the mountain of IRs I have no use for. I'd rather be gigging or at my day job than making IRs. I hate doing that. I'm not really complaining about the process. It is what it is, and it's better than having to do it myself with the limited resources (including time) that I have.
