Another month, another IK Multimedia freebie! Throughout October IK Multimedia is giving away four bass guitar freebies for AmpliTube 5 CS.
This month, the company is giving away the following AmpliTube 5 CS products: Ampless Bass Driver (based on Tech 21’s SansAmp), SVX Compressor, SVX-CL bass head, and 4×10 SVX-410S bass cab.
IK Multimedia is really ramping up the freebies heading towards the end of the year, as earlier in the year, we just got one amp per month.
The giveaways are all for AmpliTube 5 CS, a free 64-bit-only guitar and bass workstation for macOS and PC.
Let’s take a look at the bass goodies IK Multimedia is offering this month.
The Ampless Bass Driver is based on Tech 21’s classic SansAmp, which was originally introduced in 1989.
IK Multimedia’s digital version has the same core control scheme as the SansAmp hardware stomp, so it’ll be very familiar to users.
The Tech 21’s SansAmp was my go-to bass stomp for live shows for years, and it’s excellent at everything from making your tone cut through more, to thickening things up, as well as overdrives and more growly distortions.
IK Multimedia aims to provide the same applications with the digital version.
The SVX Compressor is modeled after a vintage comp stomp pedal and can add sustain and a powerful comp with plenty of character.
The SVX-CL is based on the Ampeg SVT-CL Classic amp head model. Like the Ampless Bass Driver, the control scheme is quite faithful to the original hardware unit.
The SVT-CL Classic is an all-tube bass head that produces a warm, rich, and punchy tone that’s an iconic sound for rock bass.
Rounding out the giveaway is the 4×10 SVX-410S, which is based on Ampeg’s SVT-410H bass cab, and has an adjustable HF driver.
The October promo is the latest in a series of monthly giveaways for AmpliTube 5 CS that IK Multimedia is running for the second half of 2024.
IK Multimedia intends for these giveaways to be only accessible to new users, however, there is a workaround to get the gear on your account if you are an existing user.
To get your mitts on the free gear with an existing account, open your IK Multimedia Product Manager, unauthorize AmpliTube 5 CS, and then re-authorize AmpliTube 5 CS.
To make this method work, ensure that your current computer is the only one that has Amplitube 5 CS authorized.
Unfortunately, this method will not work if you have a dead computer with an authorized version of Amplitube 5 CS on it, and there does not seem to be a workaround for this problem.
Thanks again to the BPB users who mentioned this method in the comments in previous months.
If you’re a new user, you can access the freebies by following the instructions on IK Multimedia’s announcement page for the October giveaway linked below.
Check out the deal: AmpliTube 5 CS (new users get 4 AmpliTube 5 CS products for free during October)
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