Members Unfed Posted November 9, 2009 Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 just noticed yesterday that the upgrade path to Live 8 Suite seems like a hell of a deal. not sure what it would cost users of older versions, but for upgrading from Live 7 it's only $209 (download) or $279 (boxed). i already have EIC2 due to having the Live 7 box, so the download looks to be the way to go (though it looks like the boxed version also includes 'Session Drums'). a straight upgrade to just Live 8 is only $49, but for another $160 you get: - Operator - Sampler - Analog (AAS) - Tension (AAS) - Electric (AAS) - Collision (AAS) - Drum Machines - Latin Percussion seems like a deal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoundwaveLove Posted November 9, 2009 Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 yeah and it was 400 only last month. I'm gonna wait and see if it drops down to 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaid_emu Posted November 9, 2009 Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 Wow! That sounds like a good deal but I'm a bit confused. Where are you seeing these prices? I'm using 7 and I'm only seeing $299 USD for the Suite and $159 USD for the straight upgrade from 7 to 8. I'm looking on Ableton's website. If I can upgrade to 8 for $49 I'll do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unfed Posted November 9, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 hmm, not sure, are you logged in? here's what it shows on my screen: i think i might grab this right now, i just ordered an Akai APC40 as well. also, with Live 8 i can check out the Max4Live beta. EDIT: seems that you need to contact Ableton to pay via PayPal. looks like i'll have to wait a bit until they send me an invoice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaid_emu Posted November 9, 2009 Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 Damn. I don't think they want me to have it for $49. I'm logged in and everything. I wonder if it has to do with your specific purchase date for Live 7. Perhaps you bought version 7 in the last 6 months or so and they're offering a "late buyer" discount? Oh well. I usually skip every other release anyways so I'll probably just wait for 9. Seems like they make a new version every year and the price increases each time. By the time we get to version 10 it'll be $359 just for the upgrade from 9. At least the APC40 works with 7. I'm about to order one today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chroma Posted November 9, 2009 Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 Back when I got live 7, they were offering a free operator and reduced upgrades to live 8. If you got live 7 before that time, might not be as cheap. But it is more than the last 6 months ago, i think i got mine almost a year ago (I have since upgraded to suite). IMHO, suite is not such a bad deal, especially if you don't already have a sampler (say, kontakt or something like that). I upgraded to suite primarily for Sampler and Session Drums because I wanted some real drums (I can't say how it compares to SSD or ezdrummer etc. but it is a LOT of fun and sounds very realistic and didn't have a sampler plug. Collision is pretty nice too - i haven't really found a lot of use for the instrument, but it also comes with a resonator plugin, Corpus, which is quite entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted November 9, 2009 Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 That is a good deal if you do not have something like Komplete 5 or 6 or some other complement of software instruments that are similar to the included pack of goodies. I just went to the ordinary version 8 because I don't really need the included instruments. I am swimming in instrument plugins already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members program_insect Posted November 9, 2009 Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 Although the Live instruments have the benefit of really freaking good integration with the Live environment, which just takes me to my happy place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Unfed Posted November 9, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 9, 2009 Damn. I don't think they want me to have it for $49. I'm logged in and everything. I wonder if it has to do with your specific purchase date for Live 7. Perhaps you bought version 7 in the last 6 months or so and they're offering a "late buyer" discount? ahh, that sucks. i did buy 7 less than a year ago, and oddly enough they announced Live 8 maybe just a week after i did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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