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Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by rap masta rj » Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:46 pm

Sorry if this has been answered before, but I was just wondering if anyone knew what the price would be going from live 9 standard to live 9 suite. Would it just be the difference or would it be more? I can't seem to find this info anywhere, only info about upgrading from live 8. I plan on upgrading and I was thinking of upgrading to standard first then suite later, but if for whatever reason the price isn't just the difference between the two I'd rather be safe than sorry.

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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by jamisonmychord » Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:06 am

Don't be sorry, I had the exact same question and couldn't find anything about it on the forums except for something similar with live 8.....but you never know for sure so I rolled the dice and just bought live 9 standard in hopes that I could later save up and get upgraded to live 9 suite. Turns out that yes you totally can do this and the only drawback is that now that I own live 9 standard, to upgrade to live 9 suite, its the same price as it was before but +$50(US). So go ahead pull that trigger if you haven't already!

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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by theophilus » Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:03 pm

can someone else, especially someone who upgraded from suite 8 -> live 9, tell what their new upgrade price is from live9->suite 9? would be useful information...

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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by rap masta rj » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:47 am

jamisonmychord wrote:Don't be sorry, I had the exact same question and couldn't find anything about it on the forums except for something similar with live 8.....but you never know for sure so I rolled the dice and just bought live 9 standard in hopes that I could later save up and get upgraded to live 9 suite. Turns out that yes you totally can do this and the only drawback is that now that I own live 9 standard, to upgrade to live 9 suite, its the same price as it was before but +$50(US). So go ahead pull that trigger if you haven't already!
Alright thanks for the info, so basically it's $50 cheaper to upgrade to suite right off the bat as opposed to standard then suite?

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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by eddiex » Thu Mar 07, 2013 6:46 am

theophilus wrote:can someone else, especially someone who upgraded from suite 8 -> live 9, tell what their new upgrade price is from live9->suite 9? would be useful information...
i upgraded from suite8+max4live to live9 standard(i kept my instruments and max4live (all of which upgraded)...$159
to upgrade from live9 to suite9 $234 (on top of the $159 i already paid to upgrade to standard)
so suite8>live9 standard>suite9=$393.00
suite8>suite9=$199(just for this week) then it would have cost me $299 thereafter.

why take this path if in the end it is going to cost me more money IF i want to upgrade to suite?
i got to keep max4live (which upgraded with devices) i got to keep all of my instruments, i wasn't excited for all of the content.
the 11 GBs that comes with standard is ALOT! 40 more GBs *shrugs* eh, just not psyched. it's too much.
it really just came down to money now. i had just enough to upgrade to standard. i wouldn't have made the 1 week discount, so i would have had to pay 300 bucks when it was all said and done...and all i would have gained was 40GB of content, that i wasn't excited about in the first place.
the trouble will be, if abes decides to change the instruments or add instruments to suite. i will probably have to pay up, if i want whatever they have to offer. but right now i am more than content. i saved 50 bucks.
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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by eddiex » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:39 pm

funken wrote:
eddiex wrote:
theophilus wrote:can someone else, especially someone who upgraded from suite 8 -> live 9, tell what their new upgrade price is from live9->suite 9? would be useful information...
i upgraded from suite8+max4live to live9 standard(i kept my instruments and max4live (all of which upgraded)...$159
to upgrade from live9 to suite9 $234 (on top of the $159 i already paid to upgrade to standard)
so suite8>live9 standard>suite9=$393.00
suite8>suite9=$199(just for this week) then it would have cost me $299 thereafter.

why take this path if in the end it is going to cost me more money IF i want to upgrade to suite?
i got to keep max4live (which upgraded with devices) i got to keep all of my instruments, i wasn't excited for all of the content.
the 11 GBs that comes with standard is ALOT! 40 more GBs *shrugs* eh, just not psyched. it's too much.
it really just came down to money now. i had just enough to upgrade to standard. i wouldn't have made the 1 week discount, so i would have had to pay 300 bucks when it was all said and done...and all i would have gained was 40GB of content, that i wasn't excited about in the first place.
the trouble will be, if abes decides to change the instruments or add instruments to suite. i will probably have to pay up, if i want whatever they have to offer. but right now i am more than content. i saved 50 bucks.
Good decision mate, don't sweat about the future. You bought what you need, when you needed it. Nowt wrong with that.
Yeah, I feel alright about it.....I would have felt different if they had of done a little more with the suite version (aside from content) but no complaints.
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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by theophilus » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:46 pm

funken wrote:
theophilus wrote:can someone else, especially someone who upgraded from suite 8 -> live 9, tell what their new upgrade price is from live9->suite 9? would be useful information...
Well, if you do it in 2 stages you are missing out on the week's discount are you not?
i have better defenses against artificial scarcity than that :)
there will be other discounts, and probably larger than 16% or whatever the current discount is.

plus, if i could split it up, it's easier to justify $150 twice than $250 or $300 once, just human nature :)
but with the numbers eddie's talking about, no way i would ever do it that way, too much extra.
i'm still not sure if i need live 9 bad enough to pony up the money right now yet..at some point i'll have to,
too many m4l devices, remote scripts, etc. will only work with live 9.

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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by sowhoso » Thu Mar 07, 2013 1:50 pm

eddiex wrote: the 11 GBs that comes with standard is ALOT!
curious, did i miss something? my total is 9 GB for:

Bomblastic
Breakbeats by KutMasta Kurt
Cyclic Waves
Designer Drums
Digicussion 1 & 2
Drum Machines
Grand Piano
Guitar and Bass
Konkrete Breaks
Loopmasters Mixtape
Sound Objects Lite
Unnatural Selection
Vinyl Classics

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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by eddiex » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:02 pm

sowhoso wrote:
eddiex wrote: the 11 GBs that comes with standard is ALOT!
curious, did i miss something? my total is 9 GB for:

Bomblastic
Breakbeats by KutMasta Kurt
Cyclic Waves
Designer Drums
Digicussion 1 & 2
Drum Machines
Grand Piano
Guitar and Bass
Konkrete Breaks
Loopmasters Mixtape
Sound Objects Lite
Unnatural Selection
Vinyl Classics
Latin percussion? although don't quote me on that, I just came from suite, I got to keep some of the stuff that came with suite, that doesn't necessarily come with standard 9. My 11GB statement, is just a guesstimate. I haven't checked the actual number. It's just what ableton has written on the description of live 9 standard (over 1100 sounds (11 GB)
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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by eddiex » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:05 pm

About the 11GBs, I was just trying to say, it is more than enough stuff.
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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by JBlongz » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:05 pm

sowhoso wrote: curious, did i miss something?
Retro Synths?
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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by eddiex » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:14 pm

JBlongz wrote:
sowhoso wrote: curious, did i miss something?
Retro Synths?
I was going to say that too, but I thought retro synths was something I bought, Not part of the package?
It's almost useless to compare "packages" :)
We all upgraded from different places.
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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by JBlongz » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:23 pm

Retro Synths is free, just have to download it from the same place you got the other packs
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Re: Live 9 standard to live 9 suite

Post by sowhoso » Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:38 pm

eddiex wrote:It's just what ableton has written on the description of live 9 standard (over 1100 sounds (11 GB)
yeah, i don't know where they get 11 GB

i checked the feature comparison page to be sure and the Core Library only comes to 500 MB

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