"Upgrade" to Live 10, - reinstall plugins etc.?
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"Upgrade" to Live 10, - reinstall plugins etc.?
Hi,
Quick question, is the the upgrade from Live 9 to 10 an "in place" upgrade.
ie.
Is it a case of:
A: Are my plugins, user library, preferences retained?
OR
B: Live 10 is installed as a new, independent piece of software such that I need to reinstall plugins, move content/user-library etc?
Thanks,
Alan
Quick question, is the the upgrade from Live 9 to 10 an "in place" upgrade.
ie.
Is it a case of:
A: Are my plugins, user library, preferences retained?
OR
B: Live 10 is installed as a new, independent piece of software such that I need to reinstall plugins, move content/user-library etc?
Thanks,
Alan
Re: "Upgrade" to Live 10, - reinstall plugins etc.?
The article posted there pretty much says it.
Long story short, nope, the process is very quick/easy actually. I was dreeaaading reinstalling everything Ableton-related, as between my plugins and packs and just everything else, a fresh Ableton install is usually around 4-5 hours for me. I was prepared for this.
However, much to my surprise (I hand't seen that article yet), I installed Ableton 10 right from the download, and it took a bit to install, and lo and behold, when I opened it, EVERYTHING was exactly how I had it set up in Live 9. Everything in my "preferences", my "File Folder" section, every single one of my ~20 VSTs, what I had chosen to 'view' and 'hide' and all that stuff, everything carried over.
So yeah, while a fresh install of Ableton takes me hours to install, set up, get my preferences set, etc. This upgrade from 9 Suite to 10 Suite took all of 7 minutes, and I was ready to record audio or write/record MIDI, just as if I opened Live 9. I was impressed.
EDIT: It's important to note though that I had Live 9 installed at the time, and that Live 10 just looks at your Live 9 installation to figure out all your settings. So, don't uninstall Live 9 until AFTER you install Live 10, or your life will be a lot more complicated.
Long story short, nope, the process is very quick/easy actually. I was dreeaaading reinstalling everything Ableton-related, as between my plugins and packs and just everything else, a fresh Ableton install is usually around 4-5 hours for me. I was prepared for this.
However, much to my surprise (I hand't seen that article yet), I installed Ableton 10 right from the download, and it took a bit to install, and lo and behold, when I opened it, EVERYTHING was exactly how I had it set up in Live 9. Everything in my "preferences", my "File Folder" section, every single one of my ~20 VSTs, what I had chosen to 'view' and 'hide' and all that stuff, everything carried over.
So yeah, while a fresh install of Ableton takes me hours to install, set up, get my preferences set, etc. This upgrade from 9 Suite to 10 Suite took all of 7 minutes, and I was ready to record audio or write/record MIDI, just as if I opened Live 9. I was impressed.
EDIT: It's important to note though that I had Live 9 installed at the time, and that Live 10 just looks at your Live 9 installation to figure out all your settings. So, don't uninstall Live 9 until AFTER you install Live 10, or your life will be a lot more complicated.
Re: "Upgrade" to Live 10, - reinstall plugins etc.?
That totally depends on how thoroughly you do with your uninstall. Just don't go through all the steps of this: Uninstalling Live completely (Win) or that: Uninstalling Live completely (Mac), stop short after step three in either, before deleting the libraries and user preferences.SpeedKing wrote:EDIT: It's important to note though that I had Live 9 installed at the time, and that Live 10 just looks at your Live 9 installation to figure out all your settings. So, don't uninstall Live 9 until AFTER you install Live 10, or your life will be a lot more complicated.
The Live 10 installer will find those and import them, it doesn't care if the actual application is still installed or not.
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Re: "Upgrade" to Live 10, - reinstall plugins etc.?
Great stuff, thanks for the info, was sweating it there for a short while!
Re: "Upgrade" to Live 10, - reinstall plugins etc.?
Unfortunately it wasn't like that for me. Looks like I have to install everything again.
Collab with Jeremy Blake of Red Means Recording:
Blake and Axe; "All The Light I Do Not See"
Spotify: https://goo.gl/MR8Wjr
Tidal: https://goo.gl/s35W33
Google Play: https://goo.gl/HQ1g7E
Amazon: https://goo.gl/cx5dUL
Not the usual stuff.
Blake and Axe; "All The Light I Do Not See"
Spotify: https://goo.gl/MR8Wjr
Tidal: https://goo.gl/s35W33
Google Play: https://goo.gl/HQ1g7E
Amazon: https://goo.gl/cx5dUL
Not the usual stuff.
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Re: "Upgrade" to Live 10, - reinstall plugins etc.?
Shouldn't have to at all. Your packs should all be on your drive, you may need to check/set the path in the new Live but it should have carried over your settings.vido wrote:Unfortunately it wasn't like that for me. Looks like I have to install everything again.
Re: "Upgrade" to Live 10, - reinstall plugins etc.?
Actually you're right, my old packs seems to be installed. But folder-structures, VST-folders, VST's etc needs to be redone. Think I'll wait with this and see if there is a solution: delete a folder here, copy paste the old one, stuff like that. Reinstalling things is not my favorite..jestermgee wrote:Shouldn't have to at all. Your packs should all be on your drive, you may need to check/set the path in the new Live but it should have carried over your settings.vido wrote:Unfortunately it wasn't like that for me. Looks like I have to install everything again.
EDIT: actually when reopening it seems to work with VSTs! Thats the most important. For some reason "places" in the browser didin't import.
Collab with Jeremy Blake of Red Means Recording:
Blake and Axe; "All The Light I Do Not See"
Spotify: https://goo.gl/MR8Wjr
Tidal: https://goo.gl/s35W33
Google Play: https://goo.gl/HQ1g7E
Amazon: https://goo.gl/cx5dUL
Not the usual stuff.
Blake and Axe; "All The Light I Do Not See"
Spotify: https://goo.gl/MR8Wjr
Tidal: https://goo.gl/s35W33
Google Play: https://goo.gl/HQ1g7E
Amazon: https://goo.gl/cx5dUL
Not the usual stuff.