timothyallan wrote:I've been beta testing it for a month now and it's pretty solid.
thought beta testers weren't supposed to talk about beta testing?
isn't that the 1st rule or something?
timothyallan wrote:I've been beta testing it for a month now and it's pretty solid.
Pasha wrote:Thanks dum for being so precise.
What?McQ714 wrote:where did you learn how to count?
it's always taken more than a year and a half to release two major versions.
and with the exception of versions 3, 4, and 5 (by just a few days), they've always taken over a year each.
and let's go back... just because some of you have cash burning a hole in your pockets and are ready to upgrade because you have nothing better to do with your money, doesn't mean that Ableton should rush the product out if it's not ready!!!
This.dum wrote:this is bush-league. This is the red-herring deal they put on the table so you won't qualify for the big haul, which is buying Live8 when Live9 is announced and getting both for the price of 1.
Native Instruments do the same thing, only they're not so stingy and they offer 50% so it's hard to be pissed off once you realise you should have waited.
Nice try marketing folks! Better luck next year!
*putting money aside for the live9 announcement*
timothyallan wrote:I've been beta testing it for a month now and it's pretty solid.
leedsquietman wrote:Dum is likely correct, Ableton do pull this stunt just before having to give a free upgrade during the 'waiting period' typically, a month or so before the new product hits the shelves, or at least have done this is in the past. Also true about NI.
Wait for Black Friday, NI could pull some nice deals there too, they did the last 2 years as far as I recall (like $99 massive, absynth, reaktor etc in the past). No guarantees that will happen, but NI do generally give some tasty discounts from time to time.
Also printing previous Live upgrades is N/A here. In the past Ableton were only concentrating on Live, not trying to fix bugs in Live, Serato Bridge and Max4Live. Even if they announce Live 9 during NAMM, it might be a LONG time before the product hits the shelf. Steinberg announced Groove Agent 3 at a NAMM and it wasn't released for nearly 2 years afterwards ! That new Roger Linn/Dave Smith drum thingy was also announced at summer NAMM 2007 and this is the result
http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/products/linndrum2/
Does this really add up? Will a 25% off upgrade to v.8 + v.9 upgrade > v.8 purchase + free v.9 upgrade ??dum wrote:this is bush-league. This is the red-herring deal they put on the table so you won't qualify for the big haul, which is buying Live8 when Live9 is announced and getting both for the price of 1.
I have no idea what you're talking about.Szuumm wrote:Does this really add up? Will a 25% off upgrade to v.8 + v.9 upgrade > v.8 purchase + free v.9 upgrade ??dum wrote:this is bush-league. This is the red-herring deal they put on the table so you won't qualify for the big haul, which is buying Live8 when Live9 is announced and getting both for the price of 1.
I can't imagine there will be much difference, will there? My understanding is that these offers are typically to increase user base, rather than make a shed load of cash...
Pasha wrote:Thanks dum for being so precise.