Question about upgrading from Live 9 to Live 10 (both Suite)

[Christian_R]

Hi!

I'm thinking about upgrading from Live 9 to Live 10 (Suite) soon, but I have a few questions:

1) It says that Live 10 Suite has 70+ GB of sounds, but since I have Live 9 Suite I would image that I have many of these sounds already. Does this mean I will get duplicates of many of the sounds, or is Ableton smart enough to find these sounds on my Mac so I don't get 100+ GB of sounds?

2) Do I have to download a package with 70 GB right away, or does this just mean that I have access to these sounds later? My bandwidth is not the fastest, so it's nice to know before I purchase.

3) I have also various plugins, and I assume that I don't need to reinstall all of these once I upgrade to Live 10?

I have registered an account at Ableton and all the companies where I have bought plugins (Serum, Massive etc.), so I hope the upgrade will be an easy transition.

Thanks in advance!

[chrk]

1) It says that Live 10 Suite has 70+ GB of sounds, but since I have Live 9 Suite I would image that I have many of these sounds already. Does this mean I will get duplicates of many of the sounds, or is Ableton smart enough to find these sounds on my Mac so I don't get 100+ GB of sounds?

The handling of the packs library is different from earlier upgrades. You can now just keep your Packs location and point Live 10 there.

At the same time the browser's packs category will inform you of available Suite included packs you haven't installed yet. You can install them through the browser.

2) Do I have to download a package with 70 GB right away, or does this just mean that I have access to these sounds later? My bandwidth is not the fastest, so it's nice to know before I purchase.

See 1); you can also access them through your Ableton account page and download them anytime.

3) I have also various plugins, and I assume that I don't need to reinstall all of these once I upgrade to Live 10?

Just as before, enter your plugins location and let Live scan it.

But: Live 10 only supports 64 bit plugins. So make sure you have installed the 64 bit version of everything to the standard folder for that format. If you need to reauthorize any of them, start Live with administrator's rights for one session.

[DanBiederman]

Have the Live Packs changes from 9 to 10? For instance, should redownload Orchestral Mallets? It seems to still be working, however I don't know if the sample set has been updated from 9 to 10.