Live 7 release date clues...?

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:01 pm

I haven't been here for a while, so excuse me if I missed news on the Live 7 release date, but I saw on Digital Village that there is to be a Live 7 Masterclass on Nov 15th.

Surely, they wouldn't do a masterclass on a product still in Beta?

http://www.dv247.com/news/Live%207%20Ma ... don/131558

So will it be out within the next 2 weeks?

jsb · Post by **jsb** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:04 pm

All they are saying is Q4, which ends December 31. Thats if it ships on time!

roby · Post by **roby** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:08 pm

my wild and ignorant guess is probably before Dec. 20th

fatrabbit · Post by **fatrabbit** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:09 pm

Wouldn't it be weird to turn up to that masterclass and be using a Beta version though?

The Herbie Hancock remix competition on the news page also ends on Nov 15th.

zoggied · Post by **zoggied** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:26 pm

Ableton.com says you can order a copy of Live 6 until November 30...

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:56 pm

zoggied wrote:Ableton.com says you can order a copy of Live 6 until November 30...

there's a clue then

jonathanmarchan · Post by **jonathanmarchan** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:25 am

I wish they'd do a pre-sale type of thing. You know, where we could have it in our hands(the boxed version) on the release date. Maybe even a slight discount.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:27 am

jonathanmarchan wrote:I wish they'd do a pre-sale type of thing. You know, where we could have it in our hands(the boxed version) on the release date. Maybe even a slight discount.

That means they would have to print the beta on the cd's.

jonathanmarchan · Post by **jonathanmarchan** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:35 am

hoffman2k wrote:
jonathanmarchan wrote:I wish they'd do a pre-sale type of thing. You know, where we could have it in our hands(the boxed version) on the release date. Maybe even a slight discount.
That means they would have to print the beta on the cd's.

True, but you could easily update to the final here. They do it all the time with drivers, etc. All I really need is the library and that.

ilia · Post by **ilia** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:06 am

fatrabbit wrote:Wouldn't it be weird to turn up to that masterclass and be using a Beta version though?

they used a far earlier beta for AES. The beta is stable enough to demo the features, but probably not enough to go to release in two weeks. My 2c.

corygilbert · Post by **corygilbert** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:21 pm

seems in the past (if memory serves) that it's been around a month from the announcement/beta, and the release.
Here's to hoping....

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:49 pm

It's actually closer to 2 months. Live 6 was announced August 1st of last year, and it wasn't released until September 28th.

http://www.ableton.com/news?year=2006

http://www.ableton.com/summer-namm-2006

http://www.ableton.com/pages/press/releases/2006_09_29a

hacktheplanet · Post by **hacktheplanet** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:09 pm

Live 6 will be released on December 20th.

kb420 · Post by **kb420** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:13 pm

the_planet wrote:Live 6 will be released on December 20th.

Live 6 was released September 28, 2006.

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:03 pm

hoffman2k wrote:
jonathanmarchan wrote:I wish they'd do a pre-sale type of thing. You know, where we could have it in our hands(the boxed version) on the release date. Maybe even a slight discount.
That means they would have to print the beta on the cd's.

Hoffman you havent been paying attention these last few years!!!

the first run is always a beta - well, an RC (release candidate)