Why Upgrading to Live 8 is a Waste of Money

[cwnc]

And funky shit, you're an idiot.

Because...

Because your first post to the thread was a statement of your own ignorance. Why would you ignore a review just because it makes a comparison to a competing software company?

It's not like FL Studio is actually useful or anything.

Also, the big red letters.

[Johnisfaster]

I'd like to point out again that with fruityloops you get a lifetime free upDATES, not upGRADES. I believe that merits an editing of the original troll review. after all, trolls should check their facts.

http://flstudio.image-line.com/document ... dates.html

[UKRuss]

Well, i think from your general posts it is obvious you don't really love Live. 'Ableton preset deisgners: Fuck you'? A note of love perhaps?

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Hilarious stuff.

I would think someone named "UKRuss" would understand my dry humor. Points taken on the groove engine and such.

I really do love Ableton Live, but no other software company would release something with so few changes and call it a full version upgrade. And they certainly wouldn't charge $189 for it.

And funky shit, you're an idiot.

I think you knew your post would result in you gettign a load of abuse, difficult to complain about it now. I think you're just going to have to take it.

Dry british humour is merely a cultural stereotype. I like mine soaking wet.

[cwnc]

I'd like to point out again that with fruityloops you get a lifetime free upDATES, not upGRADES. I believe that merits an editing of the original troll review. after all, trolls should check their facts.

http://flstudio.image-line.com/document ... dates.html

Meaningless semantics. FL Studio users who bought earlier versions get the latest when it comes out.

Sure, they have upgraded packages, but they still make a version available with all the new features and workflow improvements. For free.

Not true for Ableton users.

It's not like you can do anything useful with FL Studio anyway. It's a tracker with a fancy graphical display. Its only saving graces are its preset libraries and built-in effects and synths.

[Johnisfaster]

I'd like to point out again that with fruityloops you get a lifetime free upDATES, not upGRADES. I believe that merits an editing of the original troll review. after all, trolls should check their facts.

http://flstudio.image-line.com/document ... dates.html

Meaningless semantics. FL Studio users who bought earlier version get the latest when it comes out.

Not true for Ableton users.

It's not like you can do anything useful with FL Studio anyway. It's a tracker with a fancy graphical display. Its only saving graces are its preset libraries and built-in effects and synths.

not true, people who bought fruityloops 7 don't get fruityloops 8 for free, they do however get fruityloops 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 and so on for free. thats the difference between an update and an upgrade.

[Johnisfaster]

actually now that I'm reading their page I'm more confused on the issue, they seem to do it intentionally as updates and upgrades are in fact very different yet they are ambiguous about which one they are talking about.

"we believe you should have the functionality you paid for bugfixed for as long as we develop it." but I think that sums it up. THE FUNCTIONALITY YOU PAID FOR bugfixed. meaning you don't get more functionality (that would be an upgrade)

[cwnc]

I'd like to point out again that with fruityloops you get a lifetime free upDATES, not upGRADES. I believe that merits an editing of the original troll review. after all, trolls should check their facts.

http://flstudio.image-line.com/document ... dates.html

Meaningless semantics. FL Studio users who bought earlier version get the latest when it comes out.

Not true for Ableton users.

It's not like you can do anything useful with FL Studio anyway. It's a tracker with a fancy graphical display. Its only saving graces are its preset libraries and built-in effects and synths.

not true, people who bought fruityloops 7 don't get fruityloops 8 for free, they do however get fruityloops 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 and so on for free. thats the difference between an update and an upgrade.

From the link i just posted:

"This means you'll receive FL Studio 8.x, 9.0, ... absolutely free as we believe you should have the functionality you paid for bugfixed for as long as we develop it."

Am I missing something here?

[Johnisfaster]

they are misleading you

"we believe you should have the functionality you paid for bugfixed for as long as we develop it."

THE FUNCTIONALITY YOU PAID FOR bugfixed. meaning you don't get more functionality than you originally paid for (thats an upgrade)

I know this cause I paid for fruityloops 3.0 back in the day thinking I'd get 4.0, 5.0 for free. turns out that wasn't true. Maybe it's true now, but if so they need to use the word upGRADES and maybe change that "functionality you paid for" statement

[hoffman2k]

Reminds me of yesterday. I ran into a "pro" like yourself who was hellbent on telling me why Fruity Loops was superior. It really pays to hear these people out. After all, laughing is healthy.

Better make some room in that tummy cause I got a feeling you'll be eating a lot of words soon

I wouldn't go saying fruityloops is better but I genuinely think fruityloops has a lot more to offer than people give it credit for.

I'm sure anybody can make a hit record with fruity loops as much as they would with any tools.
In fact, I know its a lot easier to get a beat going in fruity.
Still, if you have to name things like "oh, you mean the pattern section" while people are trying to explain. You lose interest real fast.
Again, not suggesting Fruity is less than equal to Live. But I have yet to have an interesting technical discussion about the app with a passionate user.
I suspect it works both ways. Just like CWNC sees us all as amateurs.

[funky shit]

The full version of FL Studio only costs $10 more than this - and they offer free upgrades for life! With such a huge price gap, you’d better have a pretty good reason to choose Ableton Live over FL Studio, and an even better reason to spend $189 on a version upgrade.

It's not like FL Studio is actually useful or anything.

[cwnc]

they are misleading you

"we believe you should have the functionality you paid for bugfixed for as long as we develop it."

THE FUNCTIONALITY YOU PAID FOR bugfixed. meaning you don't get more functionality than you originally paid for (thats an upgrade)

Right. The only difference is, FL Studio users did not have to pay an extra $189 for their:

-Step sequencer
-Multiband Compressor
-Overdrive
-Vocoder
-Limiter
-Groove engine
-Track grouping

[cwnc]

The full version of FL Studio only costs $10 more than this - and they offer free upgrades for life! With such a huge price gap, you’d better have a pretty good reason to choose Ableton Live over FL Studio, and an even better reason to spend $189 on a version upgrade.

It's not like FL Studio is actually useful or anything.

Interestingly enough, sarcasm does work in both directions. You should try it sometime.

I'm not saying you're all amateurs, but when you choke down an update like this without thinking critically about what it is you're buying - and without comparing it to competing software in the same field - you sure do look like it.

And by the way, I absolutely love Ableton Live. But if FL Studio were anywhere near as useful as a live performance system, I would have to seriously reconsider the situation.

[sigabort]

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[Silverfish]

I can't believe I'm about to feed this troll....

Dude, you've got brass balls coming here with that comedy material. You really think your dozen posts on the Ableton forum are going to sway the opinions of dedicated users? Sure, some of us drink the kool-aid, but for the most part, this community (both users and developers) does an amazing job of communicating and exchanging ideas in a constructive manner. Your whining is not constructive. If you don't like Ableton Live 8, sell it and use something else. Nobody is forcing you to upgrade. Maybe version 7 is fine for you. Great. Maybe Traktor or Serato better fit your needs.

I really got the impression that you don't know what you're talking about.

Buried as inaccurate.

[Johnisfaster]

they are misleading you

"we believe you should have the functionality you paid for bugfixed for as long as we develop it."

THE FUNCTIONALITY YOU PAID FOR bugfixed. meaning you don't get more functionality than you originally paid for (thats an upgrade)

Right. The only difference is, FL Studio users did not have to pay an extra $189 for their:

-Step sequencer
-Multiband Compressor
-Overdrive
-Vocoder
-Limiter
-Groove engine
-Track grouping

you're confused still, they get updates (bug fixes) not upgrades. so yes they do have to pay for their new features.

besides, if you want fruityloops buy fruityloops, if you want live buy live. if you pay the asking price then it is worth the asking price. I've dropped somewhere around $1000 on Live in the last few years and I don't regret a single penny of it cause I think it's a badass software. if it's not for you it's not for you.