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gjm wrote:

McQ714 wrote:... but what i do find strange is that for me to upgrade my old live 6 le and live lite 6 licenses to live 7 suite boxed is $659 and to upgrade that same license to live 8 suite boxed is only $519.

Agreed, the lite, and especially the LE thing is strange.

Maybe I misunderstand your statement, if you upgrade 6 lite or LE to 7 suite its $659 boxed, $559 DL'd. Then you get a free upgrade (download) to 8 suite.

Where does the $519 come from?

If I wait until 8 Suite comes out and I upgrade from Live 6 LE, I will pay $519 for the boxed version. If I upgrade to the boxed version of 7 Suite now I would pay $659.... get it? Ableton seems to be giving a huge discount to those that skip versions??? Check the upgrade pricing for 8 and tell me if you have the same amounts.

McQ714 wrote:

gjm wrote:

McQ714 wrote:... but what i do find strange is that for me to upgrade my old live 6 le and live lite 6 licenses to live 7 suite boxed is $659 and to upgrade that same license to live 8 suite boxed is only $519.

Agreed, the lite, and especially the LE thing is strange.

Maybe I misunderstand your statement, if you upgrade 6 lite or LE to 7 suite its $659 boxed, $559 DL'd. Then you get a free upgrade (download) to 8 suite.

Where does the $519 come from?

If I wait until 8 Suite comes out and I upgrade from Live 6 LE, I will pay $519 for the boxed version. If I upgrade to the boxed version of 7 Suite now I would pay $659.... get it? Ableton seems to be giving a huge discount to those that skip versions??? Check the upgrade pricing for 8 and tell me if you have the same amounts.

I think I am missing something. Where do you see the V8 upgrade prices? For me there is nothing listed in the shop, or my license account?

If the software is adequate, then don't upgrade. I didn't ugprade to 7 because I've been just fine on 6 and there weren't any features I wanted to use. There's a reason many artists use old ass equipment... It works for them and it does the job. Nobody is forcing you to keep buying a new version every year.

So quit yer bitchin and go write some music.

gjm wrote:I think I am missing something. Where do you see the V8 upgrade prices? For me there is nothing listed in the shop, or my license account?

The link to the Live 8 upgrade prices is hidden away at the bottom of one of the product announces, this is where you need to go (you need to be logged in to your account for it to work as it calculates the prices based on your existing licenses):

http://www.ableton.com/live-8-upgrades

jonny72 wrote:

gjm wrote:I think I am missing something. Where do you see the V8 upgrade prices? For me there is nothing listed in the shop, or my license account?

The link to the Live 8 upgrade prices is hidden away at the bottom of one of the product announces, this is where you need to go (you need to be logged in to your account for it to work as it calculates the prices based on your existing licenses):

http://www.ableton.com/live-8-upgrades

Wow Thanks for that. Yeah, weird.

McQ714 wrote:If I wait until 8 Suite comes out and I upgrade from Live 6 LE, I will pay $519 for the boxed version. If I upgrade to the boxed version of 7 Suite now I would pay $659.... get it? Ableton seems to be giving a huge discount to those that skip versions??? Check the upgrade pricing for 8 and tell me if you have the same amounts.

Yup. 6LE to Boxed 8 Suite $519 ($449 DL)

Now THATS got me tempted, esp with a coupon still in hand.

^ *points finger and laughs* you have gear lust na na na boo boo

hehe...