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Live 8 Upgrade

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:45 pm
by GrooveNinja
Does anyone know if the upgrade to the Live 8 boxed version will include the EIC2?

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:59 pm
by arkoenig
Why would it? If you have Live 7 Suite, you already have EIC2.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:18 pm
by GrooveNinja
arkoenig wrote:Why would it? If you have Live 7 Suite, you already have EIC2.
I have the download version of Live 7. When I upgraded to Live 7, the boxed version did not contain the EIC2. I am curious if that will be the same with the upgrade to Live 8.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:21 pm
by arkoenig
I'm confused. When I upgraded from Live 6 to Live 7, one major difference between the boxed and download versions was that the boxed version contained EIC2 and the download did not.

I would think, therefore, that if you do not already have EIC2, you would have to go for the boxed version in order to get it. The files are pretty big to offer for download.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:25 pm
by andydes
I think the files came with the box, but you had to pay extra for the license. The box and manual could be had for about 30 quid, but the EIC was significantly more. Right?

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:33 pm
by rbro
GrooveNinja wrote:
arkoenig wrote:Why would it? If you have Live 7 Suite, you already have EIC2.
I have the download version of Live 7. When I upgraded to Live 7, the boxed version did not contain the EIC2. I am curious if that will be the same with the upgrade to Live 8.
You need to purchase the suite boxed, not just Live in order to get EIC.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:58 pm
by ambien
What is the difference between Live 8 download and Live 8 boxed (except for the price)? In my upgrade options from Live 7 boxed there are none. So I pay about 30 euro only for the box?

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:07 pm
by GrooveNinja
andydes wrote:I think the files came with the box, but you had to pay extra for the license. The box and manual could be had for about 30 quid, but the EIC was significantly more. Right?
Yes, that is correct. They started that sometime around last February or March, I think. If you upgraded to the boxed version, you did not get EIC2. I was hoping that they would change that for Live 8 upgrade.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:08 pm
by GrooveNinja
ambien wrote:What is the difference between Live 8 download and Live 8 boxed (except for the price)? In my upgrade options from Live 7 boxed there are none. So I pay about 30 euro only for the box?
That is what I want to know.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:16 pm
by rbro
GrooveNinja wrote:
ambien wrote:What is the difference between Live 8 download and Live 8 boxed (except for the price)? In my upgrade options from Live 7 boxed there are none. So I pay about 30 euro only for the box?
That is what I want to know.
EIC has never been available as part of any downloadable version of Live. It as has always been part of the boxed suite only.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:27 pm
by ambien
Yes I know. But does Live 8 boxed contains a EIC 3?

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:35 pm
by rbro
ambien wrote:Yes I know. But does Live 8 boxed contains a EIC 3?
It will contain the most up to date version of the EIC. As far as I can tell from what I've read there have been no changes to EIC between 7 and 8.

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:39 pm
by SuperBassMexican
just bend over and take it!

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:44 pm
by rbro
GrooveNinja wrote:
andydes wrote:I think the files came with the box, but you had to pay extra for the license. The box and manual could be had for about 30 quid, but the EIC was significantly more. Right?
Yes, that is correct. They started that sometime around last February or March, I think. If you upgraded to the boxed version, you did not get EIC2. I was hoping that they would change that for Live 8 upgrade.
Now I'm getting confused. What did they start in Feb. or March? EIC has always been only available as part of the boxed suite only. Am I wrong?

Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:57 pm
by GrooveNinja
rbro wrote:
GrooveNinja wrote:
andydes wrote:I think the files came with the box, but you had to pay extra for the license. The box and manual could be had for about 30 quid, but the EIC was significantly more. Right?
Yes, that is correct. They started that sometime around last February or March, I think. If you upgraded to the boxed version, you did not get EIC2. I was hoping that they would change that for Live 8 upgrade.
Now I'm getting confused. What did they start in Feb. or March? EIC has always been only available as part of the boxed suite only. Am I wrong?
Maybe, or I could be confused. At the beginning of last year, I thought that the Live 7 boxed upgrade came with EIC2. It said so on the web site. But then, around Frebruary or March, they changed the web site to explicitly say that it did not come with any of the boxed upgrades. Now, I see that Live 8 Suite boxed upgrade comes with EIC2, so I was hoping that the regular, non-suite boxed upgrade did too.