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Guys,

I purchased Live 8 and have upgraded it to version 8.2.2 online.

I also purchased the Novation Lauchpad, that comes with a Live 8 Lauchpad edition (8.0.6).

I tried installing it as well, and now I've got 2 different versions of Live on my computer.

However, every time I open the lauchpad version to use the hardware itself, it asks me to register the software online, which I have done already, but don't seem to get it to work after I close the web browser.

The question is: Do I have to use the lauchpad edition to use the launchpad? If not, I'll simply ignore this version, uninstall it and use version 8.2.2 only.

Thank you very much for your help!

Ivar

I think you should ignore the Launchpad Edition version, you shouldn't need to use that to use your HW - it should work straight away in full Live.

I bought a launchpad first (with LE 8.0.6), upgraded it to 8.2.2.
A week or two later I upgraded from LE to full Live during the summer offer. I only have one installation.

The only difference between Live 8 and the Launchpad edition is that the launchpad edition is the stripped down version that comes with the launchpad, as can be seen in this comparison chart:
http://www.ableton.com/pages/2009/novat ... d_vs_live8

wouldn't make much sense for a dedicated ableton controller to only work with an extremely limited version of live, would it?

anyways, to allay any further doubts, I use a launchpad and Live 8, the launchpad will work with all versions of live, the Launchpad Edition is in no way designed for use with the launchpad, it is merely a particular type of intro version. Just uninstall it.

Thanks fellas!

I have done it already and it's been working fine with the Live 8 version only. It crashes sometimes, which is a drag...but I guess it is simply inevitable.

Do yours crash as well? If so, how often?

Cheers,
Ivar