Is The Ableton Suite 8 Upgrade Worth It?

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Posted by DjWoody on Jun-03-2009 01:10:

Is The Ableton Suite 8 Upgrade Worth It?

I want to upgrade my Ableton 7 to 8. The software upgrade is only $159, and the upgrade to the whole suite is $329. Is it worth forking out more money for the suite?

Posted by Fledz on Jun-03-2009 07:32:

What kind of music do you make?

For me, no. Might as well spend it on a good VST or a few good sample packs.

Posted by Lolo on Jun-03-2009 12:38:

Operator and Sampler on their own are worth the upgrade to Suite, I wouldn't say that for the upgrade to 8, not at this moment anyway, but as you have no choice probably... Give operator and sampler a go mate, you won't regret it!

Posted by DjWoody on Jun-03-2009 16:09:

Yea, Sampler is what's attracting me to the Suite. Sampler alone is $150 which is the price difference between the regular Live and the Suite.

I use LIVE mostly for making loop based spanish rock remixes, mashups, and mixes. On other words I make a lot of edits of non danceable tracks so that I can play them live. I'm just starting out to mess with the producton.

Here's one I made the other day.

Zoe - Nada (DJ Woody Stolen Drums Remix)
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Zoe - Nada (Original)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y09rZ6xXSN0

As you can see, I tried to keep it similar to the original, but I added some EDM influence to the breakdown. There's stuff I would change but I'm too lazy. lol

Posted by Phenger on Jun-03-2009 20:53:

Does anyone know if you can purchase the standard version of Ableton live 8, and then upgrade to suite later?
And if this is possible, is the upgrade price the same as the price difference between Suite 8 and Live 8?

Posted by DjWoody on Jun-03-2009 21:16:

This is what I see when I log into Ableton's website.

I noticed the prices keep going up all the time.

I should've upgraded when it was $129.