wait for live 7?

djradiorick · Post by **djradiorick** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:38 pm

I am about to buy live 6 and have no idea if all these live 7 rumors and threads are even remotely true. Am I safe buying live 6 right now, or is 7 gonna be on shelves next week or something random like that? does Ableton do grace period upgrades at all?

steff3 · Post by **steff3** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:25 pm

well, only ableton can answer that ....

if you need it get it, if you do not hold off. The last years updates were release around this time - 3 was released in Oct/Now 2003 .... it can be released anytime - now, next month, next year - only Ableton knows.

best

rbro · Post by **rbro** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:39 pm

djradiorick wrote:I am about to buy live 6 and have no idea if all these live 7 rumors and threads are even remotely true. Am I safe buying live 6 right now, or is 7 gonna be on shelves next week or something random like that? does Ableton do grace period upgrades at all?

They're waiting for you to buy Live 6. Then they'll announce/release Live 7. So hurry up already.

icedsushi · Post by **icedsushi** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:44 pm

djradiorick wrote:is 7 gonna be on shelves next week or something random like that? does Ableton do grace period upgrades at all?

Yes, if it came out the week after you bought or something like that, there would most likely be a grace period for a free upgrade to 7. (At least that's how they've done it in the past.)

Now if you're hoping for a free upgrade 2-3 months after you bought 6....I don't think I would count on that.

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:13 pm

The grace period usually extends to a month before the announcement.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:03 pm

this kind of question is often akin to "should I buy X processor because I've heard they're about to launch the quad cores..."

I always tell people not to wait or play crystal ball. buy it, be confident about it, and deal with the future as it unfolds...just that simple...

If v7 did come out in two months, oh well, you're SOL...wait a few months longer before upgrading.

As it stands, I don't anticipate a real v7 update till NAMM in Jan08. Just my personal opinion.

itook4lefts · Post by **itook4lefts** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:51 pm

what neb said. as a rule of thumb, forums are nice for testing the water a little, but never make any real purchasing decisions based on them. the only kit purchase decision i ever made based on forum opinions was to buy a motif rather than an ion. that was a bad idea. the motif was a fine machine, but totally wrong for me at the time. this was when i didn't know what i was doing (as if i do now).

so, yeah, if you want it and can afford it, get it NOW. then wait a bit longer to upgrade. there'll be some kind of offer like getting a discount on operator with the upgrade around new year or whatever. there often is. i got live 4 about a month before the announcement for 5, so i missed the grace period, but i didn't really regret it. i just waited a bit.

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:48 pm

hoffman2k wrote:The grace period usually extends to a month before the announcement.

are you sure about that? I thought it was generally from when the announcement happens

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:52 pm

dude, don't question the hoff

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:56 pm

nebulae wrote:dude, don't question the hoff

I'm the only one that can

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:02 pm

is that some aussie jedi mind-control shit?

forge · Post by **forge** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:42 pm

nebulae wrote:is that some aussie jedi mind-control shit?

no I'm the only one that wastes as much of my time on this forum as he does

many have come close, but none have reached the same heady upper echelons of Ableton Geekdom

Martyn · Post by **Martyn** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:53 pm

forge wrote:I'm the only one that wastes as much of my time on this forum as he does

many have come close, but none have reached the same heady upper echelons of Ableton Geekdom

You're not kidding!

I've only just noticed your post count, not going to be long before you hit 10,000.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:06 am

forge wrote:
nebulae wrote:is that some aussie jedi mind-control shit?
no I'm the only one that wastes as much of my time on this forum as he does

many have come close, but none have reached the same heady upper echelons of Ableton Geekdom

speaking of which, oh great father-o'-the-forum, in about 125 posts or so, how big a mad props thread are we gonna have?!?!?!?!

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:12 am

nebulae wrote:
forge wrote:
nebulae wrote:is that some aussie jedi mind-control shit?
no I'm the only one that wastes as much of my time on this forum as he does

many have come close, but none have reached the same heady upper echelons of Ableton Geekdom
speaking of which, oh great father-o'-the-forum, in about 125 posts or so, how big a mad props thread are we gonna have?!?!?!?!

question is; can the counter handle 5 digits?

maybe it resets to zero

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