Good place to buy Ableton Live?

[Chozami]

I've been looking for a copy of Live 10 Suite for around $2-300.
Is this a good place to look?
I checked Ebay but don't trust.
Sweetwater and other retailers no longer carry Ableton.
Anyone selling on?
If not, thank you for suggestions.

[Greenstorm33]

I got the latest Live Suite from Bestservice during a sale for about $375. Currently it's $530, which I believe is still the cheapest way to buy it new. Apart from that, all you can do is wait for a deal from a reputable seller on the kvr buy & sell forum or knobcloud. If you happen to be eligible for the EDU version of Live someone with good feedback has Live 10 Suite EDU for $175 on knobcloud: https://knobcloud.com/item/78833

[Chozami]

Thanks, I didn't know about knobcloud yet. There are copies of 11 Suite being sold there, I'll probably buy one of those. Buyer protection.

[superscan]

https://www.thomannmusic.com/ableton.html

[Greenstorm33]

Thanks, I didn't know about knobcloud yet. There are copies of 11 Suite being sold there, I'll probably buy one of those. Buyer protection.

Make sure you read the description, a lot of them are EDU. Also check the post date. If it's a really old sale there's an increased chance that the seller has gone AWOL. And of course it's best to buy from someone with at least several positive ratings.

[pouletdegrains]

Focusrite and Novation are currently offering 50% discount on upgrade from Live Lite to Live Suite:

https://focusrite.com/en/news/exclusive ... e-11-suite

https://novationmusic.com/en/news/exclu ... e-11-suite

I am eligible, as I recently bought a Launchpad Pro mkIII. Sadly I already own Live Suite 10, so the offer is not really interesting for me (375US$). I would have to sell my Live Suite 10 licence to recoup the cost.

[djstatix]

I bought my Ableton live 11 Suite right here in the buy sell trade thread.

[thecontrolcentre]

I bought mine here:
https://www.ableton.com/

[Trensharo]

ThomannMusic.com

The Focusrite/Novation Deal seems expensive to me, especially since you're likely to incur sales taxes on it (in the US, at least).

I would use something free like Cakewalk and wait until there is a sale to get the upgrade from Lite at Thomann. It will be quite a bit cheaper and there is no sales tax there.

Focusrite/Novation is selling Live Suite at literal MSRP, which almost no resellers are doing, so they're giving you a 50% discount, but jacking the price up to actually decrease the amount of savings they pass on to you.

In fact, they aren't even selling you the Lite -> Suite upgrade and then discounting that. They're selling you to full Live Suite @ MSRP and discounting off of that price. The base price they're selling at is like $200US more than Thomann or Best Service for Live Suite, and almost $300 more than the Live Suite upgrade off Live Lite from those sites.

As a result, the resulting price from them is over $50 more than if there was a 30% sale on the Lite -> Suite upgrade elsewhere...

[_antic604_]

Thanks, I didn't know about knobcloud yet. There are copies of 11 Suite being sold there, I'll probably buy one of those. Buyer protection.

knobcloud.com doesn't provide buyer protection. It's paypal that is doing this, provided you choose the right option upon making the payment. And it isn't easy - you have to start the dispute with the seller via Paypal, give the chance to the seller to respond or fix the problem and then wait. Last time I had a problem - and that was the only time - it took around 5-6 weeks before I got the money back.

On knobcloud.com it's best to buy stuff from people who have a lot & good feedback, well written listings and are quick to contact you back when messaged.

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Also, have you considered Bitwig Studio instead?

https://www.bitwig.com/

[EnGee]

The current license I got it by upgrading Lite to Standard (from Best Service) then after several months upgrading to Suite directly from Ableton. Both had a discount when I did that.

It's expensive but worth it. The thing is I'm avoiding buying from 2nd hand market now because even if the seller is honest, you can't guarantee that he/she bought it from a trusted seller! Unless that he/she obtains it directly or from 3rd party shop.

[pekbro]

I've always bought live direct. They will give you a deal, tho you have to wait for it sometimes. e.g. sales / promotions...