Will I regret one of these purchases?

[u/KhaloTristan]

^{I'll try to make this short since these are busy times.}

Ableton Live 12 Standard costs 439 USD on the Official Ableton Website.
Ableton Live 12 Standard costs 255 USD on the "thomannmusic" Website.

Where I am financially in life, the difference between 439 and 255 USD is massive.

Do i buy the 255 from thomannmusic or will I regret it? Could I get scammed? What are the secret "restrictions" they're not telling me? Or is it simply too good to be true and I can pay 255 for an official Ableton Live 12 Standard License?

Be kind, I am relatively new to this.

References for both links:

https://www.ableton.com/en/shop/live/

https://www.thomannmusic.com/ableton_live_12_standard.htm

[u/mich732]

You can get it even cheaper.

1. get Ableton Live Lite. E.g. it’s included in Ableton Note
2. get the upgrade from Thomann for USD 189 https://www.thomannmusic.com/ableton_live_12_standard_upgrade_live_lite.htm

If you happen to need a Midi keyboard, you could get an Arturia Minilab 3 (85 USD) which also includes Live Lite.

That way you can get the Minilab and Live 12 Standard for a total of 274 USD

[u/Reqwo → u/mich732]

Legit. I did the same thing.

[u/KhaloTristan → u/mich732]

This is actually super clutch but I do have one worry.

The Arturia Minilab 3 will arrive to a relative of mine in Canada. I most likely won't have my hands on it until I visit them in 4 months. My question is, Can I still activate my Ableton Live Lite just by punching in the codes my relative will send me or do I have to physically plug the Mini into my laptop and so on...?

[u/mich732 → u/KhaloTristan]

It should work. The Minilab box has a card with Serial and unlock code. Register it here:

https://www.arturia.com/support/registeryourproduct

In your account under „my products“ you will find the keyboard and there‘s a section: other included licenses…

Edit: register that license in your Ableton account. Register the upgrade license from Thomann in your Ableton account. Done.

[u/JayJay_Abudengs → u/mich732]

You could even email ableton guys with fake pictures of gear to get a free live lite license if you're extra cheap

 https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209775685-Get-a-Live-Lite-serial 

[u/abletonlivenoob2024]

https://old.reddit.com/r/ableton/search?q=thomann&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on&sort=relevance&t=all

you are going to be fine

[u/JayJay_Abudengs]

Thomann is perfectly fine, I buy my stuff there all the time it's like Sweetwater for Europeans. they've made a deal with Ableton idk why or how but it works 

[u/Proper-Ape]

Thomann is a legit store in Germany. They have like brick and mortar stores here.

[u/ricardojmestre → u/Proper-Ape]

Thomann is totally legit, OP.

[u/habilishn → u/ricardojmestre]

just agreeing here, i bought other software at thomann, 100% safe. big shop in germany, can't make (mass) shady business.

[u/CreativeQuests]

$439 for Standard doesn't seem right, it used to be under $300 on the official site. Your links says 279 Euro for me. Did the $ lose that much recently or are the tarriffs already slapped on top?

[u/PlasmaChroma]

Just get the Thomann one. I've bought a Turntable and Synthesizer from them, total legit company.

[u/bench1947]

Are you sure you are not looking at a student/EDU license on thomann? If you are then you might have to give proof of student status after registering.

[u/Imnotbillieeillish]

Strange. I see the same price from thomann and ableton. In my country the thomann site is thomann.de not thomannmusic, i don't know if that site is legit

[u/Larsvegas426 → u/Imnotbillieeillish]

Thomannmusic.com is the US branch of thomann. 

[u/JayJay_Abudengs → u/Imnotbillieeillish]

It is. You can use multiple domains for the same website like youtu.be and Youtube.com 

[u/Imnotbillieeillish → u/JayJay_Abudengs]

Oh ok sorry, just wanted to be sure :) Then no problem, thomann is a legit website!

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