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Can anybody clarify the 2011 BIAB Ultra Pak upgrade from the 2010.5 Ultra Pak (USB drive). Looking at the upgrade options I only see the $99 DVD version. What about wanting to upgrade from 2010.5 Ultra Pak (USB drive) to 2011 Ultra Pak (USB Drive). Do we pay the same price as someone upgrading from 2009?

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Read the new features carefully. It wouldn't surprise me that the upgrade price from 2009 or 2010 would be the same with the USB drive. A quick call to sales would confirm. Remember, you have tracks on your drive already from 2010 that 2009 doesn't have; they may need a different drive where you wouldn't.

However, with the new realtrack sizes, you may be surprised to learn that everything will fit on the 2010 drive easily.

I honestly saw my realtracks shrink to around 30% of original size, and they DO sound better, even at more extreme tempo stretching than previously.

I mention this, because with the reclaimed size, and the smaller size of the new realtracks there is a very good chance everything will fit on the existing external drive with room to spare. So downloading or DVD may be a good consideration when upgrading.
If you just want the new drive, that's a different story.

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So I guess my question would be is "everything" that is on the shipped 2011 Ultra Pak (USB drive) included on the 2011 Ultra Pak DVD? So all I have to do is simply install the upgrade DVD onto my existing 2010.5 Ultra Pak USB drive? There is like over 100GB's of files on the 2010.5 Ultra Pak USB drive. Are we getting like 12 DVD's or something. It sounds like a lot of work. It is probably far easier just to pay the extra $40 and have everything already done for you and you even get another USB drive out of the deal. I am just looking at all the options.

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Like I said, a call to sales would be the official answer, but looking on the site I assume the upgrade DVD's from 2010 would include only those things you need to get current. Since you have the previous realtracks you wouldn't need 100 gig of DVD's, just the new stuff (which, again, will likely fit on the existing drive). But if you have 2009, you may need much more to get current.

The additional $40 for the drive (and therefore a good backup of all your existing realtracks) is a great deal and would probably be what I would choose.

Don't be surprised to find out that your 100gig of realtracks now only requires 30+ gig of space! That is one of the best new features in my opinion.

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Thanks for the info and advice!


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I went from 2010.5 to 2011 in about 50 minutes of download.


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I'm in 2010.5 Pro at the moment without UltraPak or MegaPak. It is not clear for me the right way for the upgrade to 2011 including the the Special 2011 PlusPak.
Can anybody tell me something about?
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Hi Giovanni,

It would be best to ask PG Music sales staff about this using Live Help or the toll-free phone number. This way, you'll be getting the information first-hand.

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Thanks for the advice Noel, I'm writing to Live Help.


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