
12 Authorizing Live
If trying Live or another product raises your interest in purchasing it, please visit the Ableton web-
shop
2
. This site contains information about Ableton’s distributor and dealer network. It also offers
you the opportunity to buy Ableton products online.
3.1.2 What if I Change My Computer’s Components?
If you change your computer components for some reason, Live may indeed ask you to autho-
rize the software another time. Live does not need to be reauthorized when computer peripher-
als are replaced (audio or MIDI hardware, printers, modems). But you may need to authorize
again if the motherboard, processor or network card is replaced. On some computers, refor-
matting a hard drive will require a new authorization.
3.1.3 Can I Authorize Live More than Once?
The standard Live license allows you to use Live on only one computer at a time. However, the
Ableton server will provide you with two authorizations in good faith that you will use Live on
only one machine at a time.
You can therefore run Live on both a studio desktop computer and a tour laptop, but not at the
same time.
Should the Ableton server reject your demand for another authorization, please contact Able-
ton’s technical support
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.
To use Live on more than one computer at a time, you may require a secondary license or a site
license. Ableton offers these licenses at special rates.
3.1.4 Can I Play my Set from a Computer That Is Not
Authorized?
Even if Live is not authorized, you can still load and perform a Live Set with no time limitation.
You cannot, however, save or export your work. When you go on tour, consider taking along
your Live program CD and a CD with the last state of your Live Set(s). In case of an emergency,
you can install and run Live on any computer available and play your backup Live Set(s).
2 http://www.ableton.com/shop
3 http://www.ableton.com/support
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