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on authorizing Live contains more information about this process, and in-depth instructions
can be found at the Ableton website
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If you've installed Max to somewhere other than the default location, you will rst need to
point to it in Live's File/Folder Preferences:
The Path to the Max
Installation.
Once authorization is complete and Live has found the Max application, Max for Live should
be ready for use. At this point, the Max content will begin to install into your Live Library.
23.2 Using Max for Live Devices
Max for Live comes with a collection of instruments and effects which are ready for use.
Max for Live devices appear in the Max Instrument, Max MIDI Effect and Max Audio Effect
sections of Live's Device Browser.
Many of these devices also come with their own presets, which are similar to
Live's device
presets but with one important difference: because a Max device can be stored outside of
Live's Library, it is important to make sure that any presets that refer to this device remain
associated with it.
If you save a preset for a Max device that is outside of the Library, Live will try to maintain the
necessary le references by copying the Max device into the Library and saving the preset
based on this copy. If the referenced Max le is then moved or renamed, however, these
le associations may be broken. If this happens, you can use Live's File Manager to x the
problem.
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