User Guide

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Chapter 3
Unlocking Live
Live is protected against illegal use by a copy protection scheme. This scheme has been
designed to meet the highest security standards while avoiding hassles for our customers. If
you nd this procedure to be an inconvenience, please understand that the copy protection
secures your investment: It allows Ableton to provide you with support and to continue
developing Live.
Authorization of Ableton products takes place in the Preferences' Products tab, which will
appear when you start Live for the rst time.
Here you can choose to authorize (unlock) or purchase any Ableton products available to
you, such as the Operator and Sampler instruments.
Please note that products such as Operator and Sampler are sold separately from Live but
are unlocked using the same procedure described in the following sections. They can also
be individually set to Demo Mode in the Products tab so that you can try them out.