User Guide

CHAPTER 3. UNLOCKING LIVE 14
The Live Unlocking Web
Site.
If you have entered your serial number and challenge code correctly, another website will
appear to provide you with the unlock key. Follow the weblink to download the unlock key
as a le. Transfer the le to the target computer via some form of storage media, such as a
USB drive or CD-ROM. Then, press the Unlock dialog's Load Unlock Key button to load the
unlock key le.
The Unlock Key Can Be
Downloaded as a Text
File.
3.3 Copy Protection FAQs
3.3.1 Can I Use Live or Other Ableton Products Without a Serial Num-
ber?
If you do not (yet) own Live, you can work with Live in Demo Mode. Demo Mode offers
Live's complete functionality, but saving and exporting are disabled.
Live will run in Demo Mode by default if it has not been authorized. You can try out other
Ableton products, such as the Operator and Sampler instruments, by individually switching
them to Demo Mode in the Products tab of the Preferences.