I have multiple licenses for Ableton Products.
One online account has:
1x Ableton Live 8 (purchased from Ableton online store)
Another online account has:
1x Live Lite 8 Akai Edition (came with an Akai MPK25)
1x Live 8 Akai Professional APC Edition (came with an Akai APC40)
I have a couple of questions about different subjects:
1.
Regarding the Live 8 Akai Professional APC Edition- Is this version upgradeable? When I try, it gives me Live Lite, which does not have 20 rows(scenes), it only has something like 6 or 8, which is not acceptable for me.
2.
I have 3 computers and I would like to use my licenses as follows: 2 computers with the Live 8 (full version purchased on ableton.com) and one computer with the Live 8 Akai Professional APC Edition. These are both on separate online accounts and I did not upgrade from one to the other. This should all be fine but brings me to my question:
I have my Live 8 full version installed on 2 of the computers currently, and I want to switch one of the two allowed installs from one PC to my new laptop. Since I can't 'De-activate' a license on any computer, I'm worried that I'll be breaching the terms I agreed to which stated I can have my Ableton Live 8 installed on 'TWO COMPUTERS' maximum. Will uninstalling beforehand be enough?
Now that I've explained my situation, I'll clearly state each question:
1. Can I upgrade -Live 8 Akai Professional APC Edition (came with an Akai APC40)-, without losing the ability to use 20 scenes?
2. Can I freely switch which computers I have -Ableton Live 8- (purchased from Ableton online store) installed on?
Questions about my multiple licenses
Re: Questions about my multiple licenses
I don't know about the upgrade-ability of a particular product-specific intro version, but in general the whole idea of the shop being tied to your licenses is that you can only see the available upgrades & products for those licenses. so...
probably if you upgraded to lite, then that license would then show upgrades for the full version?? but it's weird that it doesn't show a full upgrade.
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as far as the licensing on multiple computers - there is a certain degree of good faith which they entrust you with. the license allows installation on two computers so long as they are not used simultaneously (the idea is to allow a studio workstation and a performance laptop, or etc)
that does not mean that you will hit a wall after two unlock challenges. just uninstall the program on the 3rd computer.. they have always been very responsive when I've needed additional unlocks, so long as I have reasonable explanations (OS reinstall, new hardware, etc.)
probably if you upgraded to lite, then that license would then show upgrades for the full version?? but it's weird that it doesn't show a full upgrade.
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as far as the licensing on multiple computers - there is a certain degree of good faith which they entrust you with. the license allows installation on two computers so long as they are not used simultaneously (the idea is to allow a studio workstation and a performance laptop, or etc)
that does not mean that you will hit a wall after two unlock challenges. just uninstall the program on the 3rd computer.. they have always been very responsive when I've needed additional unlocks, so long as I have reasonable explanations (OS reinstall, new hardware, etc.)