Ableton Forum

Forgive me I am a new user. I am also not home to test this. I have seen some posts saying you can not run two installs of Live at the same time. Is this true??

If so, then the following is not possible right? My band basically tracks out and writes at my home studio. If I have Live on my Desktop and Laptop I can not run both at the same time. So I could not be working on one thing on my laptop while my drummer tightens a performance on my Desktop.....

Maybe I did not grasp this concept correctly. I find it weird that I could not run my two Lives at the same time. If it is true, what would it solve if both computers are registered with Live?

I'm not sure about the licensing issues, but Ableton gives you two unlocks with your purchase. So you could install Live on the desktop and the laptop (I do), and then use them for different purposed...I use my desktop to produce and my lappie to perform.

I think the issue is if you use Live and then your drummer also uses Live for different purposes...in that case, your drummer should buy his own license.

The botton line is don't abuse the generous license. If you had Cubase, you'd only get one dongle, and then you would never be able to run more than one version at a time. Be good to the Abes.

Thanks for the reply. I understand why they would do it like that.