FAQs

Installation and Authorization

What are the Live 10 system requirements?

What are the Live 9 system requirements?

How do I authorize Ableton Live?

Live won't let me authorize?

How do I make sure I always have the latest version of Live?

How can I install and authorize Live on multiple computers in a school lab?

Hardware Issues

I have some questions about Push that aren’t answered here. 

Software Issues

How can I fix issues with crackles or dropouts in Live’s audio? 

How can I optimize Windows for using Live? 

I’m not getting any sound out of my Windows computer. 

Questions about Usage

How do I install more sounds from Ableton?

How do I convert my exported music into MP3?

What are all these different filetypes?

Live doesn’t work. How can I get it back to a “default” state?

I can’t load my own samples.

Where are my sounds and instruments? How can I make Live find my custom sounds? 

Where can I save my own presets?

How do I manage my User Library?