Ableton sees them both as “Speaker” outputs and can throw an error when you try to change between them – although weirdly after you close the error window the switch from speakers to headphones appears to be successful. I’ve never had a problem running my one license on a couple of machines – in this case my main desktop and the Surface – I’m sure there’s a limit to this but my understanding is that Ableton have a sensible approach to copy protection and as long as you’re not taking the piss then they are happy for you to authorise it a couple of times on different machines.Ībleton Live is quite happy using the onboard sound, where as usual you have to actively switch between headphones and speakers. There’s no dongle or anything for copy protection, just a quick connection to the Ableton servers and it’s authorised and ready to go. It does this annoying thing where it appears to be installed and then spends an hour sorting out the included library and samples. Installation couldn’t be simpler really – it’s one big download and then run the installer file.
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Here’s the full video version, text carries on below: But how well does Ableton Live run on the Surface Pro 3? What issues do we run into? What’s the performance like? Let’s have a look. In the last Surface Session there was a great deal about using Ableton Live in a live situation so if you’re particularly interested in that side of things then I’d recommend you check out those videos. It’s one of the most obvious pairings but it’s taken me a bit of time to get here because there were a few other key bits of software to sort out and I wanted to have found all the quirks and issues before I got to this point. Welcome to Surface Sessions number 8 and what must be the most requested session to date – Ableton Live.