User Manual

INTRODUCTION
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Authorization and the Ignition Key
Record uses an authorization system designed to be as flexible as possible, while at the same time providing the best
possible copy protection for the product. Here's how it works:
• The core of the authorization system is your license number, which is registered to your user account on the
Propellerhead web site.
• You then use this license to authorize your Propellerhead Ignition Key.
Once this is done, you can use this USB key to run Record in Authorized Mode, anywhere and on any computer.
• If you don't have the Ignition Key at hand, you can still run Record in authorized mode, provided that you have
a working internet connection.
The program will then contact the Propellerhead web site and verify that Record is registered to your user account.
• Finally, should you be without both Ignition Key and internet connection, you can run Record in demo mode.
This is also the mode you use if you are trying out the program, but haven't yet purchased it. In this mode, you can
work as usual and even save your work. You cannot, however, open songs in demo mode (for details, see “Running
Record in demo mode”).
Registering and authorizing Record
To be able to run Record in authorized mode (see “Running Record with the Ignition Key” and “Running Record with
Internet Verification”), the program must be registered to your account on the Propellerhead web site.
! If you purchased Record directly from the Propellerhead web site, the Record license has already been regis-
tered to your user account.
This means you can run Record using Internet Verification, right away (see “Running Record with Internet Verifica-
tion”). However, when you receive your Propellerhead Ignition Key you need to authorize it, so please read on!
Here's how you register and authorize your copy of Record.
! Note that a working internet connection is required to be able to perform the following steps.
1. Launch Record.
When you start Record for the first time, this window is displayed: