Install & Set-up Yeco
Install & set up for Windows
You can download this guide as a PDF by clicking here
Download Yeco from our site and run the installer. It will take you step by step through the installation. You will also receive an email from us with your licence key.
How to Activate your Licence
Step 1 – Copy the licence number you received in your email
Step 2 – Press the Paste button
Step 3 – Press the Submit button
How to install remote scripts on Windows
Step 1 – Press ‘Install Remote Scripts’ on the home screen
Use the Filebrowser to locate your Ableton Installation directory. The usual location is ProgramData -> Ableton
Step 2 –To navigate the browser DOUBLE CLICK a folder to enter it.
You can DOUBLE CLICK the folder with the “..\ “ symbol to go back.
Step 3 – Once you have found your Ableton installation folder, DOUBLE CLICK to enter it.
Inside this folder should be your Live installations. There may be more than one installation if you have opted to keep old versions.
Step 4 – SINGLE CLICK on each of your Live 9 Folders to select them
Step 5 – Click the “Install” button to install the Remote Scripts
Step 6 – Click the “Home” key to return back to the Launch page
Step 7 – Launch Ableton Live or restart if it is already running
Step 8 – Navigate to preferences: Options -> preferences on Windows
Step 9 – On the preferences panel go to the MIDI settings
Step 10 – Under 'control surface' click one of the boxes to show the list of options.
Step 11 – Select YecoOSC from the list
Step 12 – Choose your Screen Ratio from the dropdown
Step 13 – Press the play button to launch
MIDI on Windows
In order to use Yeco’s MIDI controllers on Windows it is necessary to use a virtual MIDI driver.
We recommend loopMIDI by Tobias Erichsen: http://www.tobias-erichsen.de/software/loopmidi.html
The other popular option is loopbe1 from nerds.de: http://www.nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html
Step 1 – When you have downloaded and installed your virtual MIDI driver go to Ableton’s preferences Options -> Preferences
Step 2 – On the preferences panel go to the MIDI settings
Step 3 – Under MIDI ports locate the input from your virtual MIDI driver
Step 4 – Set the Track and Remote buttons to the “on” position
Step 5 – Then in Yeco press the MIDI button in the toolbar
Step 6 – Select your virtual MIDI driver from the list
THAT'S IT! We hope you enjoy using Yeco
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Install & set up for Mac
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Step 1 – Mount the .dmg by double clicking it
Step 2 – Drag the Yeco app into the Applications folder
Launching Yeco for the first time on a Mac
Apple has a built-in way to protect you from opening up potentially malicious apps on your computer in Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, and El Capitan. This setting, named Gatekeeper may stop you from launching Yeco.
If you get a warning when you try to launch Yeco simply Control+Click on the app in the Finder, then select “Open.”
You’ll see a new popup asking if you’re sure you want to run the app on your Mac. Just hit “Open” again and you’re set.
How to Activate your Licence
Step 1 – Copy the licence number you received in your email
Step 2 – Press the Paste button
Step 3 – Press the Submit button
How to install remote scripts on Mac
Step 1 – Press ‘Install Remote Scripts’ on the home screen
Use the filebrowser to locate your Ableton Live app. The usual location is the applications directory
Step 2 – DOUBLE CLICK the Applications folder
You can DOUBLE CLICK the folder with the “..\ “ symbol to go back.
Step 3 – Once you have found your Ableton app folder, SINGLE CLICK to select it
There may be more than one installation if you have opted to keep old versions. If that's the case follow step 4, if not, skip to step 5.
Step 4 – SINGLE CLICK on each of your Ableton app folders to select them
Step 5 – Click the “Install” button to install the Remote Scripts
Step 6 – Click the “Home” key to return back to the Launch page
Step 7 – Launch Ableton Live or restart if it is already running
Step 8 – Navigate to preferences: Live -> Preferences on Mac
Step 9 – On the preferences panel go to the MIDI settings
Step 10 – Under 'control surface' click one of the boxes to show the list of options.
Step 11 – Select YecoOSC from the list
Step 12 – Choose your Screen Ratio from the dropdown
Step 13 – Press the play button to launch
MIDI on Mac
Step 1 – In Yeco, press the MIDI button to create a virtual MIDI port named 'YecoMIDI'
Step 2 – Go to Ableton's preferences: Live –>Preferences
Step 3 – On the preferences panel go to the MIDI settings
Step 4 – Under MIDI ports locate 'YecoOSC'
Step 5 – Set the Track and Remote buttons to the “on” position
THAT'S IT! We hope you enjoy using Yeco
