User Guide

CHAPTER 2
Installation & Activation
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Yellow Tools Authorization Key
It is because we want to be able to offer you high-quality sound-libraries, fast and knowledgeable
support, as well as continuous development of our software and sounds that we have to protect our
products against illegal piracy. Because we don‘t want to overcharge the honest customer in order to
make up for our losses, we have decided to implement the flexible yellow tools Authorization Key.
Besides functioning as a copy protection device, the Key also has the following advantages for our
customers:
You can save all your yellow tools authorizations on one robust Key and take all of your instruments
with you to sessions, home, on the road etc.
With the Yellow Tools Key Manager software you can additionally program and update the Key.
This flexible Key management gives the you the freedom to put certain authorizations on certain
Keys, move your products between the Keys, activate new products on your Keys etc.
Here is how the Yellow Tools Authorization Key works:
The Authorization Key gets plugged into a free USB port on your computer. Every Key has its own
serial-number and is capable of saving plenty of authorizations.
The yellow tools Authorization Key is compatible with Mac OS 9, Mac OS X and Windows. As
soon as a product is activated on one Key it can be used on all three platforms.The Authorization
Key allows you to use the yellow tools products on as many computers as you want. All you have to
do is plug-in your Key, and you can start making music!
Because you can save multiple authorizations on one Key you only need one Key for all of our
products. If you already possess a Key you can keep adding new authorizations of new products
from yellow tools.
To give you full control over your Authorization Key we developed the Yellow Tools Key Manager.
This software is available as free preference panel in your System Preferences (Mac OS X) and as
standalone application (Windows XP) and enables you to exercise the following options:
• Status of the Key and updates:
You get a read out of all products currently available on your Keys. Should there be an update
for your Authorization Key software, you can update your Key immediately.
• Activation of additional products via entering an Activation Code:
If you have purchased a new yellow tools product that includes an Activation Code, you can
enter this code here and activate your new product on your Authorization Key.
• Moving of authorizations between multiple Keys:
If you own multiple Authorization Keys, you can move certain authorizations to the Key of
your choice. This way you have the ability to use our products with greater flexibility among
multiple work spaces.
• If you don‘t want to program your Key online, you can also program the Key manually.
Programming the Key online is not in any way connected to the computer where you are installing
our products; the Key can be managed on any MAC OS X or WINDOWS XP computer you might
have, providing it has a USB port, internet connection and you installed the Yellow Tools Key
Manager.
IMPORTANT: TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR KEY! A LOST KEY WILL NOT BE REPLACED.
ONLY DEFECTED KEYS WILL BE REPLACED BY YELLOW TOOLS AT NO COST.