LICENSE AGREEMENT / EFFECTIVE January 12, 2027

Soundbox License Agreement.

This agreement is between you and SoundBoxQD (“we”, “us”), a sole proprietorship based in Pennsylvania, United States, Pennsylvania 15425, United States. Email: Soundbox.support.qd@gmail.com.

“You” means the person who installs or uses Soundbox, or the organization they act for. If you accept for an organization, you confirm you are allowed to bind it.

1. When this agreement applies

1.1 This agreement covers the Soundbox application for Windows (the free demo and the full studio), its updates, test builds, the bundled sounds, scenes and other content, and its documentation (together, “Soundbox”).

1.2 You accept this agreement when you tick the box at checkout, or press Agree and activate in Soundbox, or otherwise install or use Soundbox after being shown it. If you do not agree, do not install or use Soundbox. If you bought a license and do not agree to this agreement when you first see it in the app, contact us for a refund (see the Refund policy).

1.3 Who sells, who licenses. Purchases are processed by Paddle.com Market Limited (“the reseller”), which acts as merchant of record and reseller. The reseller is the seller of your order: it takes payment, charges and pays sales tax or VAT, issues your receipt and handles payment disputes under its own buyer terms. The license to use Soundbox comes from us under this agreement. If this agreement and the reseller’s buyer terms conflict about the license itself, this agreement applies; about payment, tax, receipts and the checkout, the reseller’s terms apply.

1.4 Mandatory law comes first. Nothing in this agreement removes or limits rights that the law where you live gives you and that cannot be excluded by contract (for example consumer rights to software that matches its description, to remedies when it doesn’t, or to cancel). Where a sentence below says “to the extent the law allows”, that is what it means.

2. Definitions

• Demo: Soundbox without a license key. It has a limited set of sounds, shapes and features and cannot save or export.
• Full studio: the features unlocked by a valid license key.
• License key or key: the code we issue for a purchase or grant.
• Computer: one physical Windows computer, recognized by the hardware identity described in section 5 and the Privacy policy.
• Registered computer: the computer that currently holds the key’s activation.
• Test build: a pre-release version given to invited testers.
• Content: the sounds, instruments, factory scenes, presets, backgrounds, images and other material included in Soundbox.
• Your work: projects, recordings, exported audio, MIDI, images and presets you create.

3. What you may do

3.1 Demo. We grant you a free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use the demo on any number of computers, for personal or commercial purposes, while you comply with this agreement.

3.2 Full studio. When you have a valid key, we grant you a non-exclusive license to use the full studio on one registered computer at a time for each key, for personal or commercial purposes, for the license term in section 4. You may keep copies of the Soundbox program on that computer and backup copies of the download.

3.3 Organizations. An organization needs one key for each computer that uses the full studio. A key bought by an organization may be moved to a different staff member’s computer (section 6).

3.4 Soundbox is licensed, not sold. We and our licensors keep all rights not expressly granted.

4. License types

4.1 Lifetime key (perpetual license). A lifetime key has no expiry date. It covers every update of Soundbox 1, builds 3.x and the updates described in section 8. Paid upgrades to later version lines, if we offer them, are separate. It can end only as section 13 describes.

4.2 3-month key. A 3-month key gives the same license for a fixed term that ends 3 months after purchase; your order confirmation states the end date. It is not a subscription: it does not renew and you are not charged again. It covers the updates released during its term. When it ends, the full studio returns to the free demo; your projects stay yours. A new purchase gives a new key.

4.3 Complimentary, review, education and tester keys follow this agreement and any extra terms stated when we issue them.

5. Activation and online checks

5.1 The full studio is activated online. While it is open, Soundbox confirms the key with our activation service about every 15 minutes. After a successful check the full studio keeps opening without a connection for 3 days; after that it needs to reach the activation service again. If the connection drops while it is open, a session that was confirmed keeps running for up to 24 hours after its last successful check. The demo needs no activation and no connection.

5.2 Activation sends your key, a hashed hardware identity, a hashed hardware fingerprint, a device public key, the app version and signed request details to our activation service. Raw hardware identifiers and the device’s private key never leave your computer. The Privacy policy explains exactly what is sent, what is stored and for how long.

5.3 Fair-use limits. To tell a customer moving computers apart from a key copied to many computers, the activation service counts the different computers that held a key in the last 30 days:

• up to 3 computers in 30 days: no effect;
• beyond that: the newest computer is accepted, and the computers seen least recently are asked to confirm their activation again;
• beyond 6 computers in 30 days: an additional new computer is refused until fewer computers have used the key recently, or until support raises the limit;
• reinstalling Windows or adding a Windows account on the registered computer counts as the same computer (up to 3 times in 30 days without contacting support).

If you replace computers often for honest reasons, ask support and we will raise your limit.

5.4 Automatic checks, human review. These checks run automatically. A refusal or a request to confirm again is a technical result, not an accusation. If you think a check got it wrong, contact support: a person will review it, and we can trust a key, raise its limit or reset its registration.

5.5 Service continuity. We intend to keep the activation service running for as long as we sell or support Soundbox. If we ever stop operating it, we will give at least 90 days’ notice on our website. Once the service has stopped, the full studio keeps opening for 3 days after its last successful check and then returns to the free demo; your projects stay yours. We do not promise an update that removes online activation.

6. Moving your license

6.1 Your own computers. To move your key to another computer, choose Deactivate this computer in Soundbox on the old one, then activate on the new one. The new computer may have to wait up to 24 hours for the old one’s authorization to expire. If the old computer is lost, broken or its motherboard was replaced, contact support for a reset; we may ask for your order reference to confirm the key is yours.

6.2 To another person. You may give or sell a fully paid lifetime key to another person. Deactivate it, stop using it, delete your copy of the key and ask support to record the new owner. The new owner accepts this agreement.

6.3 Otherwise you may not share, publish, rent, lend, sublicense or resell keys.

7. What you may not do

You may not, and may not help anyone else to:

• use one key on more than one computer at a time, or copy activation files, device identity files or credentials to another computer;
• bypass, disable, patch, emulate or interfere with the activation, license checks, update signature checks or other protection measures, or spoof hardware identity (including through virtual machines or modified clients);
• create, share or use key generators, cracked builds or unauthorized copies of the full studio;
• overload, scan, probe or attack the activation service or the website (good-faith security research reported to us under our Security page is welcome);
• remove or change copyright, license or credit notices;
• redistribute Soundbox’s content on its own, outside your work (section 10);
• use Soundbox in breach of the law, or to infringe anyone’s rights.

Reverse engineering. You may not decompile, disassemble or reverse engineer Soundbox, except to the extent the law where you live allows it in a way that cannot be excluded by contract, such as for interoperability, error correction, or observing and testing how it works.

8. Updates and support

8.1 Included updates. Your license includes every update of Soundbox 1, builds 3.x. Security and compatibility fixes for the version line you bought are free during the support period.

8.2 Support period. We will provide security fixes and email support for each version line until at least January 12, 2030. We publish the date on our website.

8.3 How updates arrive. Soundbox can check our website for a newer version shortly after it starts and when you press Check for updates. It downloads an update only when you choose to, and installs only an update signed by us that matches the published checksum. You decide when to install. An update can change, add or remove features; we will not use an update to take away a main feature you paid for, except where needed for security or by law, and we will tell you before you install an update that materially changes a paid feature.

8.4 Keeping activation working. Older versions may stop activating if we must change the activation protocol for security. When that happens during the support period, we provide a free update for your licensed version line.

8.5 Support is by email at Soundbox.support.qd@gmail.com. We aim to answer within 2 business days but do not guarantee a response time unless we agree one in writing.

9. Your work

9.1 What you make with Soundbox is yours. We claim no ownership of your projects, recordings or exported audio, and you do not need to credit Soundbox.

9.2 Your projects and recordings are stored on your computer. We do not upload them. Back them up: we cannot recover them for you.

9.3 You are responsible for having the rights to samples, recordings and other material you import, and for any personal data in the material you work with.

9.4 If your license ends, your existing work remains yours and stays on your computer. The demo cannot save or export, so export what you need while your license is active.

10. Bundled content

10.1 You may use Soundbox’s sounds, instruments, factory scenes and presets in your own music, videos, games, performances and other works, including commercial works, royalty-free and without crediting us.

10.2 You may not sell, give away or publish the content on its own or as the main value of something, such as a sample pack, preset pack, sound library or competing instrument.

10.3 Some recorded sounds come from third parties under Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0); they are listed under Audio credits in the app and on our credits page. Section 10.2 does not restrict anyone’s use of those original CC0 recordings, which remain available under CC0.

11. Test builds

11.1 Test builds are previews for invited testers. They may contain bugs, change or lose features, stop working or be withdrawn at any time. Keep backups of work you care about.

11.2 Your tester code is personal. Do not publish it or share the test builds.

11.3 Test builds are free. To the extent the law allows, they are provided “as is”, without the commitments in section 14.1; section 15 still applies.

11.4 If you send us feedback or suggestions, we may use them freely without obligation to you.

12. Plugins

Soundbox is a standalone application. We do not currently distribute a plugin version; if we do, this agreement will say how it is licensed.

13. Ending the license

13.1 You may stop using Soundbox at any time. For refunds, see the Refund policy.

13.2 Refunds and reversed payments. If your purchase is refunded, or the payment is reversed through a chargeback or bank dispute, the license ends and we disable the key. An open question or dispute about a charge does not by itself end your license; if it ends with the payment reversed, the license ends as with a refund. Your work is not affected.

13.3 Breach. If you seriously breach this agreement, we may suspend or end your license:

• For a breach that can be fixed, we tell you what is wrong and give you 14 days to fix it before ending the license.
• We may suspend or end it straight away for deliberate circumvention of the protection measures, a key obtained by fraud or with someone else’s payment, publishing or selling a key, or an urgent security threat.
• We act on reasonable evidence. Where the law and the circumstances allow, we tell you why and let you respond. You can ask for a review by a person at any time.
• We will not suspend or end a license because you complained, wrote an honest negative review, asked for a refund or exercised a legal right.

13.4 If we stop selling Soundbox, existing licenses continue; section 5.5 explains what happens to activation. We will not end a paid license for our own convenience.

13.5 When a license ends, the full studio goes back to the demo and you must stop using the key. Sections 7, 9, 10.2 and 14 to 18 continue to apply. We do not delete anything on your computer.

14. Our commitments and disclaimers

14.1 What we promise. Soundbox will substantially match its description on our website and in your order, and we provide it with reasonable care and skill. If it does not, tell us: we will fix it, or, if we cannot within a reasonable time, refund you as the law and our Refund policy require. Consumers in many countries (including the EU, UK and Australia) have statutory rights to digital content that is of satisfactory quality, fit for purpose and as described, and to remedies such as repair, price reduction or refund. Those rights are in addition to this agreement and are not limited by it.

14.2 System requirements. Soundbox needs a 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 computer and the other requirements on the download page, and an internet connection to activate the full studio. Please try the free demo on your computer before buying.

14.3 Otherwise, and to the extent the law allows, Soundbox is provided without other warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not promise that Soundbox will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that it will work with every computer or sound device.

15. Liability

15.1 Nothing in this agreement limits or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for gross negligence or willful misconduct, for damage to your device or other digital content caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill (where the law gives you that right), or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

15.2 Consumers in the EU, UK and similar countries: we are responsible for loss you suffer that is a foreseeable result of our breach of this agreement or our failure to use reasonable care and skill. We are not responsible for loss that was not foreseeable, or for business losses if you use Soundbox as a consumer.

15.3 Everyone else, to the extent the law allows: we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for lost profits, revenue, data or goodwill, and our total liability under or in connection with this agreement is limited to the greater of the amount you paid for the license concerned and US$100.

15.4 You are responsible for backing up your work.

16. Export controls and sanctions

Soundbox uses standard encryption for licensing, update checks and secure connections. You may not use, export or re-export Soundbox, or let anyone use it, in breach of applicable export control or sanctions laws, including those of the United States. You confirm you are not located in a country or region under comprehensive sanctions and are not on a government list of restricted parties. The reseller may refuse orders from sanctioned places.

17. Law and disputes

17.1 This agreement is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. If you are a consumer living elsewhere, you also keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live.

17.2 Please contact us first: most problems can be solved by email. If we cannot resolve it, you may bring a claim in the state and federal courts for Fayette County, Pennsylvania, or, if you are a consumer, in the courts where you live, and you may use small-claims procedures or contact your consumer protection authority. We do not require arbitration and do not ask you to waive class actions.

18. General

18.1 Changes. We may update this agreement for new versions or new purchases. A change does not take away rights you already paid for unless you agree. If a change would affect your existing license materially, we tell you in the app or by email at least 30 days before it applies, and you may reject it by contacting us; your license then continues under the version you accepted.

18.2 Transfer by us. We may transfer this agreement to someone who takes over Soundbox, if your rights are not reduced. We will tell you.

18.3 Whole agreement. This agreement, your order and the Refund policy are the whole agreement about the license. The Privacy policy explains how we handle personal data; it is information, not contract terms.

18.4 If part of this agreement is unenforceable, the rest still applies. If we don’t enforce something straight away, we can still do so later.

18.5 US government users. Soundbox is “commercial computer software” licensed to government end users only under this agreement.

18.6 Language. This agreement is in English.

18.7 Third-party software. Soundbox includes open-source components, including Electron and Chromium, Node.js and Matter.js. Their licenses, listed on our credits page, apply to those components and take precedence over this agreement for them. Nothing here limits rights those licenses give you.

Contact

SoundBoxQD, Pennsylvania 15425, United States
Support and legal notices: Soundbox.support.qd@gmail.com
Security reports: Soundbox.support.qd@gmail.com (see Security)