Tapechild End User License Agreement

Subject to this Agreement and payment of any applicable fee, Tapechild grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Software on devices that you own or control, subject to any reasonable activation limit displayed at purchase.

The Software is licensed, not sold.

You may use the Software to create audio, music, sound effects, performances, recordings and other creative works for personal or commercial purposes.

Audio produced using the Software is royalty-free. Tapechild does not claim ownership of your original compositions, performances, recordings or rendered output.

You may use rendered output in:

• commercial and non-commercial music releases;
• film, television and online video;
• games and interactive media;
• advertising and client work;
• live performances;
• sound-design projects;
• sample packs, provided that you do not redistribute Tapechild software, factory files or presets themselves.

You may not:

• copy or distribute the Software except for a reasonable personal backup;
• sell, sublicense, rent, lease or share the Software or your license;
• make the Software available through a public server, shared account, download site or software bundle;
• remove or alter copyright, license or ownership notices;
• bypass or interfere with activation, licensing or security systems;
• reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software except where applicable law expressly permits such activity and does not allow contractual restriction;
• use Tapechild branding to imply that another product is made, approved or endorsed by Tapechild;
• redistribute factory presets, interface assets, documentation, source code or binary components as standalone products;
• use the Software in violation of applicable law.

Tapechild and its licensors retain all rights, title and interest in the Software, including its source code, object code, DSP implementation, interface design, original graphics, presets, documentation, product names and Tapechild branding.

No ownership rights are transferred to you.

Tapechild UDS-16 is an independently developed software instrument inspired by the architecture and sound-design approach of the historical Soviet Lel UDS hardware synthesizer.

The historical Lel name, Lel UDS product reference and historical Lel logo are used solely to identify and acknowledge the hardware reference.

Tapechild is the developer and commercial source of the Software. Tapechild is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or acting on behalf of the original manufacturer or any current rights holder.

No third-party trademark ownership is claimed. All third-party names, marks and product references remain the property of their respective owners.

The Software code, DSP implementation, effects, preset system, documentation and modern software features were independently developed by Tapechild.

The Software does not contain recordings sampled from the original hardware unless a particular product page expressly states otherwise.

References to historical hardware do not mean that a product is an official reissue, licensed continuation or manufacturer-approved replacement.

You are responsible for keeping your account credentials and license information secure.

You must not publish, transfer, sell or share license keys.

We may suspend a license where we reasonably determine that it has been distributed, resold, fraudulently obtained or used in material violation of this Agreement.

If you believe a license has been compromised, contact team@tapechild.com.

Tapechild may provide bug fixes, compatibility updates or new features.

Unless expressly stated at purchase, we do not guarantee that every future major version, operating system, DAW, plugin format or hardware platform will be supported indefinitely.

Updates may modify or discontinue individual features where reasonably necessary for technical, security or compatibility reasons.

You are responsible for confirming that your computer, operating system, DAW and plugin format meet the system requirements published on the applicable product page.

Compatibility may be affected by changes made by operating-system, DAW or hardware vendors.

You may request a refund within 14 days after the original purchase by contacting team@tapechild.com.

We may refuse a refund in cases of fraud, chargeback abuse, repeated refund requests, license resale, unauthorized distribution or other material abuse.

This voluntary refund policy does not limit any non-waivable consumer rights available under applicable law.

Where applicable, by requesting immediate digital delivery you consent to delivery beginning before the end of any statutory withdrawal period. Any waiver or loss of a statutory withdrawal right applies only where the law permits it and where the legally required consent and acknowledgment have been obtained.

We will make reasonable efforts to provide support for current versions of the Software.

Support does not include third-party DAW configuration, operating-system repair, hardware troubleshooting, custom development or recovery of lost projects unless separately agreed.

The Software may include or rely on third-party open-source or commercial components.

Those components may be subject to separate license notices included with the Software. Where a third-party license conflicts with this Agreement regarding that component, the third-party license controls for that component.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Software is provided “as is” and “as available.”

Tapechild disclaims warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement and uninterrupted or error-free operation, except where such warranties cannot legally be excluded.

We do not guarantee that the Software will reproduce every individual vintage hardware unit, revision, component tolerance, calibration state or recording setup.

Nothing in this Agreement excludes warranties or consumer protections that cannot lawfully be excluded.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tapechild will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including loss of profits, revenue, recordings, projects, data or business opportunity.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tapechild’s total aggregate liability arising from the Software will not exceed the amount you paid for the affected Software during the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim.

These limitations do not apply where liability cannot lawfully be limited, including liability for fraud, willful misconduct or other non-waivable obligations.

You are responsible for maintaining backups of projects, presets, recordings and system data.

Before installing an update or using the Software in a critical production or live-performance environment, you should test it in a non-critical session.

This Agreement remains effective until terminated.

Your license terminates automatically if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure the breach where cure is reasonably possible.

After termination, you must stop using and remove the Software. Termination does not affect ownership of music or rendered audio you lawfully created before termination.

You may not download, export, re-export or use the Software in violation of applicable export-control, trade-sanctions or import laws.

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

Any court proceeding that is not subject to a mandatory consumer forum will be brought in the state or federal courts located in San Diego County, California, and the parties consent to their jurisdiction.

This section does not deprive a consumer of mandatory rights or forums provided by the law of the consumer’s country or state of residence.

If any provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain effective, and the affected provision will be interpreted as closely as legally permitted to its intended purpose.

This Agreement, the applicable product page, Privacy Policy and any checkout terms form the entire agreement concerning your use of the Software.

We may update this Agreement for future purchases or future versions of the Software.

A change will not retroactively remove a perpetual license already granted for a version you lawfully purchased, except where necessary to comply with law or address fraud, security or infringement.