End-User License Agreement

This End-User License Agreement (the “Agreement”) is a legal agreement between you (the “Licensee” or “you”) and James Kay, doing business as Cryptid Audio (the “Licensor,” “we,” or “us”), covering Aura, Mothman, Nessie, and any other Cryptid Audio software you license, together with its documentation and updates (the “Software”). By downloading, installing, activating, or using the Software you agree to be bound by this Agreement. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Software.

1. Grant of licence

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, the Licensor grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Software. One licence entitles one named user, who may install and use the Software on all computers that they own or control, for their own use. A licence purchased by an organisation may be issued in that organisation’s name and entitles one named user within it.

Each licence is name-stamped: it is issued to a named individual or entity, and the Software may display that licensee’s name and/or email address (“Licensed to …”). There is no per-machine activation limit and no hardware lock. The Software validates your licence locally and needs no internet connection, online activation, or phone-home to run.

2. Ownership and intellectual property

The Software is licensed, not sold. All title, ownership, and intellectual-property rights in and to the Software — including its code, algorithms, presets, graphics, and trademarks — remain with the Licensor and its suppliers. This Agreement does not transfer any ownership of the Software to you. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved.

3. Permitted use

You may use the Software to create, record, mix, and produce audio for any purpose, including commercial projects. You own the music and audio you make with the Software. We claim no rights over your output, and you owe us no royalties or additional fees on it.

4. Restrictions

You may not:

• redistribute, sublicense, rent, lease, lend, sell, or otherwise make the Software available to any third party;
• share, publish, or resell your licence key or activation details, or use them on machines you do not own or control;
• reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, except to the limited extent that applicable law expressly permits despite this restriction;
• remove, alter, or obscure any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices in the Software;
• remove, disable, or circumvent any licensing, trial-period, name-stamp, or anti-tamper mechanism; or
• use the Software to develop a competing product, extract or replicate its digital signal processing methods, or use it in any way that breaks applicable law.

The digital signal processing methods embodied in the Software are proprietary trade secrets of Cryptid Audio. Nothing in this Agreement transfers any ownership of the Software, its source code, or its underlying methods to you.

5. Licence keys and activation

The Software may require a licence key or a one-time activation to unlock its full features. Your licence key is personal to you and is confidential. We may use reasonable, non-intrusive measures to confirm that the Software is properly licensed. You are responsible for keeping your key secure; treat it like a password.

6. Updates

Your purchase includes free updates within the same major version (for example, all v1.x releases of Aura). Major upgrades that introduce a new major version may be offered as a separate paid upgrade. Updates are provided when and as we choose to release them; we are not obliged to produce any particular update.

7. Trial and evaluation

We may offer a free, full-feature trial of the Software for a 14-day evaluation period. After the trial period ends, an unlicensed copy will periodically interrupt its audio output (brief silence) until a valid licence is activated. The trial is provided solely so that you can evaluate the Software before purchase, and all of this Agreement applies to trial use except where it conflicts with these trial terms. The trial is offered once per user; circumventing, resetting, or tampering with the trial timer is prohibited (Section 4).

8. Disclaimer of warranty

The Software is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Software will be uninterrupted, error-free, or compatible with every host application or system configuration. To the extent applicable law does not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, this disclaimer applies only so far as that law permits.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Licensor will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, audio, revenue, or profits, arising out of or relating to the Software or this Agreement, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement is limited to the amount you actually paid for the licence to the Software in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim. Nothing in this Agreement limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

10. Termination

This Agreement is effective until terminated. It terminates automatically if you breach any of its terms. On termination you must stop using the Software and remove all copies from your machines. Sections covering ownership, restrictions, disclaimers, limitation of liability, and governing law survive termination.

11. Seller of record

Purchases of the Software are processed and fulfilled by a third-party Merchant of Record, who acts as the seller of record for the transaction and handles payment and applicable taxes. Cryptid Audio is the publisher and licensor of the Software. The Merchant of Record’s own terms apply to the payment transaction; this Agreement governs your use of the Software itself.

12. Governing law

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The exclusive venue for disputes is the state or federal courts located in Macomb County, Michigan, and the parties consent to that jurisdiction — except where mandatory consumer-protection law gives you the right to bring a claim elsewhere.

13. Contact

Questions about this Agreement? Email us at Cryptidaudiodsp@gmail.com or visit cryptid.audio.