Analog Dessert LLC end user license agreement

Version 3.0

This version takes effect for you when you accept it under Section 1. A later publication date or website revision does not, by itself, change an agreement you previously accepted.

1. Parties, scope, and acceptance

This agreement is between Analog Dessert LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (“Analog Dessert,” “we,” or “us”), and the individual or organization acquiring the license (“you”). It governs the Analog Dessert software supplied with this agreement, including its standalone applications, plug-ins, bundled helpers, documentation, factory content, and covered updates (the “Software”). It applies to Oscillato, Andromeda Editor, Stepsicle, and other Analog Dessert products distributed under this agreement. It applies separately to each licensed product; a license to one product does not grant a license to every product.

You accept this agreement by completing a purchase whose checkout states that it is subject to this agreement and links to it, or by accepting it during installation, activation, or another licensing process that makes it available for review. Merely visiting our website or receiving a file does not constitute acceptance. If you do not accept, do not begin using the Software under this agreement. For a license previously acquired under different terms, Section 15 preserves your existing rights. Purchases and refunds are addressed in Section 12.

You must be at least 18 and legally able to enter into this agreement. A person accepting for an organization represents that they have authority to bind it.

Nothing in this agreement excludes, restricts, or waives a right, remedy, guarantee, or liability that applicable law does not permit the parties to exclude, restrict, or waive. This protection applies throughout the agreement, including to consumer, privacy, accessibility, and intellectual property rights. A warning or disclaimer is not a waiver of these rights.

2. License and permitted use

The Software is licensed, not sold. Subject to this agreement and payment of any applicable fee, we grant you a nonexclusive license to install and use the product, edition, and features you acquired for personal or commercial work. Permitted work includes music production, sound design, recording, live performance, education, and work for clients.

Unless product-specific license terms disclosed and agreed before acquisition provide otherwise, one license permits one individual user to install and activate the Software on up to two computers owned or controlled by the licensee, with use on one computer at a time. An organization may designate one individual user for each license it acquires. This does not limit the number of plug-in instances that user may run on the permitted computer. A license key may not be shared between independent users. Separate seat or site licenses may provide different rights.

You may make reasonable backup copies for your licensed use. You may move an installation to a replacement computer, provided you remain within the permitted number of active computers and follow the applicable deactivation or reset procedure. Contact us if a failed or unavailable computer prevents deactivation.

A paid license is perpetual unless a fixed duration was expressly disclosed and agreed before purchase. A perpetual license does not expire merely because time passes or we discontinue the product. It remains subject to termination under Section 13. It does not promise compatibility with future systems or an unlimited entitlement to future versions.

Free, evaluation, educational, promotional, subscription, and other specially offered licenses have only the additional limits clearly disclosed and agreed when they are acquired. We will not treat an ordinary paid perpetual license as a subscription or evaluation license after purchase.

3. Restrictions and permitted integrations

Except as expressly permitted by this agreement, a separate applicable license, or law that overrides the restriction, you may not redistribute, sell, rent, lend, sublicense, or provide unauthorized copies of the Software or license credentials; bypass activation, copy protection, or access controls to obtain unlicensed use; or remove proprietary notices.

You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or create derivative versions of the Software’s code except where the restriction is prohibited by applicable law or a controlling third-party license. This does not prohibit creating your own presets, patches, patterns, samples, scripts, or integrations through features and interfaces the Software provides. Using documented MCP, MIDI, SysEx, API, import, export, and scripting capabilities for authorized purposes is permitted.

You may not use the Software to violate another person’s rights or applicable law. You must have the necessary rights to content you import, process, distribute, or send to connected services.

A transfer of your license to another person requires our written consent unless applicable law gives you a right to transfer it without consent. Moving your own installation between computers under Section 2 is not a transfer to another licensee.

4. Ownership, creative output, and factory content

We and our licensors retain our rights in the Software and the material supplied with it. You receive the rights expressly granted here, not ownership of our code or bundled assets.

You retain whatever rights you have in your music, recordings, MIDI, sequences, arrangements, sound designs, and other original work. This agreement does not give Analog Dessert ownership of your work or require royalties, attribution, or our permission to release it commercially. It does not establish rights in third-party material or guarantee that work created with an AI service qualifies for intellectual property protection.

You may sell or share original presets, patches, patterns, and sound-design material you create. Recipients who need the Software to use that material must have their own authorized access. Your distribution may not include unauthorized copies of our Software or bundled assets.

We grant you a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use bundled presets, patterns, samples, wavetables, and other factory content in your musical works, performances, audiovisual productions, games, and client projects. You may also modify factory presets and patterns and sell or share your versions. The one limit is that you may not redistribute our unmodified factory files themselves as a library or product.

You may distribute recordings and sample libraries of any sounds you make with the Software, including sounds made from factory settings, without restriction. Separately identified third-party content remains subject to its disclosed license.

Rights in your original work, and permissions for productions lawfully created under this section, continue after the Software license ends. They do not authorize making new use of the Software after termination.

5. Versions, updates, support, and compatibility

Your entitlement includes the product, edition, versions, formats, features, and update or support commitments expressly included in your purchase or other acquisition. We will honor those commitments. General language in this agreement does not cancel a specific promise made as part of your transaction.

For an Oscillato license purchased under an Early Access offer promising free updates throughout version 1.x, every 1.x update we release for the licensed edition is included without an additional license fee. This does not require a particular release schedule or promise a version 2.x upgrade. Other products and offers retain their own disclosed update entitlements, including any previously promised upgrades.

Except for an express commitment or legal obligation, we do not promise a particular future feature, update, support period, or response time. New major versions, separate products, and optional services may be offered separately.

Review the stated system requirements and compatibility information before purchase and before updating. We do not promise compatibility with every operating system, DAW, interface, hardware device, third-party client, or future version. This does not excuse a material mismatch with compatibility or functionality we expressly promised. Keep backups of important projects, presets, hardware banks, and installers before changing your system or installing updates.

Early Access or beta status means development is continuing and behavior may change. It does not eliminate your expressly purchased entitlements or mandatory legal rights.

6. Activation and product discontinuation

The Software may use a license key, device authorization, and communication with our licensing services to activate or verify a license. Applicable requirements are described in the product’s activation instructions. This agreement does not itself authorize introducing undisclosed recurring online checks or additional license charges into an existing paid license.

Keep license credentials private. You may request assistance with legitimate device replacements and activation problems. Any reset or verification process must remain consistent with your purchased entitlement.

Discontinuing sales or development does not itself terminate a paid perpetual license. We do not promise to maintain activation services indefinitely, publish source code, or make old software compatible with future systems. Your applicable statutory remedies remain available.

7. MCP, automation, and connected services

Oscillato, Andromeda Editor, and Stepsicle include Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration. The available capabilities depend on the product, edition, version, and configuration. This section also applies to other provided automation and integration interfaces.

A connected client or script can invoke the capabilities exposed to it. Depending on the product, those capabilities may read or change parameters, presets, patterns, routing, transport, or other state; load or save supported files; and send messages to connected software or hardware. An action may overwrite work, change a hardware sound, or produce immediate audio, MIDI, or control output. Do not assume that every command requires a separate confirmation or can be undone.

Configure access deliberately, connect only clients you trust, review their permissions, and back up important work and hardware banks. Use low monitoring levels when testing automation. Do not expose an interface to other devices or the public internet unless the product documentation expressly supports that configuration and you apply its security requirements. A local endpoint is not, by itself, a guarantee against access by other software on your computer.

A third-party AI assistant or other connected client may send prompts, tool requests, responses, names, project information, or other available content to its provider. A connection to a local Analog Dessert component does not establish that the client’s processing remains local. Review the client’s privacy settings, retention practices, and terms before providing confidential material or credentials.

Third-party services not supplied by Analog Dessert are governed by their providers’ terms. Their fees, availability, output, and data practices are not under our control. We do not guarantee the accuracy of AI instructions, the suitability of generated changes, or continued interoperability with every third-party client. These statements do not disclaim responsibility for our own Software, representations, or conduct beyond the lawful limits in Sections 10 and 11.

This agreement grants no permission to a third-party provider to train on or reuse your work. Any such permission must come from your separate arrangement with that provider. MCP access does not expand your license to the Software or authorize access to another person’s systems or content.

8. Audio, MIDI, hardware, and visual safety

Audio and hardware warning. Audio software and connected instruments can produce unexpectedly loud output after a parameter change, routing change, feedback condition, automated command, or malfunction. Loud output can harm hearing and equipment. Start with low monitoring levels, check routing, and test changes before increasing volume. These precautions do not guarantee that every failure will be prevented.

Products that control hardware can change live settings or overwrite stored data. Back up hardware patches and banks before sending bulk data or automated changes. Confirm the target device, MIDI routing, and any write operation before proceeding.

Control-voltage warning. Where a product provides CV output, use only suitable interfaces and compatible hardware inputs, and follow their documented voltage, polarity, and connection requirements. Do not route CV-designated outputs to speakers, headphones, or ordinary monitoring paths. A feature described here applies only where the product actually provides it.

Some interfaces contain moving, flashing, or rapidly changing visual elements. Stop using the relevant visual features if they cause symptoms or discomfort, and seek medical advice when appropriate.

Commercial and live use is permitted. For an important performance, session, or hardware operation, test the actual setup beforehand and maintain appropriate backups or a fallback. These warnings do not waive claims for injury, defective products, or other matters preserved by Section 11 or applicable law.

9. Privacy and data handling

Our Privacy Policy, available at https://analogdessert.com/privacy/, describes our handling of personal information, including purchase, support, and license-activation information. Product documentation describes the applicable technical connections. The policy and documentation must reflect the actual product behavior; this agreement does not establish a blanket promise that the Software never uses the internet or that connected clients collect no data.

Acceptance of this agreement is not consent to optional advertising, analytics, marketing, or AI training, and does not waive privacy rights. Any consent required by applicable law must be obtained separately. The practices of a third-party client are addressed in that provider’s disclosures, as explained in Section 7.

10. Warranty disclaimer

EXCEPT FOR EXPRESS WARRANTIES OR COMMITMENTS WE MAKE AS PART OF YOUR TRANSACTION, AND RIGHTS OR GUARANTEES THAT APPLICABLE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW US TO EXCLUDE, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE EXTENT LEGALLY PERMITTED, WE DISCLAIM IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

SUBJECT TO THOSE EXCEPTIONS, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, FREE OF SECURITY VULNERABILITIES, OR COMPATIBLE WITH EVERY SYSTEM, OR THAT EVERY DEFECT WILL BE CORRECTED.

This section does not negate an express warranty, a purchased entitlement, or a legally required remedy. It does not convert an inaccurate product description into an accurate one or eliminate responsibility for a deceptive representation.

11. Limitation of liability

THE EXCLUSIONS AND CAP BELOW ARE SUBJECT TO THE EXCEPTIONS IN THIS SECTION.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, neither Analog Dessert nor its members, managers, employees, or agents is liable under this agreement for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from the Software. This includes lost profits, lost bookings, lost business opportunities, and loss or corruption of data only to the extent those losses constitute an excluded category of damages. A label does not make a direct loss an indirect loss.

Subject to the same exceptions, the aggregate monetary liability of Analog Dessert and those persons for claims concerning an affected Software license will not exceed the greater of (a) US $100 or (b) the total license and upgrade fees you actually paid for that affected license. If a single claim concerns multiple licenses, their applicable fees are combined and the US $100 floor applies once. This cap does not decline merely because a year has passed.

These limitations apply regardless of whether an ordinary claim is based on contract, tort, including ordinary negligence, or another legal theory, and whether the possibility of the loss was known.

Neither the exclusions nor the cap applies to death or personal injury; fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; gross negligence; willful or wanton misconduct; our express payment or refund obligations; or any liability, damages, statutory remedy, or other right that applicable law prohibits us from excluding or limiting. Mandatory consumer remedies, including any legally protected damages and fee awards, are preserved.

The warnings, third-party provisions, and other sections of this agreement do not expand these limitations or reinstate a limitation excluded here. If a limitation is unenforceable for a particular claim, that claim remains subject to applicable law rather than an absolute waiver.

12. Purchases and refunds

The price, license entitlement, and refund policy disclosed before purchase govern the transaction, subject to mandatory law and any more favorable express commitment. Unless that policy or applicable law provides otherwise, digital purchases are final and we do not offer change-of-mind refunds.

This does not exclude remedies for non-delivery, materially misdescribed software, failure to meet an applicable warranty, or other circumstances in which a remedy is required by law. Contact us or the authorized seller through which you purchased to report a delivery or licensing problem. No provision here requires you to exhaust a support process before exercising a statutory right or preserving a claim deadline.

Where local law requires a separate express request or acknowledgment before immediate digital delivery affects a cancellation right, acceptance of this EULA alone does not supply it. Any required request, acknowledgment, and confirmation must be handled in the purchase process.

13. Suspension and termination

You may terminate your license by stopping use and deleting your copies. Voluntary termination does not itself create a refund entitlement.

We may terminate an affected license, with notice, for a material breach of this agreement, subject to applicable law.

We may temporarily suspend affected access when reasonably necessary to address unauthorized use or a concrete security threat. A suspension must be proportionate to that issue. We will provide notice and an opportunity to resolve the issue when reasonably practicable and legally permitted.

On valid termination, stop using the affected Software and delete its copies, except for copies you must retain by law and may not use. A refund that validly cancels a license also ends further use of that license. Your existing creative works remain yours under Section 4.

Product discontinuation, a good-faith complaint, an honest review, or exercise of a legal right is not by itself a ground for termination. Accrued claims and the provisions concerning intellectual property, existing creative output, privacy, lawful liability limits, outstanding payment or refund duties, dispute resolution, and interpretation survive to the extent needed to give them effect.

14. Governing law and disputes

Ohio law and applicable United States federal law govern this agreement, except that this choice does not deprive a consumer of mandatory protections applicable where the consumer resides.

For a non-consumer business dispute, the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts in Summit County, Ohio, or, where federal jurisdiction exists, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. For a consumer dispute, those courts are available but this agreement does not prohibit proceedings in another court with jurisdiction under applicable law. Either party may bring a qualifying claim in an appropriate small-claims court.

We encourage you to contact us so we can try to resolve a problem. Doing so is not a prerequisite to filing a claim, obtaining urgent relief, contacting a regulator, or meeting a legal deadline. This agreement does not require arbitration, waive class or representative proceedings, waive a jury trial, or shorten a statutory limitation period.

15. Agreement versions and existing licenses

We may offer revised terms for future purchases or updates. We will identify the revised version and obtain any acceptance required for it to apply. Posting new terms online, changing a link, or changing the copy bundled with a later download does not by itself amend an earlier agreement.

Declining revised terms does not by itself terminate your right to keep using a previously licensed version under its existing agreement. An update does not silently revoke a perpetual license, remove an already purchased entitlement, or waive an accrued claim. We will honor update rights already included in your purchase and any applicable legal obligation.

Keep the agreement and purchase confirmation supplied with your license. You may request a copy of an applicable archived agreement from us. An archive records contract history; its presence does not require everyone to accept the newest version.

16. Third-party components and distribution channels

The Software may contain third-party or open-source components with separate license terms. Those terms govern the relevant components and take precedence over a conflicting restriction here. This agreement does not remove rights granted under those licenses. Applicable notices and any required offers for source code are provided with the relevant distribution.

An authorized store or distributor may have separate terms governing payment, delivery, account services, or platform use. Any mandatory platform terms and applicable consumer protections remain effective. A distributor’s unrelated terms do not automatically amend a license you previously accepted with us.

References to third-party brands identify compatibility or other relevant facts and do not imply sponsorship or endorsement.

17. General terms and order of precedence

This agreement, together with the product-specific license entitlements and express commitments included in your transaction, states our agreement about use of the Software. It does not eliminate legally actionable representations or mandatory protections.

If terms conflict, mandatory law controls. Subject to that, a separate agreement signed by you and Analog Dessert controls to the extent it expressly addresses the conflict. Product-specific terms disclosed and agreed before acquisition control the identified entitlement, such as seat count, duration, edition, or included updates, but do not silently replace the consumer-rights protections here. This EULA controls over general website terms regarding Software licensing, Software warranties and liability, Software-related disputes, and changes to this EULA. The Privacy Policy describes data practices and does not independently expand your Software license or waive your privacy rights.

If a provision is unenforceable, it is omitted or limited only to the extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions continue where they can lawfully operate. A court is not required to rewrite an unlawful provision to preserve our preferred result. Failure to enforce a term on one occasion does not waive it for every occasion.

We may assign this agreement with a transfer of the relevant business or product if the successor assumes our obligations and your existing rights are preserved. Your transfers remain subject to Section 3 and applicable law.

Notices may be given through a reasonably reliable electronic channel associated with your license, or by another legally valid method. A notice does not substitute for your acceptance of a material contract change when acceptance is required.

18. Contact

Analog Dessert LLC

Email: analog.dessert@gmail.com

Website: https://analogdessert.com/

Current EULA and archives: https://analogdessert.com/eula/

Bought before this version? Your purchase stays under the terms you accepted then. The previous agreement is at version 2.0.