These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Absynth808.com, including its pages, music players, artwork, articles, downloads, software, and other content or services made available through the website.
The website is operated under the name Absynth 808 (“Absynth 808,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
By accessing the website or downloading software from it, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the website or download the software.
You must be legally capable of agreeing to these Terms.
If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the website only with the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian.
Children under 13 should not submit names, email addresses, messages, or other personal information through the website.
Absynth808.com is an artist and music-production website featuring original music, artwork, written content, links to third-party music platforms, and downloadable creative software, including the Downtempo 808 audio plugin.
The availability, appearance, features, and content of the website may change at any time.
Unless otherwise stated, all original content appearing on the website is owned by or licensed to Absynth 808. This includes:
The website and its content are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws.
No ownership rights are transferred to you by visiting the website, streaming music, or downloading a file.
You may access and view the website for lawful personal purposes.
You may share ordinary links to publicly available pages. You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, scrape, mirror, frame, sell, or commercially exploit website content without prior written permission.
You may not remove watermarks, copyright notices, branding, attribution, or other ownership information from website content.
Listening to or streaming music through the website does not grant you permission to copy, sample, synchronize, remix, distribute, sell, publicly perform, or otherwise use that music.
Instrumental licensing, beat licensing, or other commercial music permissions may be offered separately through BeatStars or another specifically identified licensing platform. Any such license is governed by the terms presented at the point of purchase or licensing.
Artwork may not be reproduced, sold, used as cover artwork, incorporated into merchandise, or used for commercial promotion without written permission.
Nothing in these Terms grants you any rights to the Absynth 808 name, logos, characters, visual identity, or associated branding.
Unless we provide express written permission, you may not use automated systems to scrape, crawl, extract, download, index, or reproduce substantial portions of the website or its content.
You may not use music, recordings, compositions, artwork, writing, characters, software, presets, website content, or other materials from Absynth808.com to:
This restriction does not prevent ordinary indexing by legitimate search engines for the limited purpose of displaying search results.
When Downtempo 808 or another software product is offered as a free download, the software is licensed—not sold—to you.
Subject to these Terms, you receive a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable license to download, install, and use the software in object-code form on devices that you own or control.
You may use Downtempo 808 to create music, sound design, videos, games, performances, broadcasts, and other audio or audiovisual productions.
You may use the plugin in both personal and commercial productions.
You retain ownership of the original productions you create with the plugin. Absynth 808 does not claim royalties, publishing rights, ownership, or revenue participation merely because you used the plugin.
Attribution is appreciated but is not required unless a separate written license accompanying a particular release states otherwise.
You may not:
You may make reasonable backup copies for your own use.
We are not required to provide updates, technical support, backward compatibility, new operating-system versions, or continued availability.
We may modify, suspend, replace, or discontinue the plugin or its download at any time.
Downtempo 808 may be labeled as beta, preview, experimental, or prerelease software.
Beta software may contain defects, incomplete features, compatibility problems, audio glitches, crashes, performance issues, or other errors. It may behave differently across digital audio workstations, operating systems, sample rates, hardware configurations, and project settings.
You are responsible for:
Do not rely on beta software as the only copy of important audio, settings, presets, or project information.
Software offered through the website may include or rely upon third-party libraries, frameworks, codecs, or other components.
Those components may be governed by separate open-source or third-party licenses. Applicable notices may be included with the installer, documentation, source distribution, or software package.
Where a third-party license conflicts with these Terms, that third-party license controls only with respect to the applicable third-party component.
You are responsible for deciding whether a download is suitable for your computer, operating system, digital audio workstation, and security requirements.
Although we intend to provide legitimate files, no internet download can be guaranteed to be completely free from defects, corruption, compatibility issues, or security risks.
You should maintain current backups and security software and independently verify downloaded files when appropriate.
You download and install software at your own risk.
When you send a message through the contact form or by email, you represent that your message is lawful and does not infringe another person's rights.
You retain ownership of original material contained in your message.
If you voluntarily provide suggestions, bug reports, feature requests, testing notes, or other feedback regarding the website or Downtempo 808, you grant us permission to use that feedback to evaluate, improve, market, and develop our products without compensation or obligation to you.
This feedback permission does not transfer ownership of your music, unreleased recordings, or other creative work merely because you contact us.
Do not send confidential business information, passwords, private keys, financial information, or sensitive personal information through the contact form.
You may not use the website to:
We may block or restrict access associated with suspected abuse.
The website may display embedded content or links involving SoundCloud, BeatStars, Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, Instagram, X, Google, and other third-party services.
We do not control those platforms. Their services, content, availability, security, purchases, cookies, and data practices are governed by their own terms and policies.
A link or embed does not necessarily mean that we endorse every statement, product, advertisement, or activity appearing on that platform.
Any transaction made through a third-party platform is between you and that provider unless expressly stated otherwise.
We respect intellectual-property rights.
To report material on Absynth808.com that you believe infringes your copyright, email info@absynth808.com and include:
Knowingly submitting a false claim may result in legal liability.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website, software, downloads, music players, files, and all related content are provided "as is" and "as available."
Absynth 808 disclaims all express and implied warranties, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, noninfringement, accuracy, reliability, compatibility, availability, and freedom from defects.
We do not guarantee that:
Some jurisdictions do not permit certain warranty exclusions, so portions of this section may not apply to you.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Absynth 808 and its owners, contributors, contractors, and collaborators will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages arising from or related to the website or software.
This includes loss of projects, recordings, presets, income, profits, business opportunities, reputation, data, equipment use, or production time.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability arising from the website, the plugin, or these Terms will not exceed the greater of:
Because Downtempo 808 is currently provided free of charge, this limitation is an important part of the basis on which the software is made available.
Some jurisdictions do not allow particular liability limitations, so portions of this section may not apply to you.
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Absynth 808 and its owners, contributors, contractors, and collaborators from claims, losses, liabilities, and reasonable expenses arising from:
This section does not require indemnification for conduct that cannot legally be indemnified.
We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to the website or its downloads when we reasonably believe someone has violated these Terms, threatened the website's security, infringed intellectual-property rights, or engaged in unlawful conduct.
Upon termination of your software license, you must stop distributing or using unauthorized copies. Provisions concerning ownership, restrictions, disclaimers, liability, and dispute resolution survive termination.
We may update these Terms as the website, software, or applicable practices change.
The revised Terms will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date. Material changes may also be announced through the website.
Your continued use of the website after revised Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Georgia, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in Georgia, unless applicable consumer law requires another location or procedure.
Before filing a legal claim, you agree to contact us and make a reasonable effort to resolve the dispute informally.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, AI Use Policy, and any separate software license included with a download, constitute the agreement between you and Absynth 808 regarding the website.
If a provision is found unenforceable, it will be modified only to the extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain effective.
Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of that provision.
You may not transfer your rights under these Terms without our written permission. We may transfer our rights and obligations in connection with a reorganization, business transfer, or change in website ownership.
Questions about these Terms may be sent to:
General inquiries: info@absynth808.com
Downtempo 808 support and bug reports: downtempo@absynth808.com