Terms of Service

What this is

BeatTape Labs ("the app," "we," "us") is a tool that reshapes the tone, width, dynamics, and loudness of a track you upload, toward a measured numeric profile of a named mastering/mixing engineer's typical work. It runs entirely in your browser — we never receive, store, or process your audio.

The engineer names and the "preset" labels used in the app are descriptive and reference publicly known, real production credits for color and recognizability. Nothing in this app is endorsed, sponsored, or approved by those engineers, and using the app doesn't imply any affiliation with them.

Accounts

You need an account (just an email address) to use the app. You must be 18 or older. Sign-in uses a one-time emailed link instead of a password — keep access to your email secure, since whoever can open that link can access your account.

Credits and payment

• Mastering and mixing previews/auditions are free once signed in. A credit is spent only when you actually download a WAV, MP3, or stems ZIP.
• Credits are purchased in packs via Stripe, at the prices shown in the app at time of purchase. Credits don't expire.
• All sales are final. We don't offer refunds except where required by law, or at our own discretion for a genuine technical failure on our end (e.g. a payment that went through but never credited your account).
• Pricing may change at any time; it won't change retroactively on credits you've already bought.

Acceptable use

• Don't attempt to bypass the credit system (e.g. scripting around the download gate) to obtain downloads without paying for them.
• Don't resell or redistribute the app itself, or represent output from it as personally mastered or endorsed by the named engineers.
• Don't upload or process content you don't have the rights to, or use the app for anything illegal.

Your content, your rights

You keep all rights to whatever you upload and whatever comes out the other end. We claim no ownership over your audio — we never even receive a copy of it, since everything runs client-side.

No warranty

The app is provided "as is." We don't guarantee any particular audio outcome, that the app will be error-free, or that it will always be available. Mastering/mixing is inherently subjective — "shaped toward a measured signature" is a description of method, not a promise about how the result will sound to you.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the app. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you actually paid us in the 12 months before the claim.

Termination

We can suspend or terminate an account that violates these terms (e.g. abuse of the credit system). Unused credits on a terminated account for cause are forfeited; a good-faith account closure request is handled case by case.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Any dispute goes to the applicable court in Denton County, Texas (justice court for claims up to its jurisdictional limit), or the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division for federal claims. No arbitration requirement.

Changes

We may update these terms; the date at the top will reflect that. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the update.

Contact

groundworksoundco@gmail.com