Terms of Service

Last updated: July 01, 2025

Please read these Terms of Service (“Terms”) carefully before using PadPlaySampler (the “App”). By downloading or using the App, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

Article 1 (Scope)

These Terms govern the conditions under which PadPlaySampler (hereinafter referred to as “Operator”) provides the App. Users (hereinafter referred to as “User” or “you”) are deemed to have accepted these Terms upon first use or download.

Article 2 (License Grant and Prohibited Acts)

  1. The Operator grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to use the App.

  2. You shall not:

  • Reverse engineer, decompile, modify, or redistribute the App.
  • Publicly share or distribute any audio samples captured via the App’s sampling function without proper authorization.
  • Infringe any intellectual property rights (including copyrights or trademarks) of the Operator or third parties.
  • Import, record, edit, save, export, publish, share, distribute, or otherwise use any audio, video, or other material through the App unless you have the necessary rights, licenses, permissions, or other legal authority to do so.
  • Use the App to create, export, publish, share, distribute, sell, or otherwise make available any content that infringes or may infringe the copyrights, neighboring rights, trademarks, publicity rights, privacy rights, or other rights of any third party.

Article 3 (Intellectual Property)

All intellectual property rights (including copyrights, trademarks, and logos such as AKAI® and other device trademarks) related to the App and its content belong to the Operator or their respective rights holders. You may not reproduce, modify, or distribute such content without prior permission.

Preset sounds, sample sounds, drum kits, images, text, designs, and other content included in the App may be used only within the scope of normal use of the App, including performance, editing, music creation, and audio export using the App, unless otherwise stated.

You may not extract, copy, redistribute, sell, publish, sublicense, or otherwise make available any preset sounds, sample sounds, drum kits, or other App content as standalone materials, sound libraries, sample packs, or similar resources.

Article 4 (Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability)

  1. All rights to audio you sample using the App belong to you. The Operator makes no guarantees regarding your rights to such content and assumes no liability for any disputes arising therefrom.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that any audio, video, or other material imported into, edited within, saved by, exported from, or otherwise used with the App may be lawfully used by you. If any dispute arises with a third party in connection with such material or with any content created, exported, published, shared, distributed, or sold by you using the App, you shall resolve such dispute at your own responsibility and expense, and the Operator shall assume no liability.

The App may provide audio export functions, including WAV export. The Operator does not guarantee that exported files will be error-free, compatible with all devices, software, platforms, or services, suitable for any particular purpose, or successfully saved in all environments.

The Operator shall not be liable for any failure, interruption, corruption, loss, degradation, timing error, audio quality issue, or incompatibility related to exported audio files, except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Operator.

  1. The Operator shall not be liable for any damages (including data loss, loss of profits, or device damage) arising from use of the App, except in cases of willful misconduct or gross negligence.

  2. You assume full responsibility for connecting and configuring any MIDI devices to the App or your device.

  3. The Operator shall not be liable for any device malfunctions, failures, data loss, or communication errors resulting from such connections.

  4. Please review the App’s recommended environment and supported devices on the official website before use.

Article 5 (Subscriptions, Cancellation, and Refunds)

  1. The App provides paid features via subscription.

  2. Subscription billing, cancellation, and refunds are governed by the App Store and Google Play policies. EU users benefit from a 14-day cooling-off period.

  3. In certain regions (e.g., Brazil, India), applicable local taxes (e.g., VAT) may be automatically added.

Article 6 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

These Terms shall be governed by Japanese law. Any disputes arising in connection with the App shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court as the court of first instance.

Article 7 (Trademark Attribution)

  1. All product names, trademarks, and logos used in the App are the property of their respective rights holders.

  2. When displaying connected device names, the App will include ™ or ® symbols where feasible. If manual annotation for every device is impractical, the general attribution in Article 8 will apply.

  3. Trademark usage in the App does not imply endorsement or guarantee by the Operator.

Article 8 (General Trademark Attribution)

  1. All third-party trademarks, product names, and logos displayed in the App are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  2. When explicit trademark symbols cannot be added, this general attribution shall serve as appropriate acknowledgment.

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