Last updated September 2026
This Waves Audio Software End User License Agreement has been revised to include important updates. Please review this updated Agreement carefully, as it governs your continued use of the Software.
Prior versions of this Agreement can be found at EULA archive.
This Waves Audio Software End User License Agreement ("Agreement") contains important information about your rights and responsibilities, so please take a moment to read them carefully. Some sections of this Agreement include short summary boxes to make it easier to understand. These summaries are for guidance only and are not legally binding. If there is any inconsistency between a summary and the legal provisions that follow, the legal provisions control.
This Agreement applies to software products and related technical and support services offered (directly or indirectly) by Waves Audio Ltd. (#511607046), with principal offices located at Azrieli Center 3, The Triangle Tower, 32nd Floor, 132 Derech Menachem Begin, Tel Aviv, Israel 67023 (or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, collectively "Waves," "we," "our," or "us"). "Website" means the Waves website located at www.waves.com and any successor website that Waves operates.
By affirmatively accepting this Agreement when it is presented to you, including in connection with a purchase, registration, installation, activation, renewal, update, upgrade, transfer, reactivation, or other transaction, you agree to be bound by this Agreement and the Terms of Use ("ToU"). The Privacy Notice describes how Waves processes personal information in connection with the Software. Any later amendment to this Agreement applies only as provided in Section 23. If you do not accept this Agreement or the ToU, you may not complete the applicable transaction or use the Software to the extent acceptance of this Agreement is required.
If you have any questions about this Agreement or how we handle your personal information, please contact our support team.
Key Points to Note:
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TOU DO NOT INSTALL, ACTIVATE, ACCESS, COPY, OR OTHERWISE USE THE SOFTWARE.
If there is any conflict between this Agreement and the ToU, this Agreement governs solely with respect to the licensing, installation, activation, updating, maintenance, and use of the Software and the Support Services. The ToU governs all other aspects of your relationship with Waves unless this Agreement expressly provides otherwise.
Software is licensed, not sold, and Waves retains ownership of it. You must be 18, or at least 16 with a parent’s or guardian’s permission. Do not use the Software to process specially regulated data unless Waves authorizes it in writing. If you act for an organization, you must have authority to bind it. Export and sanctions restrictions apply.
For purposes of this Agreement, the "Software" includes:
The Software is protected by intellectual property and other U.S. and foreign laws. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, Waves and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Software (including all worldwide intellectual property rights), such as copyrights (including moral rights, as applicable), patents and patent applications, trademarks, service marks, and trade dress, trade secrets and know-how, database rights, and all derivative works, improvements, and modifications. Without derogating from the foregoing, you may not use any Waves trademarks or logos without our prior written permission. You further agree not to remove, deface, or destroy any copyright notice or other proprietary markings contained in the Software.
Purchasing a License does not transfer Software ownership. The Software is licensed, not sold, and Waves and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in it except for the limited rights expressly granted under this Agreement.
You acknowledge that the Software is not designed for the intentional collection or processing of highly regulated or special category personal data (such as health, biometric, or genetic information) except where expressly permitted by Waves in writing. You agree not to upload, transmit, or use such highly regulated data in connection with the Software without Waves’s prior written authorization. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Waves disclaims liability arising from your unauthorized use of the Software to process or store such highly regulated personal data.
Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old or at least 16 with parental permission. Waves does not knowingly collect data from users younger than 16.
If you accept this Agreement on behalf of a corporation or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind it. In that case, "you" means the organization, and you are not personally liable solely because you accepted on its behalf. If you lack authority, you must not accept this Agreement or use the Software for that organization.
You may not access or use the Software if applicable law prohibits you from doing so. Your access to and use of the Software are subject to Section 20.
Your License grants limited rights to use the Software. A Perpetual License has an indefinite term, but Account and License-verification requirements still apply, and deleting your Account may ultimately cause the Software to revert to demo mode. A Subscription License continues through its current paid term; if Account deletion is requested during that term, the Account remains active until the last paid Subscription Term ends and is then deleted.
License Rights
Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and payment of all applicable fees, Waves grants you a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable license, except as expressly permitted under Section 22, to use the Software during the applicable License Term, solely as provided in this Agreement and the applicable Supplement, if any (a "License").
"License Term" means the period during which a particular License remains in effect, including any renewal period(s). The License Term of a Perpetual License continues indefinitely unless terminated in accordance with this Agreement. Account, activation, and License-verification requirements applicable to a License remain applicable throughout the License Term.
The License Term of a Trial, NFR, or Beta License is the period specified by Waves or the applicable Supplement. Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Supplement, Waves may suspend or terminate any Trial, NFR, or Beta License at any time upon notice to you, or immediately where reasonably necessary for security, legal, operational, or program-management reasons.
A License may be suspended or terminated only as expressly provided in this Agreement including in this section and Section 15 or as required by applicable law. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no license is granted by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.
Certain Software products are subject to additional product-specific licensing terms contained in the applicable Supplement. Each Supplement forms part of this Agreement and is incorporated by reference. If there is any conflict between this Agreement and a Supplement regarding a particular Software product, the Supplement controls solely with respect to that Software product.
"Use" means storing, installing, loading, activating, accessing, executing, displaying, operating, or otherwise using the Software solely for your own internal personal or business purposes, without any right to commercially replicate or distribute the Software, whether in full, in part, or as incorporated into or used as part of any derived software.
Except as expressly permitted, you may not commercially replicate or redistribute the Software or incorporate it into software distributed to third parties.
You may make one backup copy solely for disaster recovery purposes.
Except where prohibited by applicable law or as expressly provided in this Agreement, License fees are non-refundable.
Number of Devices
"Device" means a computer, workstation, server, virtual machine, cloud instance, container, or other separately operating computing environment on which the Software is installed or used.
Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Supplement, each License permits use of the Software on one Device at a time. A License is granted on a per-Device basis, not per user, company, or site. Each virtual machine, cloud instance, container, or other separately operating computing environment constitutes a separate Device unless expressly stated otherwise.
License Types
Waves may offer different License types, including the following:
You should note that changes made by third parties—including end-of-life decisions—may cause the Software to cease functioning in whole or in part. Waves has no obligation to update the Software to maintain compatibility with future third-party technologies.
A Subscription License permits you to use the Software during the monthly or annual subscription period disclosed when you purchase the Subscription License (each, a "Subscription Term").
If you request deletion of your Account while one or more paid Subscription Licenses remain active, the Account will remain fully active through the end of the last current paid Subscription Term and will then be deleted. During that period, the Subscription Licenses and other Licenses associated with the Account remain in their existing status. The consequences of actual Account deletion, including its effect on any Perpetual Licenses associated with the Account, are described in Sections 4, 5, and 15
Unless you cancel or turn off automatic renewal before the applicable renewal date, your Subscription License will automatically renew for successive Subscription Terms, and Waves will charge your payment method the applicable subscription fee and taxes.
You may view your renewal date and manage, cancel, or turn off automatic renewal for your Subscription License through your Account. You may turn off automatic renewal or cancel your Subscription License, or contact Waves Support. Unless otherwise stated at the time of purchase or required by applicable law, cancellation prevents the next renewal and takes effect at the end of the current paid Subscription Term.
The applicable price, billing frequency, renewal, cancellation, refund, free-trial, promotional, and payment terms are described in the ToU and in the disclosures presented to you when you purchase or manage the Subscription License. Waves will provide any notices and obtain any consents required by applicable law.
If a Subscription License expires or lapses because it is not renewed or the applicable fees are not paid when due, your right to use the Software under that Subscription License ends.
Trial License
A Trial License permits temporary evaluation of the Software. Trial versions may contain restricted functionality. TRIAL SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR WUP EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Not-for-Resale (NFR) Licenses may be used solely for demonstration and evaluation purposes and not for commercial production. NFR LICENSES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR WUP EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Beta Software is pre-release software.
Beta Software may:
You agree to provide reasonable feedback regarding Beta Software upon request. All Beta Software and all related documentation, reports, and information disclosed by Waves constitute Waves’s Confidential Information. For three (3) years after the Beta Software is provided to you, you agree not to disclose such Confidential Information except as permitted by this Agreement. Upon request, you will promptly return or destroy all Beta Software and related confidential materials.
You are strongly encouraged to maintain complete backups before using Beta Software. BETA LICENSES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR WUP, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Use the Software only as licensed. Do not reverse engineer or modify it, redistribute or host it for others, scrape or automate access to it, use it to train or improve AI or machine-learning systems, continue using a replaced version, use it in high-risk systems, or publish benchmark results without Waves’s written consent.
You may only use Software for lawful purposes and in accordance with this Agreement.
All unauthorized use of any Software is strictly prohibited.
You agree not to:
Waves may suspend or terminate access for a violation of this section only in accordance with Section 15.
Most Software requires an active Account for License management, verification, updates, renewals, transfers, and certain other functions. If Account deletion is requested during an active paid Subscription, the Account remains fully active until the last paid Subscription Term ends. Once the Account is deleted, Account-dependent functions become unavailable and Software under a Perpetual License may ultimately revert to demo mode if its License can no longer be verified.
Most Software requires you to create a personal user account (an "Account") and register as an Authorized User. An "Authorized User" is you, as an individual, or an authorized employee or representative of your organization who has been assigned a unique user ID and password. All information you provide to your Account is processed as described in our Privacy Notice.
You should maintain a single Account for all Waves Software and services. If you have created more than one Account, you may contact Waves Support to request that the Accounts be merged, subject to identity and ownership verification and any applicable technical limitations.
An active Account is required to:
Without an active Account, these functions are unavailable.
You must:
You are responsible for all activity conducted through your Account, including through APIs, connectors, or third-party tools. Notify Waves promptly if you suspect any unauthorized use of your Account.
Account Deletion
You may request deletion of your Account. If one or more paid Subscription Licenses remain active, the Account will remain fully active through the end of the last current paid Subscription Term and will then be deleted. During that period, all Licenses associated with the Account, including Perpetual Licenses, remain in their existing status.
Once the Account is deleted, the Account dependent functions described above become unavailable. Software already activated under a Perpetual License may continue to operate while offline, but if it later connects to Waves and the License cannot be verified because the associated Account no longer exists, the Software will revert to demo mode.
Deleting an Account does not itself terminate a Perpetual License, but it has the operational consequences described above.
If you delete your Account in error, you may contact Waves Sales Support promptly to request reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed and may no longer be possible after permanent deletion.
Waves may suspend or restrict an Account as provided in Section 15.
Account deletion does not necessarily result in deletion of all personal information. Waves may retain or process personal information to the extent permitted or required by applicable law. Requests to exercise statutory privacy rights are governed separately by the Privacy Notice and applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement limits those rights.
Some Software requires an active Account and periodic internet communications for activation and License verification. A requested Account deletion does not affect these functions while the Account remains active during a paid Subscription Term. After actual Account deletion, Software under a Perpetual License may continue offline, but will revert to demo mode if it later connects and the License cannot be verified.
Certain Software functionality—including activation, license verification, update checks, diagnostics, fraud prevention, and security features—requires internet connectivity.
Activation technologies help Waves:
During activation, the Software may transmit information including:
The Software may periodically communicate with Waves’s servers without prior notice for these purposes. Internet connectivity is not guaranteed. Temporary interruptions caused by maintenance, third-party failures, security measures, force majeure events, or circumstances beyond Waves’s reasonable control do not constitute a breach of this Agreement. You remain responsible for all internet access charges and telecommunications costs associated with your use of the Software.
If electronic transmission is unavailable, you agree to provide activation information upon reasonable request. Activation information is collected, transmitted, stored, and processed in accordance with the Privacy Notice and applicable law.
If an Account is scheduled for deletion but remains active through a current paid Subscription Term, normal Account functionality and License verification continue during that period. After the Account is actually deleted, Software already activated under a Perpetual License may continue to operate while offline, but if it later connects to Waves and the License cannot be verified because the associated Account no longer exists, the Software will revert to demo mode.
Some Software uses AI. AI Outputs may be inaccurate and may include AI-origin markings. Do not remove those markings and disclose AI-generated or manipulated content where required by law. Review all AI Outputs before using or distributing them. The applicable warranty disclaimers are in Section 16, and the applicable limitations of liability are in Section 17.
Certain Software may include or use artificial intelligence or machine-learning functionality ("AI"), including models and technology supplied by third parties. Your prompts, Inputs, or other information may be processed, transformed, or analysed using AI.
Where required by applicable law, Waves will identify AI-enabled functionality or otherwise inform you when you are interacting directly with an AI system, unless the use of AI is apparent from the circumstances and context.
"AI Output" means any result, response, content, material, recommendation, or other output generated or materially manipulated, in whole or in part, through AI-enabled functionality included in or used by the Software.
AI Transparency Measures
Where required by applicable law, Waves will apply or enable machine-readable marks, metadata, watermarks, content credentials, or other technical measures intended to identify an AI Output as artificially generated or manipulated. Such measures may be embedded in or accompany the AI Output.
You must not knowingly remove, disable, conceal, alter, or circumvent any AI-origin marking, label, metadata, content credential, watermark, or other transparency or provenance measure provided through the Software, except as permitted by applicable law or expressly authorized by Waves.
Your Disclosure Obligations
You are responsible for providing any disclosure required by applicable law when you publish, distribute, communicate, broadcast, or otherwise make an AI Output available to another person.
Without limitation, applicable law may require you to disclose that:
Any such disclosure must be made in the form and manner required by applicable law. Different or limited disclosure requirements may apply to evidently artistic, creative, satirical, fictional, or analogous works.
Nothing in this section excludes, transfers, or limits any transparency, marking, notice, or other obligation imposed directly on Waves that cannot lawfully be excluded, transferred, or limited.
AI Risks
You acknowledge that AI Outputs may:
You are solely responsible for independently reviewing, verifying, and validating each AI Output before using, relying on, publishing, distributing, commercializing, or otherwise exploiting it. This includes determining whether the AI Output is accurate, complete, suitable for your intended purpose, lawful, and consistent with any applicable professional obligations and third-party rights.
The warranties and disclaimers applicable to AI-enabled functionality and AI Outputs are set forth in Section 16. The limitations and exclusions of liability applicable to AI-enabled functionality and AI Outputs are set forth in Section 17.
You retain your rights in Inputs and Outputs. Presets may be public or private, and you may change their status or delete them at any time. While a Preset is public, Waves and other users receive the rights described below. If you make it private or delete it, it will no longer be publicly available, but users who previously saved it may continue to use their copies. Waves does not use Inputs or Outputs to train general AI models without your separate agreement.
Certain Software, including Waves StudioVerse Software, allows you to submit, upload, create, store, or otherwise provide content or information for the Software to process, generate, transform, store, or retrieve.
"Inputs" means any content or information you submit, upload, store, or otherwise provide through the Software, including text prompts, audio files, video files, recordings, audiovisual works, Presets, metadata, and other information.
"Outputs" means results or other materials generated, processed, or transformed from Inputs through your use of the Software. An Output that meets the definition of "AI Output" in Section 6 is also subject to the other provisions of this Agreement concerning AI Outputs.
"Presets" means user-created presets, configurations, parameter settings, signal chains, or similar settings created, submitted, or uploaded through StudioVerse Software. Presets are a type of Inputs.
StudioVerse Presets
Presets are public by default. Before saving a Preset, you may designate it as public or private. A Preset will be treated as a "Private Preset" only if you clearly mark it as private when you upload it through your Account Except as described in this Agreement, a Private Preset will not be made available to other users. Waves and its service providers may access and process Private Presets as described under "How Waves Uses Inputs and Outputs" set forth below.
Any Preset designated as public will be treated as a "Public Preset." whPublic Presets may be made available to other users through community, discovery, search, recommendation, sharing, or similar functionality. After saving a Preset, you may change it from public to private or from private to public at any time. You may delete any Public or Private Preset you created. If you make a Public Preset private or delete it, Waves will cease making that Preset publicly available through StudioVerse, including through community, discovery, search, recommendation, or sharing functionality.
Changing a Public Preset to private or deleting it does not remove copies previously saved locally by other users or revoke rights previously granted to those users. A user who saved a Public Preset locally while it was publicly available may continue to use that saved copy under the license granted below.
The additional terms below apply to Public Presets and control if they conflict with the terms applicable to other Inputs.
By making a Preset public, you acknowledge that it is available while public without any expectation of confidentiality, exclusivity, or restricted use.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, while a Preset is public, you grant Waves a worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, copy, modify, adapt, combine, create derivative works from, display, perform, distribute, publish, share, commercialize, and otherwise exploit the Public Preset for any lawful purpose, without notice, attribution, approval, compensation, or other obligation to you. If you later make the Preset private or delete it, Waves will no longer make the Preset publicly available through StudioVerse but may retain and use copies as reasonably necessary to administer rights previously granted to users or recipients, operate and support the Software, maintain records or backups, comply with applicable law, or as otherwise permitted under "How Waves Uses Inputs and Outputs."
You also grant each user who accesses or receives a Public Preset while it is publicly available a worldwide, royalty-free license to use and copy the Public Preset in connection with that user’s use of the Software. If the user saves the Public Preset locally while it is publicly available, that license continues with respect to the saved copy even if you later make the Preset private or delete it.
The rights granted to Waves and the rights previously granted to users or other recipients survive deletion of your Account and expiration or termination of this Agreement, subject to the restrictions above on Waves continuing to make a Preset publicly available after you make it private or delete it. Except for the rights you grant under this Agreement, you retain any ownership rights that may exist in the Public Preset. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you waive any moral rights or similar rights that would restrict the exercise those rights.
Nothing in this subsection limits any non-waivable right under applicable law to retrieve content or require Waves to cease or restrict its use. Any rights already granted to other users or recipients remain effective to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Your Rights and Responsibilities
As between you and Waves, and subject to applicable law, third-party rights, and the licenses and other rights granted under this Agreement:
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Waves assigns to you any rights that Waves may have in those Outputs. Outputs may not be unique, and other users may receive the same or similar results. Your rights in an Output do not extend to Outputs generated for other users.
Any ownership rights you have in Inputs or Outputs do not include any Waves technology, Software, models, algorithms, tools, workflows, templates, interfaces, documentation, or other materials owned or licensed by Waves that are incorporated into, used to generate, or otherwise associated with an Output. Waves and its licensors retain all rights in those materials.
Your rights in an Output also do not extend to third-party materials incorporated into or used to generate the Output. Your use of those materials remains subject to applicable law and any applicable third-party terms.
You represent and warrant that:
You are responsible for the legality, accuracy, and appropriateness of all Inputs that you submit and for your use of Outputs.
How Waves Uses Inputs and Outputs
Waves processes Inputs and Outputs only as described in this section and does not use them to train, fine-tune, or improve general artificial intelligence or machine-learning models unless you separately and expressly agree.
By submitting Inputs or receiving Outputs, you grant Waves a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to:
Waves may retain Inputs and Outputs for as long as reasonably necessary for these purposes, subject to the Privacy Notice and applicable law.
Waves may permit its affiliates, hosting providers, contractors, and other service providers to access and process Inputs and Outputs solely on Waves’s behalf, in accordance with Waves’s instructions, and only as reasonably necessary to provide, operate, support, secure, or maintain the Software or perform the other purposes described above.
Such service providers receive no ownership rights in your Inputs or Outputs and may not use them for their own independent purposes.
Prohibited Content and Conduct
You must not submit, upload, transmit, create, store, or use through the Software any Input containing:
You must not knowingly use, publish, distribute, or otherwise exploit an Output in a manner that violates applicable law, this Agreement, or any third-party right. Additionally, you must not knowingly apply inaccurate, deceptive, or misleading tags, classifications, descriptions, identifiers, or audio IDs to a Preset or other content.
Waves may remove, restrict, disable, or refuse to process any Input, Output, or Preset, or suspend or terminate access to relevant functionality, only as permitted under Section 15 or as otherwise required by applicable law.
Technical Support is available for eligible Licenses unless a Supplement states otherwise, but an active Account may be required for License verification and full Support Services. Subscription Licenses include WUP during each paid Subscription Term; Perpetual Licenses include WUP for the first 12 months.
General
Waves provides technical support for the Software ("Technical Support") and maintenance and update services through the Waves Update Plan ("WUP"). Technical Support and WUP are collectively referred to as "Support Services."
Unless otherwise stated in an applicable Supplement, Support Services are provided subject to Waves’s then-current support policies, procedures, eligibility requirements, supported-product requirements, and available support channels.
Before installing any update, upgrade, maintenance release, or other Software version, you are responsible for confirming that your Device satisfies the applicable system requirements.
Technical Support
Unless otherwise stated in an applicable Supplement, Waves provides Technical Support without additional charge for all License types.
Technical Support consists of the standard technical assistance that Waves generally makes available for the applicable Software. Technical Support does not include any right to receive updates, upgrades, maintenance releases, new versions, new features, or other benefits included in WUP.
Technical Support may be limited to Software versions and operating environments that Waves then supports. To the extent permitted by applicable law, after releasing a newer version of the Software, Waves may discontinue Technical Support for an older version upon at least sixty (60) days’ notice, unless immediate discontinuation is reasonably necessary because of a security risk, legal requirement, third-party discontinuation, or circumstance beyond Waves’s reasonable control.
WUP
WUP provides the maintenance, update, upgrade, and related benefits made available under the then-current Waves Update Plan for the applicable Software.
The particular updates, upgrades, maintenance releases, benefits, eligibility requirements, and other features included in WUP are governed by the then-current Waves Update Plan terms, subject to applicable law.
Subscription License Support Services
Unless otherwise stated in an applicable Supplement, a Subscription License includes both Technical Support and WUP throughout each Subscription Term without any additional Support Services fee. If the Subscription License expires or terminates, the included WUP ends when the applicable Subscription Term ends.
Perpetual License Support Services
An active Account is required to purchase or renew WUP and to obtain updates or upgrades requiring Account-based License management or verification.
Unless otherwise stated in an applicable Supplement, a Perpetual License includes:
After the initial 12-month WUP period ends, you may purchase or renew WUP for the applicable Perpetual License by paying the then-applicable fee.
Failure to purchase or renew WUP:
WUP applies only to the specific Software, License type, and number of Licenses for which it was purchased or otherwise provided.
Compatibility
Waves does not guarantee backward compatibility, forward compatibility, interoperability with future third-party software or hardware, or continued compatibility following changes made by operating-system vendors, hardware manufacturers, browser developers, cloud providers, digital-audio-workstation developers, or other third parties.
Waves handles personal information under its Privacy Notice. Feedback you voluntarily provide is non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be used without restriction or compensation.
Privacy Notice
Waves processes personal information as described in the Privacy Notice. The Privacy Notice explains how Waves collects, uses, stores, transfers, shares, retains, and protects personal information. Requesting or completing deletion of your Account does not waive or limit any privacy right you may have under applicable law. Account closure and requests to exercise statutory rights concerning personal information are addressed separately under the Privacy Notice and applicable law.
Feedback
You may submit to Waves through the Website or otherwise questions, comments, suggestions, and ideas ("Feedback"). Any Feedback you provide to us shall be deemed to be non-confidential and non-proprietary. By submitting Feedback, you give permission to Waves to use Feedback in any way and for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without any compensation or credit obligation to you or any third party.
For non-individual licensees, Waves may audit License compliance at its expense, with reasonable prior written notice, no more than once in any 12-month period. If an audit finds unlicensed use, you must obtain the required Licenses and pay applicable fees and interest; if the underpayment exceeds 5%, you must also reimburse reasonable audit costs.
If you use the Software on behalf of a business or other organization, Waves may, upon reasonable prior written notice, and at its own expense, conduct an audit no more than once during any twelve (12) month period to verify your compliance with this Agreement.
Audits will:
If an audit determines that you are using more Software copies than your Licenses permit, you agree to:
If the underpayment exceeds five percent (5%) of the amount properly payable during the audited period, you will also reimburse Waves for the reasonable costs of conducting the audit. These remedies are cumulative and do not limit any other rights available to Waves.
You grant Waves the right to include your name and logo (if applicable) in Waves’ published customer lists to identify you as a Waves customer. If you have any concerns regarding our use of your name or logo, please contact us here prior to consenting to this Agreement. Nothing in this section authorizes Waves to imply your endorsement of any product or service.
Some Software includes or depends on third-party materials governed by separate terms. Those materials may change or become unavailable, and, to the extent permitted by law, Waves is not responsible for their performance, availability, legality, security, or accuracy.
The Software may include or interoperate with products, services, software, models, or other materials supplied by third parties ("Third-Party Materials").
You may use Third-Party Materials only as part of your authorized use of the Software and subject to any separate third-party license terms. You may not publish or share these materials. Waves makes no representation or warranty regarding Third-Party Materials except as expressly stated in writing.
If a third-party provider modifies, suspends, removes, or discontinues Third-Party Materials, such action does not constitute a breach of this Agreement by Waves.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Waves is not responsible for the performance, availability, legality, security, or accuracy of Third-Party Materials.
Apps distributed through Apple, Google, or similar stores remain governed by this Agreement together with any applicable App Store rules. The App Store is not responsible for the App’s support or maintenance; App-related claims should be directed to Waves.
Software applications ("Apps") may be made available to you through third-party platforms such as the Apple App Store and Google Play Store (collectively, "App Stores"). While App Stores facilitate the distribution of Apps, this Agreement is solely between you and Waves. By downloading an App from an App Store, you agree to comply with all applicable terms, rules, and policies of that App Store.
We are not responsible for App Stores or their content and do not guarantee their continuous availability. If this Agreement conflicts with any mandatory term or policy of an App Store applicable to an App, that App Store term or policy will control solely to the extent of the conflict. App Stores are not responsible for providing support or maintenance services for any App, and any claims relating to an App should be directed to Waves, not the App Store.
If your Inputs or Presets, your use or distribution of an Output, or your breach, unlawful conduct, or infringement causes a third-party claim against Waves, you may be required to defend Waves and reimburse resulting losses and reasonable legal costs, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Waves, its affiliates, licensors, officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives from and against any third-party claims, damages, liabilities, losses, judgments, costs, and reasonable attorneys’ fees arising from or relating to:
Nothing in this section requires you to indemnify Waves to the extent that the indemnification obligation cannot lawfully be imposed on you under applicable consumer-protection law.
This section survives termination of this Agreement.
Waves may assume exclusive control of the defence of any indemnified claim, in which case you agree to cooperate reasonably.
You may not settle any claim affecting Waves without Waves’s prior written consent.
Turning off automatic renewal doesn’t end the current paid Subscription Term. If Account deletion is requested during an active Subscription, the Account remains fully active until the last paid Subscription Term ends and is then deleted. Actual Account deletion makes Account dependent functions unavailable and may cause Software under a Perpetual License to revert to demo mode. Account deletion does not itself terminate a Perpetual License.
This Agreement becomes effective on the date you first purchase or otherwise acquire a License and continues until all License Terms have expired or been terminated, unless this Agreement is earlier terminated in accordance with its terms.
Suspension
To the extent permitted by applicable law and without terminating the applicable License or this Agreement, Waves may immediately suspend or restrict your Account, access to or use of particular Software, activation or online functionality, Support Services, or one or more License rights if Waves reasonably believes that:
Waves may limit a suspension to the affected Account, Device, Software product, License, feature, or service where reasonably practicable.
A suspension does not terminate the applicable License or this Agreement unless Waves expressly gives notice of termination. During a suspension, you must not circumvent or attempt to circumvent the applicable restriction.
Waves may continue a suspension for as long as reasonably necessary to investigate the relevant circumstances, prevent harm, secure the Software or related systems, ensure compliance, or permit you to cure the applicable breach.
Waves may restore suspended rights or access after you:
Cancellation; Account Deletion; Termination by You
You may turn off automatic renewal for a Subscription License through your Account or by contacting Waves Support. Turning off automatic renewal prevents the next renewal but does not terminate this Agreement or your right to use the Software during the current paid Subscription Term.
If you request Account deletion while one or more paid Subscription Licenses remain active, the Account will remain fully active through the end of the last current paid Subscription Term and will then be deleted. During that period, all Licenses associated with the Account, including Perpetual Licenses, remain in their existing status.
Once the Account is deleted, Account dependent functions become unavailable. Software already activated under a Perpetual License may continue to operate while offline, but if it later connects to Waves and the License cannot be verified because the associated Account no longer exists, it will revert to demo mode. Account deletion does not itself terminate the Perpetual License or this Agreement.
You may terminate this Agreement by providing written notice to Waves and ceasing all licensed use of the Software. When termination takes effect, all your License rights, including rights under any Perpetual License, end, and all Subscription Licenses cease to renew. You may continue to use the Software solely in demo mode to the extent expressly permitted below.
Except as expressly provided in this Agreement or required by applicable law, turning off automatic renewal or requesting Account deletion does not entitle you to a prorated refund of Subscription fees already paid because the applicable Subscription License remains available through the end of its current paid Subscription Term. Any refund following expiration, suspension, or termination is otherwise governed by this Agreement and applicable law.
Termination by Waves
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Waves may terminate an affected License or this Agreement immediately if:
Termination of one License does not automatically terminate any unrelated License unless the grounds for termination apply to your Account, your use of multiple Licenses, or this Agreement generally.
Effect of Expiration or Termination
Upon expiration or termination of an applicable License:
Software may operate in demo mode following expiration or termination of a License or where licensed operation is unavailable because the applicable License can no longer be verified. Demo mode operation does not continue or reinstate the applicable License and is subject to any limitations Waves applies to that mode.
The exercise of any remedy under this Agreement, including suspension or termination, is without prejudice to any other remedy available to Waves under this Agreement, an applicable Supplement, or applicable law.
Any provision that by its nature should survive expiration or termination—including provisions concerning intellectual property, confidentiality, payment obligations, disclaimers, limitations of liability, indemnification, dispute resolution, and governing law—will survive for as long as necessary to fulfill its purpose.
If Waves confirms a technical defect in the Software and cannot resolve it, you may qualify for a refund requested within 90 days after the initial purchase. Except for this limited warranty and rights that cannot lawfully be excluded, the Software and related services are provided "as is," "as available," and with all faults.
Limited Refund Warranty
If you purchase a License and experience a technical defect in the Software itself that is reported to and confirmed by Waves’s technical support and cannot be resolved by Waves, you may request cancellation of the applicable purchase and a refund within ninety (90) calendar days after the initial License purchase. This 90-day limited warranty is an additional commercial warranty and does not restrict statutory rights concerning conformity, repair, replacement, price reduction, refund, termination, or required updates. Except where a longer period or additional remedy is required by applicable law, no refund is available under this limited warranty after the ninety-day period.
Any refund under this section is limited to the amount actually received by Waves for the affected License, including applicable taxes collected by Waves.
Waves is not responsible for:
This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights. You may have additional rights under applicable law.
Disclaimer of Other Warranties
EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY APPLICABLE HARDWARE LIMITED WARRANTY, AND ANY WARRANTY OR REMEDY THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE DISCLAIMED, THE SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," "AS AVAILABLE," AND WITH ALL FAULTS.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WAVES AND ITS LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, AND GUARANTEES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, AND FREEDOM FROM HIDDEN OR LATENT DEFECTS.
No oral or written information, statement, representation, or advice provided by Waves or its representatives creates any warranty or obligation beyond those expressly stated in this Agreement.
Without limitation, Waves does not warrant that:
Any warranty relating to Waves hardware is governed exclusively by the applicable hardware limited warranty and is not expanded, replaced, or limited by this section except to the extent expressly stated in that warranty or required by applicable law.
AI Output Disclaimer
Without limiting any other disclaimer in this section, Waves does not warrant that any AI-enabled functionality or AI Output will be:
Waves does not warrant that AI-enabled functionality will correctly identify whether an AI Output contains, reproduces, or infringes copyrighted, proprietary, confidential, or other third-party material or rights.
Any AI-origin marking, label, metadata, watermark, content credential, or other transparency or provenance measure indicates only that content may have been generated or manipulated using AI. It does not establish or guarantee the content’s accuracy, authenticity, ownership, originality, legality, non-infringement, or suitability for any purpose, and it does not replace any disclosure that you are required to provide under applicable law.
You are responsible for reviewing, verifying, and validating AI Outputs as described in Section 6.
Nothing in this subsection excludes, transfers, or limits any obligation imposed directly on Waves under applicable law that cannot lawfully be excluded, transferred, or limited.
Security Disclaimer
Waves does not warrant that the Software, Support Services, or any related systems or communications are free from security vulnerabilities, unauthorized access, interception, malware, or other security risks.
Waves does not warrant that every vulnerability, defect, or security issue can or will be identified, prevented, or corrected.
You are responsible for maintaining appropriate security measures, access controls, backups, updates, and recovery procedures for your Devices, systems, data, and use of the Software.
Mandatory Consumer Rights
Nothing in this Agreement excludes, restricts, or limits any warranty, guarantee, condition, right, remedy, or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted, or limited under applicable law.
Where a warranty or condition cannot lawfully be excluded but may be limited, it is limited to the minimum scope, duration, and remedy permitted by applicable law.
To the extent permitted by law, Waves excludes indirect, consequential, and similar damages and caps its total liability at the greater of US$100 or the amount you paid for the affected Software during the preceding 12 months. Waves is also not responsible for failures during live or critical uses or losses caused by third-party products. Liabilities and consumer rights that cannot lawfully be limited remain unaffected.
Subject to any rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, the following limitations apply. If you are entitled to consumer protection under applicable law, nothing in this section excludes or limits any right, remedy, or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. The limitations and exclusions below apply only to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Direct Liability Cap
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Waves’s total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the Software, Support Services, or this Agreement, under any legal theory, shall not exceed the greater of:
Excluded Damages
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WAVES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE OR WAVES WAS ADVISED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY.
Without limitation, this exclusion includes:
Live, Critical, and Time-Sensitive Uses
The Software is not designed or warranted for uninterrupted or error-free operation during:
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Waves shall not be liable for losses arising from any failure, interruption, error, malfunction, or delay occurring during such uses.
You are solely responsible for maintaining appropriate backups, redundancy, contingency plans, and other safeguards.
Third-Party Products
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Waves is not responsible for any losses, damages, errors, failures, interruptions, incompatibilities, security issues, or malfunctions caused by or arising from third-party software, hardware, services, models, materials, or content used in connection with the Software, even if such third-party products are recommended, supplied, supported, or integrated by Waves.
Application of Limitations
Without limiting the foregoing, the limitations and exclusions in this section apply to all claims, losses, damages, and liabilities arising from or relating to AI-enabled functionality, AI Outputs, or any use of or reliance on an AI Output.
The limitations and exclusions in this section apply even if Waves was advised of the possibility of the applicable damages or if any remedy fails of its essential purpose.
Mandatory Rights
Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability arising from:
If any limitation or exclusion in this section is unenforceable in your jurisdiction, it shall apply only to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
You agree to receive agreements, notices, and other records electronically and, where permitted by law, to the monitoring or recording of service communications. Waves may contact a telephone number you provide for non-telemarketing informational or transactional purposes. Consent is not a condition of purchase, and you may revoke it as described below.
Except as specifically required by applicable law, you consent to the use of electronic records, signatures, and communications in connection with this Agreement, including agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications relating to your licensing or use of the Software. You waive any right to require or receive paper copies of such materials.
Any email sent to the email address associated with your Account or, if you do not have an Account, the last known email address that Waves has for you will be deemed received when sent. You are responsible for keeping your contact information accurate and up to date.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, telephone calls or other communications between you and Waves or its agents may be monitored and/or recorded for quality assurance, training, security, or support purposes, and you expressly consent to such monitoring or recording.
By providing Waves with your telephone number, you authorize Waves to contact you at that number for non-telemarketing, informational, or transactional purposes, including by text message or prerecorded or autodialed calls, and to record such communications as permitted by law. Consent to such communications is not a condition of purchase. Standard message and data rates may apply.
Where required by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act or other applicable law, Waves will obtain your express written consent before making autodialed or prerecorded calls or sending text messages.
You may revoke your consent to electronic or telephone communications at any time by contacting customer support or following the opt-out instructions provided in the applicable message. Waves will apply the revocation within a reasonable time, subject to applicable law.
U.S. Government users receive the Software as commercial computer software, with only the rights expressly granted by this Agreement.
The Software constitutes "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation" under applicable U.S. Government procurement regulations.
U.S. Government end users receive only those rights expressly granted under this Agreement.
You must comply with all applicable export-control, sanctions, anti-boycott, import, and trade laws and may not make the Software available to restricted countries, territories, persons, or prohibited end uses.
You agree to comply with all applicable export-control, sanctions, anti-boycott, import, and trade laws of the United States, Israel, the European Union, and any other applicable jurisdiction.
You represent that you are not located in, organized under the laws of, ordinarily resident in, or acting on behalf of any country or territory subject to comprehensive trade sanctions applicable to the Software, and that you are not identified on any governmental restricted-party list applicable to the Software.
You may not export, re-export, transfer, provide access to, or use the Software in violation of applicable law, including for any prohibited nuclear, missile, chemical or biological weapons, or restricted military end use.
New York law generally applies. Disputes generally must be brought individually in New York courts, without a jury or class action, and within one year after the claim arises. These rules do not override any jurisdiction, consumer right, or remedy that cannot lawfully be waived.
This Agreement and its interpretation will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. This Agreement will not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods or the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA).
If you are entitled to consumer protection under applicable law, this choice of law does not deprive you of any mandatory protection that would apply in the absence of this choice, including mandatory consumer-protection laws of your place of residence.
Subject to any jurisdiction or court rights that cannot lawfully be waived, the exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all disputes arising out of or relating to the Software or this Agreement will be the state and federal courts located in New York, and each party consents to their jurisdiction. If you are entitled to consumer protection under applicable law, this provision does not limit any mandatory right to bring proceedings in the courts of
your place of residence or another court having jurisdiction, and Waves may bring proceedings against you only in a court permitted by applicable mandatory law.
Any cause of action or claim arising out of or relating to the Software or this Agreement must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action accrued, except where applicable law requires or permits a longer period that cannot lawfully be shortened. This 1-year limitation does not apply to any claim or remedy for which the applicable limitations period cannot lawfully be reduced.
EACH PARTY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND ANY RIGHT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS, COLLECTIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR MULTI-PARTY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE OR THIS AGREEMENT. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THESE WAIVERS DO NOT APPLY WHERE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR TO ANY STATUTORY CONSUMER, COLLECTIVE-REDRESS, OR OTHER RIGHT THAT CANNOT LAWFULLY BE WAIVED.
Nothing in this section limits either party’s right to seek temporary, preliminary, permanent, or other equitable or injunctive relief from a court of competent jurisdiction where such relief is otherwise available.
Notice to California Residents
If you have a complaint regarding the Software or would like further information regarding its use, please contact Waves using the contact information published on the Website.
You may also contact the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer AIairs:
By mail:
Department of Consumer AIairs Consumer Information Center
1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112 Sacramento, California 95834
By telephone:
(800) 952-5210
By email:
You may not sublicense the Agreement. You may transfer a License only if the applicable Supplement permits it, required fees are paid, all licensed copies are transferred or deleted, the recipient accepts this Agreement, and Waves is notified.
You may not sublicense the License or any rights granted under this Agreement.
Subject to payment of applicable transfer fees and compliance with a Supplement, you may assign your License and this Agreement to another person provided that:
Waves may assign this Agreement in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or operation of law.
Waves may update this Agreement prospectively. Material changes affecting an existing License require reasonable electronic notice and, where required, your acceptance. Posting revised terms alone does not make a material change applicable to an existing offline Perpetual License. Revised terms may apply to new purchases, subscription renewals, updates, upgrades, or reactivations.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, Waves may revise this Agreement prospectively. Corrections, clarifications, and other non-material changes may be made by publishing an updated Agreement on the Website. A change is non-material only if it does not materially reduce your rights or increase your obligations.
If Waves intends a material change to apply to an existing License, Waves will provide reasonable electronic notice through the Software, your Account, an activation or update process, email, or another reasonable method. Website publication or an "updated" label may supplement that notice but, standing alone, does not constitute acceptance of a material change.
Where acceptance is required, the revised Agreement will apply after you accept it electronically. Where permitted by law, Waves may instead provide that continued use of connected Software, online functionality, or Support Services after conspicuous notice constitutes acceptance.
A material change will not apply to the offline use of Software already installed under an existing Perpetual License solely because the revised Agreement was posted on the Website. Unless you accept the revised Agreement, the previously accepted version will continue to govern that use, except where a change is required by law or reasonably necessary to address a material security risk.
The revised Agreement may nevertheless apply to any new License purchase, Subscription License renewal, update, upgrade, reactivation, reinstatement, or other Software obtained or accepted after the revision takes effect.
Changes apply only prospectively. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if you decline a revision presented for acceptance, Waves is not required to continue providing updates, upgrades, Support Services, compatibility, or third-party integrations under the earlier Agreement.
This Section explains how notices are given and covers events beyond Waves’s reasonable control, severability, the controlling language, and the documents that form the complete agreement. If one provision is unenforceable, the remainder continues in effect.
Notices
Questions and complaints relating to this Agreement or the Software may be submitted through the customer-support or other contact channels published on the Website.
Any formal legal notice to Waves under this Agreement must be sent:
By email:
By mail or recognized courier:
Waves Audio Ltd. Azrieli Center 3
The Triangle Tower, 32nd Floor 132 Derech Menachem Begin Tel Aviv 67023, Israel
A formal notice will be effective when received. An email notice will be deemed received when it enters Waves’s designated email system without generating a delivery-failure notification. A notice sent by mail or recognized courier will be deemed received upon documented delivery.
Waves may update its designated notice address or email address by publishing the updated information on the Website or by providing notice to you through your Account or the email address associated with your Account.
Waves may provide notices to you through the Software, your Account, or the email address associated with your Account. An email sent to the email address associated with your Account will be deemed received when sent. You are responsible for keeping your Account and contact information accurate and current.
Force Majeure
Waves will not be liable for any failure or delay in performance to the extent that the failure or delay results from causes beyond Waves’s reasonable control, including acts of God, fire, explosion, vandalism, cybersecurity events, cable cuts, adverse weather conditions, governmental action, acts of terrorism, strikes or similar labor difficulties, war, sabotage, pandemics, internet-access issues, denial-of-service attacks, shortages or unavailability of supplies, or mechanical, electronic, internet, or communications failures or degradation.
Waves’s invocation of this section will not relieve you of your obligation to pay any fees or other amounts owed to Waves.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WAVES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON YOUR BEHALF ARISING FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED ABOVE, AND NEITHER YOU NOR ANY SUCH PERSON SHALL HAVE ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION AGAINST WAVES IN RESPECT OF THEM.
Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, it will be modified or severed only to the extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain fully enforceable.
The English-language version of this Agreement governs all interpretations.
Entire Agreement
This Agreement, together with the applicable Supplement, the Privacy Notice, and all documents expressly incorporated by reference, constitutes the complete agreement between you and Waves concerning the Software.
It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications relating to its subject matter.
Headings are provided for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The terms "including" and "include" mean "including without limitation."
This Agreement also governs future transactions relating to the Software unless expressly replaced by a later written agreement accepted by both parties.
It prevails over any conflicting purchase orders, acknowledgments, confirmations, or similar documents unless Waves expressly agrees otherwise in writing.