Terms

What this covers

stms is the trading name of Shalev Shafian, a sole proprietor in Israel. These terms apply to buying and using software from stms. Buying a licence means you accept them. They are written to be read, not survived; if something here is genuinely unclear, email support and it will be fixed for everyone.

Who you buy from

Paddle is the merchant of record for every stms purchase, through the Paddle entity shown at checkout for your region. The sale contract for the price you pay is between you and that Paddle entity, and Paddle handles the payment, the receipt, VAT or sales tax and refunds for the transaction. Paddle’s own buyer terms apply to that sale.

stms is a separate party in the same purchase: once Paddle has processed your order, stms grants you the software licence described in the EULA. The two roles do not overlap. Paddle sells, stms licenses.

seePaddle buyer terms (opens in a new tab)the licence agreement

What a licence is

A licence for an stms plugin is a right to install and use that plugin, held on your account, active on up to 3 machines at once. It is yours to keep for the version you bought and its updates within that major version. It is not a transfer of ownership of the software, and it is not for resale.

What we ask

Do not share your account or serial to give other people the plugin. Seats exist so a real person can work on their own machines, not so a licence can be spread around. Do not attempt to defeat the licensing, and do not redistribute the installer as if it were yours to hand out.

What we promise, and do not

The plugin is sold as described on its page at the time you buy. We work to keep it stable and correct, and a failing licence check will only ever pass your dry signal through. It will not damage a session. We cannot promise it is free of every bug or that it will run in software we have not tested.

Nothing in these terms limits any right you have as a consumer under the mandatory law of the country where you live.

Your right to cancel

If you buy as a consumer in the EU or UK, the law gives you 14 days to withdraw from a distance purchase without giving a reason. Every stms plugin is digital content delivered by download, not on a disc. At checkout you ask us to start delivering it right away, and you acknowledge that you lose the 14-day right of withdrawal once delivery starts. Delivery starts when you download or activate the plugin. This is the box you tick before paying.

Refunds

Once delivery has started, stms does not offer a refund for a change of mind. Every stms plugin can be tried in full, free, for 3 days before you buy, so you can decide first.

This does not affect your statutory rights. If a plugin is faulty, is not as described, or was not delivered, you keep the rights the law gives you, including repair, replacement or a refund where the law provides for one.

Paddle is the merchant of record, through the Paddle entity shown at checkout for your region, so Paddle handles refunds.

To ask for a refund, write to support@stms.app with your order number, or contact Paddle's buyer support at https://paddle.net. Your order number is in your receipt email and under Orders in your account.

seehow to ask for a refund

Copyright and trademarks

The plugins, their names, this website and everything on it are the work of stms and are protected by copyright. © stms. All rights reserved.

VST is a registered trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Other product and company names on this site, including the hosts it names, are trademarks of their owners and appear only to say what the plugins work with; no endorsement is implied.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of the State of Israel, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules.

Any dispute over them belongs to the courts of Tel Aviv-Yafo, which have exclusive jurisdiction. Either party may still go to any court able to grant an injunction, where that is what protecting our intellectual property needs.

Nothing in this section limits the rights a consumer has under the mandatory law of the country where they live.