Terms of Use

Section 01Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Use ("Terms") form a binding agreement between you and Barak Scharovsky, an individual developer based in Munich, Germany ("we", "us", "the developer"), covering your use of the iPhone application Take One: Vocal Studio (the "App") and the website at take-one.studio (the "Site").

By downloading, installing or using the App, you accept these Terms and our Privacy Policy, which forms part of them. If you do not accept them, do not use the App, and delete it from your device.

You must be old enough to form a binding contract where you live, or have the consent and supervision of a parent or legal guardian who accepts these Terms on your behalf. If you are using the App for an organisation, you confirm you are authorised to bind that organisation.

Section 02Licence

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use one copy of the App on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service and the Usage Rules in Apple's Media Services Terms and Conditions.

This licence covers both personal and commercial creative use. You may use the App to produce work you sell, release, licence, broadcast or perform. We ask for nothing in return, and we take no share.

The licence does not transfer ownership of the App. Except where applicable law expressly permits it and cannot be waived, you may not:

• copy, redistribute, sell, rent, lease, lend or sublicense the App;
• reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the App, or attempt to derive its source code, model weights or training data;
• extract, isolate, repackage or redistribute the machine-learning models, audio processing code, presets or assets contained in the App;
• modify the App or create derivative works from it;
• remove or obscure any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice;
• circumvent any technical limitation, licensing check or purchase mechanism.

Section 03User Responsibilities

You are responsible for what you record, what you import and what you publish. Specifically, you agree that:

• You have the right to the material you bring in. If you import a video, a backing track, a beat, a sample or a song, you must own it or have permission to use it in the way you intend. Separating a commercial track into stems with the App does not create any right to release, distribute or monetise the result.
• You have consent from the people in your recording. Anyone whose voice, likeness or performance you capture has rights of their own. Get their agreement before you publish, especially where the recording identifies them.
• You comply with the law where you are. Including copyright, neighbouring rights, publicity and image rights, privacy law, and any law governing the recording of other people.
• You keep your own backups. Your work lives on your device. We hold no copy and cannot recover anything for you. Export your important takes and back up your device.
• You supply the device. A compatible iPhone, sufficient free storage, battery and — for App Store delivery and updates — an internet connection are your responsibility. Recording and processing themselves work offline.

Nothing in this section makes us a party to your creative decisions. We do not review, moderate, approve or see your content, because we never receive it.

Section 04Your Ownership of Recordings

You own your content. Entirely. Every recording you capture, every stem the App separates, every mix, master, caption and export you produce belongs to you, or to whoever holds the underlying rights in the material you started from.

We claim no ownership of your content. We take no licence of any kind in it — not to use, host, display, reproduce, adapt, promote with, or train on. This is not a policy choice we could quietly reverse: the App has no server that receives your content, so we have no technical means to obtain it. Rights we cannot exercise are rights we do not need.

Specifically, and for the avoidance of doubt:

• Your recordings are never used to train, fine-tune, evaluate or improve any machine-learning model, ours or anyone else's.
• We will not use your work in marketing, on the Site, or in App Store material — unless you send it to us and expressly agree to that use in writing.
• No provision of these Terms grants us a right in your output, and no future change to these Terms will retroactively claim one.

Whether AI-assisted output is protectable by copyright, and by whom, varies between jurisdictions and is still developing. We make no representation on that point. See the next section.

Section 05AI Processing Disclaimer

The App uses machine-learning models — running on your device — to separate a recording into vocal and instrumental parts and to transcribe sung or spoken words into timed captions. These are statistical systems. They estimate; they do not understand.

You acknowledge and accept that:

• Separation is imperfect. Output may contain bleed between parts, smearing, artefacts, phasing or dropouts. Dense mixes, heavy distortion, unusual instrumentation, close harmonies, room noise and low-quality source audio all make it harder. Quality varies by recording and cannot be guaranteed.
• Transcription is imperfect. Captions may misrecognise words, punctuation, names and timings, particularly with singing, accents, multiple voices, background music or languages the on-device recogniser supports less strongly. Always review captions before publishing.
• Mastering is automated assistance, not a mastering engineer. Auto Master and the loudness targets apply signal processing based on measurements of your mix. They do not guarantee compliance with any particular platform's delivery specification, nor any specific commercial or artistic result. Check your master before release.
• Results are not reproducible across versions. Model or algorithm updates may change output for the same input. Keep exports of anything you have approved.
• Output is not verified. We do not check, and cannot check, whether processed output infringes anyone's rights. That assessment is yours.

The App is a creative tool. It is not suitable for forensic, evidentiary, legal, medical, safety-critical or archival use, and must not be relied upon for any such purpose.

Section 06Intellectual Property

The App and the Site — including their source code, compiled binaries, audio processing algorithms, machine-learning model weights, presets, caption styles, user interface, iconography, illustrations, the Ensō mark, the "Take One" and "TakeOne" names, wordmarks, copy and design — are owned by the developer or licensed to the developer, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws.

These Terms grant you a licence to use the App, and nothing more. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

The App incorporates third-party components, including open-source software and machine-learning models, used under their respective licences. Attribution and licence texts for those components are available on request from support@take-one.studio.

If you believe material in the App or on the Site infringes your intellectual property, write to support@take-one.studio with a description of the work, where the infringing material appears, your contact details, and a statement of your good-faith belief. We will investigate promptly.

Section 07Prohibited Uses

You may not use the App:

• to infringe copyright, trademark, moral rights, performers' rights, publicity rights or any other right of any person;
• to separate, isolate, remix or redistribute commercially released music without the rights to do so;
• to record any person without the consent required where you are;
• to create material that impersonates a real person, or that is presented as a genuine recording of something that did not occur, in a way that deceives, defrauds, defames or harms;
• to produce or distribute unlawful, harassing, defamatory, hateful, or sexually exploitative material, or material that sexualises minors;
• to violate any applicable law, regulation, sanctions programme or export control;
• to reverse engineer, extract or redistribute the App's models, code or assets, or to build a competing product from them;
• to circumvent purchase, licensing or technical protection mechanisms;
• to attempt to gain unauthorised access to any system, or to interfere with the Site's operation.

These prohibitions bind you as a matter of contract. Because the App processes everything locally and reports nothing to us, we have no ability to monitor or detect your use — which makes your own compliance the only safeguard that exists.

Section 08Purchases and Apple

If the App offers paid features or purchases, those transactions are made through the App Store and processed entirely by Apple under Apple's terms. We never receive or handle your payment details.

Refunds are handled by Apple, in accordance with Apple's policies. We cannot issue, approve or reverse a refund for an App Store purchase. Requests go through reportaproblem.apple.com. If a purchase you made has not unlocked correctly, contact us — that we can help with.

You and we acknowledge that these Terms are between you and the developer, not with Apple, and that Apple is not responsible for the App or its content. Apple has no obligation to furnish maintenance or support for the App. In the event of any failure of the App to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the App. Apple is not responsible for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to the App, including product liability claims, any claim that the App fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, and claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation. Apple is not responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement or discharge of any third-party claim that the App infringes intellectual property rights. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance, will have the right to enforce them against you.

Section 09Disclaimer of Warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App and the Site are provided "as is" and "as available", with all faults and without warranty of any kind.

We disclaim all warranties, express, implied or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, quiet enjoyment and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, free of harmful components, or compatible with any particular device or configuration; that defects will be corrected; that any specific audio quality, separation quality, transcription accuracy, processing time or commercial result will be achieved; or that data stored on your device will not be lost.

No advice or information, oral or written, obtained from us or through the App creates any warranty not expressly stated here.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on statutory consumer rights. Where that is so, those exclusions do not apply to you, and you retain all rights granted to you by the law of your country of residence. Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

Section 10Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will the developer be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, business opportunity, or for loss or corruption of data, recordings, projects or exported files, however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the developer's total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the App, the Site or these Terms will not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid for the App and its in-app purchases in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) ten United States dollars (US$10).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that applicable law does not permit to be limited. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above may not apply to you in full.

Given that your work exists only on your device and is never held by us, please treat backups as essential rather than optional.

Section 11Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the developer from any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including reasonable legal fees) brought by a third party and arising out of your content, your use of the App, your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or of any third party's rights — including any claim relating to material you recorded, imported, separated, captioned, exported or published.

Section 12Term and Termination

These Terms apply from the moment you first use the App and continue until terminated.

You may terminate at any time by deleting the App from your devices. We may terminate or suspend the licence granted here if you materially breach these Terms.

On termination, the licence in Section 02 ends and you must stop using and delete the App. Your content remains yours, and remains on your device unless you delete it. Sections that by their nature should survive — including Ownership, Intellectual Property, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Indemnity and Governing Law — survive termination.

We may modify, suspend or discontinue the App or any feature at any time. We will give reasonable notice of a discontinuation where practicable.

Section 13Changes to These Terms

We may revise these Terms as the App evolves or as the law requires. The current version is always published here with its "Last updated" date.

For material changes we will provide reasonable prior notice through the App or the Site before they take effect. Continuing to use the App after that date means you accept the revised Terms; if you do not accept them, stop using the App and delete it. Changes will never retroactively claim rights in work you have already created.

Section 14Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or to the App are governed by the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

The competent courts of Munich, Germany will have exclusive jurisdiction, and you consent to their jurisdiction and venue.

If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction whose law grants you the right to bring proceedings in your local courts or to the protection of mandatory consumer provisions, nothing in this section deprives you of those rights, and the mandatory consumer law of your country of residence continues to apply to you.

Before starting formal proceedings, please contact us at support@take-one.studio. Most disagreements are quicker to resolve by email than by litigation.

Section 15General

Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the App, and supersede any prior understanding.

Severability. If a provision is found unenforceable, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary and the rest remains in force.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.

Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign them in connection with a transfer of the App, on notice to you.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for failure to perform caused by events beyond reasonable control.

Language. These Terms are written in English. Any translation is provided for convenience; the English version governs.

Section 16Contact

For help using the App, see the Support page. For how your data is handled, see the Privacy Policy.