A Product of SoundBetter Inc. | Last Updated: July 22, 2026
Imagine Plugins (“the Service”) is operated by SoundBetter Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SoundBetter,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
By clicking “I Agree,” creating an account, purchasing access, exporting plugins, or otherwise using the Service, you affirmatively agree to be bound by these Terms, the End User License Agreement (“EULA”), and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you may not use the Service. You represent that you are at least eighteen (18) years old and have the legal authority to enter into this Agreement on behalf of yourself or any entity you represent.
3.1 No-Code Platform: Imagine Plugins is a web-based platform allowing users to design audio plugins using SoundBetter's proprietary DSP components and GUI tools.
3.2 Design Graphical User Interfaces: Users may upload original images and branding to customize the visual interface of their plugins.
3.3 Build & Signing Service: Upon request, SoundBetter compiles your design and provides automated digital code-signing and notarization (e.g., VST3, AU, AAX).
3.4 Discretionary Technical Review: Builds submitted for commercial export undergo a limited technical review for stability and compliance. Demo or trial builds may be generated automatically and are subject to automated limits and review as applicable. This review is not an endorsement of quality or safety and does not waive your liability or warranties.
3.5 Publisher Status: While SoundBetter provides the signing certificate, you remain the sole legal “Publisher” and “Developer” of the resulting plugin for all regulatory, legal, and end-user purposes. SoundBetter provides tools only and does not design, test, certify, distribute, or market plugins built with this tool, nor provide end-user support for them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SoundBetter's signing certificates are used in the compilation process, and any actions by you that trigger revocation of those certificates may affect other users of the Service and give rise to your indemnification obligations under Section 14(c).
3.6 You acknowledge that the Service is a development tool and is not intended as professional engineering, certification, or regulatory compliance advice.
3.7 Plugins created using the Service may produce high output levels. Users are responsible for safe monitoring and equipment operation.
3.8 Right to Decline Builds: SoundBetter reserves the right to decline any plugin build request at its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including but not limited to: potential intellectual property or trade dress concerns; builds that SoundBetter reasonably determines are designed to circumvent the intent of the pricing structure or licensing terms; builds that present legal, reputational, or brand risk to SoundBetter; or builds that fall outside the intended scope of the Service. In the event SoundBetter declines a build request, SoundBetter will issue a full refund of the applicable build fee. SoundBetter is not obligated to provide a reason for declining a build.
3.9 Licensing and Copy Protection: Plugins built through the Service include an integrated licensing and copy-protection system, which may include license-key generation, end-user activation and deactivation, trial provisioning, and a licensing dashboard. You acknowledge that no licensing or copy-protection technology is secure or effective against all circumvention, that any such system can be copied, cracked, bypassed, defeated, or circumvented, and that SoundBetter does not warrant, and shall not be liable for, the effectiveness of, or any failure or circumvention of, the licensing or copy-protection system, including any resulting unauthorized access, use, copying, or distribution of your plugins. Your use of the licensing and copy-protection system is at your own risk. SoundBetter and the Developer reserve all rights to enforce their intellectual property in any build, including submitting notice-and-takedown requests and pursuing other remedies against unauthorized copies or distribution, whether or not the licensing or copy-protection system has been circumvented.
3.10 Demo and Trial Builds: The Service may allow you to generate limited demo or trial builds for evaluation prior to purchase. Demo builds are provided for your own personal evaluation only, may be feature-limited, time-limited, or otherwise restricted, and may not be sold, distributed, or used commercially. Demo download availability may vary by operating system. No ownership is transferred to you by generating or downloading a demo build, and no distribution license of any kind is granted for a demo build; your rights are limited to personal evaluation. All copyright and other intellectual property in every build, including the SoundBetter Imagine Plugins Runtime Framework (the “Runtime”) and DSP components, remain owned by SoundBetter (and, as to your original contributions, by you) in all tiers, including demo builds. You may not distribute, share, upload, or publicly post a demo build in original or modified form. Because a demo build carries no distribution license, any such distribution is unauthorized from the first copy and constitutes copyright infringement of the Runtime and DSP. Removing, disabling, or circumventing any limitation of a demo build is separately prohibited and may violate 17 U.S.C. Section 1201. Distribution of a demo build under the Imagine Plugins name or marks, the Developer's name or marks, or in any manner likely to cause confusion as to source, further infringes trademark rights. SoundBetter and the Developer reserve all rights and remedies, including submitting notice-and-takedown requests under the DMCA and asserting copyright, anti-circumvention, and trademark claims, against any unauthorized copy or distribution.
4.1 Platform & Engine: SoundBetter retains all right, title, and interest in the Service, the DSP library, and the Runtime engine. SoundBetter owns the Imagine Plugins name and trademarks. No rights are granted to you except as expressly stated in this Agreement.
4.2 User Assets & Configurations: Subject to full compliance with this Agreement and payment of all applicable fees, you retain ownership of the unique configurations you create and the original images you upload.
4.3 Distribution License: You are granted a non-exclusive, worldwide license to distribute the Runtime only as integrated into an exported plugin binary, excluding demo and trial builds, and limited to the distribution licenses you hold under Section 6. This distribution license is personal to you and is not transferable without SoundBetter's prior written consent, except that you may transfer it as part of a bona fide sale of your plugin business to a third party who agrees in writing to be bound by these Terms prior to such transfer.
4.4 Independent Development: SoundBetter and other users may independently develop designs or DSP chains similar or identical to yours. SoundBetter is not prevented from developing products that compete with or resemble yours, provided they do not use your proprietary image assets.
4.5 No Representation: SoundBetter makes no representation or warranty regarding the legality, originality, performance, compatibility, or marketability of any plugin created using the Service.
You warrant that your uploaded assets, names, graphics, text, logos, branding elements and final designs do not infringe on any third-party copyrights, trademarks, or patents. You shall not upload assets containing malicious code, scripts, or “malformed” data designed to exploit system vulnerabilities. SoundBetter does not verify ownership or licensing of user content and assumes no liability for infringement, misuse, or unauthorized use of third-party rights. You further warrant that the overall design, layout, and visual appearance of your plugin do not intentionally imitate the trade dress or user interface of any existing commercial plugin product in a manner that is likely to cause confusion or constitutes misappropriation of trade dress.
6.1 Per-Plugin Fees: Build fees are charged per plugin according to the plans published on the Service (currently Personal, Commercial, and Enterprise). Fees are flat and are not based on your revenue. SoundBetter does not take any percentage, commission, or royalty on your sales.
6.2 Plan Scope: Personal-plan builds are licensed for personal, non-commercial use only and may not be sold or commercially distributed. Commercial-plan and Enterprise-plan builds may be sold and distributed under your own brand, subject to your distribution-license count.
6.3 Distribution Licenses: Each Commercial build includes a set number of end-user distribution licenses (currently 1,000 per plugin). You may distribute your plugin up to the number of licenses you have purchased for that plugin. Additional licenses may be purchased in packs at the prices published on the Service. Distributing a plugin in excess of your purchased license count is a breach of these Terms.
6.4 Enforcement: SoundBetter may use the integrated licensing system to administer and enforce license counts and plan scope. Distribution beyond your purchased license count, or commercial distribution of a Personal-plan build, requires purchase of additional licenses or an upgraded plan and payment of the applicable fees.
6.5 Roles: When you distribute a plugin built with the Service, the integrated licensing and copy-protection system processes limited data from your end users (such as license keys, activation and deactivation events, device or machine identifiers, and, for trials, end-user email addresses) solely to operate the licensing system and at your direction. As between you and SoundBetter, you are the controller (and, under the CCPA, the business) with respect to this end-user data, and SoundBetter acts only as your processor and service provider. SoundBetter processes such data only to provide the Service and for no independent purpose, does not sell or share it, and does not retain, use, or disclose it outside the direct business relationship with you or as permitted by applicable law.
6.6 Your Responsibilities: You are solely responsible, as controller, for establishing a lawful basis for the processing, for providing all required privacy notices to your end users, for obtaining any required consents, and for honoring end-user privacy-rights requests. You represent and warrant that you have done and will continue to do so.
6.7 Allocation of Liability and Indemnity: You are solely liable for any claim, fine, penalty, or loss arising from your failure to meet your controller obligations, and you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold SoundBetter harmless from any such claim in accordance with Section 14. Nothing in this Section makes SoundBetter a controller of your end-user data or responsible for your privacy compliance.
6.8 Data Processing Terms: Where you use the Service to distribute plugins and SoundBetter processes end-user data on your behalf, that processing is governed by SoundBetter's Data Processing Addendum, available at imagineplugins.com/dpa, as updated from time to time, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. In the event of a conflict between the Data Processing Addendum and these Terms as to the processing of end-user data, the Data Processing Addendum controls.
7.1 End-User Support: SoundBetter does not provide support for your customers. You are solely responsible for all end-user support.
7.2 Technical Guarantee: If your plugin fails to function in a major DAW on our compatibility list, and you notify us within five (5) days of delivery, we will attempt to debug the issue at our discretion. This debugging assistance is provided as a courtesy and does not create any warranty or ongoing support obligation.
7.3 Refund & Discretion: If a material compatibility issue is not one we can or choose to resolve within the debugging process, SoundBetter may, at its sole discretion, issue a full refund for that specific build. Upon refund, your license to distribute that specific build is revoked.
7.4 Future Maintenance: Future OS or DAW updates may break existing plugins. Maintenance or re-signing for future compatibility is not included and may require a new build fee.
7.5 Post-Submission Changes: Each plugin build includes three (3) post-submission revisions, intended for refining your submitted plugin. Revision allowances for Enterprise or any bespoke or negotiated plan are governed by the individual agreement applicable to that engagement. Each revision may include unlimited tweaks and produces one new build. All revisions must be requested within sixty (60) days of the original submission date; revisions requested after this period are subject to additional fees at SoundBetter's then-current rates. Revisions must retain the same plugin name and general DSP architecture as the original submission. SoundBetter reserves the right to determine, in its reasonable discretion, whether a requested revision constitutes a refinement of the original plugin or a substantially different plugin. Where SoundBetter determines that a requested change constitutes a substantially different plugin, such request will be treated as a new build and is subject to a new build fee at SoundBetter's then-current rates. Revisions requested beyond the allowance are subject to additional fees at SoundBetter's then-current rates, as published on the Service. The fee-free reprocessing provision for documented errors in SoundBetter's build process continues to apply and does not count against your revision allowance.
You agree to comply with all third-party developer requirements and license agreements from Steinberg (VST3), Apple (AU), and Avid (AAX), each available on the respective developer's website.
Except as provided in Section 7.3, all fees are non-refundable. Upon the initiation of a plugin build, the Service is considered fully rendered, including with respect to the post-submission revision allowance described in Section 7.5. SoundBetter reserves the right to modify pricing, plans, or fees at any time, subject to notice as required by law.
If you are a consumer in the EU acting outside the scope of a business, you acknowledge that by purchasing access and requesting immediate performance of the Service, you expressly waive your fourteen (14) day right of withdrawal once access to the Service is granted or the build process begins.
Except as stated in Section 7.2, the Service and all outputs are provided “AS IS.” SOUNDBETTER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SoundBetter makes no warranty regarding future compatibility following DAW or OS updates, or the continued validity of third-party digital certificates (Apple Developer ID, etc.). SoundBetter further makes no warranty that the integrated licensing or copy-protection system will prevent unauthorized access, copying, cracking, circumvention, or distribution of any plugin, and disclaims all liability arising from any such failure or circumvention.
You assume all risk arising from your use of the Service and the plugins you create. You are solely responsible for any damages caused to yourself or others, including but not limited to risk for system crashes, data loss, or hardware damage arising from the use of exported plugins. You acknowledge that plugins, including any licensing or copy protection embedded in them, can be copied, cracked, or circumvented, and you assume all risk of unauthorized use or distribution of your plugins. SoundBetter is not responsible for any lost sales, revenue, or other damages resulting from circumvention of the licensing or copy-protection system. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section limits liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law, including mandatory consumer protection rights in jurisdictions where such rights apply. You shall not use the Service to create malware or DRM-circumvention tools.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials; all activities conducted through your account; and ensuring all information you provide is accurate, complete, and current. SoundBetter is not responsible for unauthorized access resulting from your failure to safeguard credentials. Your account is personal to you and may not be shared with, accessed by, or used on behalf of any other individual or entity. Each individual or entity using the Service must maintain their own account.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless SoundBetter Inc. from any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from: (a) your use of the Service; (b) plugins you create, distribute, sell, or license; (c) any revocation or suspension of SoundBetter's developer certificates (by Apple, Microsoft, Avid, or others) caused by your plugin; (d) end-user claims; or (e) alleged intellectual property infringement. This obligation survives termination.
15.1 SoundBetter shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages.
15.2 Cap on SoundBetter: SoundBetter's total liability shall not exceed the fees paid by you in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim.
15.3 No Cap on User Indemnity: The cap in Section 15.2 does not apply to your indemnification obligations under Section 14 or breaches of IP warranties under Section 5.
All disputes will be determined by mandatory binding individual (not class) arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its then-current rules. The seat of arbitration shall be New York, New York. The arbitrator shall have the exclusive power to rule on their own jurisdiction, including any objections with respect to the existence, scope or validity of this Section 16, consistent with the applicable AAA rules on arbitral jurisdiction.
16.1 Exceptions: Both parties retain the right to (1) bring an individual action in U.S. small claims court or (2) seek preliminary individualized injunctive relief in a court of law.
16.2 Class Action Waiver: YOU MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.
16.3 Arbitration Rules: If you are not an Organization/Professional, AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules apply. If you are an Organization or music industry professional, AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules apply, and the hearing shall take place in the Borough of Manhattan, New York. Filing fees shall be allocated in accordance with the applicable AAA fee schedule. Nothing in this Section limits consumer rights to pursue claims in jurisdictions where mandatory consumer protections apply.
16.4 Notice; Process: Notice must be sent to: SoundBetter Inc. Attn: SoundBetter, 1901 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90067 USA.
16.5 Enforceability: If this Section 16 is invalidated in whole or in part, the parties agree that the exclusive jurisdiction and venue described in Section 22 shall govern.
Submit copyright notices to: dmca@soundbetter.com. SoundBetter reserves the right to terminate accounts of repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances, consistent with the DMCA.
You may not use the Service in violation of U.S. export control laws or economic sanctions.
SoundBetter shall not be liable for failure or delay caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including natural disasters, internet outages, labor disputes, or government actions.
Breach of these Terms results in the immediate termination of all licenses, including the right to distribute plugins containing the Runtime. Where required by applicable law, termination may be subject to reasonable notice. For the avoidance of doubt, termination of your account or license affects only your right to future distribution of plugins containing the Runtime. Plugin binaries already distributed to end users prior to the effective date of termination are not remotely disabled by such termination; however, you remain responsible for all end-user obligations and indemnification under Section 14 with respect to those previously distributed plugins.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if termination results from a breach of these Terms — including but not limited to distribution in excess of your purchased licenses or outside the scope of your plan under Section 6 — you remain liable to SoundBetter for all fees and license costs that would have been owed for the licenses or plan required to cover such distribution for any plugins distributed during the period of breach, together with any additional damages SoundBetter is entitled to pursue. SoundBetter's election not to remotely disable previously distributed binaries is for the protection of end users and shall not be construed as a waiver of any claim against you.
SoundBetter reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. We will provide notice of material changes by email to the address associated with your account or by prominent notice on the Service at least fourteen (14) days prior to the effective date of such changes. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you must discontinue use of the Service prior to the effective date.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York. Any dispute not subject to arbitration under Section 16 above shall be brought solely in the state or federal courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York. You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts.
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. If such modification is not possible, the invalid or unenforceable provision shall be severed from this Agreement, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
You may not use your plugin configurations, DSP chain data, GUI designs, build history, exported plugin binaries, or any other outputs or data derived from your use of the Service as training data, fine-tuning data, evaluation data, or input for any artificial intelligence, machine learning, or large language model system, without SoundBetter's prior written consent. This prohibition applies whether such use is direct or indirect, commercial or non-commercial, and regardless of whether the resulting AI system competes with SoundBetter or Imagine Plugins. SoundBetter's proprietary DSP components and Runtime engine embedded in exported binaries remain the intellectual property of SoundBetter and are not licensed for AI training purposes under any circumstances.
SoundBetter reserves the right to discontinue the Service at any time. In the event of a planned discontinuation of the Service, SoundBetter will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide advance notice to active account holders and, where technically and commercially feasible, a re-signing or redelivery window for previously built plugins. For the avoidance of doubt, discontinuation of the Service does not affect the functionality of plugin binaries already exported and installed prior to such discontinuation, subject to the certificate validity and licensing-system provisions below.
You acknowledge that the validity and continued recognition of code-signing certificates (including Apple Developer ID, Avid AAX certificates, and similar third-party certificates) embedded in exported plugin binaries is subject to the policies and decisions of the applicable certificate authorities, which are outside SoundBetter's control. SoundBetter does not guarantee the continued validity of any certificate following DAW or OS updates, revocation by the issuing certificate authority, or discontinuation of the Service. SoundBetter's obligation to provide a re-signing window is contingent on SoundBetter maintaining active certificates at the time of discontinuation and is not guaranteed where certificates have been revoked or expired prior to such discontinuation.
The integrated licensing and copy-protection system may depend on servers operated by SoundBetter or its providers for activation and validation. SoundBetter does not guarantee the continued availability of activation or validation services following discontinuation of the Service and shall not be liable for any resulting effect on plugins or their end users. Where technically and commercially feasible, SoundBetter will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide continued license validation or an alternative for a reasonable period.