Licensing for Audio Software

Product access, from ownership to device use

SoundSync connects product credentials, customer ownership, serial claims, activation limits, validation, and deactivation. Activation registers authorized device use; validation refreshes it. Test Connection checks credentials, not the customer's right to use the product.

State that survives real customer workflows

Device limits, ownership proof, recurring entitlements, and revocation must remain distinct from a temporary network failure. Offline rules depend on the integration, not one universal checkbox.

JUCE 0.7.3 supports signed offline access for the grace period selected in product Access settings, through 90 days. A prior successful activation or validation and the matching package verification keys are required. Startup uses a verified unexpired grant or online authorization. Zero, disabled, missing or expired grace requires online authorization; confirmed denial or deactivation locks access. Regenerate and rebuild older plugins to use this release.

Credentials and enforcement shipped in client software can be extracted or modified. Native enforcement raises the integration barrier; it is not a piracy-proof guarantee. Keep developer account tokens and partner secrets out of distributed plugins.

Signed offline access follows your product settings

Choose the grace period in product creation > Access. Successful activation or validation returns a signed grant bound to the product, activation and device. The period starts at that successful online check, not the first failed connection. The package bundles only public verification keys. Reopening the plugin or losing connectivity does not extend its signed expiry. An earlier entitlement or subscription access deadline shortens the grant.

The processor enforces access with the editor closed, including float, double and bypass processing. Confirmed revoked, refunded or deactivated access must lock the product rather than renew grace. A disconnected device learns about later server changes on reconnect or when its existing grant expires.

Regenerate the Windows or Apple source package, check manifest offlineAccess, rebuild and test your product. Existing compiled plugins are not upgraded automatically. Windows VST3 and Ableton Live 10.1.43 fixture tests cover offline playback, expiry, saved-project restart and WAV export; Apple Keychain/AU and your own product binaries require target-host testing.

offlineAccess: true describes bundled verification capability, not an active customer license or an enabled product policy. An older unsigned cache needs successful online activation or validation before offline use. After rebuilding, distribute the updated binary; replacing a ZIP in the dashboard cannot update customer installations.

Changing Access settings applies on the next successful online validation without a rebuild when the installed package already has the required public keys. A future signer change must be coordinated with replacement public keys in rebuilt clients; never add private signing material to a plugin.