TICK96 LICENCE AGREEMENT

Version 1.0 · Effective: 12 October 2026

This Software Licence Agreement (the “Agreement”) governs the use of Tick96, consisting of the Tick96 application, including its patcher, and its documentation (together, the “Software”). The Software is licensed by Attila David Katona, operating as Hanamel Systems™ (the “Licensor”), to any person who downloads, installs or uses the Software, whether in demo mode or with a purchased licence (the “Licensee”). By downloading, installing, activating or using the Software, the Licensee accepts this Agreement.

1. Licence grant and ownership

Upon payment of the applicable fee, the Licensor grants the Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, perpetual licence to use the purchased version of the Software for personal or professional music production, including commercial work. Without a purchased licence, the Software may be used in demo mode for evaluation only. All restrictions in this Agreement apply equally to use in demo mode.

The Software is licensed, not sold. The Software, including its source and object code, its communication protocol, its patcher and the modifications it applies to the original operating system, its user interface and its documentation, is protected by copyright and contains trade secrets of the Licensor. All rights not expressly granted remain with the Licensor.

2. Activations

One licence may be activated on up to two computers at the same time, provided that the computers are used by the Licensee. An activation can be released at any time from within the Software (Tick96 → License… → Deactivate) and transferred to another computer.

Activation requires an internet connection. The Software verifies the licence approximately once per week. If a verification cannot be completed, for example because no internet connection is available, the Software continues to work.

3. Updates

The licence includes all future updates to Tick96 at no additional charge, including new versions and support for additional instruments added to Tick96. Updates are provided at the Licensor’s discretion, and no specific update or feature is promised. Separate products, such as Tick24, are licensed separately. This does not affect the Licensee’s statutory right to updates necessary to keep the Software in conformity with this Agreement.

4. Supported hardware, patcher and the original operating system

Tick96 supports the hardware configurations listed in its documentation at the time of purchase. Version 1.0 supports the Akai MPC2000XL and the Akai MPC2000. The supported operating system versions are listed in the documentation. Support for further instruments may be added in later updates (see Section 3).

For the instrument, the Licensor supplies a patcher only. The Software does not contain, include or distribute any operating system or other software of Akai Professional, and the Licensor does not supply boot media or operating system files.

To create boot media, the Licensee supplies their own copy of the original operating system file. The Licensee is responsible for being entitled to use that file. The patcher applies the Licensor’s modifications to that copy locally on the Licensee’s computer, and the resulting boot media are created by the Licensee for the Licensee’s own use. The modified operating system runs in the instrument’s working memory only; the Software does not write to the instrument’s flash memory.

5. Data and backups

The Software reads and modifies sequence data in the memory of the connected instrument. The Licensee is responsible for keeping backup copies of sequences, programs and disks before using the Software and at regular intervals, and for saving edited data to the instrument’s storage media. The Software makes edits permanent only when the Licensee commits them, and does not transmit data to the instrument while it is playing.

6. Restrictions

Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or applicable law, the Licensee may not:

1. Copy, reproduce, distribute, sublicense, sell, rent or otherwise make the Software available to third parties, except as permitted by this Agreement or applicable law.
2. Modify, adapt or create derivative works based on the Software without the Licensor’s permission, except where permitted by applicable law.
3. Extract, reproduce or distribute proprietary code or copyrighted modifications supplied with the Software, including its patches, or modified operating system files and boot media created with the Software, without authorisation.
4. Share licence keys or exceed the activation limits specified in this Agreement.
5. Circumvent or interfere with the Software’s licensing or technical protection mechanisms, except where permitted by applicable law.
6. Remove or alter copyright notices, trademarks or other proprietary notices contained in the Software.

Reverse engineering and interoperability

Nothing in this Agreement restricts rights that cannot lawfully be excluded, including the rights to observe, study or test the Software’s functioning, make necessary backup copies, or undertake decompilation where permitted under Directive 2009/24/EC and applicable national law.

Information obtained through lawful decompilation for interoperability purposes may be used and disclosed only within the limits established by applicable law.

The Licensor may provide interoperability information upon reasonable request.

7. Conformity and statutory rights

The Licensor will provide the Software in conformity with its description and documentation, and will make it work on the supported configurations described in Section 4. Licensees who are consumers retain all rights granted to them by mandatory consumer protection law, including the rights relating to the conformity of digital content. Nothing in this Agreement limits those rights.

8. Refunds and withdrawal

Before purchase, the Software can be tried in demo mode, which connects to the instrument and reads its sequences without a licence key.

A full refund can be requested within 14 days of purchase by writing to hello@hanamelsystems.com:

• if the licence key has not been activated; or
• if the Software does not work on a supported configuration (Section 4), the Licensee has described the problem and provided the information reasonably requested by the Licensor’s support (such as the Tick96 log file), and the problem cannot be resolved.

Refunds are issued by Lemon Squeezy to the original payment method. When the refund is issued, the licence is deactivated, and the Licensee must delete any boot media and modified operating system files created with the Software.

Consumers in the European Union have a statutory right to withdraw from a purchase of digital content within 14 days. At checkout, the Licensee expressly requests immediate supply of the Software and acknowledges that this right of withdrawal is lost once supply has begun. This does not affect the Licensee’s rights if the Software is not in conformity with this Agreement (Section 7).

9. Limitation of liability

To the extent permitted by law, the Licensor’s total liability arising from this Agreement is limited to the amount paid for the licence, and the Licensor is not liable for indirect or consequential loss, including loss of data where the Licensee has not kept backups as described in Section 5.

These limitations do not apply to liability for intentional or grossly negligent conduct, to damage to life, body or health, or to any liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law, including mandatory consumer protection law.

10. Termination

The licence remains in force until terminated. It terminates with immediate effect, without notice, if the Licensee breaches Section 6. It also terminates if the Licensee materially breaches any other provision of this Agreement and does not remedy the breach within 14 days of being notified. On termination, the Licensor may deactivate the licence key, and the Licensee must stop using the Software and delete all copies, including boot media and modified operating system files created with it. Termination for breach does not entitle the Licensee to a refund.

The Licensor reserves all remedies available under applicable law in the event of a breach of Section 6, including injunctive relief and damages.

11. Privacy

Personal data processed in connection with the purchase, activation and verification of the licence is handled as described in the privacy policy.

12. Governing law and jurisdiction

This Agreement is governed by the laws of Hungary, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is excluded to the extent that it would otherwise apply.

For Licensees acting in the course of a trade, business or profession, the courts of Budapest, Hungary shall have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Where the Licensee is a consumer, this choice of law does not affect any mandatory consumer protection rights afforded under the law that would apply in the absence of this choice. Consumer disputes shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts determined by applicable mandatory law, including Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 where applicable.

13. Purchases through Lemon Squeezy

Licences are sold through Lemon Squeezy, which acts as merchant of record and handles payment, invoicing and taxes under its own terms of sale. This Agreement governs the use of the Software itself.

14. Contact

Attila David Katona, operating as Hanamel Systems™ · hello@hanamelsystems.com