Last updated: 5 November 2026

This Licence Agreement explains the rights and restrictions that apply when you purchase or download digital music production products from Transmission Samples.

Our products are intended to help musicians, producers and sound designers create original music and other creative works while protecting the intellectual property of the labels and creators who develop them.

Please read this agreement carefully before purchasing, downloading or using our products.


1. About This Agreement

This Licence Agreement is provided by Transmission Samples Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 08175147.

Transmission Samples sells and distributes digital products created by Transmission Samples and independent third-party labels, producers, sound designers and software developers.

This agreement applies to audio samples, loops, MIDI files, synthesiser presets, sound banks, construction kits and other eligible music production content obtained through our website, whether purchased or provided free of charge under an applicable licence.

Software plugins and other products supplied under a separate developer licence are governed by their applicable software licence terms, as explained in Section 10.

By purchasing or downloading a product made available under this agreement, you accept the licence terms applicable to that product.

Your purchase is also subject to our Terms & Conditions and Returns & Refunds Policy.


2. Licence Grant

When you lawfully purchase or acquire a product covered by this agreement, you are granted a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use the licensed content in accordance with these terms.

This licence is granted by Transmission Samples Ltd on its own behalf or, where applicable, with the authority of the relevant third-party rights holder.

Subject to compliance with this agreement, the licence permits you to:

  • Use licensed audio samples, loops and other sounds within your own musical compositions and productions.
  • Modify, edit, process, manipulate and combine licensed content with other audio or musical elements.
  • Use licensed MIDI files to create, arrange and produce musical compositions.
  • Use licensed synthesiser presets and sound banks to create original musical recordings and productions.
  • Release, distribute, perform, broadcast and commercially exploit musical compositions containing licensed content.
  • Monetise your music through streaming services, digital downloads, physical releases, radio, television and other distribution platforms.
  • Incorporate licensed content into original musical compositions used in films, television, advertisements, online videos, games and other audiovisual productions.

No additional sample licence fees or royalties are payable to Transmission Samples or the relevant sample provider for uses expressly permitted under this agreement.

This licence is personal to the original purchaser or authorised recipient and may not be transferred to another person except as permitted by this agreement or applicable law.


3. Royalty-Free Commercial Use

Transmission Samples specialises in royalty-free music production content.

Once you have lawfully obtained a product covered by this agreement, you may use the licensed content within your own musical compositions for personal or commercial purposes without paying additional royalties to Transmission Samples or the relevant sample provider.

Permitted commercial uses include:

  • Releasing music through record labels or independently.
  • Distributing music through platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music, Beatport, YouTube and other digital services.
  • Selling digital or physical copies of your musical releases.
  • Performing music publicly, including at concerts, clubs and live events.
  • Licensing completed musical compositions for films, television, advertisements, games and other audiovisual projects.
  • Creating commercially released remixes, productions and other original musical works.
  • Producing music for clients, record labels, publishers and other third parties.

You do not need to credit Transmission Samples or the original sample provider unless a specific product licence expressly requires attribution and that requirement was disclosed before purchase.

Royalty-free does not mean copyright-free. The original recordings, MIDI files, presets and other licensed materials remain protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

This licence does not waive royalties or fees payable to third parties for elements you introduce into your own productions, nor does it remove any applicable obligations relating to your completed musical compositions.


4. Ownership and Intellectual Property

All intellectual property rights in the original products and their contents remain with their respective owners.

Depending on the product, these rights may belong to Transmission Samples Ltd, an independent record label, a sound designer, a software developer or another authorised rights holder.

Purchasing or downloading a product does not transfer ownership of its underlying copyright or intellectual property rights.

You receive permission to use the content in accordance with the applicable licence.

You retain the rights you otherwise own in original musical elements and creative contributions that you add to your productions.

However, your ownership of a completed composition does not give you exclusive ownership of any unmodified samples, loops, MIDI files or other licensed content incorporated within it.

Because our products are licensed on a non-exclusive basis, other customers may lawfully use the same sounds within their own productions.


5. Permitted Modification and Creative Use

You may modify licensed content to suit your creative requirements.

Permitted modifications include, but are not limited to:

  • Changing pitch, tempo, timing or musical key.
  • Applying audio effects and processing.
  • Chopping, slicing, rearranging or layering samples.
  • Combining samples with other musical instruments and recordings.
  • Editing MIDI notes, rhythms, velocities and arrangements.
  • Modifying synthesiser presets to create new sounds.
  • Using loops and construction kit elements within original musical arrangements.

You may use these techniques in both personal and commercial productions.

However, modifying a sample, preset or MIDI file does not automatically grant ownership of the original material or permit its redistribution as a standalone product.

The restrictions in this agreement continue to apply to modified versions of the original licensed content.


6. Prohibited Uses and Redistribution

The licence does not permit you to redistribute, resell, share or commercially exploit the original product files as standalone content.

Unless you have obtained separate written permission from the relevant rights holder, you must not:

  • Resell or redistribute purchased sample packs, MIDI packs, presets, sound banks or other original product files.
  • Upload or distribute licensed content as a free or paid sample library.
  • Include licensed sounds, loops or presets in a competing sample pack, sound library, preset bank or similar product.
  • Share original product files with other people who have not obtained their own licence.
  • Sell, lend, rent, assign or transfer your licence to another person.
  • Distribute modified versions of samples or presets as standalone production assets where those versions remain derived from the licensed content.
  • Upload individual samples to public databases, file-sharing services or other services that make the source files available for extraction or reuse.
  • Claim exclusive ownership of the original licensed samples, loops, MIDI files or presets.
  • Register original licensed content as your own standalone sound recording or other exclusive intellectual property.
  • Use licensed content in a manner that infringes the rights of the relevant copyright owner or another third party.

These restrictions apply whether the content is provided in its original form or has been modified, processed, renamed or repackaged.

Nothing in this section prevents the lawful distribution and commercial exploitation of completed musical compositions created in accordance with this agreement.


7. Use in Films, Games, Advertising and Sound Design

Licensed content may be incorporated into original musical compositions used in films, television programmes, advertisements, online videos, video games and other audiovisual productions.

For example, you may create an original soundtrack using samples from a purchased pack and license that completed composition for use in a film or video game.

However, this agreement does not automatically permit licensed samples to be distributed or made available as isolated sound effects, standalone audio assets or reusable sound libraries.

Uses requiring separate permission may include:

  • Including individual samples within a commercial sound effects library.
  • Embedding samples as independently accessible or extractable audio assets within a game, application or software product.
  • Providing individual sounds for use in toys, gaming machines or interactive products where the sounds function independently of a musical composition.
  • Creating virtual instruments, samplers or other software products containing redistributed licensed samples.

If your intended use falls outside the permitted uses described in this agreement, please contact Transmission Samples before proceeding.

Additional licensing arrangements may be available subject to authorisation from the relevant rights holder.


8. MIDI Files and Musical Compositions

MIDI files supplied through Transmission Samples may contain melodies, chord progressions, rhythms, arrangements and other musical information.

You may use, edit and adapt licensed MIDI files within your own musical productions, including commercially released music.

You may change notes, instrumentation, tempo, arrangement and other musical elements as required.

You must not resell or redistribute the original MIDI files, or modified versions that substantially reproduce the licensed material, as standalone MIDI products or competing collections.

The non-exclusive nature of the licence means that other customers may use the same MIDI material in their own productions.

You must not claim exclusive rights over the original licensed MIDI content or attempt to prevent other properly licensed customers from using it.

Any copyright protection arising in your own original contributions remains subject to the rights of the original content owner and applicable law.


9. Vocal Samples and Construction Kits

Some products contain vocal recordings, melodies, instrument performances, construction kits or other recognisable musical elements.

Where supplied under this agreement, these elements may be incorporated into original musical compositions for permitted commercial use.

You may edit, process, rearrange and combine these elements with other musical content.

However, you must not redistribute the original vocal recordings, construction kit elements or other source material as standalone products.

You acknowledge that other customers may use the same content in their own productions and that similar musical elements may therefore appear in multiple independently released tracks.

You must not claim exclusive ownership of the original recordings or interfere with the lawful use of the same licensed material by other customers.

If a particular product is subject to additional restrictions, these must be disclosed as part of the applicable product licence.


10. Software Plugins and Third-Party Licences

Some products available through Transmission Samples are software plugins, virtual instruments, audio effects or other software-based tools.

These products may be supplied under separate end-user licence agreements established by their developers or publishers.

Where a separate software licence applies, its terms govern matters such as:

  • Software installation and activation.
  • The number of permitted devices or installations.
  • Licence transfers and account registrations.
  • Software updates and technical support.
  • Restrictions on copying, reverse engineering or redistribution.
  • Any product-specific licensing requirements.

The applicable software licence must be made available in accordance with relevant legal requirements.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the royalty-free permissions granted for audio samples and MIDI content do not give you permission to copy, redistribute or sublicense the software itself.

Separate software licensing terms do not remove your statutory rights in relation to products purchased from Transmission Samples.


11. Free Downloads and Promotional Content

Transmission Samples may make certain files available free of charge, including demonstration samples, promotional downloads, trial content and free sample packs.

The applicable usage rights depend on the terms under which the content is provided.

Where a free product is expressly supplied under this Licence Agreement, you may use that product in accordance with the permissions and restrictions described here.

However, audio previews, demonstration recordings, promotional excerpts and other material made available solely for evaluation are not automatically licensed for commercial use.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, such demonstration content may be used only for personal evaluation and must not be incorporated into commercially released music or redistributed.

If you are unsure whether a particular free download includes a commercial-use licence, please contact us before using it in a commercial project.


12. Collaboration and Professional Production

You may use licensed content when collaborating with other musicians, producers, engineers, vocalists, record labels or other professionals on a musical production.

You may share the content with collaborators to the extent reasonably necessary for them to contribute to that specific production, provided the content is not distributed as an independent sample collection or made available for unrelated use.

Collaborators must not retain, reuse, resell or redistribute the original licensed content for their own separate projects unless they obtain an appropriate licence.

You remain responsible for ensuring that any sharing of the licensed content complies with this agreement.

Completed musical compositions may be delivered to clients, labels, distributors and other commercial partners as permitted under this agreement.


13. Content Identification and Copyright Claims

Because our sample libraries are licensed on a non-exclusive basis, the same sounds may appear in music released by multiple customers.

You must not knowingly register unmodified licensed samples, loops or other source content with an automated copyright identification or enforcement system in a way that asserts exclusive rights over those original materials.

This includes systems such as YouTube Content ID and similar audio recognition services.

You may register and protect your own original musical compositions where permitted, provided you do not claim exclusive ownership of the underlying licensed samples or improperly restrict other licensed users.

If a copyright claim or content identification dispute arises involving licensed content, please contact us with the relevant details so we can investigate and, where appropriate, assist.

We cannot guarantee that third-party automated identification systems will never generate incorrect matches or claims.


14. Licence Duration and Termination

Subject to compliance with this agreement, the licence to use purchased audio samples, MIDI files, presets and other eligible content is granted on a continuing, worldwide and non-exclusive basis.

There is no recurring sample licensing fee or requirement to renew the licence for uses permitted under this agreement.

Transmission Samples or the relevant rights holder may terminate the licence where you commit a material breach of its terms and, where the breach can reasonably be remedied, fail to correct it following appropriate notice.

Examples of material breaches include unauthorised redistribution of sample libraries, deliberate resale of protected source material or other serious infringement of the rights granted under this agreement.

Where a licence is lawfully terminated, you must stop making new uses of the original licensed content and cease any unauthorised distribution.

Termination will not ordinarily affect the continued distribution, performance or commercial exploitation of completed musical compositions that were lawfully created and distributed before termination, provided those works were created in accordance with this agreement and do not themselves involve an ongoing infringement.

Nothing in this section prevents a rights holder from seeking appropriate legal remedies for infringement, nor does it override any mandatory rights or protections under applicable law.


15. Product-Specific Licensing Terms

Some products may include additional licensing terms supplied by their original creators or rights holders.

Where additional terms apply, they will be identified or made available before purchase as required by law.

Product-specific terms may address matters such as software activation, installation limits, permitted uses or restrictions relating to particular content.

If a product-specific licence conflicts with this agreement, the product-specific licence will take precedence for that product only to the extent that the additional terms were validly incorporated into your purchase and are enforceable.

Additional restrictions introduced after purchase will not retrospectively remove rights already granted unless permitted by law or agreed with you.

If you are uncertain which licence applies to a particular product, please contact Transmission Samples for clarification.


16. Warranties and Liability

Transmission Samples aims to ensure that products are accurately described and supplied in accordance with applicable law.

We work with independent labels and content creators who are responsible for providing products they are authorised to distribute and license.

Nothing in this agreement excludes or restricts any statutory rights or remedies available to consumers under applicable law, including the Consumer Rights Act 2015.

We do not guarantee that a particular product will achieve a specific musical, creative or commercial result unless expressly agreed.

We are not responsible for losses that are not reasonably foreseeable or that do not result from a breach of our obligations, subject to applicable law.

Nothing in this agreement excludes or limits liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.


17. Changes to This Agreement

Transmission Samples may update this Licence Agreement from time to time to reflect changes in our products, services or applicable law.

The current version will be published on our website with an updated revision date.

Changes will generally apply to products acquired after the updated agreement takes effect.

We will not retrospectively remove or materially restrict rights already granted under an existing licence except where permitted by applicable law or expressly agreed with the relevant licensee.


18. Governing Law

This Licence Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales, subject to any mandatory legal protections that apply in your country of residence.

Nothing in this agreement removes any rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable consumer protection legislation.

If a provision of this agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law.


19. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Licence Agreement, the permitted use of a product or a particular licensing requirement, please contact us before proceeding with an uncertain use.

Transmission Samples Ltd
65 Shadwells Road
Lancing, Sussex
England, BN15 9EN

Website: www.transmissionsamples.com

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