Skiff
Terms · End user license agreement · Effective November 7, 2026
Skiff is provided as is. It installs an audio driver and sits in the path of your Mac's sound, so keep a known-good output handy. Use it at your own risk.
$9.99
once
01Agreement
Skiff is licensed to you, not sold. "We" means DWS Engineering, LLC and Tanishq Dubey. By installing or using Skiff you agree to these terms.
02License
A license key is for one person, on every Mac that person owns or controls. Shared machines, like a studio or a lab, need a key per machine. You may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, redistribute, resell or share Skiff or its license keys, except where the law lets you regardless.
03Trial
The download is both the trial and the full version. Without a license key, Skiff mixes noise into processed audio after 20 minutes of use; relaunching resets the trial. You may use the trial to evaluate Skiff for as long as you like.
04Purchase
A license costs $9.99 USD, once, and includes every future update to Skiff. Payment is handled by our reseller, Stripe, and the price includes any sales tax or VAT. If Skiff doesn't work for you, email us within 14 days of purchase for a refund.
05System audio
Skiff installs an AudioServerPlugIn driver and restarts Core Audio to load it, which briefly interrupts all sound on your Mac. While a chain is running, your audio passes through Skiff and the plug-ins you choose. Plug-ins can produce loud or unexpected output; set levels with care, especially in headphones.
06Third parties
Audio Units you add are made by their own developers under their own terms; we aren't responsible for how they behave. Headphone EQ profiles come from the AutoEq project and are provided as found. Mac, macOS and Audio Units are trademarks of Apple Inc.
07No warranty
Skiff is provided "as is" and "as available", with all faults and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We don't warrant that Skiff will be uninterrupted or error free, or that it will work with any particular hardware, software or plug-in.
08Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, DWS Engineering, LLC and Tanishq Dubey are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including damage to hearing or equipment, or loss of data, recordings, profits or opportunity, arising from your use of or inability to use Skiff, even if advised of the possibility. Where liability can't be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for Skiff.
Some jurisdictions don't allow these exclusions, so some may not apply to you. Your rights as a consumer under law are unaffected.
09Ending
You can stop at any time by removing Skiff (see Support). These terms end automatically if you break them.
10Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law rules.
11Changes
We may update these terms. The new version will be posted here with a new effective date; using Skiff after that means you accept it.