Timbre EQ / Privacy
Timbre EQ Privacy Policy
Last updated . This page is the privacy policy in every language on the App Store.
The short version. Timbre EQ has no accounts and no analytics. We do not collect, receive, or have access to your music, your curve, or your room measurements. Audio is processed on your Mac. The iPhone talks to that Mac over your own local network, and nowhere else.
Who we are
Timbre EQ is made by The Wood Laboratory LLC, trading as The Wood Lab, in Stephenville, Texas. Questions about this policy go to hello@thewoodlabtx.com.
What stays on your devices
The Mac app stores your setups on that Mac: the curves, the names, the notes, and a room correction if you have measured one. The iPhone stores the name of the Mac you last used, so it can reconnect. None of this is sent to us. Deleting the app deletes those settings with it.
Audio
To equalize what the Mac is playing, Timbre EQ asks for system audio recording. In System Settings that permission is Screen & System Audio Recording, or System Audio Recording on older macOS. It lets the app hear the Mac’s playback so it can process it and send it to the output you are already using. The audio does not leave the Mac. We never receive it.
Bypass is a copy of the incoming audio. A curve with every band flat is also a copy. The app adds no account login to that path, because there is no account.
The iPhone microphone
The iPhone microphone is used only during “Tune to room”. The Mac plays a sweep through your speakers. The phone records it and sends that recording to your Mac, on your local network, so the Mac can measure the room and fit a correction. The recording is not uploaded to us. When you are not tuning, the companion does not record the room.
Local network
The Mac and the iPhone find each other with Bonjour, service type _timbreeq._tcp, and then talk directly. That traffic carries the remote control, the live curve, and, during “Tune to room”, the microphone recording. It stays between your own devices. Timbre EQ does not contact a Wood Lab server. There is no server for it to contact.
What we do not do
- We do not create accounts, logins, or passwords.
- We do not use analytics, advertising, or tracking tools.
- We do not track you across apps or websites.
- We do not sell, rent, or share your information, because we never have it.
- We do not upload your music, your curve, or your measurements.
In App Store Connect, Timbre EQ is declared as Data Not Collected. That is the accurate answer.
Purchases
If you buy Timbre EQ, you buy it from Apple. Apple processes the payment. We do not receive your card number, and we do not run a separate license server. The Mac and the iPhone are one purchase.
Your rights
Privacy laws in some places, including the EU and UK GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act, give you rights to see, correct, delete, or take a copy of personal data an organization holds. We hold none of it. Your setups are on your devices, and you can change or delete them there without asking us.
Children
Timbre EQ is a music tool. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes we will update the date at the top of the page, and for anything material we will note it in the app’s release notes. This page carries the policy in every language on the App Store: English, Deutsch, Français, Español, Italiano, 日本語, 简体中文, and 한국어.
Contact
The Wood Laboratory LLC, Stephenville, Texas