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hello, im new to this site, am definetly amazed at this! anyway, im finishing up an associates in recording arts at school and am new at all this relatively. since learing more about field recording at school, im looking to learn more about this. i have a few questions.

so...i can download and use the sounds on freesound as long as i credit the author of them?

i am looking to get a hd recorder, namely an m audio micro or a zoom, which do u prefer? and what kind of mic to start?
(ususally a senheiser is what is suggested)

thanks very much

Why not the Edirol R09, which has a built-in stereo mic? Les fancy features than the zoom, but more compact and usable IMO

ill look into that, thanks much!

This is the license you use these sounds under:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/sampling+/1.0/legalcode

If you use it in a musically creative way, you'll be safe... This link also explains some ways where uses of sounds on here can get tricky.(it more pertains to use of sounds in movies or video games)

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1392

The licenses on here may change in the future as well.

cool, thank you very much!

Sorry, one other thing in contradiction to what I said. I think you may not be able to use the actual sample in a commercial.

The legal code says :

"Prohibition on advertising. All advertising and promotional uses are excluded from the above rights, except for advertisement and promotion of the Derivative Work(s) that You are creating from the Work and Yourself as the author thereof."

So I don't know if you can use music you make from it in ads. Though it could certainly be argued music featured in an ad is a promotion of the music itself. So maybe it is ok anyway... Another reason I'll be glad when this license gets swithched to a more clear one.

I think that the legal code is pretty clear on the advertising clause. If you make a song with a freesound sample and play it in a commercial for your album, you're fine. If it's in a car commercial (unrelated product) you violate the license. This license was constructed for musicians who want people to sample their songs, but wish to retain the ability to charge for licensing their music for ads and such, which for some is a major source of revenue.

What confuses me though is what if you make music with these samples for a soundtrack? That music is then used in advertising for the show/movie. The music was written specifically to be used for the soundtrack but its also a form of advertising for another product, isn't it?(the movie)

Is using music in an ad not a promotion of the music itself? People I know have specifically sought out music just because they liked it in an ad. Though it does sound like the license would disapprove of this use.

No matter how you justify it, there is simply no way that the license includes the ability to advertise anything other than works derived from the sample (unrelated products), it was built to prevent this.

IF a film that uses a sample counts as a "derived work", then using the sample in a TV Spot or trailer advertising the film is permissible.

Oh yeah and I am not a lawyer, but the Creative Commons guys are, and they wouldn't have allowed such a huge advertising loophole in a purpose-built license such as this.