EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Hi,

On 22-Dec-04, at 2:23 PM, Andris Sice wrote:

>  A Group Buy is probably the only way to do it. As usual, you get what
>  you pay for. As a sole operator I sometimes think the licensing of
>  samples is a bit unfair. If a big studio buys a sample CD it can be
>  used by multiple people on multiple projects. If I buy a sample CD it
>  gets *much* less use even though I pay the same for the CD.

Actually, this is not quite true.  As per the license agreements on 
most sample CD's, studios are not allowed to "share" out their sample 
libraries.  While I'm sure that it happens, it is not legal use.  
Basically, if you are using a commercial sample CD library (like the 
stuff from Spectrasonics, EastWest, etc.) to create music, you must own 
a license for it.  Just because you are paying a studio for time and 
they happen to have a library, does not entitle you to legally use it 
on your CD.  This discussion came up a year or 2 ago on this list if I 
recall correctly and that was how it was stated.   I am not a studio 
operator (mainly a composer and arranger in addition to live 
performance) and I have bought all of the libraries that I use.  That 
totals up to thousands and thousands of dollars for me over the years.  
However, I make money using these sounds and that is how I justify it 
for the most part.  It is painful sometimes, especially with some of 
the thousand and multi-thousand dollar libraries available today but I 
can sleep well at night knowing that no one will be coming after me as 
well as the fact that I am supporting the developer who can turn around 
and make new libraries that I would not have the money to create for 
myself.

When you look hard and are patient, you can find good deals around on 
many titles.  EastWest has regular sales plus points that you can use 
to save money.  Many stores that carry samples offer better pricing 
typically than the developer's websites.  Lately there have also been 
quite a few good group buys on sample libs too.  Unless I need it 
today, I tend to look and wait for sales to come up for libs that I 
want.  While there are good free samples on the net, I have found that 
many are few and far between.  I simply do not have the time to search 
and search and try and try until I find good stuff.

HTH,
Fernstudio


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