stewartgable
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This might be an obvious question, but--
Are MIDI virtual instruments copyrighted? Meaning, if I record original music using virtual instruments not created by me, do I have to credit the maker of the virtual instrument?
I'm not talking about loops, I am simply talking about using, say, the bass, string, keyboard, synth, and drum sounds from a virtual instrument library that I did not create to record original music of my own. Can I consider that music original, or do I have to credit the maker of the sounds of the virtual instrument library for creating the sounds I am using to create a song?
Again, I am writing all the melodies, rhythms, harmonies--all the notes are original, it's just the SOUNDS playing the notes I did not sample or record myself.
I am totally new to MIDI, and I only ask this because after years of recording live instruments I sort of feel like it's cheating to use these MIDI virtual instrument libraries to get such clean, beautiful sounds, which I had no part in creating.
I am using PreSonus Studio1, by the way. The libraries I am using are the ones that came with the program, one is called Mai-Tai, the other Presence.
Thanks for the help, ya'll.
-Stewart
Are MIDI virtual instruments copyrighted? Meaning, if I record original music using virtual instruments not created by me, do I have to credit the maker of the virtual instrument?
I'm not talking about loops, I am simply talking about using, say, the bass, string, keyboard, synth, and drum sounds from a virtual instrument library that I did not create to record original music of my own. Can I consider that music original, or do I have to credit the maker of the sounds of the virtual instrument library for creating the sounds I am using to create a song?
Again, I am writing all the melodies, rhythms, harmonies--all the notes are original, it's just the SOUNDS playing the notes I did not sample or record myself.
I am totally new to MIDI, and I only ask this because after years of recording live instruments I sort of feel like it's cheating to use these MIDI virtual instrument libraries to get such clean, beautiful sounds, which I had no part in creating.
I am using PreSonus Studio1, by the way. The libraries I am using are the ones that came with the program, one is called Mai-Tai, the other Presence.
Thanks for the help, ya'll.
-Stewart