Sampling Beats From MP3.COM

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Recently I downloaded some beats at mp3.com and thought they all sounded really tight.. I was wondering if I could sample them with another sampled beat together and add more elements to it.. Is it legal to sample a non-commercial beats/intrumentals? Can I use it commercially?
 
if it's totally non-commercial and the creator gives you any right to use it as you please, then by all means go ahead.. if the foo have forgot to even mention that he would like you not to use it for commercial purposes, then it isn't your fault anyway...
 
What if I play around with the loop sample out from his beat? And mix some more loop sample out from another beat? How about those sample loops that comes with Acid, Ejay, and some other loop-based music production? Is it legal to use em commercially?
 
as long as you can't recognize the original from the new beat, it's perfectely allright. Just adding a reverb will make it a little different and if you slice it up, then you should be very much clear from copyright issues..
 
How about those sample loops that comes with Acid, Ejay, and some other loop-based music production? Is it legal to use em commercially?
 
Yes .... as long as they mention AND state that the samples are ROYALTY FREE. ;)
 
As far as i figured out mp3 samples sucks . This is mainly at lower conversion rates - mp3 reduces the information of the track by removing frequencies dat u cant hear (cause beeing overlaped by louder signals) with a quick moving bandpass. So try to grab only parts with the pure signal not beeing overlayed by another signal - otherwise u can hear the filter sweep clearly.
 
struberg said:
.... This is mainly at lower conversion rates - mp3 reduces the information of the track by removing frequencies dat u cant hear ....
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struberg is, very much, correct in that statement. ;)

peace
 
actually, if you're an mp3.com producer like myself who has copyrighted all of his/her musical works, i could sue you for up to $25,000 JUST for the copyright infringement, not to mention the fact that its illegal, and if you published or made the musical sample you stole avialable to the public under your name i could sue for even more. this is a very picky industry people, one that is very tight when it comes to originality and creativity. nobody wants their music stolen, sampled, or bitten, ESPECIALLY if you are a hip hop producer, or any modern producer. people like dj premiere have to pay thousands of dollars to own non exclusive rights to samples.

Chriss - you could wind up costing your buddy some big bucks, watch what kind of false information you are giving out..
 
that totally depends on what samples we're talking about.. to take a beat (bass, high hat) and shit like that is NOT illegal for the simple fact that everybody can make those beats, cause everybody use the same samples (808, 909, tr707 etc)
taking a clean bassdrum from mp3.com and use it yourself is just like taking any bassdrum sample from anywhere..

some people here have a tendency to call they actual choons, with melody and bass and all that, for a beat while it is infact not.. a beat is just the general drumgroove.

have you got any idea of how many times the Amen break have been used sol?

I'd like to see you proove that he did indeed use that particular bassdrum or snaredrum sample from your site ..

Another reason that it isn't a crime is that the original copyright of sounds like the 909 is rolands...
 
Aside from the legalities, don't you have any pride of workmanship, let alone artistic integrity? Make your own "beats". Be creative, not a musical shoplifter.
 
ehh.. i never copy beats or anything else for that matter.. but is it okay if i use my 909 high hats? cause.. i really like em.. ?
 
Chriss said:
that totally depends on what samples we're talking about.. to take a beat (bass, high hat) and shit like that is NOT illegal for the simple fact that everybody can make those beats, cause everybody use the same samples (808, 909, tr707 etc)
taking a clean bassdrum from mp3.com and use it yourself is just like taking any bassdrum sample from anywhere..

some people here have a tendency to call they actual choons, with melody and bass and all that, for a beat while it is infact not.. a beat is just the general drumgroove.

have you got any idea of how many times the Amen break have been used sol?

I'd like to see you proove that he did indeed use that particular bassdrum or snaredrum sample from your site ..

Another reason that it isn't a crime is that the original copyright of sounds like the 909 is rolands...
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geeq asked: Recently I downloaded some beats at mp3.com and thought they all sounded really tight.. I was wondering if I could sample them with another sampled beat together and add more elements to it.. Is it legal to sample a non-commercial beats/intrumentals? Can I use it commercially?

you replied: if the foo have forgot to even mention that he would like you not to use it for commercial purposes, then it isn't your fault anyway...

how do i know you're not going to sample my whole melody, or take a loop of my beat and use it? it's happened to me before, thanks to a fella named j.osborn

drum sounds are a slightly different story. but ehh i dont agree. i've never taken a drum sound from another producers song, simple as that
 
i see.. you call your songs for "beats" ... a beat is one fourth of a bar in the 4/4 signature, just so you know it.. it would have to be a very short loop...
Don't know where this comes from with calling your loops and melodies for beats but i pray it might stop one of these days.

If he takes a melody line or vocals, then of course it's illegal, but you are confusing a BEAT with a TRACK...
 
well then maybe ours, err.. your, problem is a difference of terminology

i mean, we are in the hip-hop / rap / beats section of this board right?

in hip hop, a beat is a synomym for "instrumental," because generally instrumental is NOT a term associated with hip hop

i'm not sure what you mean when referring to a "beat" and i'm not sure if we interpreted geek's post the same way.. on mp3.com, there is a sub-section called "beats" which comes from the section "hip hop"

hm..

Don't know where this comes from with calling your loops and melodies for beats but i pray it might stop one of these days.
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wtf? a feeble attempt at comedy? what was that for?
 
k.. didn't know that...

damn.. just shows that hip hoppers aren't musicians.. calling intrumentals for beats, never heard anything that silly in my life..

a beat is a term you use in compilance with musical theory. A beat is a division of your time signature..
the term "beat" is also used in the electronic world to describe a short drum groove (i.e. beat related)

you hip hoppers always have to ruin everything :( just look at what you did to the Night Rider theme song.. :D

I still pray it might stop though..
 
lol ok

you're refering to a beat as in

there are 4 beats per measure in the 4/4 time signature? 3 in 3/4.. bla bla..

well, you allready know how i'm using it.. so coo..
 
if you are saying sampling is not being creative or stealing, then the hell with you!!!

true hip hoppers like myself have a sampling ethics code.

heres mine

1. If another producer sampled it, its dead no matter how good i can make it sound i wont use if its been done i.e the way r&b singers sample a rap song thats 2 weeks old and sell millions.

2. The song has to be AT LEAST 15 years old.

3. If the song ever made the top 10, i wont touch it.

4. It has to be more than just a remix of the original is has to be hot!!!!

5. I only sample from vinyl

6. I NEVER EVER USE ACID, MY 4 YEAR OLD CAN USE THAT CRAP


PEACE
 
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