As you may have noticed, in the top left corner of the Audiotool App, there is a function that allows you to upload your own samples into the online sample library. You may be wondering; "What samples am I permitted to upload?". Well, you've come to the right thread!
Copyrighted Samples
From my 6 years of experience on this site, I have learned a lot of things. Within the knowledge I have gained, I've learned a lot about sample uploading. Now, one of the things that have always been a prevalent issue on this site is the uploading of copyrighted samples. There can range from; a Kick drum in a premium sample pack, a bass loop from a well-known artists' song, all the way to an outright blatant rip from a popular song. All of the above are not permitted on this site, for good reason.
- The sample library is cloud based, and anyone on this site can access samples that you have uploaded. This means that if you upload samples from a premium (Paid) sample pack, you are, however unintentional it may be, distributing samples from that pack for free, without permission from the owner of the samples. This means that Audiotool.com could potentially come under lawsuit from the aforementioned company, potentially resulting in the site being shut down, due to copyright infringement.
- Uploading a 30-second clip from a popular song. This has the same outcome as importing a sound from a sample pack, as mentioned above. And, also, it's just downright embarrassing to be caught trying to pass off someone else's work as your own.
- Uploading samples that you have made in another DAW. This is complicated. Audiotool, first and foremost, is an online DAW, and with that, it also features an inbuilt publishing platform for you to share your tracks. Although this can be likened to something like SoundCloud, or YouTube, it is not to be used as such. Really, the publishing platform this site provides should be used only for tracks made on the DAW and therefore not for uploading songs you may have made in another workstation. (Trust me, I know this.) Although that is the case, in certain circumstances it would be acceptable to import your own sample that you created, as long as you don't use so many that the track is almost entirely made on another DAW.
We hope after reading this that you now understand more fully how to correctly use the 'Import sample' facility of this DAW. We also hope that this information will benefit you in future times. Thanks for reading, and if you need any more advice, check out the other sections, located just above this thread.
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How to upload (self-made vocal and instrumental) samples longer than 30 seconds?
Is it even allowed to upload (and of course share) OWN samples ?
Maybe I understand it wrong and it is only allowed to use samples from the given sources?
That would make the tool completely unusable.
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No problem. :)
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good to hear, thanks again for the reply and of course for the tips!
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Correct.
For ease of use, I'd recommend cutting it up/recording it in sections based on bars, rather than time, as this makes synchronisation a bit easier within the DAW.
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Are using ambient sounds from looperman ok or not?
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am i aloud use adio that says audio tool on it
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can i use samples from this website and upload them for example the ones from new loops and royalty free?
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So no other websites like Sample Focus? Man that sucks : /
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What about samples from a drum machine? I used to own an Alesis HR16 that I have since gifted to a friend, but I sampled many of the individual sounds first so I could use them in the future.
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how can i upload my own samples from my pc to the app i have been trying to figure it but i cant everything that i found on the internet its for the older version. I would really apriciate some help.
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how long till i can use the sample i made
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welp glad i read that
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I was wondering, could i recreate a copyrighted sample's melody in another DAW and export it here?
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This doesn't in any way answer the Q 'what samples can I upload', just goes on about a lot of vague pseudo legal stuff and tells us what you shouldn't upload. I cannot get this feature to work and it means I'll probably have to switch to another online DAW to use with my students for remote teaching. Shame, as it's a powerful app.
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can i use samples in a actual song?
Understandable, is there a site like this that has private uploads? Thats what i was looking for when i found this.