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.
Comments (71)
Best thread yet lmao
It's because of the sheer hypocrisy
Thanks for pointing this out!
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I've taken the liberty to fix some formatting. Hope you don't mind.
https://www.audiotool.com/user/mbelow/ thanks, looks way better
Looks like this isn't the site I need. Basically I want to take a backing track of a popular song, sing to it, then add some effects and share it on YouTube. Is that allowed?
@paul_simbeck-hampson No, it is not allowed to upload copyrighted material.
as you may know im uploading samples from loopmasters and bits from youtube vids i let you know how i do it. first:find the youtube vid ya want then:convert it to mp3. than go to file on audiotool and select import sample. then click from file and then all ya have to do is drag your sample to the file for audiotool samples. than click open and than you get the sample editor with your sample.
thanks for saying that!
Probably not because AudioTool is really meant for composition only.
can you add some more Indian instruments like tabala, mruthumkam, ? all though there are two tabala sounds both ta and dha there are no kitu and tun etc... which are part of the tabala notes
This database is mainly a result of uploads from the community. Feel free to upload your own tabla samples under consideration of the points above.
Am I able to upload samples that I received from a free sample pack from https://www.ghosthack.de/ ? I reviewed his terms of conditions and I did not read anything about not uploading samples from a free sample pack. Still, I want to know if I am able to do this before bringing any unwanted problems.
"6.2 The transfer of the contents to third parties or the making of copies for third parties outside the scope of these terms and conditions is not permitted as far as The licensor has not consented to a transfer of the contractual license to the third party." The "making of copies for third parties" bit effectively prevents you from uploading and re-distributing in a platform like AT.
Ok, thank you. Now say that I use them on my tracks by uploading them to my private library of samples. The track will not be remixable. Is this allowed or will it still be considered "making copies for third parties"?
Well, since you don't own the Audiotool servers but you're still uploading the samples to them (doesn't matter if private or not), you're involving Audiotool (a third party) in the ownership of those samples and you're breaching your contract. The point is, don't put Audiotool in such a position, don't do it.
well, i mean. i would understand that about the small sample from another DAW being fine, but a whole track? what if someone was using a daw that doesnt really give you room to automate, master, or mix. then your crap out of luck. but with a small sample from something you did is good, cause pianos and guitars and such are a good part in some music.
this is really helpful. im curious though, what if i layered a bunch of samples (like lets say some snares) and made a completely new snare. would that still be copyrighted? lets say i did use someone elses snares, but in that case, i made a completely different snare, that only i use in only my music. and it sounds different from the others
So, I do what you mentioned here with the snares a lot. Layering different elements of different snares to create the sound I want.
Now, this is a grey area in some countries as the copyrighted sample is unrecognisable in a track, but it is still there. Usually you are in the clear.
HOWEVER to do this in AT you would first have to upload the copyrighted material. This is not allowed.
So, in essence, no, you can't do this in AT, because you cannot upload any copyrighted material.
Wait. I can't even upload samples from another song for a remix competition?
Of course not
What if I've already done it, but I haven't used it. How do I get rid of it?
You can report yourself and hope for being let off with probation ;)
I think they plan on having a sample delete feature soon.
I'm just trying to see if i could upload my music to YouTube. Its completely from audio tool nothing extra. Just samples recreated
Sounds good to me, but don’t take my word for it
That's fine. Audiotool used to include YouTube in the platforms you could upload to from its Export function. Now it's only Soundcloud. To export to YouTube, download your published mixdown to your hard disk, use a video editing program to create a video with your music and upload to your YouTube channel.
It should be fine as long as the samples used in the track are uploaded from trustworthy sources (such as the samples provided by Loopmasters, Newloops, and the samples collected by the AT Resource Collective). Otherwise, there might be issues with those copyrighted samples. Unless you meant that, of course.
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Can I do knxwledge?
If you mean to upload audio from him to AT, no, I'm afraid you can't.
Since online libraries are for you to use, would I be able to upload a sample from there, but use the hide from public option, since it wouldn't be distributing it to others?
No - unfortunately the uploading process itself counts as re-distribution. Laws can be annoying sometimes.
What Known as I said. Often, license agreements explicitly forbid uploading to any public platform, which AT is.
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Wrong board. Open a topic here: https://www.audiotool.com/board/newbie and be specific about what do you need help with.
How do I use other people’s assets from their song step by step
when i upload a sample it says NO PEAKS AVAILABLE
There was a temporary outage. Please try again.
Can I upload Samples from a royalty-free sample pack from soundpacks.com?
It was free btw
I couldn't find their terms :/ I'll find another website and find and read their terms. Thanks for the advice though!
how do I search up an asset (sample or preset) from someone's track in audiotool
can i use samples in a actual song?
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.
That's a lie.
3 - USE ANY WORKSTATION
I was wondering, could i recreate a copyrighted sample's melody in another DAW and export it here?
welp glad i read that
how long till i can use the sample i made
If you made it, you can upload it and use it straight away.
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.
Project > Sample Upload > Upload Sample... on the top bar menu in the Studio.
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.
That machine is sample based, so I wouldn't upload it to AT, unless you process those samples so much that they sound like something new. But don't quote me on that, last word on this is for the devs to have.
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if you need anything it has to be able to be used commercially
So no other websites like Sample Focus? Man that sucks : /
can i use samples from this website and upload them for example the ones from new loops and royalty free?
am i aloud use adio that says audio tool on it
Are using ambient sounds from looperman ok or not?
No.
Any and all samples from looperman are strictly prohibited.
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.
You can upload your own, self-made, samples of course.
No sample upload is allowed to be longer than 30s - this is to help eliminate copyright infringement and people uploading entire tracks.
Thanks for the quick answer.
So that means that if i want to upload a completely song / sung lyrics or played instruments, i just have to cut this recordings in max. 30 seconds parts.
These sections can then be arranged one after the other in the sequencer of the DAW.
Would this approach be ok?
I ask because I would like to work with several people on the same song and like to have a similar recording, or working situation as in the home studio, even without having to meet.
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.
good to hear, thanks again for the reply and of course for the tips!
No problem. :)
Understandable, is there a site like this that has private uploads? Thats what i was looking for when i found this.
What do you mean by private uploads?
What happens if it's a small sample from a song and you use it ( e.g a kick drum )