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Why?

I sometimes, nope, rarely do post here to provide sounds to people who want to use for their videos. (The last one was posted on October.) But if I were to do so, I could have done on commons.niconico.jp, which no ones here may know.

I guess theres some joy to be gotten from giving away one's own artistic creations to people who need to use it as part of their own; like a large scale collaboration. I also like to hear the feedback from people in the comments, usually it's positive.

Plus, it's nice to be part of a community such as this.

That's the motivation.

Headphaze wrote:
I guess theres some joy to be gotten from giving away one's own artistic creations to people who need to use it as part of their own; like a large scale collaboration. I also like to hear the feedback from people in the comments, usually it's positive.

Plus, it's nice to be part of a community such as this.

That's the motivation.

"Hear, hear!"

Personally, I probably wouldn't have delved into the world of sound had it not been for this site, which I used for one of my first little university projects. Ever since then, I've felt obligated to contribute some of my own sounds, in the hopes of helping others just as others on this site had helped me.

And I've stuck around ever since.

The only reasons I post my sounds here is because it's "free" so I would like people to enjoy HQ Recordings without people paying for it.

timmy leary said to "find the others"

seemed like a good place to look.

I think I use tags and descriptions as a free online course to improve my English writing skills.
Seriously, there is not just one reason. At the very early moments I was consciously or not trying to 'snapshot' events so that they didn't get lost in my memory (that's a concern shared by many people in their forties). Later, feedback from the community here was so rewarding that I got hooked, that lasted many years. That fun was over time ago, nowadays uploading is part of my routine duties. Feeel like I'm on my own, writing a book of memories. Sort of.

I do it for the fame and the money.

reacthor wrote:
I do it for the fame and the money.

Ha! good one XD

I would like people to enjoy music without people paying for it.

toiletrolltube wrote:
I listen to my own sounds.

If someone told me they don't listen to their own sounds, I would be very suspicious.

toiletrolltube wrote:
Always nice to hear from you by the way.

Likewise!

You post sounds for free, and you download for free, see it as a type of donation but instead of money its a sound. Many people do not mind giving away their work due to the fact that most sound recorded with a microphone is not copyrighted, but unique sounds created artistically can be, but even with that, a singular sound is not that hard to make, ussually, its just some people's hobby and what people do for fun in their spare time.

Kodack wrote:
most sound recorded with a microphone is not copyrighted,

That's not true. An audio recording can be copyrighted, just like an image or a video recording. with Creative Commons anyone can slap a license on their work.

If I recorded the audio of my car starting up, I would not think I owned that sound, especially if I recorded someone singing on the street or something and saying I made it. Recording nature in my opinion has no right to be copyrighted, it belongs to everyone, I do not think recording something means you made it, hope ya'll understand what I'm gettin at here

I applaud the spirit of what you say Kodack, but owning the rights to a recording of a sound is not the same as owning the rights to the sound itself. If I cashed in my pension and went on safari to the deepest jungles of Wibbledonia and recorded the mating whoops of the previously unknown species the Gwibble-gwibble bird, I wouldn't think it fair if my recording was used in the latest Star Wars movie without my permission. If the studio sent their own sound recording expedition to Wibbledonia to record the bird, fair enough - I don't own the birds calls, but I do own the recording I did myself.

If you wanted to record my car starting up I wouldn't stop you, but since I've already done it (and uploaded), you could use my recording instead - and to be honest, I'm not that fussed about being given credit anyway. However, when I post my unique and spectacular recordings of the Gwibble-gwibble on freesound I might be a bit more selfish on the license terms!

Anyway, Best Christmas regards Kodack - and all the other freesound animals,

Wibby

Yes i understand what you are saying, ofcourse you will always need to check for copyrights attached to sounds and never assume.

And yes, Merry Christmas everybody

toiletrolltube wrote:
By the way, when can we hear that recording Wibby? Go on, blow the pension.

Alas toiletrolltube, we might have to wait a bit for that.

As of this moment the Gwibble-gwibble is only a mythical creature I saw in a drunken dream... (It was deep in discussion with a Unicorn about the parallels between the state of US politics and the potential for social corrosion opened up by Brexit.)

But like the Vampire that cannot be seen in a mirror or photographed, so the Gwibble-gwibble bird's sounds cannot be recorded. It would be for someone with imagination and the skills in Electronic Synthesis to render an Audio Artist's impression. Sadly I have little of the former and none of the latter so would have to pass that challenge on to others.

In case I do not post again in a timely fashion, I wish you the best salutations for the impending Christmas season toiletrolltube, even if it is a bit early.

Regards Wibby...

(p.s. Not that I need to double down on excuses, but I'm preserving the pension fund for the benefit of my good wife who is likely to outlast me by a good few decades.)

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Sorry I had to since the name of this thread...!!!

Socialism

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