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Originally Posted by starcrash13  Personally, I would prefer the previews to be of higher quality but have some other type of protection like an electronic beep or something. Maybe simliar to the one used in the Altiverb demo which is full functional, yet has a beep in the verb. |
I'm right there with ya. I like high quality too. But from the providers point of view, it's very difficult to protect themselves from people stealing. Of course, longer, sustained kind of effects like ambiences, you only need to provide a 10-15 second preview, but a door slam, car crash, gun shot, etc the preview is enough to provide someone with the effect without having to pay for it.
I'm sure there is a better way to do all of this. Perhaps making someone sign up for an account, so the only way you can log into the search is if you are a member. Won't stop people from stealing, but might limit it.
I wish these guys the best of luck for sure, but I'm wondering if there are better ways to exchange sound design/effects. In an ideal world, where everyone was honest and had the best of intentions you could set up an internet community of sound designers who could use the old bartering system. So Joe, a specialist in recording gun sounds could exchange sounds with Pete, a nature recordist. A win, win. Unfortunately, this is probably a difficult thing to do because we don't live in an ideal world, and sure enough people would probably abuse the system. Maybe I'm wrong on that. I'd prefer to be wrong on that. I also don't think there's anything wrong with making money off your sounds either, so I support what places like Sound Dogs are doing. Either system is fine by me as long as people are being honest and everone gets a fair shake.
Steve