Sam Smyers Licensing Agreement
Sam Smyers preset packs, sound banks, and sample packs are 100% royalty-free and you can use them for commercial work/releases as well.
Rendering the project files (or templates) and releasing the exact songs as your own original content is prohibited.
However, using the samples, presets, loops, rhythms, melody parts, etc included in the project files is perfectly acceptable.
Redistribution of the banks and packaging are strictly prohibited.
If you're not sure you fully understand the scope of this license or have any further questions regarding copyrights and royalty, email support (at) samsmyers.com
All rights not expressly granted to the user of project files, templates and sounds are reserved.
- All rights not expressly granted to the user are reserved.
- This license is granted for a single user only (and is given on a worldwide basis).
- All copying, lending, duplicating, re-selling or trading of this product or its content is strictly prohibited.
- The license is non-exclusive and is granted for the full period of copyright protection and sound samples.
- Purchasing and opening the product constitutes your acceptance of these terms
Can I incorporate sound elements of the templates/project files into my own tracks/compositions, if I completely change the melodies and chord progressions?
A: Yes this is possible, but you need to change the melodies and chord progressions more than 50% to the original template files.
You may not:
- take the project files as they are and release them (on a record label or something similar) under your name
- directly or indirectly license, sub-license, sell or resell the Item, or redistribute the work alone (even for free), or any of these things.
- Register the copyrights under yourself or a company
You may:
- learn music production tricks with Sam Smyers' templates/project files designed for educational purposes
- reverse engineer the music production process and use it as a foundation for your own productions
- use parts for non-profit videos
- incorporate sound elements of the templates/project files into your own tracks/compositions, if you completely change the melodies and chord progressions (you need to change the melodies and chord progressions more than 50% to the original template files - no shazam or other detecting services should be able to recognize any similarities to original Sam Smyers works)
Can I use the vocal samples and acapellas contained in Sam Smyers's original song project files or stems for commercial use?
A: No, for any vocals or acapellas that you download from Sam Smyers's original project files or stems, you cannot use for commercial you. You may use the vocals to help you create musical compositions and productions, but you must remove them if you plan to release your compositions commercially.