MIDI Pack legal usage question

[Danny Smith]

Is it permissable to use MIDI (chords and all) “as is” by sequencing several MIDI selections together to create my songs in in EZKeys 2? The EULA is unclear on this subject. I am certain this has been asked before but it is still unclear to me.

Here is an example:

I use an intro from an EZKeys 2 MIDI pack then add a verse from a EZKeys 2 MIDI pack then a chorus etc. Then I create a melody and record the melody (vocal or instrumental) on top of the EZKeys track. I were to publish the song publically for pay, is this within your legal usage agreement if?

I love your products! This subject has concerned me for a long time and I would like to be clear and do the right thing. The reason I purchased the software is because I don’t have the piano technique to play as well as your MIDI performances.

Thanks for any help in clearing this up!

Danny Smith

Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

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[John]

Hi,

I copy my reply to the same question you posted in another thread:

Hi,

to reiterate:
You are free to use any Toontrack sound and/or MIDI in a musical context (most of the time called a “song”) you create.
I.e. it doesn’t matter how much of a Toontrack MIDI file or how many MIDI files you use to construct a “song”.
It does not matter which sounds you use when you create your “music”.
It does not matter if you give your created work/song/piece away or charge an enormous amount of money for it.
All of the above, you can do.

What you cannot do, is to sell (or give) the Toontrack MIDI or sounds intended for use in a musical context in its raw form.
I.e. you cannot take one, many or parts of a Toontrack MIDI file and sell or give away.
You cannot sample a sound from a Toontrack library, e.g. a Snare or a piano and sell or give away on its own.

You can and should make as much music as you possibly want with your Toontrack MIDI and sound libraries.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Danny Smith]

Hi John,

Thank you for the thorough, thoughtful reply. I am really enjoying EZBass, EZDrummer 3 and EZKeys 2…  great music production software!

I hope your technical team will consider updadting EZKeys 2 to include “Song Creator”. Song Creator is a great idea, its in all the other newer Toontrack products and is an incredible time saver! To set up the form of a song and have the software suggest compatible parts really ignites and simplies the creative process! Please pass this along to your staff. We want it!

Thanks again

Danny

[conan55]

Thank you John for that update. The EULA seems to be open to much interpretation.

 

However, I noticed I am not allowed to change chords, replace a verse etc after I have assembled the various song parts and saved that as a new midi file (song).

There seems to be some kind of copyright protection going on within EzKeys2 when I try to modify “my” song later on. If I modify a single chord, all the chords become that chord that I had entered. I can’t delete a verse and replace it with another verse from the same midi song (AOR midi pack). I have to believe this is very deliberate.

Obviously another midi editor would allow me to modify the file. Is that illegal somehow?

Not trying to be a wise guy, just trying to make a song, my song. I bought quite a few midi files from ToonTrack. I sure hope that wasn’t a mistake.

Mac Mini M1/Sonoma 14.4.1/Logic Pro 10.8

[Bear-Faced Cow]

No issue here. Answered your other post.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Rogue Alpha Waves]

conan55 wrote:

Thank you John for that update. The EULA seems to be open to much interpretation.

 

However, I noticed I am not allowed to change chords, replace a verse etc after I have assembled the various song parts and saved that as a new midi file (song).

There seems to be some kind of copyright protection going on within EzKeys2 when I try to modify “my” song later on. If I modify a single chord, all the chords become that chord that I had entered. I can’t delete a verse and replace it with another verse from the same midi song (AOR midi pack). I have to believe this is very deliberate.

Obviously another midi editor would allow me to modify the file. Is that illegal somehow?

Not trying to be a wise guy, just trying to make a song, my song. I bought quite a few midi files from ToonTrack. I sure hope that wasn’t a mistake.

Mac Mini M1/Sonoma 14.4.1/Logic Pro 10.8

I know this was from months ago, but I do the same thing and have not experienced any issues editing the MIDI in my constructed track. I frequently will delete a note or two from a block I drop into the track. I like to use a single groove as a starting point, and then go from there.

Operating system: Windows 11

• This post was modified 6 months ago by Rogue Alpha Waves.
  Reason: Clarify remarks

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