iOptigan - The BIG Soundtest and Tutorial for the iPad - Ultra Retro Goodness

aaronpc

@scarletjerry said:
Can we use the Optigan sounds and backing tracks in a commercial release?

-Scarlet Jerry

All day long

MarkR

@scarletjerry said:
Can we use the Optigan sounds and backing tracks in a commercial release?

-Scarlet Jerry

I don't see why not. According to the synth's Wikipedia page:

"...many notable musicians have used the Optigan or, more likely, samples of the instrument if the recordings are made after the year 2000. Among them: Trace, Steve Hackett, Third Eye Blind, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Jon Brion, Blur, Marco Benevento, Fiona Apple, Crash Test Dummies, Kraftwerk (Orchestron), Coil, Money Mark, Ani DiFranco, Michael Penn, Steve Fisk, Tom Waits...

AnimalHeadSpirit

Up until fairly recently it seems it was under the generic creative commons license , requiring you to give credit to optigan.com if you used the music in a commercial work. People had problems with that, so apparently they’ve modified the license so you no longer have to credit them.

From the relevent article on optigan.com:

“Recently, however, we were contacted by one of our long-time users who only recently became aware of our Creative Commons licensing policy. Without going into all the details, suffice it to say that they had a huge problem with being obligated to give us credit, and couldn’t understand why we didn’t simply offer the same sort of licensing scheme as many other loop vendors do. We argued our points back and forth to a stalemate, and while we still feel that the Creative Commons scheme was/is appropriate for our situation, we’ve decided to simplify matters and go with a more common licensing scheme:

You MAY use any and all sounds on our Optigan/Orchestron discs to create derivative works for commercial or private use without any further licensing fee beyond the original purchase price of the discs. No credit to optigan.com is required. If your Optigan/Orchestron resides in a commercial studio which you operate, this license also extends to your clients.
You MAY NOT simply copy the sound contents of the discs and distribute the material directly as sample loops, either commercially or privately.
You MAY NOT make physical copies of the actual discs themselves, other than for private use/experimentation.”

scarletjerry

Thanks everyone. I checked the terms of use on the website, and I interpret the language as you can sell your creations, but you can’t sell the loops by themselves. Makes sense to me.

Scarlet Jerry

oat_phipps

Anyone wanna buy something some Optigan loops? Get em while they’re hot

JeffChasteen

@thesoundtestroom said:
Just an awesome trip to nostalgia land for me this, I love this so much, I just love everything about the instrument, all the lofi and the noises...everything.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ioptigan/id1143470101?mt=8&uo=4&at=1l3voJz

I'm getting this even though it is the product that nearly toppled The House of Barbie!

haulin_notes

Great sounding app! Nothing like it for iOS that I've seen. Will be perfect for my dream of composing alternative soundtracks for Brady Bunch episodes!

kobamoto

any Black Friday sale on the iap?