We occasionally get this question or comment: “I created an Audio-CD from the downloaded WAV or MP3 files, and the CD doesn’t have a high enough sound quality.” Here at Shockwave-Sound.Com, we deliver music files either in 44.1 khz uncompressed WAV files, or in 192-kbps mp3 files. The WAV files represent the original CD […]
Year: 2009
Royalties and performance rights – a “must read” if you use music on hold
Before you use music in public, there are some things about music copyright and performance rights that you need to understand. This article is meant to give a simple, clear overview of the issues involved in this process. Royalty free music for telephone on-hold… What you need to know. Performance rights: When music is […]
Independent review of the Sennheiser 450 Noise Canceling Headphones
As a music composer, producer and sound engineer, I need a good pair of headphones. I’ve been using a pair of Sennheiser headphones for years that I was always quite pleased with, but with the number of computers, fans, servers, external hard disks and even hard disks in hardware outboard samplers around me, frankly, the […]
Quick explanation of terms relating to music copyrights, music licensing and royalty-free music
In the world of music rights and commercial or in-public music use, there are a lot of terms and expressions that may be confusing to non-musicians. In fact, some of these are confusing even to musicians. In this article I will try to explain some of these terms and what they mean. 1. Copyright Free […]
How to build a longer music track from the “Set of music loops”
How do I use a “set of music loops” as building blocks to build my own “remix” of the track? This question sometimes come to us as: “Why is the music split up into 6 short pieces, rather than one whole song?” The reason we deliver our “set of music loops” as a bunch of […]