Hi Neil -

PDR comes equipped with an installed album. I think it's Core Foundations - http://www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/library/Core+Foundations/ - if that's the case, those tracks will be blue & bold.

When you purchase albums or tracks, they'll become blue & bold too. Tracks you haven't purchased are listed in white & you can download a preview.

If you don't want to automatically download the previews you can switch that off in SmartSound preferences.

Cheers - Tony
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Hi, Tony!

I saw the titles shown in "Blue & Bold", clicking on the titles showed only some to reveal content(theme variants), others appeared empty. I think I'm going to rely only on what's already there IF it suits my purpose, otherwise I'll use my library of MP3 audio tracks.(mainly instrumental hits, like Mason Williams' "Classical Gas" for instance). I don't see my work ever being posted onto YouTube, likely the clips I produce will only go to DVD, to be viewed by family or friends.

Cheers!

Neil.

Hi, Neil. YouTube will sometimes hassle you for using music like Classical Gas. At minimum, you can get a popup ad on your video, which can ruin the mood for viewers. Heck, YouTube will sometimes do that even to SmartSound tracks.

If you ever decide that you'd like to be able to share videos over the internet, I would suggest a Vimeo account. There's less of that BS there.

Kevin

Quote: Hi, Neil. YouTube will sometimes hassle you for using music like Classical Gas. At minimum, you can get a popup ad on your video, which can ruin the mood for viewers. Heck, YouTube will sometimes do that even to SmartSound tracks.

If you ever decide that you'd like to be able to share videos over the internet, I would suggest a Vimeo account. There's less of that BS there.

Kevin

In the case you receive a copyright notice for using SmartSound music, you can look who claimed the music. Usually it is either The Orchard Music or Getty Images Music. If the claim is from Orchard music, an email to them with a link to your youtube video is what you need to do so they clear the claim. If it is from Getty Images Music, just dispute the claim in YouTube providing a link to the SmartSound license found in the website, then they will clear the claim. I've been doing this for a long time now and never had an issue. Main Machine: Jetway NF9G-QM77, Intel i7-3610QM, Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 3GB, 128gb SSD, Windows 10 Pro
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Thanks for the information. I'd say if you have to do that, it's an issue; certainly more of an issue than simply putting the video on Vimeo.

The incident that really ticked me off was when my uncle died last year. In the hours after he passed, I spent much of the night putting together a video tribute so it would be up and available for our large extended family to watch in the morning. I was really pleased with how it turned out---only to have YouTube put its ad on the video and totally destroy the mood. Yes, you can click and get rid of the ad. But by then, it has become an unwanted distraction.

I hurried up and posted it on Vimeo (which I should have done in the first place), and the family really liked it.

I just wish there were a simple way to, once and for all, get YouTube to understand that I am a SmartSound customer and just leave me alone.

Kevin

There is quite a lot of music available on the internet, some for free.
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Hi everyone!

For me the question has become somewhat "academic". Like I said in my post of 29/10/2015, "I don't see my work ever being posted onto YouTube, likely the clips I produce will only go to DVD, to be viewed by family or friends." In fact, I've NEVER posted on YouTube. Tried getting a channel up, but never used it, or never got to use it. As they say, "use it or lose it!", likely it's been deleted by now.

Cheers anyhow!

Neil.

For those members who wish to "step up" their audio track with Magic Music, I'll say that Magic Music is the puny nickname for Smartsound, a truly amazing program, or set of programs, if you will, as each song is programmable within PowerDirector to fit your time-frame and mood. Smartsound Toot

There exists a "parent" program from Smartsound that can alter not just the length of the music, and style, but also the instruments used, as well as the timing/tempo. It is called SonicFire Pro and it can utilize SS files, as well as many other "normal" formats of audio files, complete with a preview window of your rendered project (you must do that yourself, there is no integration within PD). SFPro will make you feel like a composer, and in a way you will be one, the control is phenominal and BIG TIME Producers use it.

Yes, I know it costs some $$, but you already have SOME files included in PD, if you buy SFPro you get a collection of songs with it included. All the new songs will be available in your PD Magic Music UI also! If you watch sales and get on their mailing list you can get a deal a few times a year. Here is a link to some free Smartsound music http://www.smartsound.com/royalty-free-music/free.html/ and here is a link to free Youtube samples Youtube give aways

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