Hi LMMS Community,
I just started using my first DAW which is LMMS a couple of months ago. And I've been putting my music that I wrote using Guitar Pro into LMMS to use other instruments than what the tablature program offers.
My question is, are the instruments copyrighted, am I able to claim a song as my own even though I'm using an LMMS instrument? Like a bells 1.xiz in the "presets" for example, or a cello01.ogg in the instruments section of samples. There's a song I wrote that involves vibraphone and bells in Guitar Pro, but they sound terrible in Guitar Pro, so I wanted to use LMMS's bells. Would I have to pay royalties/copyright for using LMMS's bell instrument? Assuming the song accumulates income. Am I even able to claim the song as my own even though I'm using a cello01.ogg?
Or is it the same thing as if I'm using my keyboard's bells/cello? (The one I bought from Sam Ash).
I know it may be a dumb question. But my mind is just not at ease. The only reason I found about this kind of topic is because I wanted to add reverb. In the FX-effects chain-add effect. I see the name and details of the kind of reverb, then I see below it a "Copyright: GPL, 2004-7" and "Maker: Tim Goetze".
Would Tim need to know I ended up using that reverb? Would I need his permission to add that reverb? Could Tim sue me if my song made income from using his reverb?
When making my music, would I have to mention every .ogg and Owner of an effect used?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I just started using my first DAW which is LMMS a couple of months ago. And I've been putting my music that I wrote using Guitar Pro into LMMS to use other instruments than what the tablature program offers.
My question is, are the instruments copyrighted, am I able to claim a song as my own even though I'm using an LMMS instrument? Like a bells 1.xiz in the "presets" for example, or a cello01.ogg in the instruments section of samples. There's a song I wrote that involves vibraphone and bells in Guitar Pro, but they sound terrible in Guitar Pro, so I wanted to use LMMS's bells. Would I have to pay royalties/copyright for using LMMS's bell instrument? Assuming the song accumulates income. Am I even able to claim the song as my own even though I'm using a cello01.ogg?
Or is it the same thing as if I'm using my keyboard's bells/cello? (The one I bought from Sam Ash).
I know it may be a dumb question. But my mind is just not at ease. The only reason I found about this kind of topic is because I wanted to add reverb. In the FX-effects chain-add effect. I see the name and details of the kind of reverb, then I see below it a "Copyright: GPL, 2004-7" and "Maker: Tim Goetze".
Would Tim need to know I ended up using that reverb? Would I need his permission to add that reverb? Could Tim sue me if my song made income from using his reverb?
When making my music, would I have to mention every .ogg and Owner of an effect used?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.