Author Topic: Istock audio (Read 16273 times)

shank_ali · « **on:** February 17, 2009, 14:59 »

So has anyone been listening to any new audio clips.
I am not an audio contributor but some of the poor spoken crap i just listened to makes me believe istock must of accepted every sound pushed onto their doorstep!
Who wants to hear a women faking a climax or a women leaving a message on an answer phone.
Who will pay to hear a man say..1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 or monday,tuesday,wednesday*fart* thursday,friday,saturday....

vonkara · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2009, 16:22 »

I really like what I heard in the techno - trance - dance style of music at Istock audio. But still there's not a lot of music right now. I don't think that the kind of audio u listened will become very popular. But still I don't know anything about that industry. Though I think that many dj's could get a lot of simple tracks there to use.

I know that if I listen to one complex techno track that I like, I would probably download it for my ipod touch LOL. I have many hope that it would be a good way to find new artist to listen one day. Even if it's commercial music

shank_ali · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2009, 17:18 »

Perhaps my opening comment was harsh but i solely based it on the 20 spoken clips i heard from 3 contributors!
The audio collection will grow quickly and as with photos,videos and vectors alot will remained unsold.
The nature of beast i'm afraid but it does not detract the contributor from uploading there work for the masses in the hope of sales.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2009, 17:29 »

I think those things will sell. Especially the woman faking climax

You can hear my two tracks:

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8434503-cosmic-dream.php?id=8434503

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8216515-piano-theme-130bpm-loopable.php?id=8216515

shank_ali · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2009, 02:11 »

Quote from: whitechild on February 17, 2009, 17:29

I think those things will sell. Especially the woman faking climax
You can hear my two tracks:

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8434503-cosmic-dream.php?id=8434503

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8216515-piano-theme-130bpm-loopable.php?id=8216515

nice music.
Now we need to hear a male faking a climax

vonkara · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2009, 12:01 »

Quote from: whitechild on February 17, 2009, 17:29

I think those things will sell. Especially the woman faking climax
You can hear my two tracks:

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8434503-cosmic-dream.php?id=8434503

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8216515-piano-theme-130bpm-loopable.php?id=8216515

Yes great find... Techno rush, lasers, smoke everywhere and light sticks LOL

Smithore · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2009, 04:25 »

I've just have a download with 6,70$ commission for a music composed 20 years ago.
this one: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=7176949

shank_ali · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2009, 15:10 »

Quote from: Smithore on February 20, 2009, 04:25

I've just have a download with 6,70$ commission for a music composed 20 years ago.
this one: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=7176949

Congrats
.Made me want a pee though.

vonkara · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2009, 23:32 »

Just browsing quickly and found a couple great techno song LOL. I would never imagine to look on Istock to hear music.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//7505105-happiness.php?id=7505105

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8572009-power-dance.php?id=8572009

mauros · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2009, 10:57 »

I just sold an electro rock song I made 2 years ago...7 U$

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//6164806-electric-modern-rock-track.php?id=6164806

any comments will be very welcome !

Smithore · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2009, 10:32 »

Quote from: mauros on February 22, 2009, 10:57

I just sold an electro rock song I made 2 years ago...7 U$

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//6164806-electric-modern-rock-track.php?id=6164806

any comments will be very welcome !

Good drums and guitar, nice "big" sound, congrats

CraigSwatton · « **Reply #11 on:** February 27, 2009, 17:49 »

Quote from: whitechild on February 17, 2009, 17:29

I think those things will sell. Especially the woman faking climax

Yup, it's my best selling audio already!

Dreamframer · « **Reply #12 on:** February 28, 2009, 08:57 »

Wooo! I just sold one of my two audio clips! I earned $4,2

designalldone · « **Reply #13 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:41 »

Quote from: Vonkara on February 21, 2009, 23:32

Just browsing quickly and found a couple great techno song LOL. I would never imagine to look on Istock to hear music.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//7505105-happiness.php?id=7505105

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8572009-power-dance.php?id=8572009

Both of these are great. Personally, I prefer the first one, but I can't understand why it only costs 2 credits?? Most of the other full tracks are 25 credits - 2 credits for that track seems a bargain?!

Dreamframer · « **Reply #14 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:48 »

I saw that file costs only 2 credits and I reported it to admins. They said it will be fixed. I wrote to author of the clip as well to inform him about it.

goldenangel · « **Reply #15 on:** February 28, 2009, 12:52 »

Quote from: whitechild on February 28, 2009, 08:57

Wooo! I just sold one of my two audio clips! I earned $4,2

Congratulations! Great piece! To others as well, it is good to see so many multitalented people on our forum.

designalldone · « **Reply #16 on:** February 28, 2009, 13:15 »

Quote from: whitechild on February 28, 2009, 12:48

I saw that file costs only 2 credits and I reported it to admins. They said it will be fixed. I wrote to author of the clip as well to inform him about it.

Thanks whitechild - did seem odd that it was so cheap

vonkara · « **Reply #17 on:** February 28, 2009, 14:03 »

Quote from: designalldone on February 28, 2009, 12:41

Quote from: Vonkara on February 21, 2009, 23:32
Just browsing quickly and found a couple great techno song LOL. I would never imagine to look on Istock to hear music.

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//7505105-happiness.php?id=7505105

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup//8572009-power-dance.php?id=8572009

Both of these are great. Personally, I prefer the first one, but I can't understand why it only costs 2 credits?? Most of the other full tracks are 25 credits - 2 credits for that track seems a bargain?!

Me neither. It seem to be a complex issue. It's like how much different sound or notes there is. Weird! I think I saw others like this who wasn't really basic at 2 credits

Dreamframer · « **Reply #18 on:** February 28, 2009, 16:58 »

Maybe I didn't explain clearly. IS admin told me it was an error. He told me that song should cost much more, and promised me they will fix it. So, it's just a mistake.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #19 on:** March 03, 2009, 12:56 »

I sold my whole audio portfolio! I mean...both files

From these two downloads I earned $10.45

madelaide · « **Reply #20 on:** March 06, 2009, 17:27 »

My application was rejected because my audio files "suffer from file compression artifacts".

These are sounds recorded in my camera, extracted with AoA and edited with Wavosaur. The requirements for 16bit, 48 or 44kHz are respected in all these steps. Where can be this compression?

Regards,
Adelaide

Dreamframer · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2009, 18:47 »

Adelaide,
I guess the term compression here doesn't mean file compression. It means audio compression I guess. For example, if you have some audio file that has very quiet and very loud parts, you will have to lower the levels of loud parts and to raise volume of quiet parts for audio to become pleasing to the ear. But if you overdo it, if you decrease volume of loud parts too much, you will get a distortion. The result will be heard as too compressed volume with distorted sound.
Most people don't notice this unless it's too obvious, but many cameras and other devices make distortion while recording.
At least, that's what I think reviewers call "compression artifact".

Compression artifacts of compressed file formats (like mp3) is something else. It is noticeable in high frequencies (hi-hats for example) like distorted sound due to cutting of high frequencies. Sometimes in mp3 files you can hear hi-hats sound kinda empty, with some strange, unnatural hiss. That is a consequence of file compression.

cdwheatley · « **Reply #22 on:** March 08, 2009, 19:33 »

Quote from: madelaide on March 06, 2009, 17:27

My application was rejected because my audio files "suffer from file compression artifacts".

These are sounds recorded in my camera, extracted with AoA and edited with Wavosaur. The requirements for 16bit, 48 or 44kHz are respected in all these steps. Where can be this compression?

Regards,
Adelaide

I'm not sure if the audio quality coming from a camera would be suitable to be sold as stock unless its attached to video(then again, someone here might prove me wrong on that

. The Analog to digital converters in a camera are probably not the best. Also the signal to noise ratio might be pretty high. I haven't heard your track but if you had to do a lot of tweaking in your audio editor to clean up the noise that might produce "artifacts". (Whitechild) has it right with over compressed sound being really noticeable in the high freq. kind of squashed jittery sound. Its been a while for me but I believe de-noisers and some of the other cleaning plugins work by compressing certain frequencies which might cause compression artifacts as well. I would be glad to give it a listen and give a more detailed explanation if there are in fact problems but you would have to email me a clip.

madelaide · « **Reply #23 on:** March 08, 2009, 20:13 »

whitechild and cdwheatley,

Thanks for your replies. I was wondering if the camera sound would be good. To minimize influence of the ambient sound, I recorded clips late in the night and with the windows and curtains closed, except for one of the sound files (our lovebirds singing).

Here is one that should be the "cleanest".
http://us.share.geocities.com/adelaide.geo/alarme10sec.wav
I did some editing in fact, first to crop it from the original 1min recording, then using one or two filters in Wavosaur that apparently did very little to the file (given the histogram or whatever that thing is called).

Regards,
Adelaide

cdwheatley · « **Reply #24 on:** March 08, 2009, 20:32 »

Quote from: madelaide on March 08, 2009, 20:13

whitechild and cdwheatley,

Thanks for your replies. I was wondering if the camera sound would be good. To minimize influence of the ambient sound, I recorded clips late in the night and with the windows and curtains closed, except for one of the sound files (our lovebirds singing).

Here is one that should be the "cleanest".
http://us.share.geocities.com/adelaide.geo/alarme10sec.wav
I did some editing in fact, first to crop it from the original 1min recording, then using one or two filters in Wavosaur that apparently did very little to the file (given the histogram or whatever that thing is called).

Regards,
Adelaide

Yea...unfortunately the noise floor is to high. I was afraid the mic quality and built in amp might be an issue. There is also a dull ringing sound in the background. You need to have a decent pre-amp to get the recording loud enough without creating too much noise in the background or record it in an isolation booth... haha...kind of like a lightbox for doing isolations with audio. Mic's will pick up everything and amplify it, computers fans, street noise, refrigerator, AC unit etc.. You can try to make a make shift isolation booth using some stuff lying around the house or dedicate a closet. There are also a bunch of portable little recorders on the market that do a pretty good job with sound quality, so I've heard. If I was in your situation I would try the closet thing and make sure there is plenty of stuff in there to deaden the sound, you don't want a reflective room. You can always add a little reverb/room in Software later. Hope that helps.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #25 on:** March 09, 2009, 03:02 »

Adelaide,
I can't hear your clip now because I'm at work and I don't have loudspeakers or headphones here, but I will do it later today. Cameras often have very sensitive omni directional microphones, which means they pick up sounds from all directions, which is not very good if you want to isolate a sound from surrounding.
I have some unidirectional SHURE microphone. I used it on stage, when I used to sing with my band. But, it has pretty low signal for PC, so I have to amplify it's signal using a software...which is not very good solution. It's better to amplify it using some hardware amplifier, but I can't afford one right now.
For noise reduction I have some software noise cleaners which help me reduce the noise. If you are interested, I could provide you with some good stuff that I use for audio clips.

Fred · « **Reply #26 on:** March 09, 2009, 03:46 »

I'm thinking of starting into this but I'm not sure the iStockAudio is the place to be. Anyone using any other sites they like?

c h e e r s
fred

Dreamframer · « **Reply #27 on:** March 09, 2009, 05:04 »

I made 2 files, sold them 4 times and earned $21,27. I think it's worth it.

Fred · « **Reply #28 on:** March 09, 2009, 06:54 »

Quote from: whitechild on March 09, 2009, 05:04

I made 2 files, sold them 4 times and earned $21,27. I think it's worth it.

It just seems to me that an awful lot more effort must go into creating a sound clip - like yours - than an image and yet I'm not sure their prices would make that much more money.

Also, would hate to put something up there, get $20 for a dl and then here it as a big hit or movie or TV show theme.

At this point I've got a lot more equipment and software than talent but it does sound like fun.

I have a track that is about ready but it includes another musician (a real one) any idea if iStockaudio will allow a joint piece/copyright?

Thanks
fred

tdoes · « **Reply #29 on:** March 09, 2009, 07:29 »

Quote from: Fred on March 09, 2009, 06:54

Quote from: whitechild on March 09, 2009, 05:04
I made 2 files, sold them 4 times and earned $21,27. I think it's worth it.

It just seems to me that an awful lot more effort must go into creating a sound clip - like yours - than an image and yet I'm not sure their prices would make that much more money.

Also, would hate to put something up there, get $20 for a dl and then here it as a big hit or movie or TV show theme.

At this point I've got a lot more equipment and software than talent but it does sound like fun.

I have a track that is about ready but it includes another musician (a real one) any idea if iStockaudio will allow a joint piece/copyright?

Thanks
fred

Since Istock doesn't want you to submit music if your a member of a recording rights association like ASCAP or BMI, then they probably aren't looking to share the copyrights! If you have some music that you think would be commercially successful then I wouldn't post it on Istock!

Dreamframer · « **Reply #30 on:** March 09, 2009, 07:36 »

It's not so hard to make a useful peace of music if you have talent. When you hear the music in your head it's easy to put it on the paper...or to make it on computer.
About hearing your music as a big hit....You keep the rights, and if someone wants to make another big hit, he/she will contact you. We had lots of situations where buyers contact photographers asking them to make some special photo for them.
Again, if you sell all rights to your music, you will sell it for big money, not for $20.

Fred · « **Reply #31 on:** March 09, 2009, 12:00 »

Thanks for the tips. I should study the licensing agreement before I upload anything, haven't even gotten that far yet.

I hear music in my head sometimes but it is always some tune I heard somewhere else - don't think I want to try selling that!

c h e e r s
fred

cdwheatley · « **Reply #32 on:** March 09, 2009, 12:19 »

Quote from: Fred on March 09, 2009, 06:54

Quote from: whitechild on March 09, 2009, 05:04
I made 2 files, sold them 4 times and earned $21,27. I think it's worth it.

It just seems to me that an awful lot more effort must go into creating a sound clip - like yours - than an image and yet I'm not sure their prices would make that much more money.

Also, would hate to put something up there, get $20 for a dl and then here it as a big hit or movie or TV show theme.

At this point I've got a lot more equipment and software than talent but it does sound like fun.

I have a track that is about ready but it includes another musician (a real one) any idea if iStockaudio will allow a joint piece/copyright?

Thanks
fred

Agree its a lot more work than taking and creating images. The prices are dirt cheap for whats involved but maybe the volume will make up for it in time??. The way I see it is I have a bunch of stuff sitting collecting dust on hardrives from the last ten years, some decent and some garbage. Why not chop it up and throw it out there. Doesn't do me much good in storage. Not sure if I would record anything new and expect to get paid properly for time involved unless you're doing sound FX. I think the guy/girl with best equipment wins that battle. If by off chance it turns out to be profitable pro's will come and dump entire libraries of loops and FX. It looks like fun anyway and possibly another small revenue stream.

madelaide · « **Reply #33 on:** March 09, 2009, 16:18 »

Thanks again whitechild and cdwheatley,

I do not intend to jump into sound file production, so the purchase of a special microphone seems out of question. The camera does pick up a lot of ambient noise, and it was a concern from the start.

Let's go back to the unedited images.

Regards,
Adelaide

cdwheatley · « **Reply #34 on:** March 09, 2009, 17:30 »

Quote from: madelaide on March 09, 2009, 16:18

Thanks again whitechild and cdwheatley,

I do not intend to jump into sound file production, so the purchase of a special microphone seems out of question. The camera does pick up a lot of ambient noise, and it was a concern from the start.

Let's go back to the unedited images.

Regards,
Adelaide

madelaide,
If your interested don't give up so easily. You can pick up a cheap book on "Basic Home Recording techniches" it will explain all the common problems you might run into. Different mic types, sound levels, noise, software, tips on how to set your room, monitoring, FX, etc..there is a lot to learn but equally rewarding.

Dreamframer · « **Reply #35 on:** March 09, 2009, 18:58 »

and I could help you with software Aledaide

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