Sounds and Presets?

If tweaking a preset (either software or hardware) were illegal, Eric Persing would have been in jail a long time ago. ;)

Well, with perfect timing, here is a story I can share regarding this: Some time ago I have been contacted by a preset designer who offered to make presets for Rhino. He obviously has experience, nice references, has presets in several well-known vsti's out there... so we worked the details out, I gave him an NFR and we agreed on a price I would pay per preset. Yesterday he sent me a bank of 64 presets. These are a complete disappointment. Most are obvious rip-offs from the factory presets, where he simply changed the osc waveforms. How he thought I (and users) wouldn't notice is beyond comprehension. But he tried it. So, agreed, a lot of the things we do are based on things we've seen, heard, and experienced before. But still, I think I will add some kind of preset watermarking to Rhino, and to my future synths.

I'll keep you guys posted once I launch my website of soundbanks and WAV libraries! It's primarily MaxMSP patches, Reaktor, and V-Synth/Alchemy sounds I create for film/radio/media. Thanks for the input everyone! Ben

Just out of curiosity, are you currently able to sell to film and other media? If so, nice work! If not yet, keep at it. It's a great market. Cheers.