Dear Community,

There has been a long discussion on the forums about the contribution system for Soundsnap. Taking into account the constructive discussion on the forums, our user's needs, but also the long-term viability and growth of Soundsnap, we have concluded to the following:

We have decided on a 'crowdsourcing' model, which will allow us to get the best sounds from the top sound designers and producers from around the world. We are building an approval process which will allow users to upload sounds and have them considered for approval.

1) New applicants will need to upload a minimum of 10 sounds as a demo in order to be considered as a contributor. New applications will be accepted after March 1st, 2009.

2) The application will include information about the applicant such as experience, equipment list, imdb, other credits or discography and more that will help determine the professional level of the creator.

3) A price per sound will be determined and negotiated on a case-to-case basis, depending on the quality of the sounds, the quantity of the library, the rarity, originality and other factors.

4) Higher rates will be paid for exclusive content that will be available only on Soundsnap.

5) Users will be required to download a contract and fax a signed copy back.

6) Payments will be done via Paypal, Google Checkout, or via direct wire transfer (for E.U. only).

More details will be announced in the New Year.
Let me know if you have any questions.

Will sounds that you decommissioned be reconsidered? I feel confident they can pass the review, as I have been a sound designer for many years and have been so based on quality among other things.

I would also like to continue uploading sounds as I create them for my projects. (I'm really liking the notion of what you are creating here and, although I don't have thousands of sounds to offer, I feel I can contribute.)

Thanks,
Robin

www.magneticstudios.com

I've been absent from soundsnap for awhile... mainly because I was in a time where I just didn't have time between classes to be doing a production.

I'm glad to see that soundsnap is moving in a direction of quality control. At the same time, I am frustrated... while the quality was never truly an issue for me, it will now restrict me in that I probably won't be able to upload. As a student, I am putting together an audio portfolio, and had hoped that I could host some of my recordings here as a resource for others, and as a little thing for myself (Money is not an issue to me either). Unfortunately, with this contract system, I doubt I will reach the standards that are set.

I hope things go well, but I am sad that now that I have material I could contribute, I can't help out.

Tasos, I am looking forward to this new system. I will be contributing new audio material and I think this is a good move for soundsnap. Thanks for all your hard work to date. Yours in sound, Andrew Potterton aka dopekick.
www.myspace.com/dopekick

When can we (the "old" contributers) start to load new stuff?

Tasos,

How does this affect those of us who have already uploaded sounds? Do we have to start again?