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Hey guys ive some questions

I've been using freesound for years and now these things about the license have appeared to me, it seems to me to be something new I don't know. well I read the rules there and understood, and how I produce in ableton is cool because when the file is copyrighted, ableton doesn't let you use it, so I won't run the risk of using something prohibited (attribution noncommercial (by-nc)), but my doubt is about attribution (by) , right I can use it, even commercially, but I have to give the credits ok, but I wanted to know how they will know that I gave the credits for example if I make a video and put it on youtube? and in case the sample has mixed in the music that is not even perceptible? sorry for my ignorance

I'll give the credits, but I wanted to understand if I didn't give what can happen because I have a lot of old songs here on the pc with a sample that I don't even know where it comes from anymore.

papilon95 wrote:
... when the file is copyrighted, ableton doesn't let you use it ...

I don't think that's possible: the freesound licence is not embedded in the audio file,
so Ableton cannot "know" about any license restrictions.

What may be happening is the format of the audio file is not compatible with Ableton
https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/211427589-Supported-Audio-File-Formats

that's right, the file was not compatible, but you raised a question if the license is not embedded in the audio file as they know?

papilon95 wrote:
that's right, the file was not compatible, but you raised a question if the license is not embedded in the audio file as they know?

Not a licensing issue: it's a file-format issue.
curable if you convert the audio file into a format that's compatible with Ableton.
16-bit WAV format is universally acceptable ... https://audio.online-convert.com/convert-to-wav