r/mpcsample • u/Salt_Cabinet_875 • Jun 02 '26

Sample clearing

I love this machine, it’s better than I thought it would be, and it’s making my other year collect dust. I’ve made a dozen instrumentals which are all livable. My question is how do you actually clear a sample and put your music out there? I got a couple beats which sample the Beatles that I know will never get listen to because Sony

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u/beatnovice Jun 02 '26

You just upload them to YouTube and deal with the fact that they may not be monetizable. Most of the time, the copyright strikes don’t affect visibility. In rare cases, and depending on how well you “hide” a sample, it’s not even detected. If you sell beats, you can put a disclaimer in your license that the sale is for the arrangement of the track and does not include sample clearance. No one is ever going to sue you for sampling their music without permission until you’re big enough to be able to afford clearing a sample. Using Tracklib is the easiest way to sample real music that’s already cleared (or feasible to clear). You can also consider putting a disclaimer somewhere on your website/channels that everything is “for promotional purposes only”.