Sound, edit and finish, hands on

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Music you are allowed to use

Lesson 2 of 8 in Sound, edit and finish, hands on.

Checked against the makers' documentation on 25 September 2026.

Lesson

There are two ways to get music into a film you are paid for. You license a recording from a library, or you generate one and read the terms of the service that made it. Libraries are the older, duller answer. Epidemic Sound's Creator plan ($9.99 a month, billed $119.88 a year) covers social, podcasts and websites on your own channels, Pro ($16.99 a month billed yearly) adds digital ads and freelance client work, and Business ($30 a month billed yearly) is for brands with revenue under $10 million and covers ads, influencer work and clients. Artlist sells two licences, Social for your own channels only and Pro or Business, which adds client work, paid ads and broadcast; its stock prices would not load outside a browser, so none are given here.

ownclientadstvstreamepidemic creatorepidemic proartlist socialartlist prosuno pro, downloadedaskudioelevenlabs creatorstable audio, <$1mread the terms on the day you download
Where a music track can go, by source and use, checked on 25 September 2026: own social, client work, paid ads, TV and streaming release, for Epidemic, Artlist, Suno, Udio, ElevenLabs and Stable Audio plans.
An ink drawing of a turntable with a blue record whose label is blank, a small brass padlock on the platter and a paper tag tied to the tonearm.
Music that plays only under a licence.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Permission to put a recording under moving pictures, which is what a music library subscription sells.”

    • Output ownership
    • SynthID
    • Sync licence
    • Lip sync
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Any use that earns money, including an ad for your own shop.”

    • Multiplier
    • Real slow motion
    • Concat demuxer
    • Commercial use
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “Registering the accounts you publish to, so a library's copyright claims leave them alone.”

    • Voice ID
    • Clearing a channel
    • Stability
    • Instant voice clone

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