What is Voxcuts?
- ~VoxCuts is an online marketplace where owners of spoken word interview content can showcase and license their material to producers of audio programming and content around the world.
Is VoxCuts available to anyone?
- ~Not at this stage. Initially, we’ve set up VoxCuts.com as a prototype, designed to test certain ideas, functionality and features and collate unfiltered feedback from industry people we trust. If you’re reading this right now, then congratulations - you’re one of those people, so take it for a spin! Your feedback will help us shape the full site as we build it out over the coming months.
What kind of content does VoxCuts offer?
- ~To begin with, we’re going to focus on spoken word interview audio from the world of entertainment. The content will span various music genres and formats including: AC/HotAC/ClassicHits; Top40/CHR; Country; and Rock. Interview content featuring film and TV celebrities will also be offered.
- ~As we grow, the plan is to add interview audio content from news makers, people in politics, people in the arts, and also non-English language material.
Is this only “old” archive content or will there be some current content?
- ~Most of the content you’ll see in this prototype will be archive material. On each cut, you’ll be able to see the date of the recording.
- ~Our plan is to offer more and more content from more and more sources and include material that’s both current and timeless.
How do I use the search tool?
- ~It’s pretty easy if you follow these steps below…
- ~~Type a keyword or artist name into the Search Bar (this can be reset after each search) and you’ll be shown results that match your search
- ~~Clicking any one of the category tabs will show results only from that genre
- ~~Clicking a combination of category tabs will show results from a combination of those genres
- ~~Clicking on the TRANSCRIPT button will show you the transcript of each cut in your selection
- ~~Clicking on the AUDIO button will allow you to preview the content in your selection
Why does the audio have all those clicks through it?
- ~That ‘clicking’ noise is our way of watermarking the audio. We trust you, really we do… but this gives those content owners who have graciously supplied audio for the purpose of this prototype some much-needed peace of mind. Rest assured that once VoxCuts.com is live to the world, you’ll be able to download audio in high-quality without those annoying clicks.
What is the quality of the downloaded audio?
- ~The overall quality will largely be limited by the original source. Our aim is to monitor each cut for quality and provide the highest fidelity possible.
- ~Where possible, we’ll provide files for download in the following formats:
- ~~48khz .wav
- ~~.mp3 formats
- ~If you ever find audio on VoxCuts not up to scratch, let us know and we’ll remove it.
Am I licensing audio content from VoxCuts or someone else?
- ~The content on VoxCuts.com remains the property of the content owners at all times. VoxCuts simply serves as the marketplace to connect those content owners with content producers.
What are the licensing terms?
- ~Once VoxCuts.com is live, content producers will need to provide us with a description of the content’s intended use to help us check a few boxes at our end, so we can ensure the content is going to be used only in a way that is intended, and not in any way demeaning or defamatory.
- ~Downloaded content will have a license term of 12 months and we’ll have ways of monitoring that term.
How will the pricing model work for VoxCuts when the website is live?
- ~We’re planning to offer a range of pricing options, including:
- ~~Individual pricing per clip download.
- ~~Tiered monthly subscriptions, with a defined number of downloads per month.
What forms of payment will you accept?
- ~A variety of trusted E-commerce applications will be made available once the website is live, enabling an easy and secure method for you to check-out and pay for the content you need.
