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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:21 pm 
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LisaH,
Congrats....dont worry about using your Stellar products...you will be fine....market away :D

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Congrats....dont worry about using your Stellar products...you will be fine....market away :D


I haven't seen any pursuits by Chartbuster, would you say they same about being 1-1 compliant with them as well?

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Chartbuster filed some suits in Tennessee last year and there are rumblings that they might expand beyond that. But yes--they did file in their own state for sure.


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Chartbuster filed some suits in Tennessee last year and there are rumblings that they might expand beyond that. But yes--they did file in their own state for sure.


Thanks leopard lizard, I've either forgot those or completely missed them.

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Just to clear up the issue. Stellar does not do audits. We received ours during a VERY short period of time when SC and Stellar had what ended up being a misunderstanding about mutual audits. The only way to receive Stellar certification now is to purchase the CAP program.



I'm thinking I may not be using the THM tracks.... they're from 2006, 2007 and 2008.. I'd be willing to bet that I'll have all the songs on CB.


When you do the CAP with Stellar, they send you a CD with a couple of PDF's on it. One of those PDF's is a listing of every single track covered by the CAP. I just opened it up and it is 232 pages long single column. It is a very sizable library. I don't know exactly how much of that I actually have, but it is a lot. The host I bought my system from was pretty meticulous with his cataloging and organization. It was a typical 100,000+ library that you see at many pirate shows.

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Just to clear up the issue. Stellar does not do audits. We received ours during a VERY short period of time when SC and Stellar had what ended up being a misunderstanding about mutual audits. The only way to receive Stellar certification now is to purchase the CAP program.



I'm thinking I may not be using the THM tracks.... they're from 2006, 2007 and 2008.. I'd be willing to bet that I'll have all the songs on CB.


When you do the CAP with Stellar, they send you a CD with a couple of PDF's on it. One of those PDF's is a listing of every single track covered by the CAP. I just opened it up and it is 232 pages long single column. It is a very sizable library. I don't know exactly how much of that I actually have, but it is a lot. The host I bought my system from was pretty meticulous with his cataloging and organization. It was a typical 100,000+ library that you see at many pirate shows.

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What does the CAP cost? I have 48 disc's of theirs, bought from them.. I have no illegal disc's of any brand. I won't be paying for them to cover my illegal songs when I don't have any. As for media shifting them... I'll ask permission IF i find that some of those disc's hold songs not covered by the 12,000 I'm getting from CB. I don't use disc's in my shows any longer.. i really want to take the players out of my rack. I have requested permission from SC to media shift their songs (foundation and brick 1 2 & 3, few odd discs bought from them over the years). If they refuse, I will be a CB only KJ.

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I should say, I'll still be using DK and SGB.. I have moved them to hard drive and I will keep the two libraries of each that I have. We sometimes rent one library for private parties and the other we keep safe. I'm 1:1 with everything on my hard drive and sometimes 1:2! (one on hd and two in storage)

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LisaH 3,200.00 for the CAP a bit high for 48 discs and if you have the discs you will be fine without the CAP...it is intended for those who had "the dog eat their discs ect " :D

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@lisah - $3200 - NOT worth it unless you have a sizable library of their stuff you need to get covered

Basic Cap Info Here -

http://www.stellarrecords.com/cap_info.html

A little more detail including cost and brands covered here -

http://www.stellarrecords.com/cap2.html

And here is an old CAP file listing I dug up from their web site. It is **NOT** the same listing I received and it probably out of date, but give you and idea of what is covered.

http://www.stellarrecords.com/cap/CAP%20Series%201.pdf


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No CAP for me! :lol: The library from CB is all the money I'm gonna spend for now.. am not happy about it duplicating what I already own. But I know I have some gaps in my library and this should take care of that. I'll either be selling my CB disc's or keeping for the private rentals.. haven't decided yet. Once the CB drive gets here, I'll be going after the local pirates.... that's the only reason I bought the thing! I want the certificate to give me the legitimacy that I'm sure the venues will want to see. (the downloads I bought will be for my private use now unless I can find out for sure that I can use them in a gig) So, off to work for me now! See ya! *and thank you*

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Upgrading Sound choice to 9/10.

I received my final paperwork, certificate, and covenant yesterday along with my banner.

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Chris, Congrats!

What do you mean 9/10?


Got my SC paperwork today! Hopefully CB will send certificate soon..they said 'next week' last tuesday...

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O riginallygave them a tentative 8/10. I was waiting to see how long it took after the audit to gets things completely wrapped before upping to a 9.

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I didn't know you had to give them any estimate.. I haven't read all the paperwork yet.. but I'm pretty sure I'm 1;1.... if not, someone stuck some in there without my knowledge.. But I get where yer comin from :)

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I didn't know you had to give them any estimate.. I haven't read all the paperwork yet.. but I'm pretty sure I'm 1;1.... if not, someone stuck some in there without my knowledge.. But I get where yer comin from :)


Oh No! I did the manufacturer rating all on my own. It is not required at all. I just started this thread as a means of telling my experience.

Stick to the Sound Choice paperwork and touch base directly with Kurt Slep. He is a great guy to work with. Just keep in mind that my audit was in person. Their regular audit procedure is over the Internet using Skype. You wish to start a thread to ask about the experience people have had with Sound Choice and a Skype audit.

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Maybe I will..... seems pretty straight-forward though. I haven't got my book online ready for them yet, was going to wait and do cb first (they are sending me their library), but I guess I can just wait on that and do it now since SC seems ready to go. :) thanks for your help and congrats again about getting all your certificates :)

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