Clarification

[NiwirBigal]

Say I wanted to chart a few songs using the purchased software, but have no desire to upload it into the marketplace. Would I be able to transfer the songs onto my own copy of RB without uploading them?

[BillyBlaze314]

Yes, but you would only be able to play them in Audition mode, meaning the song is not saved to your console and you can't play it in quickplay

[SHPhr34k]

You can, but you still require to have a valid XNA membership along with XBL Gold. Both of these are required to actually transfer said song to your Xbox 360.

[NiwirBigal]

Yes, but you would only be able to play them in Audition mode, meaning the song is not saved to your console and you can't play it in quickplay

Audition mode? What's that?

[SHPhr34k]

Audition Mode is what you use to test your songs before you submit them to the Creators Club for review. Think QA tools like autoplay and Overdrive functions to make sure that nothing is broken.

[NiwirBigal]

Ah right.

So does that not mean there's a loophole i.e. what's to stop someone from using Audition mode to play copyrighted songs?

[BillyBlaze314]

Ah right.

So does that not mean there's a loophole i.e. what's to stop someone from using Audition mode to play copyrighted songs?

Nothing really, but it wouldn't be official and you would have to individually transfer each song from your computer as you play.

[SHPhr34k]

As long as its not submitted to the Creators Club, there's no harm. You still have to have the $99 a year XNA subscription to even access it. Not to mention that you need proper split master tracks to compile your song before it even gets to the console.

[NiwirBigal]

Ah, so each instrument has to have its own track to be charted?

[davidshek]

Ah, so each instrument has to have its own track to be charted?

Yes. You can't just take any MP3 and make note charts from them.