Where do you get your music from, /mu/?
>inb4 snozzberry comes here & calls everyone immature
read the wiki.
i haven't had a go-to site ever since the mediafire purge, i usually just google "[album] zip" and see if that comes up with anything.
>The music store
Or QBitTorrent
From my local record store, of course.
youtube2mp3
>>49126314
This. Easiest and fastest way
>>49126314
>>49126360
>being this plen
>>49126249
lel
If you pirate and don't sneer at people who buy music, it's fine.
If you pirate and do sneer at people who buy music, you're really fucking immature.
>>49126171
Amazon for physical
Downloads range from HDTracks, Bleep, iTunes (rarely), and ofc the label.
>>49126373
>being this new
>he doesn't have a what account
Spotify
Soulseek
>>49126389
>taking the meta b8
>>49126415
Do you have premium? I've been wondering if its worth it.
I don't download music anymore. I just buy vinyl, CDs, and cassettes.
>>49126435
>implying that i didnt know it was meta, thus rusing you
mutracker and what.cd
>>49126446
I have Premium and can say it's very worth it as long as your taste isn't too obscure/particular.
One of the only notable bands I haven't found on Spotify is King Crimson.
I turn on my favorite college indie rock station(have to be in the town it's broadcasted from for quality), and turn on my tape recorder when the DJ stops talking. Then I take that tape to my friends vinyl pressing business where he makes me a 7" of what's on that tape.
>being this patrician
>>49126295
i should probably do this instead of torrenting everything
oh yeah and also buy music lel
>>49126171
be carefull OP ,this kind of thread gets you banned.
>>49126496
>king crimson
>too obscure for spotify
wut
>>49126533
Nah, they just don't like streaming or w/e.
>>49126533
It's probably copyright, same with the Beatles.
>>49126533
>>49126496
it's not so much about obscurity. Alot of artists aren't a fan of digital services. Fripp doesn't have his music up there for that reason. It's also the reason why last.fm can't use their album art
>>49126171
for my favorite albums i buy the cd and then rip FLACs off it to listen to it when im out. i dont have a record player
if i dont really care about the artist that much then i just torrent
>>49126295
>inb4 lawusit
i should probably do this
can I have a whatcd invite pls
mutracker
Soulseek, Mega (or Mediafire) links off the archive, Pirate Bay for discographies, the occasional YouTube rip if i just want one song
also what the fuck
>>49126792
lol
>>49126295
This is the best option and generally always works for me.
>>49126792
I got a picture of a paperclip once
>>49126792
>shitty transcodes first
>tracker for shitty transcodes if i want shitty discographies
>unbelievably shitty transcodes if i want one shitty song
>>49126373
>>49126389
>being this
mutracker mostly
>>49127187
>being
what, mutracker, archive, retracer, slsk
in that order
>>49126171
/mu/tracker and what.cd
>>49126387
>HDTracks
>literally buying upsamples
I start at the top then go down the list if I can't find a high enough quality version
>rutracker
>archive
>Google "album name blogspot"
>soulseek
>pirate bay
Spotify, if I like something I'll eventually get it on CD or w/e (amazon for mp3, or wherever the artist is distributing it from, Amazon/That's Enterainment/HMV for physical shit).
losslessinside & rutracker mostly.
>>49127369
I actually only buy the 44.1/16 stuff really.
I bought two Classical albums there that were a good deal at 96/24 (they were cheaper than both the CD and the other download spots).
>>49126171
iTunes my friend :^)
have you heard of Meghan Trainor? It's All About That Bass!
>>49126171
from your mothers vagina
>>49126496
>I doesn't have any King Crimson
Into the trash it goes.
>>49126295
works like a charm for me
>>49127415
To be fair it forces you to buy the CD's if you don't pirate like me, which is only beneficial.
GUYS HELP
how does one balance the ratio on what.cd
>>49127408
We all want her here. :@)
i usually look for it on
>rutracker
>mutracker
>soulseek
>what.cd
in that order
i also try and grab torrents that are on what.cd via soulseek by checking filenames, cue files etc because my upload speed is atrocious and it's hard enough to keep a ratio on what as it is
>>49126295
I do this but usually with RAR, lol. Usually get it from Uloz.to, or blogspot links. Would like to get onboard a private tracker, but /mu/tracker isn't used enough yet to be relevant, and what.cd's rules are bullshit about ratio's
>>49127454
seedbox
>>49126314
>192kbps max
Fuck no.
>>49127454
Snatch all of the freeleech or get a seed-box.
>>49127524
>>49127541
what does that mean
this boy needs therapy
>>49127603
>tfw join /mu/tracker, mostly to get Julian Koster's A Singing Saw At Christmastime
>there is one upload of it
>no one is seeding.
>>49127660
look it up
>>49127660
do you mean what a seedbox means
>>49127690
we're getting it on the site right now
>>49127708
yes
>>49127690
we just uploaded it: http://mutracker.org/torrents.php?id=7711&torrentid=11190
>>49127845
Bless your soul. If it's still being seeded when i get back from vacation in three days i swear i will learn to use the weird as hell uploading system and upload all of my more obscure albums, seeding and all.
Mainly mega from sharethreads, and piratebay/rutracker for something specific
>>49127947
we really appreciate it.
I get my torrents through Kickasstorrents and I use Vuze to get them downloaded
>>49128024
Uh, so i'm new to trackers, how do upload a torrent as one file without creating an archive (zip, rar, etc)? Help is greatly appreciated.
>>49128348
pls respond ;_;
>>49128348
you use a torrent client to create a .torrent file, which is what you upload to the tracker
there is probably a guide on mutracker on how to do it
what.cd, rutracker, the /mu/ archive, and on rare occasions soulseek
>some old record store
>>49128348
you can create a torrent file that encompasses an entire directory
>>49128477
>>49128527
Oh, thanks. I feel breddy dumb know. Reading mutracker rules and stuff now.
>>49128587
>>49128348
what torrent client are you using, what.cd has guides for every major ckuebt, i'll screenshot one and post it here
>>49128587
its ok, once you figure everything out uploading is quite easy.
>>49128596
Deluge, might switch to qBittorrent because Python a shit compared io C++
>>49128624
Thanks for creating an easy medium for people on /mu/ to share music, dude, it's looking really good
>>49128706
oh. i really like deluge. i've heard some bad things about qBittorrent. But thanks for the support. it means a lot that you all care about what we are doing here
What.CD when I can, I've filled enough requests to have plenty of ratio to freely download plenty.
(my upload speed is sub-DSL)
Often I just buy the cds when I can, but if I'm going to buy it, I don't buy digital.
It's just me, but I like the feeling of listening to a CD for the first time on a CD, makes you pay a bit more attention I guess than just another random freely available CD on the internet.
Same goes for pirating games, I play games I get on steam so much more than when I pirated.
>>49128706
there you go
>>49128729
the mutracker wiki needs guides on how to use torrent clients like what.cd has
>>49127519
What.CD has perfectly fine ratio rules though as far as I can see.
The max ratio ever required is 0.60
This is coming from someone with 40kb/s upload (and a good 30x the download), I find it acceptable.
>>49128817
I'll get to work on that right nao.
>>49127378
Pretty much this
But I've got Waffles.fm and what.cd
>>49128729
I really like Deluge as well, but qBittorent is lot more lightweight than Deluge, whereas Deluge is more customizable. It's pretty much preference
>>49128884
How do you get a Waffle?
>>49128817
Greatly appreciated
archive
nodata.tv
newalbumreleases.net
thepiratebay
kickass.to
or i just google it
I just filled my first request on mutracker
are u proud of me now mom
http://mutracker.org/torrents.php?id=14595&torrentid=20356
>>49128959
yes. but bring back her vehicle
youtube mp3 is probably the most lowass quality
>>49129003
>no exigo or pedro's
>>49129003
Where's MEGA?
>>49129053
considering limewire is there, it's probably quite old
>>49129003
>god-tier
>what
>spotify
Not at all. The best private trackers are always the "smaller" community ones where there are enough people to fill requests but not enough to garner corporations attention. The best file-sharing method will. Always be through sites like mega though.
>>49129021
you mean the most badass quality m8
What, waffles & mutt racker. My holy trinity.
>>49129003
How do I get into what.cd? would appreciate halp.
>>49129461
http://whatinterviewprep.com
is mutracker any good guys?
Does it have a big library?
>>49129490
we fill requests quickly *shrugs*. Help us build our library anon.
>>49129490
it's pretty good
honestly it's library is pretty ok, the problems lie in a lot of obscure albums not being seeded often
Most of my collection was torrented, but I haven't actually torrented in about 2 years now. These days I mostly rip CDs from the library, or just buy from itunes.
>>49129515
is mut racker ever going to go invite only?
when will account creation be closed?
>>49129900
dub dubs
>>49126171
lol utorrent is bloatware
>>49129965
so what would you suggest instead
>>49127381
Does spotify let you upload files yourself without premium? They have enough to support my music taste just a little lacking in some areas.
>>49130016
Deluge and qBittorent are both really good. uttorrent is seriously malicious software, there is evidence to believe the government bought them out to help catch copyright infringers.
>>49129900
we are deciding on when we will close signups.
>>49130112
any estimate?
>>49130081
Upload your own music? They don't do that IIRC.
>>49130093
lel
Also, if you don't have a What.CD account you lost at life
>>49130112
Any idea on how what the quiz or whatever to get in will be like?
>>49130146
Not that there aren't people who are specifically tasked to log the IP addresses running through What.CD as well.
>>49130212
Never uploaded a thing to that site in my 2 years of having an account, I'll be fine
>>49130262
>thinking you need to upload anything to get fucked
Loving, every, laugh.
My mutracker account got disable, after not using it for 2 weeks
2 fucking weeks, thats goddamn ridiculous
>>49130093
how do i transfer my shit from torrent to qbittorent
>>49130318
Join irc.mutracker.org, #help to see if you can get it reabled.
>>49130424
>actually taking his advice
>mutracker
>zippyshare
>piratebay
>kickass
I've been thinking about getting into Soulseek. I would be using the QT/Linux version, obviously. Should I do it, guys? What's so cool about Soulseek? Why do you guys use it?
>>49126171
I usually download a bunch of shit through the archive or directly from bandcamp to start.
If the album is too obscure to find in decent quality, I usually try begging in sharethreads or TPB as a last resort.
I go to my local record store and buy CD's once a week, usually out of their stock of used CD's. If an album is particularly good and I don't find it used, I'll buy it directly from the record label or wait until the band shows up to buy a copy at their merch table.
>>49130132
no
>>49130166
there won't be any quiz/interview etc.
>>49130318
maybe because you never signed in in the first place
>>49130093
woah can I get link with any kind of proof of this utorrent government thing
>waffles
>rutracker
>mutracker
tfw still want a what.cd account
>just now trying to register for mutracker just now
>password isn't good enough for them
>forced to choose a different one
fuck you, you fucking fascist
>>49130767
I got lucky by having a hipster friend who was just throwing out invites
I don't know shit about transcodes or whatever the fuck that is, or anything other than to download the 320 kbp version of the album if they have it
>>49130701
I would also like any proof, otherwise it just sounds like paranoia
>>49130769
>>49130318
sry. you have to login or it gets disabled
>>49130906
Yeah someone just reactivated it through the irc, i'll just leave the remember me on
>>49130906
Eh, I'll get over it in time
>>49130929
awesome. enjoy the site.
>>49130933
yeah. enjoy.
>>49130767
How did you get into Waffles then?
>>49130832
How. HOW.
since mutracker exists, can mutorrent become a thing
>>49130951
whatinterviewprep.com
youtube
am i supposed to get it anywhere else?
>>49126575
> It's also the reason why last.fm can't use their album art
holy shit this is actually true
fripp confirmed for autist
>>49131008
That would be cool but also bad. I hear g is making gtorrent though, maybe we can make gtorrent our friendo :^)
>>49130832
pretty lucky. yeah 320 or v0 and youre sorted.
>>49130951
through a fashion forum where im quite respected, asked for a what and got waffles, felt like a booby prize but now im a power user there heh.
anyone else check the spectrum of flacs they dl to check they arent being screwed out of ratio?
>>49129003
Demoind is back online plen
and its DEFIANTLY a step about tpb
wafffles should be downgraded to bad tier if anything.
>>49130016
qbittorent, transmission or seedbox firmware
deluge sucks donkey butt
>>49131012
I skimmed it briefly and fucked up the interview.
>>49131060
Well I gotta shitload of leddit karma, buddy. How much is it gonna take for you to get me a waffles invite?
>>49126507
was taking post serious at first, could feel the rage starting.
How the fuck can people be this desperate to get into what.cd?
There's a damn interview. You'd have an account already if you really wanted one.
>>49131133
u just need 2 ask bby x
>>49131101
Nah, waffles is good tier because its very easy to survive there while still getting a good selection.
>>49131133
>I skimmed it briefly and fucked up the interview.
lel I wish I had some invites, I would hook you up but I don't really know anything about anything relating to Audio files other than bitrates and shit, and I don't know what it would take to upload 5 albums to get the power user shit
>>49131133
you actually got a fucking interview?
i've spent so many hours in the irc with nothing to show for it
>>49126575
This is actually true. Copyright laws pertaining to-oh, what's that?
Oh, yes.
This is fucking retarded. Move along.
>>49131133
the interview is honestly really easy. nobody even cares about the spectogram part so even if you fail it you'll still get in.
>>49130832
V0 is better than MP3 302. It has the same transparency (meaning subjective quality as perceived by the human ear) as 320 but takes up less space because the codec is more efficient.
>>49131181
i spent 8 hours in the irc and failed interview :^(
>>49131170
Its not hard to upload five torrents, just two albums from bandcamp, with FLAC/MP3 320/V0 & you've already got six. Its just a matter of finding some that arent uploaded to whatcd already, downloading them, checking to make sure their tags are not too terribly fucked, then uploading.
>>49131181
i waited for my interview for quite literally a minute. however, that was over four years ago.
That's about when I first heard of what.cd
I should have tried then.
>>49131159
plz bb. I will do anything. I;m tethering my laptop on my phone and my bandwidth is about to give out. Email's [email protected]
Email me if it's real beb.
>>49131170
I appreciate the sentiment. I've been dedicating my bandwidth to helping get mutracker off the ground lately, so it's better than nothing.
>>49131181
Yeah, I've used one of my three tries. Waited for around two hours. Just don't sit dormant in IRC. Talk directly to the mods and ask a lot of questions. They'll be annoyed enough to give you one.
>>49131189
Yeah I know but I can't memorize the target bitrates and their formats for shit. I have hella bandwidth and seed all the time. WHY IS IT NOT ENOUGH.
>>49131343
>I've been dedicating my bandwidth to helping get mutracker off the ground lately
your doing god's work, son
>>49131181
I'm not him, but I spent probably 2 hours in the irc beforeI got my interview.
The sounds like a lot, but the whole process of getting into What.cd was like an evening's amount of time. From the moment I was like "I should try and get into What" to the moment I passed the interview was like 6 hours. So it takes a bit of time, but it was really worth it.
I get mine from audio Tumblrs
http://zion-radio.tumblr.com
>>49131431
Thanks, man.
I seed almost 24/7 ratio is still shit, though.
Snatch more plz, guise.
>>49131343
I appreciate you helping out on mutracker. You don't have to memorize everything for the interview, if you get my drift ;^)
>>49131510
Hopefully that'll work in its its advantage as the community grows. I'm interested to see how the credit system works once it gets to considerable size.
>>49131343
check em breh
we have a mutracker general up if you're curious:
>>>49131727
>>49131684
yeah i'm pretty hopeful for the system. it's working quite well at the moment
>>49130081
For personal use, yes, I forget how to do it but it can be done IIRC.
If I were on what.cd, I'd be the happiest boy on the planet.
>>49132210
see >>49131012
>>49126792
One time I got a picture of some seeds, like grains or something.
>>49131749
I have like 1.6TB of music (mostly FLAC) to share :P
>>49132324
share it then :)
>>49131727
>>49132355
just registered... ;)
>>49132393
:^) whats ur user
/mu/
occasionally from friends
>>49128299
Pretty much this. Kickass is the best non tracker site by far
what.cd
Are there any tips on getting the What.CD account in the interview? Or just read the articles a few times?
>>49132797
Study them like you're taking a test. Take notes.
>>49132797
They just quiz you with questions that you'd know if you knew everything in the interview prep. Sometimes you get a nice interviewer who will allow you a wrong answer or two, or you could get someone who will say no the moment you get something wrong. Better to just know everything in the prep. Even if you fail, you can take the test twice more.
I have a record collection that effectively funds itself.
I buy + sell used records and I only buy new vinyl in wholesale orders (in which I also buy other shit to sell)
Besides that...
what.cd
waffles.fm
libble.me
rutracker
bandcamp
soulseek
Very rare that I'll need to track down some cassette release or CD
slsk + what
cd retailers
literally only soulseek
fuck torrenting
fuck searching blogspots
fuck the archive
fuck the free world
>tfw my what.cd account was disabled after not using it for 40 days back in 2010
what do?
>>49134897
this. soulseek is flawless.
Spotify masterrace checking in.
But mostly that and rutracker for stuff I can't find on Spotify.
>>49132210
I know that feel brah, I can't even go for the interview because I'm apparently behind some ISP proxy and they won't even help me deal with that problem.
>>49126171
Spotify... i've evolved from dling and dragging music to my phone
>>49135701
>evolved
>not listening lossless
top fucking kek
>>49135738
>listening to loseless on your phone
>while you are in a busy subway
Its like you are superman or something.
>>49126171
My dad. I like Metallica, ACDC and Buckcherry. Nothin else.
You don't get your music from your torrent client, you get it from your peers, fuck I should have stayed on /g/
deturl.com/
slap that infront of any youtube url and just dl from there. as for finding new music i just browse /mu/, spotify, or soundcloud. sometimes even youtube
>>49135997
I'm pretty sure everyone here knows that.
>>49135155
go to their irc and ask them to enable it again
(you could've done this the whole time btw)
>>49126295
I thought that's what everyone did...
It's the fastest/easy way. I also add rar or "320" to the search
>>49136829
trill thanks OG, ride clean in yo time machine
jpopsuki
>>49136852
quite
why do people use anything thats not soulseek? Seriously, whats the point? soulseek has pretty much everything
>>49126360
but the most shit way. care about your bitrates man
>>49132629
Kickass is a tracker site you dumbshit.
>>49126360
no, it's the most tedious way.
>>49137002
the interface is painfully confusing
>>49132797
i just skimmed the prep and fucked up the interview the first time. i had a nice interviewer, but i wasn't prepared. they were mainly asking me to figure out what counts as a transcode, which amounts to recalling which various formats are lossy and which are lossless.
my second interview was way harder, i had to guess if something was a transcode/what bitrate it was by looking at the spectral thing. way funner questions but fucking nervewracking at the time
apparently the interview process is really variable because the difference between the two was huge... at least they tell you where you fucked up though
>>49137734
How?? It's incredibly simple, go to the search tab, search for any album, right click and download folder of the highest quality upload. Ever since I've discovered soulseek I never gone back to anything else.
>>49137828
speaking of, is what down for anyone else?
ITT: Shameless snitches
>>49137734
lol
rutracker.
prove me wrong
>>49137002
>soulseek has pretty much everything
yeah, especially transcodes
>>49139350
lol dumbass don't know how to check for transcodes or use Slsk properly.
>>49139399
yeah m8 i just don't feel like downloading an album 5 times from different people who all have like 25 kbps upload just to find out they're all transcodes
>>49135659
This. I've given up on being part of an exclusive private tracker like what.cd. Spotify does cost 10 bucks a month, but it is more than worth it. Most stuff is on there and if not, rutracker probably has it in 320kbps or even better.
i do the same, i just google "album x blogspot" it works 90% of the time
How do i use mutrakcer?
I don't
avoid what.cd
>seed a dead torrent
>get banned for it
>sit in their irc with autistic FBI alike mods for 4 fucking days straight with no response
>they tell me i cant seed dead torrents and the case is closed
use rutracker
>>49126171
>>seed a dead torrent
how does this happen
uTorrent works with the RIAA, OP. Use Deluge or Qbittorent. Even fucking Transmission, just don't use uTorrent
utorrent 2.2.1 > anything else
http://www.utorrent.com/
http://thepiratebay.se/
all of it
>>49136076
thatsthejoke.jpg
>>49140653
Enjoy living in the land of the free, loyal burger lmfao
>>49140653
[citation needed]
>>49141075
I have a friend, he did 3 uTorrents at a party and got instantly arrested by the RIAA.
>>49140995
Not to mention that uTorrent is bloated adware shit, anyway
>>49126314
>tfw the only place I could find Blind Joe Death (1959) was by ripping the songs off youtube
Such a sad day that was.
>>49126792
>Pirate Bay
>>49126314
>converting 192kbps into another lossy format resulting in even worse quality
you are a faggot and you do not deserve to perceive music.
thilariousfw australia just download's everything because everyone hates us.
utorrent, kickass and pirate bay foar da win h0m13
>>49142052
>falling for b8
>>49126171
tfw i get most of the EDM music from porn compilations
i've actually never downloaded inegally anything. i bought all of my records. then again my parents are super rich. if i was a poorfag, i guess i would do like most of you guys.
