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Tycho
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Joined: 17 May 2003
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Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:37 pm |
I stumbled across a great article that takes a look at the sudden rise in legal music downloads. This comes on the heels of Napster annoucing that you can unlimited music downloads for a month fee of $15. I personally use MSN Music from time to time, as they offer decent stream quality (160 kbps WMA Format) and unlimited activation on the music file. However I don't spend as much as I would if they offered a better quality (at least 192). After a couple of years of my own purchasing and ripping I now have a pretty decent sized legal library of music. What format are you currently using? |
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Cheetah
Ultimate Fanboy
Joined: 25 Aug 2003
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Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:08 am |
.mp3, highest bitrate i can ghet. but never less then 128, couse that just sounds crappy. mostly 192 or 320 if i can get it that high. |
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Burgess
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Joined: 17 May 2003
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Location: Almost Heaven WV, USA
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:32 am |
320 if possible |
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SirYawnalot
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Joined: 23 Oct 2003
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Location: England
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:41 am |
Forgive my inexperience in these matters, but is there a place where one can actually download legal music (not free legal music, I'm aware that generally sucks -and not streamed either...) without having to install a new program? |
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Cheetah
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
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Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:08 am |
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| 320 if possible |
same as me then?
i wonder, can you realy hear a difference between 192 and 320? i mostly hear a difference when i turn the sound up loud, and hear the base and such. but it could also be a coincidence that the one song is just worse in quality, so the base and other sounds sound worse. |
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Raven
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Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2235
Location: Clyde, Ohio
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:52 am |
| SirYawnalot wrote: |
| Forgive my inexperience in these matters, but is there a place where one can actually download legal music (not free legal music, I'm aware that generally sucks -and not streamed either...) without having to install a new program? |
actually yes...
but its kinda hard to find the exact file your looking for in the exact format you want...
go to www.singingfish.com and search there. it will show a whole bunch of formats but you can only download the wma or mp3 formats
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| 320 if possible |
same as me then?
i wonder, can you realy hear a difference between 192 and 320? i mostly hear a difference when i turn the sound up loud, and hear the base and such. but it could also be a coincidence that the one song is just worse in quality, so the base and other sounds sound worse. |
same here. my lowest sound file quality is 128.... but thats a downloaded midi from the original Legend of Zelda game for the NES.... god you gotta love the classics  |
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Cheetah
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
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Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:57 pm |
i dont get your raven, you play kick ass games like HL2 and UT2004. but also play games as low as 'legend of zelda', 'final fantasy', and 'halo'.. dude! |
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Burgess
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Joined: 17 May 2003
Posts: 542
Location: Almost Heaven WV, USA
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:18 pm |
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same as me then?
i wonder, can you realy hear a difference between 192 and 320? i mostly hear a difference when i turn the sound up loud, and hear the base and such. but it could also be a coincidence that the one song is just worse in quality, so the base and other sounds sound worse. |
I actually don't know if I can detect a difference between 192 and 320. I just figure since I have plenty of hard drive space why not go with 320?
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| i dont get your raven, you play kick ass games like HL2 and UT2004. but also play games as low as 'legend of zelda', 'final fantasy', and 'halo'.. dude! |
I could ask the same question of you Cheetah with all the racing games you play. Legend of Zelda is a classic game. Even the 64 Ocarana of Time was a masterpiece. And don't get me started on how great Halo is. The only problem I have with Halo 2 is that consoles are lame compared to PCs (not Bungies fault). So I think YOU are missing out on great games.
I do agree though that FF is ghey.  |
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Cheetah
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
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Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:41 pm |
lol.. i dont play much racing games? i do like a bit of arcade racing, like midinight club 2. if its a racing game with shooting and stuff, thats cool. but not like F1 racing, or rally racing.. bah, thats crap! |
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Raven
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Joined: 19 May 2003
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Location: Clyde, Ohio
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:40 pm |
hey i dont care about the ff game.....
just the music
and the movie.... the movie was a masterpiece
other than that if you HAVENT played the original NES zelda, and have NEVER been pissed off by it, and have NEVER figured out the way around the world without a map downloaded off the internet your not a true Old-tymer gamer  (if you have figured it out without the map congrats... your one of the few who did) |
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Burgess
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Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:23 pm |
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| other than that if you HAVENT played the original NES zelda, and have NEVER been pissed off by it, and have NEVER figured out the way around the world without a map downloaded off the internet your not a true Old-tymer gamer Wink (if you have figured it out without the map congrats... your one of the few who did) |
i beat Zelda NES before there was an internet |
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Cheetah
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Joined: 25 Aug 2003
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Location: Halfway between the gutter and stars.
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Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:02 pm |
i think i played some zelda in the N64 at a friend.. |
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Burgess
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Joined: 17 May 2003
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Location: Almost Heaven WV, USA
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Wed Jan 12, 2005 10:04 am |
I found out more about Napster's $15 a month unlimited download.
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Currently on offer in beta-version in the US, the service costs $15 per month for unlimited downloads.
The technology ensures that music downloaded to the player only remains playable while the user subscribes to the service.
Users need to update their license on a monthly basis or the tunes will no longer play. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4166229.stm
Sounds like a bad idea to me. I think I will stick with CDs. |
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Scumgrief
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Joined: 23 Jun 2003
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Tue Jan 25, 2005 3:46 pm |
UBL will let you download some tracks for free, but with limited listen life (say, after you listen to it 5 times, it'll become disabled). Good way to preview CD's before you buy them. |
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