Fairly sure an extra dollar for wave files is pretty standard. At least I
think that's what addictech.com charge too. Kinda makes sense when you
consider the difference in file size...
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From: chthonic streams [mailto:chthonic@chthonicstreams.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 11:26 PM
To: idm
Subject: Re: [idm] for those who use Beatport
totally agreed on your additional points. i'm excited about the new
changes, but feel they could go further. renaming files is annoying.
beatport is my first DL site i joined, probably the first outside of
bleep.com i'd ever heard of. i joined because adult. had exclusive
digital downloads. ironically i listen to those tracks the least of
anything i've bought from there.
i'm hungry for more good techno (a la ellen allien, joey beltram,
metope, basteroid, audion, michael mayer, thomas brinkmann) and
dubstep (starkey, vex'd, and burial are amazing). but searching
through the site is labyrinthine and tedious. i understand how the
little arrows work but feel annoyed at having to make certain moves to
get back and check out the next thing. i think the new player will
take care of this though.
i'm glad they sell .WAVs (as does junodownload), but the "wave
handling charge" is kind of nuts. an extra dollar per track??? just
for getting proper quality? needless to say i've been reluctantly
making do with 320kbps mp3's but i'm not happy. FLAC or WAV with no
or minimal additional charge should become the norm.
On Jan 7, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Andrew Duke wrote:
quoted 6 lines Not sure how many people know this, but Beatport will be making some
> Not sure how many people know this, but Beatport will be making some
> changes and relaunching on January 21; details here:
> http://thenewbeatport.com
>
> I urge Beatport users to watch the videos about the changes and if
> there's things not announced that you would like to see, that you go to
"about
quoted 5 lines Beatport", then "contact", then "ask a question" and send your
> Beatport", then "contact", then "ask a question" and send your
> requests in.
>
> Note, I'm not affiliated in Beatport in any way, I just would like
> to see some changes to it and am worried that the few things I would like
to see
quoted 1 line change (see below) might not be on the cards. My requests might not be a
> change (see below) might not be on the cards. My requests might not be aquoted 1 line big deal for some, but they're a big deal for me. For those who might be
> big deal for some, but they're a big deal for me. For those who might bequoted 25 lines interested, here's what I just sent to Beatport re: the about
> interested, here's what I just sent to Beatport re: the about
> Beatport>contact>ask a question form:
>
> Hi.
> Really enjoying seeing what some of the new features of Beatport
> will be with the relaunch on January 21.
> I have 2 requests that I'm hoping will be part of the relaunch:
> #1: currently I have to rename any files downloaded from Beatport
> because they start with a long number instead of artist name, song
> title, label, or some information that I would find more useful.
> Other download sites that I use do not have this issue (ie I do not
> need to rename tracks downloaded from elsewhere), so hopefully this
> can be fixed.
> #2: I'd really like the options to a) download artwork related to a
> purchased release and b) have all files from a release put in a
> named folder and c) have these folders be available as zips for
> faster downloading. Again, these 3 things are available from some
> download sites I use and I find them very helpful and much
> appreciated.
> Again, very much looking forward to the already-announced updates to
> Beatport for January 21, but hoping that the above, especially the
> removal of the long number at the start of downloaded files so I
> will not have to rename them, will be addressed as well.
> Thanks.
> Andrew Duke
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