oh yeah, and the sound of the previews sucks so much it's sometimes
hard to tell if i even like something or not.
with techno, it's not like there's a great "song" in the traditional
sense that can weather any interpretation...the sound of things is as
important as the rhythm and melody.
maybe a good thing or i might buy more just because shit sounds cool.
On Jan 7, 2009, at 9:25 AM, chthonic streams wrote:
quoted 95 lines totally agreed on your additional points. i'm excited about the new
> 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:
>
>> 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
>> 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 change
>> (see below) might not be on the cards. My requests might not be a
>> big deal
>> for some, but they're a big deal for me. For those who might be
>> 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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