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Post by john on Jan 11, 2017 13:45:17 GMT -6
I would like to stream before/after mixes from my website. Are you guys using anything other than Soundcloud? I would really prefer to have them streaming rather than downloadable but of course I would like the highest quality possible. Tough thing to Google. |
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Post by M57 on Jan 11, 2017 18:40:26 GMT -6
You can opt to make it such that your SC posts can't be 'downloaded' (in the format in which you uploaded them). Of course, they can still be ripped, but music can be ripped from anywhere.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 12, 2017 8:42:41 GMT -6
Soundcloud sounds really terrible. I don't recommend it at all. I wrote an article comparing it, I will post it soon.
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Post by john on Jan 12, 2017 10:05:26 GMT -6
Soundcloud sounds really terrible. I don't recommend it at all. I wrote an article comparing it, I will post it soon. cool. what do you recommend? what does the article compare it to?
I did find a newer site called Clyp that allows you 320 mp3s rather than soundclouds 128.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 12, 2017 10:19:43 GMT -6
Bandcamp comes on top. Even YouTube sounds better than Soundcloud. Apparently they recompress everything to 128 with a dodgy algorithm.
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Post by stormymondays on Jan 12, 2017 10:27:07 GMT -6
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Post by jazznoise on Jan 12, 2017 20:20:52 GMT -6
Bandcamp is the best sounding, has the best distro options, best stats view, streaming options, integrates well with mail order and digital download. There's no reason not to use it.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jan 12, 2017 23:49:10 GMT -6
Bandcamp is the best sounding, has the best distro options, best stats view, streaming options, integrates well with mail order and digital download. There's no reason not to use it. I know bandcamp is the place to go for bands, but what about studios looking to host stuff? Do they suit our needs? |
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Post by wiz on Jan 13, 2017 0:15:19 GMT -6
Thanks for that . You Tube sounded really good Cheers Wiz |
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Post by jazznoise on Jan 13, 2017 5:15:42 GMT -6
Bandcamp is the best sounding, has the best distro options, best stats view, streaming options, integrates well with mail order and digital download. There's no reason not to use it. I know bandcamp is the place to go for bands, but what about studios looking to host stuff? Do they suit our needs? Would you not be linking to your clients work at their sites? If you're doing up a sampler or whatever, then the idea of the wordpress player is good, but I've seen plenty of sites where the discog is names and album art and click either redirects you to that piece of music on the artists site - whether it be bandcamp, artists own site, iTunes etc. |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jan 13, 2017 5:45:28 GMT -6
I know bandcamp is the place to go for bands, but what about studios looking to host stuff? Do they suit our needs? Would you not be linking to your clients work at their sites? If you're doing up a sampler or whatever, then the idea of the wordpress player is good, but I've seen plenty of sites where the discog is names and album art and click either redirects you to that piece of music on the artists site - whether it be bandcamp, artists own site, iTunes etc. The OP was asking about a way to stream before and after. Bandcamp links wouldn't be ideal. It seems like hosting your own is the best bet and bamdcamp links for non-comparison releases. |
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Jan 13, 2017 5:55:17 GMT -6
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Post by jcoutu1 on Jan 13, 2017 6:11:22 GMT -6
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Post by ChaseUTB on Jan 13, 2017 7:17:20 GMT -6
ReverbNation? I use it but it's clunky and they are always trying to sell you services and send helluva lotbof email blasts about bs....
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Thank you for teaching something new to me about SoundCloud sound when streaming. I would shorten tracks to try to up the Kbps rate of the MP3 to get it closer to the full fidelity mix and now I learn that was futile, best to RTFM or " fine print ". I always wondered why streaming SC was so ehhhhhh so to speak. At least they let people D/L the quality file you upload....so nice of them
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Post by john on Jan 13, 2017 9:43:13 GMT -6
thanks for all the feedback. my site is on Squarespace (doh) so I'm not sure if I can use any code I want. Their default audio player only works at 128 mp3.
Maybe Youtube would be the best bet.
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Post by ChaseUTB on Jan 13, 2017 19:20:27 GMT -6
thanks for all the feedback. my site is on Squarespace (doh) so I'm not sure if I can use any code I want. Their default audio player only works at 128 mp3. Maybe Youtube would be the best bet. YouTube can be risky due to sites like YouTube to mp3 dot com that lets people copy your YT link and it processes whatever the video and spits out an MP3 of the audio and I think you can choose 192/256....Major labels pay YT to snatch down what videos and audio videos they say so the traffic goes to the label funded video and label funded audio video to be monetized. |
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Post by mrholmes on Jan 16, 2017 22:24:20 GMT -6
You can track everything kids show me tools to rip off from Spotify.
As soon your music is in the internet world you are bumfucked.
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Post by M57 on Jan 17, 2017 5:25:08 GMT -6
You can track everything kids show me tools to rip off from Spotify. As soon your music is in the internet world you are bumfucked. Which is precisely why it might be better to use SoundCloud. I have much less of a problem with people downloading what everyone seems to agree is a poor quality product. Of course, whatever high quality recording you sell then runs the risk of then being uploaded by others, but most would view that as an extra level of dishonesty, not to mention that you can monitor the high profile sites and request that they be removed?? I'm not disagreeing with you mrholmes. I'm guessing most people don't know or care about the differences between a MP3s, WAVs and whatever the SC format is. |
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Post by mrholmes on Jan 17, 2017 11:56:51 GMT -6
Yupp that is a fact kids don't care about sound quality, they also don't care about illegal downloads.
I know two German acts which TCB and scan the internet for their music advising to take down.
They still sell CDs and they make money.
Do not feed the monkey with your bananas.
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Post by viciousbliss on Jan 17, 2017 14:34:44 GMT -6
hearthis.at is another I use.
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Post by wagz on Jan 20, 2017 1:07:21 GMT -6
Your Bandcamp example sounded really good. Thanks for the article! |
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Post by wagz on Jan 20, 2017 1:10:02 GMT -6
hearthis.at is another I use. That site seems to have really good options. I'm still trying to find acoustic folk music on it. There is a lot of Dance & DJ stuff... |
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Post by NoFilterChuck on Jan 22, 2017 8:32:22 GMT -6
hearthis.at is another I use. That site seems to have really good options. I'm still trying to find acoustic folk music on it. There is a lot of Dance & DJ stuff...yeah, cuz that genre is dumb easy to make lol!!! that's why everyone calls themselves a DJ or electronic music producer now lol |
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Post by jazznoise on Jan 22, 2017 11:12:04 GMT -6
That site seems to have really good options. I'm still trying to find acoustic folk music on it. There is a lot of Dance & DJ stuff...yeah, cuz that genre is dumb easy to make lol!!! that's why everyone calls themselves a DJ or electronic music producer now lol Good electronic music is hard to make, else everyone here with a minutely cynical side would be making a fortune on their techno side project. It's long form music, and has it's own rules as such. Because it's hard to make, most of the stuff is genuine thrash, and the artist focus is the opposite of how Dance music historically worked. Mixcloud is a much more sensible concept - focusing on DJ's and Tracks, rather than 'Producers' is more sympathetic to getting access to music you would like. |
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