Legal music download sites?

[Usarka]

Anyone know of good sites where i can download music?? I've finished "backing up" my 60CD's and now want a few individual tracks from here and there.

1. Legally
2. Not copy protected, ie so I can put on Ipod and/or play through windows media or ps3.
3. Reasonably high quality bitrate and format.

You'd think this'd be common place these days....?

I've read some old threads that haven't really answered my questions...

ta much.

[Big Dan]

Limewire is pretty good

you can save files and transfer them to iTunes

[Sam I Am]

http://www.sonarkollektiv.com/ has some cool stuff if thats your thing

or just itunes rocks, and burn a CD to remove copy protecion

[Usarka]

http://www.sonarkollektiv.com/ has some cool stuff if thats your thing

Didn't seem to have what I'm after....

or just itunes rocks, and burn a CD to remove copy protecion

Trouble it's encoded at AAC which doesn't work on my WM/PS3 media centre. And converting between lossy formats degrades the quality (i'm a bit of a quality snob on my home stereo, don't care so much on ipod or in car etc).

What bitrate do itunes encode to? Is it lossless?

Oh, and I checked out Limewire, but appears to be be P2P which I'm wanting to avoid at the mo.... The 'beta' store doesn't have half of what I'm looking for...

Any other ideas?

[Jeremy]

Amazon's mp3 service is good if you know someone in the US to buy them for you

[skidMark]

Amazon's mp3 service is good if you know someone in the US to buy them for you

Um didnt i tunes/apple bring out a full online thing for $1 a track? for NZ market?

i think you just goto itunes.co.nz then goto the store.

Buti gather he wants to get them for free and not pay the artist for thier work.

[vindy500]

Um didnt i tunes/apple bring out a full online thing for $1 a track? for NZ market?

i think you just goto itunes.co.nz then goto the store.

Buti gather he wants to get them for free and not pay the artist for thier work.

umm hes already said why he doesnt want to use itunes, because they are in a crappy lossy format at a low bitrate.

how about gbox?

[Marmoot]

try txttunes.com
You can pay through vodafone and/or telecom mobile account too.

[scracha]

try txttunes.com
You can pay through vodafone and/or telecom mobile account too.

last.fm with theLastRipper or StationRipper

[Big Dave]

umm hes already said why he doesnt want to use itunes, because they are in a crappy lossy format at a low bitrate.

how about gbox?

'You can also download iTunes Plus songs for just 99¢. These songs feature higher-quality, 256-Kbps AAC encoding — twice the standard bit rate — and no DRM (digital rights management). With 1 million indie tracks just added, there are up to 2 million iTunes Plus songs to choose from and play on any iPod, other digital music players, and an unlimited number of computers. For no extra charge.'

[riffer]

Didn't seem to have what I'm after....



Trouble it's encoded at AAC which doesn't work on my WM/PS3 media centre. And converting between lossy formats degrades the quality (i'm a bit of a quality snob on my home stereo, don't care so much on ipod or in car etc).

What bitrate do itunes encode to? Is it lossless?

Check out the advanced settings in iTunes. You can set the output type to mp3 and use any type of bit rate from 90 - 320kbps.

[CB ARGH]

iTunes all the way mate...

Apple has just upgraded their download format so it's an even higher quality format. Relatively cheap also... costs about $16 bucks for an entire album I think. Gotta have a credit card though

Or just ride your bike into a music store and nick them all. Of course, I did not just say that.

[Forest]

umm hes already said why he doesnt want to use itunes, because they are in a crappy lossy format at a low bitrate.

how about gbox?

Almost all music on the Internet is encoded at a low bitrate.

[Usarka]

'You can also download iTunes Plus songs for just 99¢. These songs feature higher-quality, 256-Kbps AAC encoding — twice the standard bit rate — and no DRM (digital rights management). With 1 million indie tracks just added, there are up to 2 million iTunes Plus songs to choose from and play on any iPod, other digital music players, and an unlimited number of computers. For no extra charge.'

Only a mac fan would defend itunes. I used to look upon Mac fans as eccentric but harmless, but since owning an iPod and having to use iTunes i'm convinced you are all delusional and "touched" in a special way.

1 - AAC is compatable with jack sheet except apple products.
2 - The cost is actually $1.29 for the + stuff, not 99c as you've quoted off the official website (they can't even get their own website accurate - or dont care enough to......) (btw those costs are in USD)
4 - there is f-all of the + content in iTunes at present(at least not in the music I've searched for)


All I'm after is music in a reasonable quality bit-rate in a portable format, OR music of in any lossless format.

FFS it's 2008! Is it really that hard? No wonder people are doing it illegally....... [goes and downloads limewire......]

[fridayflash]

Limewire is pretty good

you can save files and transfer them to iTunes

ditto from me...limewire