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  • June 13, 2015 at 2:17 pm #2210521
    bob6397
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    When talking about sound quality, I would not play anything less than a 320kbps MP3 or a 256kbps AAC file when DJing… Lower than that, over a half-decent PA system is not gonna sound it’s best..

    My experience with Soundcloud though is that if the artists offers a download it tends to be a 320kbps MP3.. Not seen any which are lower..

    Here at DDJT fully recommend that you pay for all your tracks – unless specifically offered by the Artist themselves as a free download. Any other form of downloading is illegal and is considered to be beyond bad practice as a DJ – you make money from their music do you not? Then pay for it (at 99p per track there are no excuses..).

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    June 13, 2015 at 9:16 pm #2210581
    Quicknight
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    Yeah, if the artist themselves offer a free download, it should be a 320kbps mp3. Otherwise, you are trying to rip tracks off there by using a converter, or someone has uploaded a poor quality version of the track for a free (and illegal) download.

    As for where you can get free, high quality music..check out your favourite artists’ website and social media. It’s quite likely that they’d released a couple of tracks for free which you may be able to download.

    June 14, 2015 at 2:21 am #2210621
    Donald Brown
    Participant

    I have also messaged the artist directly and requested a copy of a track because it was a low sound quality. Every single artist has responded. Some have emailed a quality copy of the track, and some have send me a link where I can purchase a quality copy of a track.

    June 17, 2015 at 8:23 am #2212311
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    Agreed 320k on mp3 and 256k on AAC (mp4)

    June 17, 2015 at 2:40 pm #2212571
    bob6397
    Participant

    Sorry Terry.. AAC’s are stored as “.m4a” files – not “.mp4” – “.mp4” files are a joint video/audio storage format.. 🙂

    June 18, 2015 at 8:31 am #2212861
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    And of course you are correct, my mistake. (It is MPEG4-audio hence the m4a)
    Also note the older iTunes copyright protected files are m4p.

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