u/syracuseduke

Digital music archives for the Soundcloud era and before?

Are there any archives alive anymore? First there was daphonks blogspot, then datpizz, and lastly and currently there is deadalreadyarchive. Deadalreadyarchive is great, but they're missing so much of the older stuff. Anyone aware of any similar sites, google spreadsheets, mega links, or google drives? Thank you!

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u/syracuseduke — 4 days ago

Track or album not existing in anything above 128kbps?

Hello! I've run into a problem that has never happened to me before. I can't seem to find a certain album and song that is over 128kbps legitimately. The album is "Life of a Savage 3" by SD and the song is a remix to a track off that album called "New World Order (Remix) [feat. Danny Brown]". I've scoured the internet and have found plenty of fake 256kbps AAC and 320kbps LAME files. I even downloaded a 320kbps OGG rip from Spotify with OrpheusDL. When I put that file into Spek it hard lines at 16 kHz. I went into Soulseek and downloaded every single 320kbps MP3 of the New World Order remix I could find. EVERY SINGLE ONE hard lined at 16 kHz. They're all fake! The only thing I haven't tried would to be to rip a lossless version off of Tidal or Qobuz. I saw that the album and song were on Tidal with "high" quality. I'm assuming that means it's in 320kbps, but that could also mean lossless. I have no idea. I've never used Tidal or Qobuz. I'm not sure if either that album or track are on Qobuz. Even if they were I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that both Tidal and Qobuz don't/wouldn't have real 320kbps MP3 or OGG, let alone any real lossless tracks. Maybe a private tracker like RED could have it...

Has anyone ever had a similar experience like this before?

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u/syracuseduke — 5 days ago