Live music and file sharing

phipiper10
phipiper10 Posts: 955
edited April 2007 in Music & Movies
I inadvertently put this in the clubhouse when I should have put it here. OR am I just raising my post count:p

OK in another thread the topic FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) came up and my primary experience/use for FLAC is with File sharing..downloading live music in lossless format in smaller file size but converting to wav or mp3. So I posted the below. It may be of use to some folks though I know if it's not on vinyl or CD some aren't interested. To each his own. It is an mp3 world out there.


"....... There are a lot of resources however for this stuff particularly in the tape trading community. (Remember back in the day trading tapes?) Now it's the "file sharing community".

For anyone who loves live music and isn't afraid of using BitTorrent check out the site below. The music is all free and legal and the people(Tapers) work really hard to make this stuff available. The FAQ is a great guide to get started.

http://bt.etree.org/

There is a bunch of other info about etree here with some great applications listed on the right.

http://etree.org/

I hope someone takes advantage, there is a ton of great stuff over there. It is about the music right! For the hippy haters click on hide dead and phish link. Radiohead,Taj MAhal, Peter Rowan, just tons of great music.

The tapers are as into their stuff as people here are about their equipment.

While people here have: BADA HD-22 Tubed CDP; Audio Research SP16L tube Preamp; Belles 350a reference; Pair of TAD-60: Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Sig. System; SDA 3.1TL's.

They have: Schoeps CMC6/MK4v(A/B) > V3 > Sound Devices 722 (16/44.1)
Transfer: SD 722 > Firewire > CD Wave > Flac Frontend > FLAC16 > Nero 6 > Plextor PX-716A
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  • michael_w
    michael_w Posts: 2,813
    edited March 2007
    Looks like a cool site for some new music. I'll have to check it out, thanks!
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited April 2007
    Ooo... good site for those interested. Why can't we all just along...or be share friendly...
    Jake
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited April 2007
    Etree is a great community. I personally have been trading and downloading there for about 6 to 8 months. Some of the material is shockingly good quality, while much of it is just so so. But if you can get past the fact that record quality isn't always great, then you will find many excellent live performances.

    That's the primary reason I never bothered saying much about it here. Simply because most people here want to listen to outstanding recordings, which are kind or rare at etree.

    One of the things I like most about the recordings is that they are true-to-life live performances. Often times when you listen to a live album or watch a concert DVD it is obvious that the artist is all too aware of the fact that they are being recorded, and therefore put on a show that is just a little too polished. In my opinion this all too often takes away from the emotion that a good live show can have.

    Anyway I would recommend that any lover of live music check this out. You will probably be pleasantly surprised.
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