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Posted by Tordan on Jan-09-2007 16:19:

Posted by Chris Allen on Jan-09-2007 16:38:

quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
The solution is simple have "new releases" as that, and an "update on back catalog" option. However, that probably wouln't fly as I have a feeling record labels are rejoicing at the fact that they can re-release a track from 10 years ago (there are a few) as a NEW tune and beatport is cashing in on that as well.

Son of a B... starting off the year well with me agreeing with you once again.

This is my biggest pet peeve with digital releases. They definitely need to categorize things more efficiently.

I do like the artist submitted charts though. Sometimes they're really good for finding something from different genre's.

Posted by infinity HiGH on Jan-09-2007 16:44:

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Button
Yeah, that would definitely work.

To make it even easier, they could make it so if you click 'view all', it's everything (including re-releases) - and clicking on 'new releases' would be ONLY new releases. That way they wouldn't have to make a new tab, or really re-configure anything on the interface.

So who's making the request, you or me?

Or even simpler, put a star beside a re-release.

Posted by Yohan on Jan-09-2007 16:50:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Or even simpler, put a star beside a re-release.

Then you'll have retards like, oh, it's got a STAR. Must be like, really new

Posted by jon jon on Jan-09-2007 16:57:

honestly, I think the answer is just putting the ORIG release date on the songs page as well. As I'd also like to know from WHEN the track is being re-released. Is it from 2 months ago or 2 years ago?

Posted by infinity HiGH on Jan-09-2007 17:01:

quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
honestly, I think the answer is just putting the ORIG release date on the songs page as well.

if only we were running beatport

Posted by StereoPrincess on Jan-09-2007 17:14:

quote:
Originally posted by jon jon
I think we should nominate polish peter hah

seconded.

(aren't all peters polish?)

Posted by Orko on Jan-09-2007 17:32:

I just wish they accepted Paypal, or I had a CC.

I can't imagine being a DJ without beatport, or other services like it. It is expensive enough as it is.

How many of you actually pay extra for the WAV file?

Posted by rulzz on Jan-09-2007 17:48:

wavs is all i buy from beatport (unless its from labels which don't sell wavs)

Posted by infinity HiGH on Jan-09-2007 18:22:

quote:
Originally posted by StereoPrincess
seconded.

(aren't all peters polish?)

lol oh please. They'll probably just credit my account and won't do anything beyond that.

quote:
Originally posted by Orko
How many of you actually pay extra for the WAV file?

I do. I only download from sites that offer waves. If a site doesn't, then I don't bother with it.

Posted by Skipper on Jan-09-2007 19:21:

I haven't bought the wav's from beatport. I've felt a couple of tracks have been sub-par but not anything I would cry over.

Orko, don't you need a credit card to use paypal anyways?

Posted by DigDeep on Jan-09-2007 19:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Orko
How many of you actually pay extra for the WAV file?

maybe 1 out of 50 tracks i buy are WAV.

Posted by tvmann on Jan-09-2007 19:27:

They've cost me some money and saved me a lot more compared to buying CD singles. If I buy CDs they're from USA store and there's some hassle there especially if you go across the border (car gets searched etc). But lots of tracks are still on CDs or vinyl only.

I find the MP3s sound exactly the same as WAV so the MP3 is fine with me. That's what I play out anyway and the WAV (if I have it) is just on a backup CD in a safe place.

Biggest pain is the Territorial Error where we can't buy some stuff while we're in Canada. Tracks on the Ultra label are really bad for this. Whoever has the rights to a track for Canada should smarten up and sell it to us on BeatPort.

And they need additional tracks that are a little more commercial and popular with infrequent clubbers. Like we don't all want to play underground tracks 24/7.

Sometimes they release or re-release over 2,000 tracks a week and most of them you've never heard before and will never want to hear again, tracks that will keep their producers and labels undergound and unknown for a good reason, they're so generic and boring.

Big complaint against BeatPort in the UK is that customers there are forced to pay a lot more than in USA or other parts of Europe.

Gripes aside, BeatPort is a +

Posted by DigDeep on Jan-09-2007 19:31:

quote:
Originally posted by tvmann
Biggest pain is the Territorial Error where we can't buy some stuff while we're in Canada. Tracks on the Ultra label are really bad for this. Whoever has the rights to a track for Canada should smarten up and sell it to us on BeatPort.

This is when Mr. Soulseek shows up, and said label loses money because of it.

Posted by Skipper on Jan-09-2007 19:36:

I HATE that territorial error.
However I still don't go download it on soulseek - I just move on. One track isn't worth that much effort to go download it elsewhere...

Posted by oldschool420 on Jan-09-2007 19:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Jeff Button
This is when Mr. Soulseek shows up, and said label loses money because of it.

Exactly. That's the only time I ever use soulseek.

Posted by DigDeep on Jan-09-2007 19:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
One track isn't worth that much effort to go download it elsewhere...

lol

Effort?

1.)open soulseek
2.)type artist/track
3.)double click

Estimated time: (about the same amount of time it took me to make this post)

Posted by Skipper on Jan-09-2007 20:07:

I don't have soulseek because I prefer to actually buy my music, and if I can't buy it, I won't download it either. I don't see that territorial error very often to warrant the hassle of installing something I wouldn't use otherwise.

Posted by Orko on Jan-09-2007 20:30:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
I haven't bought the wav's from beatport. I've felt a couple of tracks have been sub-par but not anything I would cry over.

Orko, don't you need a credit card to use paypal anyways?

No. I have PP hooked up to my bank account. Any transaction takes two weeks to pay, but I usually just move some money over and leave it there.

I would only buy the WAVs, for sound quality, and just so if i wanted to edit it, i could and not worry about quality loss.

Posted by basilisk on Jan-09-2007 21:46:

I only purchase WAVs from Beatport... I wouldn't be using the site if it weren't for that option.

Posted by Endgame on Jan-10-2007 00:23:

Beatport = The only way I can pretend I'm crate digging while at work

<3 Beatport

Posted by Yohan on Jan-10-2007 01:28:

I think I spent like 150bucks on beatport last 3 days...
Gah. Why must tunes be so damn good!

Posted by Skipper on Jan-10-2007 02:29:

Has anyone ever been charged twice for the same order?

I was...I kept the invoice, emailed the support email ID, but I'm not sure what to expect.

Posted by Chris Allen on Jan-10-2007 02:33:

As for a territorial error, just try other sites. A lot of the time it's a licensing issue with Beatport that you can get around with something like AudioJelly, Vonyc, etc...

Posted by Orko on Jan-10-2007 02:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
Has anyone ever been charged twice for the same order?

I was...I kept the invoice, emailed the support email ID, but I'm not sure what to expect.

I've heard of this happening to others (read it on various forums), and the problem was usually sorted out with a credit to the account, or a refund.

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