Whitelabel.net --- HOLY SMOKES! SERATO'S OWN MP3 DOWNLOAD SITE!!!

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Posted by DjWoody on Dec-27-2006 16:30:

Whitelabel.net --- HOLY SMOKES! SERATO'S OWN MP3 DOWNLOAD SITE!!!

Hell yeah! Serato released a beta of their own FREE Mp3 download site yesterday. www.WhiteLabel.net. All the music is FREE for download, and it's already Serato Ready! Which means it has overviews built, bpm's added, etc. The interface is easy to use. At the moment, they only have hip hop but they're working on adding more genres. What makes this site great is that when you download the song, it will play in lo-quality mono on regular Mp3 Players such as iTunes, but it will play on HiQuality when you play it in Serato! That is awesome!

www.WhiteLabel.net is the site!

Posted by Jarvmeister on Dec-27-2006 16:55:

Can't load the site - just reloads reloads reloads etce etc etc.

Posted by MagicImpuls on Dec-27-2006 17:46:

http://beta.whitelabel.net/ should work in IE7...

Posted by sleepydragon on Dec-27-2006 17:49:

Re: Whitelabel.net --- HOLY SMOKES! SERATO'S OWN MP3 DOWNLOAD SITE!!!

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
, but it will play on HiQuality when you play it in Serato! That is awesome!

www.WhiteLabel.net is the site!

so your saying that they only work in high quality in serato? what about cd decks?

Posted by MagicImpuls on Dec-27-2006 18:07:

What file format does Whitelabel.net use?
Whitelabel.net uses a custom file format: Whitelabel MP3s (file extension .wl.mp3). These files will play as a low quality preview in any MP3 player, and a high quality version within Serato Scratch LIVE. The Whitelabel.net format files are specially prepared for use in Scratch LIVE - they have had their overviews built, they are tagged with song and artist info, BPM, and album art where possible. The file will be the equivelent in quality to a 320KB MP3 when played in Scratch LIVE.

Posted by Inertia on Dec-27-2006 18:18:

they only have bad hip hop and pop

Posted by DjWoody on Dec-27-2006 18:46:

yes, but they're going to add more styles in the near future.

Posted by sleepydragon on Dec-27-2006 19:07:

quote:
Originally posted by MagicImpuls
What file format does Whitelabel.net use?
Whitelabel.net uses a custom file format: Whitelabel MP3s (file extension .wl.mp3). These files will play as a low quality preview in any MP3 player, and a high quality version within Serato Scratch LIVE. The Whitelabel.net format files are specially prepared for use in Scratch LIVE - they have had their overviews built, they are tagged with song and artist info, BPM, and album art where possible. The file will be the equivelent in quality to a 320KB MP3 when played in Scratch LIVE.

i guess thats a no then to my question about it playing in cd deck at high quality.

Posted by spdandpwr on Dec-27-2006 22:43:

looks like ill be selling my cdj's and going back to my records...

by the way this is an awesome find....thanks....it is like a digital record pool...

Posted by DannyO on Dec-27-2006 22:58:

I don't quite see the point in this, the idea isn't bad, since it would be nice to get exclusive tracks just for DJ use, but if somebody wants one of these tracks as a regular MP3 then they will be able to get it, all you need is one serato owner to do a basic audio recording of when the track is playing threw serato, or if this site and idea got big enough, then maybe somebody could create a converter for the files or MP3 software that could play it in hi-fi.

I know that if I got a track from there, I would most likely somehow convert it to regular mp3 so I can listen to it whenever, I wouldn't share it, but I'm sure there are plenty of serato users out there that would.

Best of luck to them, if this does work the way they plan, it would be nice to get exclusive music, but I can see people getting around this and then ruining the idea.

Posted by jupiterone on Dec-28-2006 00:00:

dont like the idea, love the site layout though

Posted by Michael May on Dec-28-2006 03:45:

Thought I was going to strike gold or something, then I see it is all rap.

Posted by SPAWNmaster on Dec-28-2006 05:18:

definately a cool idea, now lets get some edm up in there!

Posted by Vero on Dec-28-2006 18:05:

since its a new concept, im sure more and more edm will show up eventually. this is a great idea on serato's part. and just when i was thinking that i should've waited for torque.....

Posted by punjabi on Dec-28-2006 18:07:

meh

Posted by Jakor on Dec-28-2006 18:14:

Should be easy enough to rip the mp3's back from the .wl.mp3 if you own serato... Audacity will let you rip anything on it's way out of your computer. So they add the inconvienience.

Posted by Events@Spec on Dec-28-2006 18:51:

I can go on soulseek and download a song faster than the site loads.