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    BEATPORT PRICE INCREASE. Nooooooo ! :(

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    I do tend to think it's a mistake since we as artists never heard about any price changes. Actually the labels (and artists via the labels) have to give permission to price changes at beatport so I highly doubt any prices has been changed. I seriously think it's a mistake due to the launch of beta version 3 and that you'll get a fast answer from them.

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    That is encouraging to hear. I love Beatport and don't want to fall out with her.

     

    :lol:

    BEATPORT PRICE INCREASE. Nooooooo ! :(

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Did anyone actually think about that it's a beta 3 version and that there might be 2 possible explanations to the price problem?

     

    1. The £. has mistaken replaced the $.  Seem quite possible since the price without the currency signs are the same.

     

    2. The price has just not yet been changed into Pounds. (which is no good though)

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    The first I knew about it was receiving a receipt into my hotmail account.

     

    £4.98 for two tracks. I can only assume that I have been billed in £ if that is what the receipt states. If it is a mistake they had better fix it quick !!!

     

    :)

     

    I'll report back once they have replied to my e-mails.

    BEATPORT PRICE INCREASE. Nooooooo ! :(

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Did anyone actually think about that it's a beta 3 version and that there might be 2 possible explanations to the price problem?

     

    1. The £. has mistaken replaced the $.  Seem quite possible since the price without the currency signs are the same.

     

    2. The price has just not yet been changed into Pounds. (which is no good though)

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    It had occured to me. I really hope you are right. :)

    BEATPORT PRICE INCREASE. Nooooooo ! :(

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    Edit: 2$ per track from my side, which is still twice as expensive as it should be IMHO.

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    Is it the new tracks that show as $1.99 ? That is the price I am used to paying. The slightly older ones were $1.49.

     

    Is the .wav handling charge still $1 ?

     

    £1 for that option is the last straw. That is $1.90849 for fucks sake !

     

    I have been looking at trackitdown.net and the new djmag.com download sites. The latter looks very nice (although down for maintenance at the moment.)

     

    I can't believe they are prepared to loose all of their UK customers. Oh well.

    BEATPORT PRICE INCREASE. Nooooooo ! :(

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    I think it's time the Electronic music web shops straight their line with iTunes prices. Their prices are ridiculous. No sane man will buy tracks for such price and i don't give a shit about their economic models problems. Paying 20 pounds for 10 tracks is ridiculous. It's 3 times the price i pay on Psyshop and Saiko and even less for the local releases in Israel.

    Edit: 2$ per track from my side, which is still twice as expensive as it should be IMHO.

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    Exactly.

     

    Here's the e-mail I sent the buggers earlier. I am eagerly awaiting their response.

     

    "Hi Guys,

     

    Am I right in thinking that your prices have just gone through the ceiling?

     

    I am used to paying either $1.49 / $1.99 / $2.49 for tracks, which I felt

    was fair.

     

    Now I have noticed that the tracks purchased below are costing me £1.49.

    Using todays exchange rate this works out at $2.83998 ???????? Why am I

    paying more ???? Did you make your intention to charge more public? I don't

    recall reading anything.

     

    Old tracks used to cost me $1.49 ( £0.781899 ) now they cost me £1.29

    ($2.45757)

     

    AND a charge of £1 instead of $1 for wav handling. So If I buy 5 tracks the

    cost to me is going to be over £5 more. I am absolutely disgusted.

     

    I am a very unhappy customer at this point in time. Do you value my

    custom????? IMHO you have just priced yourself out of the market.

     

    ONE VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER. I expect a reply explaining what is going on. It

    is now cheaper for me to buy vinyl and cd's again - good move on your part

    (not).

     

    AND I want a refund for the tracks I purchased this morning before I

    realised I was being ripped off. This will end up being a very bad move on

    your part. There are plenty of other download stores popping up / labels

    supplying the music directly. We DJ's are used to hunting good music down,

    after all.

     

    James"

    BEATPORT PRICE INCREASE. Nooooooo ! :(

    in General Psytrance

    Posted

    What !!!!!!!!! :o

     

    Beatport v 3.0 has loaded. But the prices have changed and are fucking stupid.

     

    I have to pay £1.49 or £1.99 a track now + £1 wav charge.

     

    YES thats right !!! STERLING. Over £5 for 2 Wavs. Used to be $1.49 or $1.99 + $1 for wav charge. The prices for me have nearly fucking doubled ! :(

     

    Twats. They have priced themselves out of the market. It now officially cheaper to buy cd releases than buy music digitally via Beatport.

     

     

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    Obviously, I am based in the UK - the site knows this when I connect and shows the prices in UK Pounds £. I am very interested to hear if the prices have gone up for you guys in mainland europe. Please log in and let me know!

     

    And if there's any one here from the US can you log in to see if your prices have gone up too. I would very much appreciate it. :)

     

    10 tracks now cost me over £20. If this is intentional I hope Beatport rot in hell !!!

     

    I have sent them an e-mail. I'm not happy. I bought two tracks earlier without realising how much I was paying for them. They made no effort to advertise a rise in prices. I hope its all a big mistake.

     

    Any other good download sites for prog / minimal / electro that do .wav's?

     

    Sorry to rant. Please let me know of your experiences.

     

    James 23 :)

    Gaudium - Nordic Nature

    in 2005

    Posted

    its a great dj tool .... not so good for home listening ....

     

    the tracks rock on rig and fit really well in the mix with other stuff in this genre ....

     

    I cant listen to it all way through myself ...... but still think it is a really good buy / cd .....

     

    hmmm

    Various Artists – Grand Avenue

    in 2005

    Posted

    Even though the production isnt all that great,

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    I have to agree .... whats up with the production / mastering here ?..... sounds weak and transparent ....... no shine on the higher freqs .....

     

    Says mastered at high hat studios ..... they usually do a stellar job ....

     

    hmmmm ..... I wonder if its a "style" thing .....

     

    Techy music with psy progressive production values please !!!

     

    Still I do like a few of the tracks on here ...... perfect stranger track is great .... as is the mammoth hunter mix ....

     

    :)

    Final Scratch

    in Music Making and Production/Industry

    Posted

    So there only remains one question, how do you guys record your sets. Do you have any recommended software to do so? Where to get it? I cant wait to record like three million mixes in the next couple of weeks, but I dont wanna do the old tape thing again....Please help!!

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    I use soundforge ...... just hit record and thats it ....... :)

    MIDI converting to real drum

    in Music Making and Production/Industry

    Posted

    shaft dude ..... a midi file has no sound ...... it is just information on how to play a sound.

     

    That sound can be anything you want ....... ie ....... you cannot convert a midi file into a wav file ...... sorry mate ...

     

    I guess what the El-g means is that he wants to get a wav file of the sound he is currently playing with a midi file ....

     

    What you are referring to is "general midi" which is a bank of ( usually crap sounds ) bundled onto your sound card ..... Piaona , Viola ..... etc ...

     

    If El-g is playing one of these sounds via midi he basically wants to play it on its own and then sample it ....... hey presto he will have his wave file ......

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