Scene Music Tracker like SoftMP3 needs to be emerged

[SaviouR]

Biggest blow in the recent shutdowns IMHO has been the shutdown of SoftMP3 which was Possibly the best Scene MP3 Tracker with excellent content and pretty good pre-times as well .

Even tho What and Waffles are there to cover almost everything , there is a void in the Scene MP3 Tracker department now .

STMusic had the chance to step up to become the no.1 MP3 Tracker which it did not really grab the chance during the Oink Shutdown . the shutdowns has again indirectly given them a seond chance to renovate themselves and lift themselves again , but i really doubt they will be able to do it . FileMP3 retention is pretty poor and contents are pretty less .

Music Torrent sites What and Waffles are similar to RevTT and IPtorrents in a way that all 4 have a huge database of scene and non-scene contents . but now , what the torrent scene lacks is a pure Scene MP3 site like SoftMP3 . An uncluttered , No-Nonsense Pure Scene MP3 Tracker .

of course i do understand that this may not be the best time to open a torrent site due to the legal hassles , but when Oink when down What and Waffles emerged .

Lets hope a Solid Pure Scene Mp3 Tracker emerges in the recent future to cover the void left by the fantastic SoftMP3 Tracker .

[shipwreck]

I agree. A (temporary?) workaround are some of the better 0-day trackers, which usually have a very good and complete scene mp3 section.

STMusic seems to be more down than not unfortunately. A pity really.

[Hiccup]

Yeah, I complete agree. Actually, softmp3 wasn't the only blow. Let's not forget about mp3nerds, which was very similar as an all scene tracker.

[ben99]

just use the mp3 section at scc.

[primevil]

There are plenty of sources for 0day mp3's.

[shipwreck]

Sure, but are there many quality bittorrent trackers dedicated to scene mp3s? If yes, I'd like to hear a few names, other than the ones mentioned already, of course.

[mewithoutyou]

Vipmusic is here to fill your void. Post here or message me for an invite. Please provide and email and proof you are an active member on another site.

-VIP Staff

[1000possibleclaws]

just use the mp3 section at scc.

The retention at SCC does not compare at ALL to softmp3.

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I doubt VIPMusic will ever be able to match softmp3's 1/3 download count and still have 25k+ torrents. They sell upload FFS, but I can't think of any decent alternatives... I'm gonna miss softmp3 and it's awesome community.

[Hiccup]

Sure, but are there many quality bittorrent trackers dedicated to scene mp3s? If yes, I'd like to hear a few names, other than the ones mentioned already, of course.

The only thing I can think of that comes close would be something like warez-bb, but that is rapidshare.

[1000possibleclaws]

Sure, but are there many quality bittorrent trackers dedicated to scene mp3s? If yes, I'd like to hear a few names, other than the ones mentioned already, of course.

The only thing I can think of that comes close would be something like warez-bb, but that is rapidshare.

Thanks for bringing that up. I had actually forgotten that as an option, and I think I might go back to using that on occasion. \

Everyone should keep in mind that Soulseek is a great alternative to torrenting for music. I'd still prefer to get 0day music from a reputable tracker because of possible initial dupes and transcodes but for older releases (which is what made softmp3 so awesome) slsk gets the job done well.