the best way to get single music tracks

[slim150]

I have been looking for a long time for the best way to get a single mp3 since I gave up on Ares. I have tried several things, BUT by far the best solution I have found is: Grooveshark.com + Orbit Downloader

Check it out for yourselves!

[anon]

SmartSniff can also work if you dump the traffic as a .dat file and remove the HTTP overhead :P

[cinephilia]

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-best-site-for-music-for-the-pc-noob-post3384028/postcount7

[Glitterstep]

Emule

[superPost]

Emule too

[Romain]

Soulseek for me..
http://www.slsknet.org/

[th3lolz]

g2p.org was good while it lasted but just plain google works most of the time for a single file

[nanner]

get the album from a torrent site and uncheck the songs you dont want.

[cherio]

used to search with skreemr and filestube, but now only use Youtube with zamzar.

[adewolves]

just use isohunt if you use torrent

[ahmed200106]

i'm use torrent tracker like WAFFLES and WHAT.cd

[shaardu]

i use download manager

[gamesover]

There was an incredible website for getting almost any mp3. I could always find everything with it, preview the songs before i downloaded them, and it even listed the quality too. Then i forgot the name and address of the site. I had it bookmarked on my other computer before it bit the dust. The name started with an N i believe. It was relatively new; i mean it had not been around for years.

I know there's plenty of other good options for downloading single songs, but that website was one of my favorites.

[Disme]

For single mp3's I mostly go to warez-bb.

[pint76o]

Usually use DC++ to get single music tracks.

[lucaslee]

always use the web search like the baidu.com :)

[arpit60]

single music tracks u can use google man !

[ybk1797]

i never used these kind of things. thank you. I'll try.

[silverxire]

beemp3.com

[JoelP]

VIPmusic have open reg when they ban someone :D

lime wire D:

[elgin4]

buy them at a store

[cinephilia]

buy them at a store
you can't get single tracks "at a store"...
if you're gonna spam, at least do it well.

[snagit]

buy them at a store
you can't get single tracks "at a store"...
if you're gonna spam, at least do it well.

He probably means like the iTunes Store. :unsure:

[Speedo]

Soulseek if you use windows and Nicotine if you use linux and are totally awesome.

[Jungleboy]

http://prostopleer.com/ <- direct downloads don't let the russian scare you it works.

[jakehawk]

i use google or torrents

[Quarterquack]

Grooveshark + Orbit downloader, here as well. Simply because there's a lot of artist-made remixes on GS that aren't found anywhere else. Nearly every new song added is remastered.

[anon]

Oh, so you use Grooveshark as well. :happy:

I rip tracks from it the old fashioned way - smsniff to dump traffic to a file, and then HxD to remove the HTTP overhead from it. :P

[IdolEyes787]

Grooveshark + Orbit downloader, here as well. Simply because there's a lot of artist-made remixes on GS that aren't found anywhere else. Nearly every new song added is remastered.

Thanks for the tip ringhunter I didn't even know you could do that.Ever since I gave up on limewire years ago I've been downloading full albums in order to get a single tracker.:pinch:

[Unthinkable]

how about limwire and frostshare

[anon]

They're quite good if you can dodge the fakes.

[Lyoto]

Personally if its just random single tracks I find that dc++ is without doubt the most effective program. There is to this day not a song that I didnt find there when searching for it, hell I even found tunes made by friends that they never officially released (lol).

If you are looking for an album you can often find most simply by googeling. Usually you will find a page with rapidshare links. Myself I download most music via torrents, basicly because I see the releases there. But for single tracks dc++ Only thing important is off course that you need to stay in the right hubs too, cant just expect to find it all in just one. But if you connect to some good hubs, specially if they are specialized in your music genre, you should be able to find what you need.

[memetrus]

torrent sites

[Ippatsuman]

torrent sites

For one track?

Not the more easiest way,DDL,DCC++ and networks like edonkey are more usefully.

[TONiC]

Freaking selective downloading duh! ¬¬ I hate n00bs who say that limewire/frostwire is best for single songs when ultimately Gnutella will be full of spam etc. Just freaking download the album with BitTorrent but select what files not to download. If you're torrent client doesn't have this feature then die.

[Ippatsuman]

It's considered as partial leech and not allowed in some tracker.

Personally I never seen spam for mp3 in limewire or other...

[anon]

Personally I never seen spam for mp3 in limewire or other...

Try searching for "Cream" ;)

[lued_00]

i use soulseek, it never fails

[cinephilia]

It's considered as partial leech and not allowed in some tracker.
i never heard of any tracker that doesn't allow their members to get a few tracks from a torrent.

[TONiC]

it's considered as partial leech and not allowed in some tracker.
i never heard of any tracker that doesn't allow their members to get a few tracks from a torrent.

+1. If your trackers don't allow partial leech, please die.

[Violator]

Personally if its just random single tracks I find that dc++ is without doubt the most effective program. There is to this day not a song that I didnt find there when searching for it, hell I even found tunes made by friends that they never officially released (lol).

If you are looking for an album you can often find most simply by googeling. Usually you will find a page with rapidshare links. Myself I download most music via torrents, basicly because I see the releases there. But for single tracks dc++ Only thing important is off course that you need to stay in the right hubs too, cant just expect to find it all in just one. But if you connect to some good hubs, specially if they are specialized in your music genre, you should be able to find what you need.

Let me know if you're interested in trading hubs.

[Diablo]

There are still some good hiphop r&B rap...mp3 sites.

[jayism]

I also use grooveshark and have been for about 2yrs.

[shadowkahn]

just download the audio from the video on youtube which you can do with blueapple


wtf
SmartSniff can also work if you dump the traffic as a .dat file and remove the HTTP overhead

[TONiC]

just download the audio from the video on youtube which you can do with blueapple


:huh: What.CD would cringe... Worst method ever; non HD video are likely to have very small audio streams = low bitrates = low quality. And even when it is from a HD stream it's likely to have gone through several transcoding processes...

[anon]

wtf
SmartSniff can also work if you dump the traffic as a .dat file and remove the HTTP overhead

Your point? :unsure:

[AlexJ]

It depends on the genre of music you listen too,
I use soundarea.org for albums, it's got lot's of genres of music.

[boomsat]

www.mp3raid.com here u go xD

[homoloordi]

Limewire, DC++ and torrents.

[tjslade]

guys..try nexus radio...its got an inbuilt downloader too, so u dont have to go orbiting either.worked for me

[cyrusvn]

Either beemp3.com or listen.grooveshark.com.

They are both good.

[paolotrials]

Limewire or Bearshare

[Frabky]

DC++ and eMule.

[bigdaddydude]

Just buy the God-damn song on iTunes or AmazonMP3! It ain't that hard, lol.

[pone44]

Sorry for the bump.

What are some good sites for new hip hop,rnb singles (promo cds) that haven't been released on a album but are on the radio and mixtapes?
Besides mixfiend.

[megabyteme]

I laugh every time I see this thread title on the main page. It reads, "The best way to get single". Oh, the mind wanders at the possibilities...:P

[pone44]

Spend all day and night on the internet,don't shower,lose your job on purpose then tell your partner you plowed her sister. :yes:


I laugh every time I see this thread title on the main page. It reads, "The best way to get single". Oh, the mind wanders at the possibilities...:P

[megabyteme]

I think you might be on to something, pone. :D

[noongajaggle]

Use a private site like waffles/what.cd and just find the album and select the songs you want.

[joeyp]

torrent files.7 terrabytes of music and counting

[pone44]

Can't really find single music tracks,promo cds that are not on any albums yet. New songs that just came out on the radio or on a mixtape.?


Use a private site like waffles/what.cd and just find the album and select the songs you want.

[mosh]

emule- slow but there

[soccer021]

I use frostwire for single tracks although I rarely download them.

[jamez14]

Hotnewhiphop.com and hiphopearly.com

You'll never need another site!


Sorry for the bump.

What are some good sites for new hip hop,rnb singles (promo cds) that haven't been released on a album but are on the radio and mixtapes?
Besides mixfiend.

[pone44]

Thank you for those links. :)


Hotnewhiphop.com and hiphopearly.com

You'll never need another site!


Sorry for the bump.

What are some good sites for new hip hop,rnb singles (promo cds) that haven't been released on a album but are on the radio and mixtapes?
Besides mixfiend.

[qonad]

Limewire?

[darksub]

for single tracks I use Ares ( http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/ ) and emule. Sometimes Google

[beansis]

are there any simple options for getting singles in flac or other lossless formats?

[Cabalo]

Thanks for the grooveshark + orbit tip. It is already a huge success here at home.

[Quarterquack]

Hotnewhiphop.com and hiphopearly.com

Wow! Thank you for that!

[Whiteline]

zippyshare-search , emule

[deadman36g]

For me, I just search the song followed by mediafire in google and usually find I need, or filetube if mediafire may not have it.

[-neo-]

I'll go for LimeWire.

[RasToRizE]

i still use limewire for that... bearshare is also good but imo limewire is the best way

[HDS7]

i use Soulseek. im on a lot of private trackers, and nothing beats soulseek as far as the amount of stuff and the rare material. this is all in music, general quality. films is something else.

[NitE]

This is ghetto but this is what I do when I want singles....just youtube the songs you want... and go to http://www.video2mp3.net/ to convert it and wala!

[anon]

Or you can download the video from YouTube via those countless programs made for the task, and rip (not transcode) the audio stream from it. I used to do that with SUPER years ago.

[ma7moud1]

Use Google

[baskinghobo]

youtube also sometimes has rare content that cannot be found on grooveshark. But even though grooveshark and youtube are both great tools for finding music, the quality is usually terrible.

[SelfMadeMMAn]

I use soulseek for single songs

[crazydogman]

grooveshark is the bomb. although i dont think it will last long :(

[anon]

although i dont think it will last long :(

I thought the same when I discovered it two years ago, but look at that, it's still standing. There are many other music streaming services out there, anyway (although I've found Grooveshark to be the best in terms of content and usability).

I've even disabled my ad blocker for GS - they provide an awesome service and bandwidth isn't free, so they can really use the revenue from those unobtrusive Google text ads.

[nye]

I use Grooveshark for listening and beemp3 for downloading.

[Hiccup]

although i dont think it will last long :(

I thought the same when I discovered it two years ago, but look at that, it's still standing. There are many other music streaming services out there, anyway (although I've found Grooveshark to be the best in terms of content and usability).

I've even disabled my ad blocker for GS - they provide an awesome service and bandwidth isn't free, so they can really use the revenue from those unobtrusive Google text ads.

I've started using GS more and more. Wasn't a big fan of it at first, but the service has grown and it really is excellent. One of the few services that works abroad when I'm working. I just wish Spotify worked everywhere and the same goes for Last.FM/Pandora. Anyone know of any other music streaming services that work internationally/globally?

[Jalle]

For those of you who dosn't already know about it, Mulve is probably the easiest and fastest way to download single music files.

Read about & download it here: http://mulve.com/

[Skiz]

For those of you who dosn't already know about it, Mulve is probably the easiest and fastest way to download single music files.

Read about & download it here: http://mulve.com/

Where is the client obtaining these songs?

[Jalle]

For those of you who dosn't already know about it, Mulve is probably the easiest and fastest way to download single music files.

Read about & download it here: http://mulve.com/

Where is the client obtaining these songs?

From what I know, they don't store the files themselves. The bandwith needed for that is probably not possible to get. The creators says that they intex alot of other sites, most of them may be russian. I actually don't know what to believe.

[anon]

Where is the client obtaining these songs?

A site called "vkontakte.ru" and its server park.

[Jalle]

Oops, some bug, I made a double post.

[Stabber]

Mulve is propably the best choice for single tracks

[Skiz]

Mulve is propably the best choice for single tracks

Based on what? :huh:

I've never even heard of it until this afternoon. Soulseek is still an excellent place to grab single tracks, but What.cd might just be the best in my opinion these days.

[Hiccup]

Mulve is propably the best choice for single tracks

I wish I understood how it necessarily works. How is it getting the tracks/etc.? What is it sort of like rapidshare based or something? Also, quality, etc. I don't fully understand the program.

[Jalle]

Mulve looks like this; http://www.filez.st/screenshots/65911500Mulve_v103.jpg

Skiz, you can download a track within 5 seconds and I've found everything I've looked for, it's just that good.

Hiccup, the site get the trackers from other sites, for example vkontakte.ru. As you can see on the picture, it's possible to sort the tracks by Bitrate. I have only downloaded ~ 15 trackers, all of them were found in 320 kbit/s. I think it's like a really simple, easier, faster, smarter program than for example LimeWire, SoulSeek or Bearshare.

[anon]

Hiccup, the site get the trackers from other sites

I think you mean "tracks"? :happy:

By the way, just like Skizo, I wasn't aware this program existed until yesterday, also. Looks like I missed the original post where it was mentioned. After giving it a try (to see where it was getting the tracks from using SmartSniff), I have to say it's really fast and easy to use. Could very well replace BeeMP3.com for me if the music archive is big enough.

[Jalle]

Hiccup, the site get the trackers from other sites

I think you mean "tracks"? :happy:


Yep, that's right!

[zot]

regarding Mulve:

If Mulve gets all its files from a single server location (vkontakte.ru) the record industry won't have a very hard time snuffing it out. Maybe the only reason it's still alive is because they have too many other battles going on right now.

After the rash of spyware-infested P2P software that came like a plague after the shutdown of Napster, I think that many of us might not be eager to jump headfirst into installing another application until we know a little more about it.

I've got to wonder why they made this into a oldschool software client, instead of setting up a flash-enabled web frontend, like it seems just about everyone else is doing these days.

[ziggyjuarez]

Mulve is dope.30 downloads, top speeds and none failed.

[costi]

http://hyper-hyper.appspot.com - i just made it.
+ very simple and basic, no ads suffocating you.
- dont work well with not well known tracks.
+ http download from server.

[Hiccup]

regarding Mulve:

If Mulve gets all its files from a single server location (vkontakte.ru) the record industry won't have a very hard time snuffing it out. Maybe the only reason it's still alive is because they have too many other battles going on right now.

After the rash of spyware-infested P2P software that came like a plague after the shutdown of Napster, I think that many of us might not be eager to jump headfirst into installing another application until we know a little more about it.

I've got to wonder why they made this into a oldschool software client, instead of setting up a flash-enabled web frontend, like it seems just about everyone else is doing these days.

I concur. That's part of the reason why I was/am so hesitant to try it out. Had a friend try it out, though. It's kind of like a program based hypem/elbow/etc. It found several obscure tracks, which I thought was cool, but the quality seems to be mostly on the 128 side, if you don't mind that sort of thing. I'd only pop this thing out if I couldn't find something elsewhere and had exhausted all other alternatives/options (i.e. Google, SoulSeek, torrents, etc.)

[anon]

If Mulve gets all its files from a single server location (vkontakte.ru) the record industry won't have a very hard time snuffing it out.

What do you think they could exactly do? As far as I know, copyright laws in Russia don't cover digital media.

[Stabber]

I hope it lasts long enough because this is just a great piece of software . It does what it says , great content with great speeds.

[zot]

If Mulve gets all its files from a single server location (vkontakte.ru) the record industry won't have a very hard time snuffing it out.

What do you think they could exactly do? As far as I know, copyright laws in Russia don't cover digital media.

I suggest you look up the history of AllOfMP3, the Russian MP3 download site that thought they were untouchable because they were in compliance with Russian law -- despite being at the very top of the record industry's (s)hit list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllOfMP3

Killing off Mulve should be a lot easier than killing off AllOfMP3, which required an intense international effort approaching the level of the D-Day invasion or the Manhattan Project. Mulve can survive only as long as they stay "under the radar" :)

[anon]

I suggest you look up the history of AllOfMP3, the Russian MP3 download site that thought they were untouchable because they were in compliance with Russian law -- despite being at the very top of the record industry's (s)hit list.

Hey, thanks for the link, I wasn't aware of that. However, as far as I can see, AllOfMP3 sold music tracks, while Mulve lets you download them for free. Isn't the former case, i.e. "profiting from piracy", a way more serious offense for the RIAA and such?

[benzinladen]

allofmp3 is very good :)

[anon]

allofmp3 is very good :)

No comment. Absolutely no comment.

[iLOVENZB]

http://filesharingtalk.com/threads/424026-hyper-hyper.appspot.com-yahoo-meta-search-engine-for-mp3s.-suggestions?p=3510948 :D

[Anon71]

Private trackers are just as safe as public trackers, as soon as they (Riaa / Mpaa) get in then the they'll monitor the site and its done for, basically its about 50/50 chance of getting caught. Filesharing private trackers have all the stats / ip's/ user info logged so basically you can bet that if that site gets taken down the users would be offected aswell (most of the time they just go after admin though)

[anon]

Filesharing private trackers have all the stats / ip's/ user info logged

Not all of them. Some don't keep IPs, either because they don't want to or the source code they run on doesn't have that capability.

Since you appear to be quite worried about data logging, then consider being banned from What.cd a favor. They even log your daily ratio stats.

[Tool]

emule works well

[spongeduckie]

another SLSK'er here...love this program

[Jalle]

another SLSK'er here...love this program

Have you tried Mulve?

[Camaleon]

FrostWire is a good option

[anon]

FrostWire is a good option

Nothing that relies on the Gnutella is a good option.

[Tokeman]

Now that Mulve is dead, any good alternatives for single track downloads? I got Pirate (the open source clone) but its an outdated build. It says theres an update available, but it can't update, I'm assuming because the website and google code pages are not exactly 'up'... The old build seems to work OK though...

[anon]

Now that Mulve is dead, any good alternatives for single track downloads?

Pymaxe, BeeMP3.com, Ares.

[jjachn]

Great post . I will try them .

[zot]

Mulve didn't really die. All those servers full of MP3s are still there, waiting to be leeched. :)

Mulve was just a frontend that connected to the Russian social networking site called Vkontakte. You can join the site directly at http://vk.com and use the MP3 sharing features.

I recently joined and uploaded a few MP3s to the site. It's a little tedious doing it one MP3 at a time (hopefully there's a shortcut) but at least there are now a few more titles that are not in Russian. :lol:

[anon]

Mulve didn't really die. All those servers full of MP3s are still there, waiting to be leeched. :)

True, there are two alternative clients born from its ashes already:
http://**************.com/2010/10/11/mulve-returns-as-thepirateapp-and-mulve-phoenix/

[Renzokuken-]

I've been using DC++ for years now. Lots of good public hubs with singles. Plus the speeds are awesome.

[pint76o]

http://songr.co.cc is nice alternative for searching music tracks

[johhny]

i preffer ftp o-day/o-sec

[anon]

This is what I use nowadays:
http://www.scilor.com/grooveshark-downloader.html

[esco123]

rap4ever is good site. but we need to get things like pirateapp back up cuz it is not working any more. was a great little app.....

[anon]

but we need to get things like pirateapp back up cuz it is not working any more. was a great little app.....

May want to try creating your own VKontakte account and using that in the authentication settings. Or use the app I posted above if that's too much of a hassle.

[PerMaFrOsT]

Anon VKontakte is a social-network right? Do you use it for download music? :O

[Sonnentier]

Yes BKontakte is the east-european version of Facebook that lets you upload and search for music files.

[anon]

Do you use it for download music? :O

Nope, the TPA and Mulve Resurrection do. :D

[Vorx]

I don't, if I want a single song, I'll download the whole album off waffles or what

[anon]

if I want a single song, I'll download the whole album off waffles or what

And if I want Coke, I'll go buy some Pepsi.

[Bionic]

This must be the worst thread I've seen.
Everytime I check the forums front page I get this:

http://i55.tinypic.com/2mwauzo.png

Does Anon really provide good advices on how to become Single?

[anon]

Does Anon really provide good advices on how to become Single?

That'd be funny if someone else hadn't make the same joke before. :idunno:

[Bionic]

duno. did anybody post that earlier? I mean, I recall since awhile back that I didn't bother to post on this thread hence the joke lol

[esco123]

Vk. has the largest mp3 database more so than grooveshark

[anon]

Vk. has the largest mp3 database more so than grooveshark

I've found stuff on Grooveshark that wasn't on VK. That doesn't mean GS's database is better or even larger (there are many dupes of popular songs) though, just my experience.

And yesterday I found that a pretty well-known song surprisingly wasn't on GS. Had to take the time to upload the whole album myself. :)

[esco123]

This is what I use nowadays:
http://www.scilor.com/grooveshark-downloader.html

i tired this but didnt work for me, ill try orbit downloader

[anon]

i tired this but didnt work for me

It's now flawless as it works on my desktop PC but not my netbook. The .NET Framework never carried on well with MicroXP...

[esco123]

when i tried to run it, an error message came up, asking whether to send a report or not. However, i dnt think orbit downloader is compatible with chrome :(

[anon]

when i tried to run it, an error message came up, asking whether to send a report or not.

May want to try a full cleanup and reinstall of all the .NET Framework versions. That could help.

[esco123]

i'll just stick with vk network atm, does the job.

[anon]

i'll just stick with vk network atm

It's a network now? :D

[Dmore21]

You can download single tracks at www.groovemp3.net. Good site

[GreenTea]

I use SoulSeek, after LimeWire started to suck.

[esco123]

You can download single tracks at www.groovemp3.net. Good site

+1 just a bit slow atm.



i'll just stick with vk network atm

It's a network now? :D

lol you know what i mean. . . :P



i'll just stick with vk network atm

It's a network now? :D

lol you know what i mean. . . :P

[johhny]

or soulseek or ftp 0-day access



i personnaly use FTP access

i installed for curiosity scilor froove downloader i searched for dani masi i got no results/...

[mike160]

hi is soulseek any good for old single music tracks and full albums like from the 80's and 90's and up to now

[Funkin']

^ Yes.

[mike160]

thanks :) Funkin'

[esco123]

how to get songs from VK? using chrome, doesnt seem to wrk ne mre

[anon]

Just use one of those VK downloaders/Mulve clones.

[Sonnentier]

esco123 just search google's addons for vkontakte and you'll probably find something suitable

[esco123]

non of the addons work since vk seemed to have changed something

[Appzalien]

If you google "ftp search engine" and find a nice one (I use NAPALM FTP Indexer most of the time) you can find stuff on other peoples servers. It seems a much safer way to me than signing up to a music site that may get busted. NAPALM has mostly Russian links but the songs are in English so no biggy. What I usually do is search a line from a song I do not know on google to find the artist and song name and if I search the name on the ftp I will find individual songs of various sizes (search artist for entire album listings). Of course the larger MP3's are higher bit rates and there is also Flac. Not all of the sites will allow a direct download but 90% of the time I can get it with Filezilla or Flashget if I can't do direct. Filezilla is really neat once you find an FTP, since you can look thru the entire server for goodies. Just watch the Russian sites, their movies might have Russian audio or the moron who talks over the English track and ruins it. Often Games will be Russian only too, but the good listers will indicate it in the titles. The sites can be slow or fast, there's no telling til you try.

[daytona]

No Russian for me, especially though P2P. They now computers than most and use those sites to get into yours....JMO But just like Tim Wilson says....."I Could Be Wrong" !