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 Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2007-08-31 14:33

I just noticed in admin at CDbaby.com that they are offering digital downloads on their site without any DRM restrictions. And the files stay in your account forever so if you loose a track, etc you can re-download it.

The 2 artists that I work with there are Michele Zukovsky and Joze Kotar (Bozza Concerto, Tomasi Concerto CD among others).


Good stuff!!!!

Previously they didn't do downloads at all, only hard copies and had a digital distribution network such as Itunes, etc but most if not all of them had DRM restrictions or were player specific.


not any more

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


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 Re: Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: Sean.Perrin 
Date:   2007-08-31 17:35

What is the sound quality of the downloads? Can you choose?

The main reason I don't pay for downloaded music is that the quality is brutal (128kbps).

I usually buy CDs but if I must... BitTorrent usually has much higher audio quality than pay services.

Founder and host of the Clarineat Podcast: http://www.clarineat.com

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 Re: Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: EEBaum 
Date:   2007-08-31 17:58

http://cdbaby.com/mp3

"very high quality, about 200kbps"... so I'm guessing 192.

Cool!

-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com

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 Re: Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2007-08-31 18:12

I was wondering if there was a 200 k. I'm the Ricardo of Mp3's and hadn't heard of that encoding specific # before.

It's a toss up with size/quality, but 192 is quite good.

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


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 Re: Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: Sean.Perrin 
Date:   2007-12-01 14:54

Hmm... 192 is not really "great quality" but its pretty good for a download.

Founder and host of the Clarineat Podcast: http://www.clarineat.com

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 Re: Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2007-12-01 15:06

192 is a better than most of what is online. I'm not a fan of 128 at all.

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


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 Re: Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: tictactux 2017
Date:   2007-12-01 19:54

I've been quite happy with Fraunhofer's "pro" at 128k.

Okay, I sit in front of the trumpets, that might explain.

--
Ben

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 Re: Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: Ed 
Date:   2007-12-02 02:28

I saw that a while back. Pretty cool. I think CDBaby is a great site. They have some great artists and are really good to deal with. Check out the jazz clarinetist Frank Glover- superb playing! For some real fun try the clarinet ensemble, Clarinet Thing- it contains some really wild stuff, very entertaining.

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 Re: Cdbaby is now offering non DRM digital downloads!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2007-12-02 12:23

Unfortunately most artists at cdbaby don't know about the mp3 offerings and aren't adjusting the price accordingly (by default it costs the same as the hard copy CD - that can be changed by the artist). So if you see something that you want, but the mp3 is too costly, you may want to write the artist to ask them if they would lower the mp3 price (or tell them about it, they most likely aren't aware of it).

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


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