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If you’re still using Limewire to download music - the question is: WHY? BitTorrent was absolutely made for music. Releases are arranged by album - not by song title - and are always of superior bitrates and sound quality to those of their P2P counterparts. P2P networks such as Limewire’s Gnutella are easy targets of flooding and spoofing by anti-piracy groups, resulting in crippled search results and / or ‘fake’ files once downloaded. Not to mention those ‘botched home-job’ mp3 rips that quickly spread throughout users’ shared folders.

Public BitTorrent is not exempt from its share of problems, either. Anyone can arbitrarily upload a torrent that consists of badly done mp3’s, although most issues usually pertain to inferior sound quality due to ‘low bitrates’ (i.e. 128 kbit/s) commonly found in amateurish CD-rips. Enter the private BitTorrent music tracker — the solution to ‘all things wrong with music and filesharing’! Fellow Audiophiles - here are some of the advantages of using a music-dedicated private tracker:

— FULL ALBUMS:With a private tracker, music is arranged by album, compilation and even by ‘discography’ that span across an artist’s entire musical career - all in one torrent. Music is very well-organized in easy-to-browse categories by musical genre, type,

— PRE-RELEASES:In the case of popular music, you’ll more than likely find an album far before its official store release-date. These "advance" and "promo" pirate releases come straight from the top of the music piracy pyramid.

— HQ AUDIO / LOSSLESS:Private sites offer a great selection of high-quality music; some of them only offer HQ audio and lossless music. You won’t find any 128 bitrates here!

— DVD VIDEO RELEASES:Many sites carry an unbelievable assortment of DVD (music) video for concerts, special events and other rare footage not available elsewhere.

— PROFESSIONAL RIPS:Private trackers are a finicky bunch, and normally only select torrents that are done professionally through ‘the scene’ by proper release groups. Often a release is accompanied by official "albumart" images and other extras. All music is guaranteed to be DRM-free.

— UNSURPASSED SELECTION:Put ‘em all together, and music trackers have more songs than iTunes combined. There are torrents for concerts, bootlegs, imports, CD singles, b-sides, vinyls, rarities, compilations, karaoke and soundtracks in every imaginable genre of music.

PRIVATE MUSIC TORRENT SITES

Aside from "general" non-specific private trackers, music trackers are the most numerous of the ’specialized’ private sites. Since the closure of well-known OINK.cd on that fateful day of 10/23/07, there has been an enormous explosion in music tracker startups. The selection of websites is outstanding - although many would be considered quite difficult to join. Sites listed at the top of the list are presently open to new members.

www.funkytorrents.com

— OPEN? - YES.Members: 9,000 (20,000 total peers).Minimum Ratio: 0.6 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~7,000.Features: FunkyTorrents is a good mid-sized music tracker with audio in all genres of music, including over 200 FLAC / lossless audio torrents. 20:1 (2000%) seed/leech ratio assuredly guarantees speedy downloads, and uploading by members is allowed.

Torrents	Stats	Categories

http://thetradersden.org

— OPEN? - YES.Members: 14,000.Minimum Ratio: 0.5 / 1.0.# of Torrents: 5,250.Features: The Traders’ Den is a lossless audio specialty tracker, with no *mp3 files. Releases include FLAC, Studio and SoundBoard audio, with a healthy heaping of music DVDs thrown in, as well. A great place for audio perfectionists!

Browse	Stats

http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com

— OPEN? - YES.Members: 10,300.Ratio: relaxed.# of Torrents: 3,000.Features: Zomb is a very unique music tracker - there are no MP3 files (everything is either APE / FLAC / lossless audio), mixed with over 600 DVD music videos. Most stuff is hard rock and mainstream (Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, Metallica, etc.) and the torrents can be sorted by band - handy feature!

Torrents	Rules	Stats

http://dnbtracker.org

— OPEN? - YES.Members: 5,125.Ratio: 1.0 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~400.Features: Drum & Bass Tracker is about sharing Drum & Bass, Breakbeat and Dubstep music. You can find mixes, podcasts, videos or freely available tracks on this site. Uploading to DnB is highly encouraged.

Browse	Stats

http://hhbase.net

— OPEN? - YES.Members: ~3,000.Ratio: 0.95 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~1,500.Features: HHBase is a Romanian/English music tracker that specializes in HipHip, R&B, Reggae, Soul/Funk/Jazz, music videos, and the like! Seeding to 1:1 is crucial to maintaining a good membership at HH, so take advantage of their freeleech offerings.

Browse	Stats

http://waffles.fm

— OPEN? - NO.Members: ~40,000.Ratio: 1.0 / 1.0.# of Torrents: +100,000.Features: With what.cd, waffles is also a serious contender for the title of best OINK.cd replacement. With well over 100,000 torrents (35,000 of them being lossless-FLAC), the quality of music and selection are very high. Waffles has a large, active forum and music is well-organized and available in every known genre. Registration is presently closed, but ‘invites’ are not hard to come by. If you love music, waffles is a must-have tracker.

Torrents	Categories	Classes

http://what.cd

— OPEN? - NO.Members: 55,000 max.Ratio: 0.4 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~150,000.Features: Along with waffles.fm, what.cd is also in the race to be billed as the next replacement for OINK.cd. What has a massive list of 150K torrents (they only had 15,000 back in 11/07), plus at least one-third of them are FLAC (lossless) audio torrents. What.cd is quite relaxed on the minimum ratio requirement (0.4), and it’s not too difficult to find an invite to get into this great music tracker.

Torrents	Categories	Stats	Forums

http://stmusic.org

— OPEN? - NO.Members: 42,000 .Ratio: 0.5 / 1.0.# of Torrents: 60,000.Features: STMusic carries over 60,000 torrents in every conceivable category of music. Invites to STMusic aren’t too hard to come by - they make up over 80% of their members. They’re also handed out like popcorn - a $5 donation gets a member 2 invites; $10 gets 5. If you can’t get into STMusic, go back to mininova.org.

Browse	Categories	Stats	Classes

www.exigomusic.org/login.php

— OPEN? - Not on your life.Members: 1,300.Ratio: unknown.# of Torrents: ~10,000.Features: Exigo is a lossless audio tracker, with most files being in FLAC format. Quality of torrents is high, and the selection is great in this impossible-to-get-into tracker. Uploaders are hand-picked; this means sharing ratios are difficult to maintain for the average user without a seedbox. Exigo is considered the rarest of all the private music trackers.

Stats	Categories	Classes

http://www.libble.com

— OPEN? - NO.Members: ~10,000.Ratio: ~1.0 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~11,000.Features: Libble is another startup created out of the ashes of OINK.cd. Deemed very difficult to get into (due to a low membership limit of just 10,000 - and Libble ‘invites’ are not frequently handed out by the administration team). Libble is completely devoted to audio music, with over 11,000 torrents in more than 50 genres. With a sharing ratio percent of 3,000, it’s nearly impossible to maintain a good ratio without a seedbox - at last check there were 25,000 seeders and only 800+ leechers.

Browse	Categories	Stats	Rules

http://btmusic.eu/

— OPEN? - NO.Members: 6,000 .Ratio: 0.8 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~13,500.Features: Pedro’s BTMusic tracker offers 60 categories (genres) of music, most of which is in FLAC or lossless audio format. Signups are not open; however, they have an option on their signup page for instant access if you "donate" - $25 gets you in the door with some other perks. Otherwise you’ll need to be invited in order to get in.

Browse	Classes

http://www.dimeadozen.org

— OPEN? - NO.Members: 100,000.Ratio: relaxed.# of Torrents: ~16,000.Features: DimeaDozen/EZTorrents has been pumping out music torrents for over three years now, and a high Alexa rank backs up their popularity. With over 100K members, getting in isn’t too arduous - just keep checking back at their site; inactive accounts are deleted on a daily basis. DIME offers more than 15,500 active torrents in over 50 genres of music - there’s something for everyone.

Torrents	Stats

http://www.deepbassnine.com

— OPEN? - NO.Members: no stats found.Ratio: 1.0 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~5,000.Features: DeepBassNine is a tracker dedicated to DnB releases - Breaks, mixes, Old Skool, House/Garage, Radio - cleverly disguised as a forum. Registrations are never open, and invites are hard to come by & not frequently awarded to existing members.

Browse	Forums

Trance Music Trackers

http://themixingbowl.org

— OPEN? - YES.Members: unknown.Ratio: unknown.# of Torrents: ~40,000.Features: TheMixingBowl is the marquee site for trance, techno, house and all the rest! With over 40K torrents to choose from, there’s something here for every trance lover. We couldn’ find any ’stats’ on their website - ratios are unknown but they’ve got a great Alexa rank of 36,000 so it’s a definite hit!

Torrents	Category

http://satclubbing.info

— OPEN? - YES.Members: ~4,200.Ratio: unknown.# of Torrents: ~1,700.Features: SatClubbing is a small tracker with 1,700 trance/techno torrents, some of which are HQ releases. They also have some decent pre-times and ’scene’ connections - lots of new releases.

Torrents	Stats

http://www.trancetraffic.com

— OPEN? - NO.Members: 8,000.Ratio: unknown.# of Torrents: ~18,000?.Features: First of all, are there really over 20,000 trance torrents in existence? YES! With a tiny base of just 8,000 registered members - Trance Traffic is a hot ticket that specializes in all genres of trance music (hardcore, house, ambient, techno, electro, etc.). Almost never open to new members, and invites are seldom handed out to the existing ones, lately. Not that you’ll be able to use your invites when the site is full, anyways.

Browse	Categories	Stats

http://trancebooster.net

— OPEN? - NO.Members: 3,000.Ratio: 0.95 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~1,000.Features: TranceBooster is a little-known music tracker with a miniscule members list of just 3,000 users. Word is, they’ll be opening soon to let in some fresh meat to the site, so keep your eye on the signup page. Presently they’re only offering brand-new trance music releases, which explains the low torrent count (1,000), however, they’ve got some pretty amazing pre-times for the newest additions. Try to get in if fresh trance is your thing!

Browse	Cats/Classes	Stats

http://www.tranceroute.com

— OPEN? - NO.Members: ~5,000 (45,000 total peers).Ratio: 0.95 / 1.0?.# of Torrents: ~11,500.Features: Lots to say about TranceRoute! Never open directly to new signups, TR employs an open-ended ‘invite’ strategy, whereby every member gets invites by default. Just be careful who you give them to - this site may just ban you for inviting a bad member who gets banned himself. TR features a loyal group - there’s 55 seeders for every 1 leech, so good luck uploading. Categories include loads of HQ music (320 bitrates & lossless audio) in trance promos, mixes, albums, radios, and more.

Browse	Miscellany

http://tracker.elektronik.ro

— OPEN? - NO.Members: ~5,000.Ratio: 0.5 / 1.0.# of Torrents: ~5,500?.Features: Elektronik is a Romanian trance/electronic tracker with mostly English torrents in audio and DVD music video format.

Torrents	Forums

http://www.torrentech.org

Features: Electronic music torrent tracker, a forum and bittorrent tracker focused only to quality electronic music. Presently not open to new signups.

Other Notable Music Trackers

http://rockbox.psychocydd.co.uk

Features: With a name like Psychocydd, we just had to include them in our review. Plus, we love head-bangin’ thrash-metal. RPC is a public tracker with 6,200 mostly-hardcore metal torrents. Our search for Britney Spears fortunately turned up zero results.

http://softmp3.org

Features: No idea. I’ve tried to get inside this site for awhile now, but the signup page is never up. Invites are also scarce.

http://kraytracker.com

Features: A private tracker with metal / alternative music. Presently closed to new signups, but they open the doors quite frequently.

http://metalbits.org

Features: A small private tracker with 3,600 metal torrents. With just a 3,000 user limit and another 5,000 by way of ‘invites’, MetalBits is a small community with many seeders.

http://private.pyrotorrents.org

Features: No idea. New registrations are by ‘invitation code’ only.

http://www.punktorrents.com

Features: Punk / Ska / Hardcore torrents. Site is presently not accepting new signups.

http://vipv2.org

Features: Music in all popular categories can be found at ViPv2. Site is presently not accepting any new signups.

http://musictorrents.ro

Features: A Romanian music tracker with a small membership limit of just 4,000. If you can get in, keep your ratio at 1:1 or else there’s an imposed waiting time for downloads.

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• Date Tuesday, 15 Apr 08 at 12:57 am
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