Beatport is doing it... right

**Era 7** · 05-09-2012, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Hygro

I'm noticing a lot of my beatport festival-progressive house tracks have a 10khz rolloff point. I think it was the choice of genre. Am now suspicious.

i think some people also produce that way. i've seen a video of nicky romero in his studio and he was saying something about chopping some frequencies since you can't hear them anyway.

**DJ Nutty** · 05-09-2012, 03:41 PM

I'm pretty sure all the files Beatport offer are provided by the label. They dont even make their own MP3s from WAVs.

Their WAV tax is a bit lame tho, if I'm buying loads of WAVS I head to junodownload. AIFF is lovely tho. Not had any vouchers from them for a while either.

**DJ Elroy** · 05-09-2012, 08:13 PM

Right, the more artists and labels you "like" on the site (not just purchase, you actually have to click the box) will help them get you a better selection of music. I too usually just delete the emails because I just don't have time for them. But I did check out last weeks "Genres on the Rise" and wasn't at all impressed.

I wish they would categorize more like dancerecords.com used to do when it was a vinyl site.

**Hygro** · 05-09-2012, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Era 7

i think some people also produce that way. i've seen a video of nicky romero in his studio and he was saying something about chopping some frequencies since you can't hear them anyway.

You definitely can hear them (10k-17k for me, up to 22k for a few) , but they don't travel well without being reallllly loud. Being higher frequencies, this means the people by the speakers get their hearing blown. My guess was it's partially because the nature of the planned venues for these tracks are such that it's better to keep your highs below 10kz.

**HarryK** · 05-10-2012, 03:24 PM

They replied. They said they distribute wavs to their resellers, so I guess all is good...

**Era 7** · 05-16-2012, 11:23 AM

just recieved another recommendations email. again: spot on. epic stuff in there.

**Rek_Aviles** · 05-16-2012, 11:27 AM

yah, I was just looking the their Big Drops email. Haven't checked but it did catch my attention.

On another note, all the other sites I signed up for, after I made this thread, have yet to send anything interesting beside some new release emails.

**howitzer** · 05-17-2012, 07:20 AM

I dont find I buy much from beatport any more, although I agree that the emails can be quite good!

My main quibble is the price.

Load up an album in your cart on BP, thats £1.30 per track.
Do the same with juno and you get full album discount, less than £1.30 per track.

Even with the 20% off codes that do the rounds frequently, Juno is still cheaper for the most part.