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Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

Darcy [Edit] [Delete] 47 replies 19:44, 26 July '05
I thought it was a free download and away you go...do you have to pay a subscription fee? How does it work!?
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  • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

    someone told me (!) that it was free... small download and access to all the (obviously uncopyrighted) music you want.
    voiceofthepeople | 26 Jul '05, 19:45 | X
  • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

    It's entirely free, it works like any other P2P network.

    Go and steal....I mean download your little heart out!
    atom_jack | 26 Jul '05, 19:46 | X
    • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

      you have to pay to get 'premium' access...gets you first in the que..but i haven't used it for months..has that changed?

      i use emule and bittorrent myself. Gave up on soulseek and kazaa etc way back
      countzero @atom_jack | 26 Jul '05, 19:48 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        are there any good torrent sites left though?
        voiceofthepeople @countzero | 26 Jul '05, 19:51 | X
        • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

          i use mainly for complet stuff like on isohunt. for music and stuff the better ones you need to get passwords via irc.

          i also use bittorrent to download stuff from open source net abels.
          quite a few are using it now to save on webspace.

          but emule is best for like cmplete downloads in zip files.
          countzero @voiceofthepeople | 26 Jul '05, 19:59 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        Looks like there's lots of sites trying to flog the premium service, but I think I've found a standard download.
        Darcy @countzero | 26 Jul '05, 19:52 | X
        • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

          www.slsknet.org is the only site you should be getting it from. anything else might be dodgy.
          homesick_alien @Darcy | 26 Jul '05, 19:54 | X
          • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

            unless you're on mac, there's some other site for that.
            homesick_alien @homesick_alien | 26 Jul '05, 19:54 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        Looks like there's lots of sites trying to flog the premium service, but I think I've found a standard download.
        Darcy @countzero | 26 Jul '05, 19:59 | X
  • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

    Basically, people try to charge for the soulseek client, which as a contributor to the project, gets on my tats.

    You can always get the latest Soulseek builds (and clients for Linux/Unix/Mac OS X) by visiting www.slsknet.org or by sending me a PM.
    crablin | 26 Jul '05, 19:55 | X
    • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

      when i go hoem and use my brothers mac..i went looking for an os9 compatible client...and loads of fake sites popped up claiming to have os9 compatible clients for kazaa and soulseek and charging. complete scams
      countzero @crablin | 26 Jul '05, 20:00 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        There is no client for OS 9.

        The two (formerly three) clients for OS X are separate to the main Soulseek project and maintained by third-parties.

        They are SolarSeek (my preferred one) and SoulSeeX
        crablin @countzero | 26 Jul '05, 20:04 | X
    • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

      Ok how the frigg does this thing work?? How do I find the DiS room?....*sigh* there was a time when I enjoyed figuring stuff out.
      Darcy @crablin | 26 Jul '05, 20:00 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        what do people think of soulseek soulmusic netlabel thing. do you guys download stuff from unsigned artist u don't know from it? or has anyone uploaded hteir own stuff?
        countzero @Darcy | 26 Jul '05, 20:02 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        Gah! Put a capital "i"....fucking spoon. Does that mean I've create a room whgere I sit on my own like a luddite twat??
        Darcy @quietcrown | 26 Jul '05, 20:07 | X
        • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

          indeed you have!

          Do it again with DiS -all the cool kids are there!
          monpot @Darcy | 26 Jul '05, 20:16 | X
          • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

            I have soulseek thanks to Darcy, Crablin and the alien. I have new songs. I thank you all!
            Patricide @monpot | 26 Jul '05, 20:21 | X
            • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

              get in the DiS room then, where my username is teamlethargy.
              monpot @Patricide | 26 Jul '05, 20:22 | X
              • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                I don't know how? or what it is?
                Patricide @monpot | 26 Jul '05, 20:23 | X
                • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                  Read the blooody thread then! ;-)

                  In the DiS room you will encounter lovely DiS folk, it's a chatroom, and you download off other DiSers and stuff. It's good. Thumbs up!
                  monpot @Patricide | 26 Jul '05, 20:24 | X
                  • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                    Well i right clicked the room list and chose "create room" and then typed "DiS" and i created myself a fucking room on my own again!!

                    SOS
                    Darcy @monpot | 26 Jul '05, 20:27 | X
                    • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                      exactly it tells you how to create a room and when you go on the rooms list there's miles of rooms but no DiS
                      Patricide @Darcy | 26 Jul '05, 20:28 | X
                      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                        Right click on that list and press "create room". Then type in, exaclty, "DiS". That should put you in our room where a large "whoop", drinks and pie.
                        Panic @Patricide | 26 Jul '05, 20:30 | X
                        • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                          *will meet you.

                          Christ, my typing has really gone awol today.
                          Panic @Panic | 26 Jul '05, 20:31 | X
                    • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                      Well you've stumped me!

                      What's your username? I'll come and find you, hold your hand, and guide you through the wonders of slsk.
                      monpot @Darcy | 26 Jul '05, 20:29 | X
                      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                        username: Darcy

                        Saaaavveee me Mooooonpot!
                        Darcy @monpot | 26 Jul '05, 20:30 | X
                        • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                          It's easy if you follow MP's advice.
                          Patricide @Darcy | 26 Jul '05, 20:34 | X
                          • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                            Errr, nothing...just a room on my own...I don't like it. I'm gonna redownload from Crablin's link. I downloaded elsewhere and it could be dodgy.
                            Darcy @Patricide | 26 Jul '05, 20:36 | X
                            • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                              I'm in! Bloody software was dodgy.
                              Darcy @Darcy | 26 Jul '05, 20:42 | X
                              • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                                Somebody mentioned Bittorent earlier,try these:

                                Defiant.ws
                                torrentspy
                                mininova
                                thepiratebay
                                mybittorrent
                                newtorrents
                                snarf-it
                                torrentbox

                                Clients:

                                azureus
                                bitornado
                                bitcomet

                                BT is alive and kicking
                                cosmik_debris @Darcy | 26 Jul '05, 21:41 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        Aww - it does that occasionally, actually quite often it's really annoying, we'll all probably be chucked out shortly..
        smilingcrazylady @quietcrown | 26 Jul '05, 21:40 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        yeah i've had that. right pain in the arse. i'm sure there's logic to it but it's right annoying.

        also, you have to check out people's user info before you download off them to make sure you haven't breached any of their petty sharing rules. i think soulseek's great but there are a couple of people on there who will ban you if you don't follow their rules on downloading (e.g. you have to be sharing x,000 files etc etc) some of these rules are fair enough cos it prevents people being paralysed by having about a million files downloaded off them at once, but some people are right up their own arses. ignore them - they're peevos. most people are class though
        random @quietcrown | 26 Jul '05, 21:46 | X
        • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

          I had this guy getting really arsey with me yesterday. I was downloading a Mission Of Burma record from him, and halfway through he sent me a private message going "Do you have any shared files? If not I'll ban you!"

          -what a twat, all he needed to do was ask "Can I see your shared files?"

          Some people eh? *rolls eyes*
          monpot @random | 27 Jul '05, 01:28 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        Ooohh, i'm in the room. how scary!
        ImageChange @quietcrown | 26 Jul '05, 21:50 | X
      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

        "PIE FOR THE PEOPLE!" is all I'll say on the matter...
        Andreas | 26 Jul '05, 23:04 | X
        • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

          i have it,and i paid £20 for unlimited access for life
          Peppa @Andreas | 26 Jul '05, 23:59 | X
          • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

            "PIE FOR THE PEOPLE ANDREAS!"

            "Camels. Lots of camels. All ridden by Omid Dahjili."

            Man, I love in-jokes. *laughs at those outside of circle*
            Panic @Peppa | 27 Jul '05, 11:02 | X
            • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

              Man, I love in-jokes. *laughs at those outside of circle*

              Grow up.
              cosmik_debris @Panic | 27 Jul '05, 11:06 | X
              • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                Lightnen up Cosmik. Just becaise you're out of the circle and you smell. Nahnahnahnahnah *sticks out togue*
                Panic @cosmik_debris | 27 Jul '05, 12:33 | X
                • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                  Ahem, *because, *tongue.

                  You still smell though.
                  Panic @Panic | 27 Jul '05, 12:34 | X
                  • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                    Yeah,only the elite get to be in the circle.





                    cosmik_debris @Panic | 27 Jul '05, 12:53 | X
                    • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                      if anyone has the joy zipper albums come join.
                      easy_rob @cosmik_debris | 27 Jul '05, 13:00 | X
                      • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                        I only got The Heartlight Set
                        cosmik_debris @easy_rob | 27 Jul '05, 13:03 | X
                        • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                          thats alright, i was seriously considering buying them :p.
                          easy_rob @cosmik_debris | 27 Jul '05, 13:05 | X
                          • Re: Do you have to pay for Soulseek?

                            Dont buy them,steal them.They are Rubbish ;)
                            cosmik_debris @easy_rob | 27 Jul '05, 13:27 | X
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