# Music Sources

## Public Trackers

| Name                               | Content                 | Comment                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [RuTracker](https://rutracker.org) | Russian, Western, Asian | <ul><li>A fair share of range rips with low log scores.</li><li>The site is entirely in Russian.</li><li>Need to create an account.</li></ul> |
| [Nyaa](https://nyaa.si/?c=2_1)     | Japanese, Korean, Asian | <ul><li>A lot of WEB releases and CD releases without logs.</li></ul>                                                                         |

## Private Trackers

| Name                                     | Content                     | Entering                                               | Ratio          | Comment                                                                                                            |
| ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Orpheus](https://orpheus.network) (OPS) | Less Broad, Little Asian    | [Interview](https://interview.orpheus.network), Invite | Medium         | <ul><li>Has a request thread for RED.</li><li>Very strict.</li></ul>                                               |
| [Redacted](https://redacted.ch) (RED)    | Broad                       | [Interview](https://interviewfor.red), Invite          | Hard           | <ul><li>Has request threads for Qobuz, Deezer and TIDAL.</li><li>Lots of 100% logs.</li><li>Very strict.</li></ul> |
| [AnimeBytes](https://animebytes.tv) (AB) | Japanese                    | Invite                                                 | Easy for Music | <ul><li>Quite hard to get into.</li><li>Fair share of 60% logs.</li></ul>                                          |
| [JPopSuki](https://jpopsuki.eu) (JPS)    | East Asian, Southeast Asian | Invite                                                 | Very Easy      | <ul><li>Some torrents not seeded.</li><li>Very relaxed, friendly.</li><li>Sysop is dead.</li></ul>                 |
| [SugoiMusic](https://sugoimusic.me) (SM) | East Asian, Southeast Asian | Invite                                                 | Quite Easy     | <ul><li>Made as a replacement for JPS.</li></ul>                                                                   |
| [U2](https://u2.dmhy.org)                | Japanese, Chinese           | Invite                                                 | Medium         | <ul><li>All self-rips are automatically exclusive.</li><li>Fair share of 60% logs.</li></ul>                       |

## Peer to Peer

| Name                                      | Content          | Comment                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ----------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Soulseek](http://www.slsknet.org) (SLSK) | Relatively Broad | <ul><li>Some users have their shares locked and are only willing to trade for something valuable, although sometimes just asking works too.</li><li>Need to be sharing something to not get blocked by other users.</li></ul> |
| [DC++](https://dcplusplus.sourceforge.io) | Random, Scene    | <ul><li>Hard to get into rooms that matter, need to be sharing a certain amount of specific content.</li></ul>                                                                                                                |

## Direct Download

| Name                                         | Content                     | Comment                                                                                                                         |
| -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [SquidBoard](https://squid-board.ru) (Squid) | Japanese, Little Western    | <ul><li>Need to create an account.</li></ul>                                                                                    |
| [ASTOST](https://astost.com)                 | Soundtracks, Some Classical | <ul><li>All self-rips are automatically exclusive.</li><li>The site is entirely in Chinese.</li><li>Lots of 60% logs.</li></ul> |
| [TSDM](https://tsdm39.net)                   | Japanese, Chinese           | <ul><li>All self-rips are automatically exclusive.</li><li>The site is entirely in Chinese.</li><li>Lots of 60% logs.</li></ul> |

## Scene

To check if something has a scene release search on of the following indexers: [predb.ovh](https://predb.ovh), [predb.me](https://predb.me) or [srrdb.org](https://srrdb.org). After verifying the existence of the release search for it on Google or ask friends with scene access. Scene releases can sometimes also be found on peer to peer platforms and direct download sites among other places.

Most scene rips do not have logs, use an unpleasant naming scheme and follow outdated guidelines.

## Streaming

See [Reference➜Streaming Services](streaming-services#music).

## Stores

See [Reference➜Digital Stores](digital-stores#music).

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