# Music Sources

## Public Trackers

| Name                                                                             | Content                 | Comment                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://rutracker.org">RuTracker</a> | 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> |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://nyaa.si/?c=2_1">Nyaa</a>     | Japanese, Korean, Asian | <ul><li>A lot of WEB releases and CD releases without logs.</li></ul>                                                                         |

## Private Trackers

| Name                                                                                         | Content                     | Entering                                                                         | Ratio          | Comment                                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://orpheus.network">Orpheus</a> (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>                                                                   |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://redacted.ch">Redacted</a> (RED)          | More 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>                     |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://animebytes.tv">AnimeBytes</a> (AB)       | Japanese                    | Invite, <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://redacted.ch">RED</a> | Easy           | <ul><li>Quite a bit of 60% logs.</li><li>Scans are not allowed.</li><li>Has global freeleech.</li><li>Difficult to get into.</li></ul> |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://jpopsuki.eu">JPopSuki</a> (JPS)          | East Asian, Southeast Asian | Invite                                                                           | Very Easy      | <ul><li>Some torrents not seeded.</li><li>Very relaxed, friendly.</li></ul>                                                            |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://sugoimusic.me">SugoiMusic</a> (SM)       | East Asian, Southeast Asian | Invite, <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://jpopsuki.eu">JPS</a> | Quite Easy     | <ul><li>Made as a replacement for JPS.</li></ul>                                                                                       |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://gazellegames.net">GazelleGames</a> (GGn) | VGM OST, some doujin        | Invite, <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://redacted.ch">RED</a> | Hard for Music | <ul><li>Decent amount of 100% logs.</li><li>Has global freeleech.</li></ul>                                                            |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://u2.dmhy.org">U2</a>                      | Anime                       | Invite                                                                           | Easy for Music | <ul><li>Quite a bit of exclusives and 60% logs.</li><li>Has global freeleech.</li></ul>                                                |

## Peer to Peer

| Name                                         | Content          | Comment                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Soulseek](https://nicotine-plus.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                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://squid-board.org">SquidBoard</a> (Squid) | Japanese, Little western    | <ul><li>Need to create an account.</li></ul>                                                                                    |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://astost.com">ASTOST</a>                  | 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> |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tsdm39.net">TSDM</a>                    | 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> |
| <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://archive.org">Internet Archive</a>       | Random, Mostly older        |                                                                                                                                 |

## 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](/reference/music-sources/streaming-services#music).

## Stores

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



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