Soulseek question...
 

Are there certain times of the day in which Soulseek has more files availible than others? For example, last night I was able to find some pretty obscure shit; Viki's S/T release on Animal Disguise, Noise Nomads "Tone Deaf" on Arbor, some live Prick Decay, and some other stuff. Flash to this morning in which I am trying to thicken my Magma collection, and the only thing that comes up is thier S/T record? Is it my computer, or is my hypothesis correct?

Well, it has more to do with when other users are actually online, of course.
But it probably has to do with your connection and what version of soulseek you're using. There are two different severs. You should probably use the NS server if you wnat hte most shit. But I cna search on some computers and get a thousand matches on the most obscure shit ever... but on some computers, I can type in "animal collective" and like 2 ablums come up. So, it's a few different issues. Check your firewall..

Nope, your hypothesis is correct I think, it's because at certain times there is more online users I guess.

i imagine its just down to when people are on, no? International timezones and all that

What are you people's soulseek usernames? Mine is DerekMcA for both versions.

I am afterthefact. Yeah, original, that's how I do.

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...light=soulseek

My computer crashed recently and I have nothing good to steal again.
Have to try and upload some new music to library soon.

;) .

I don't think many people in that thread have the same slsk name or something anymore.

Yeah, basically is depends on online users, connection, and Soulseek being finicky. I remember search for just "Cat Power" and getting nothing and then search for "You Are Free" and got 7 or 8 whole albums of it. It all depends sometimes.

Oh, and batrealeaser, big ups for the Dinosaur Jr and hip-hop stuff

I don't know about you all, but my Soulseek dies a lot. Like if I search for something, cancel the search, search for something else, start an album downloading, and then search their folder, it's too much for Soulseek to handle and won't download, it will just say "Initializing" forever. I have to shut it down and open it to get it started again.

My soulseek doesn't do that. Mine just works perfectly aha.

Well aren't you special...

:):):)

Mine never dies. I've been using it since it first came out and I've never had that problem. Again, doesn't sound like a soulseek problem, just a connection problem.

On the old version of soulseek, about 25% of my music collection is backed up on the user account i300e (roughly 350gb at this point) ... I have a lot backed up on Kyle's computer (Robe Flesh) on the NS but he's never on.

On both accounts I go by jandekfahey which is my mom's computer. But I also go by BaD-CooL at my grandpa's computer .. I don't share many files on either one, as I burn them and then back them up on the i300e account.

Have you tried port forwarding? That might be yr problem.

My soulseek just gave up working recently. It's really pissed me off. It just does not even try to connect when I tell it too. I'vc uninstalled it and then downloaded it again and the problem persists. What the hell could be going on?

google> blogs>blogspot/rapidshare/mediafire/megaupload.
byebye slsk.

Blogs just don't cut it with me. I'll find some random gems every now and then but for the really weird/obscure there's nothing like slsk.

yep, i've been using the google blog search for about 6 months and found 100% of what i was looking for , usually in no time. Downloading is a lot faster and hassle free + you sometimes get to read about what you dl while dling, which is pretty cool.
I have used slsk for about 6 years and also found just about everything i needed too,
But i'm usually looking for less obscure stuff than u, so yeah.

That's cool, but I mean I was searching some blogs for some Erstwhile Records albums recently and every single one of them had their links removed because the guy who runs that label msged them and told them to take down their links. In a way, that's kinda cool that he keeps on top of stuff like that; on the other hand, his label releases music that even a lot of so-called "avant-garde" types might find a bit difficult to listen to, so it seems like he'd want to get the music out there to the right people. I mean, most of the musicians he releases puts out 500 albums a year and tours 24/7, so if there's no way for a person to hear the stuff in the proper way, then ... well, yeah, obviously, arguments can go back and forth over this forever, I'm just saying that I look up the stuff on blogs and there's nothing. Look it up on soulseek and blam, honey.

Blogs are increasingly becoming a bit more reliable, thanks mainly to a few truely excellent ones leading the way (mutant-sounds, experimental etc, forgotten dreams, grown so ugly, killed in cars, etc.). Unfortunately, even those blogs don't usually have the kind of stuff I'm looking for, though they will occasionally turn me onto some new gems with, as you mentioned, descriptions!

viva modern era

download to discover
buy to support!

Our universe, B-o-r-e-d-o-m-s in the sun.

thanx greedex, you made my day !!!!!!

i agree 100%

ha ha wow i'm so...
technical.

and me so untechnical :o

The man speaketh the truth. Thanks for the heads up on the blogs, currently downloading 'A Place To Bury Strangers', lets see how far I get with this...

Yeah, this is the problem. Downloaded the album but it's only given me two thirds of it, the other third I can't locate on any blog. Soulseek really does work best for me, alas it does not want to work. Looks like I'm buggered.

Have you tried upgrading or downgrading your slsk? Try taking off the port forwarding or putting it on? Checked any firewall settings?

I really think I've tried all 3 of these things, but with no luck sadly... My firewall used to ask me whether to allow or block soulseek's access evertime I started it up, it doesn't now. I went into the settings and told it to always 'allow' Soulseek. Still, nothing happens.

That's unusual.


Shoot your computer.

I had that problem for a while with my last computer, but after a few times reinstalling it worked fine. Also, my Soulseek totally dies whenever I try to use it while doing torrents too. Hmmm...

Torrents occasionally crash my computer too. I almost never use 'em. Unless I need to download xavier: renegade angel episodes.