Digiwax offers free MP3 version of vinyl on purchase
May 11th, 2007 by musicinterfaces
A new service launching 14 May will supply purchasers of vinyl with 320Kbps non-DRM MP3s of their music at no extra cost. Digiwax is a new enterprise from UK-based First Word Records, suppliers to the DJ market. Every purchase of double-weight vinyl comes with access to a password-protected area to download the same music from the Digiwax’s website. It’s not clear whether this is limited to artists signed to the company or not. However, it sets a welcome example to other vendors and neatly sidesteps the irritating process of having to digitise vinyl. I’d very happily purchase more records if this service were offered more widely.
Links: Wired Gadget Lab blog, Digiwax
Via: Mediaor
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May 11th, 2007 at 10:40 am
“neatly sidesteps the irritating process of having to digitise vinyl”
It’s not like it’s that irritating, and this approach leaves a lot of important questions unanswered… It’s a potentially good idea, but how it is implemented could go either way…. I hope they do it right!
May 13th, 2007 at 11:10 am
It’s irritating if you don’t have a record player! But seriously, the whole process of recording in real-time then chopping up the tracks and adding metadata is pretty time-consuming. Agreed though - the devil is always in the detail!