My Mega account was apparently reported and thus deleted for multiple violations. I have others, but almost all shrine links are gone. I will not re-up any either here or in private so do not ask.

Thanks Amanda!!!





Rob

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I won't complain about the obvious... I'll just observe that the sample rate is wrong - 48khz...

As I have told you before that is the ONLY rate option given for 320 on the free converter I use.

And yes i am aware of objections by some. I did not post the FLAC though...
And, I have asked for and received Sanico's ok to post the set.

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But you keep pointing it out. Every time. I am not hunting down a different converter. I am quite used to this one. People are free to just not grab if they don't want, since enough of them have in the past. So, they should know by now what they are getting.

As I have told you before that is the ONLY rate option given for 320 on the free converter I use.


I don't know what you use, but this thing is pretty cool. In fact it's just too easy (which is why I use it):

http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lamedropXPd3.1-3.99.5.zip

Drag 'n drop. Tags automatically based on the folder / subfolder names you have the files in. Tiny sized, completely free. Flawless quality.

Thanks again Amanda sounds great

So piracy is wrong? Great news indeed! Lets all go to jail now! Hahahahahahaha!!!

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feel free to point out that i don't have a discerning ear, but i have never had a problem with any of Amanda's shares

Sounds all ok to me , im not anal when it comes to frequencies etc ... some people need to get out more ....

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Thank You Amanda!

Amanda you can't win!

My friends this upload is what it is...take it or leave it, it's that simple...say thank you and if you want better or different go buy it.

Scott

It's not about being anal, or having a discerning ear. It's about getting basic encoding parameters right.

Since when did the desire to do something the correct way become something to ridicule???

I am not ridiculing you. I also feel that there is a chance that perhaps you feel stirring up fights will get the thread closed since you feel it should not have been started in the first place. Just because you insist on replying to everyone.

But you keep pointing it out. Every time. I am not hunting down a different converter. I am quite used to this one. People are free to just not grab if they don't want, since enough of them have in the past. So, they should know by now what they are getting.

i don't know what the big fuss is. i'm just glad to be able to hear this. thanks, miss amanda

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It's not about being anal, or having a discerning ear. It's about getting basic encoding parameters right.

Since when did the desire to do something the correct way become something to ridicule???

Anyway, I've said my piece and I am right - the sample rate is wrong. Few people will notice. That doesn't change the basic facts.

I have flamed nobody and ridiculed nobody and I would appreciate the same courtesy - I realise that not everybody is interested in the technical number crunching behind digital audio but that doesn't mean it's not important.

I talk about these things because I want to help people make their shares better. My intentions are nothing but genuine.

I have nothing more to say on the matter - so thank you for your time and enjoy.

Please buy this box from LLL. :)


Why did you think i was ridiculing you ??? obviously my ears are not as discerning as yours and it does not bother me ..... And as you say YOU ARE RIGHT and everyone else is WRONG ... wheres the courtesy there? I never said you had no life .... Anal is a term used to describe perfection if you feel something is not perfect .... it was not meant to be directed towards you ....

Amanda thanks for uploading these ...

*sigh*

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Im not having ago at you at all ... i just think that it was good for Amanda to share and that you could have been a bit more democratic in the way you posted in this thread. Im not going to say anymore on the matter

Some of this music is really, really brilliant. I don't remember Dennis McCarthy being anywhere near this good in DS9. Particularly the suite from The Die Is Cast. That's motion picture grade. Excellent stuff. :D

(I am grateful for the chance to hear this before my copy shows up...)

Thank You Amanda.

This Is Most Appreciated.

Getting back to actually enjoying the music . . .

Thank you Amanda! :)

I much prefer the scores of the original series though ... a lot of the next gen and DS9 stuff sounds like musical wallpaper ... through no fault of the composers but producer pressure. Its good to hear these scores though.

Good old Ricky Berman, eh? :/

There's still some good stuff in here, at least. :)

If anyone doesn't like the quality of the rip, then go buy it. I'm tired of waiting for LLL to ship my order I put on Tuesday so I'll take anything just to get a preview.

Thanks Amanda.

Thank you very much!

Thanks Amanda :)

Thank you, Amanda

I look forward to the others discs !!!

JHFan is right, that converter is easy. Converting to vbr now. Next Gen ans DS(, along with Voyager do sound fairly similar and generic, yes. Though I find Enterprise to be refreshingly noticeable.

smashing Amanda ... yes enterprise has a different sound ... more noticeable indeed

@tangotreats: pipe the hell down and quit complaining. You're not offering anything informational, you're nitpicking to nitpick, and I find that incredibly offensive. Be glad Amanda's willing to go to the effort to bring this to us at all. People like you who don't know when to shut up are why some members of this site are so reluctant to share. Put up something amazing and rare, the last thing you want is to get nagged by someone determined to find some fault. Matter of fact, consider yourself under orders not to post here any longer.

Amanda, downloading now but I can tell you right now, MP3 320kbps is just fine with me! Thanks a lot for sharing--I ordered mine today but knowing LLL it'll be weeks yet before it gets here. You're awesome!

^ Reported. Do not talk to me like that.

tangotreats has humbly apologised and deleted the posts everything is ok now

With respect, I haven't apologised because I have nothing to apologise for - I merely deleted my posts to avoid a shitstorm. :)

I do, however, expect an apology from tnpir4002.

^ Reported. Do not talk to me like that.

If you don't want to get called on the carpet for saying something stupid, then my advice is to say nothing stupid.


With respect, I haven't apologised because I have nothing to apologise for - I merely deleted my posts to avoid a shitstorm. :)

Wrong. You have a LOT to apologize for.


I do, however, expect an apology from tnpir4002.

Keep dreaming. NOT gonna happen.

Im looking forward to the our man bashir selections think there on disc 4 .... hint of james bond!!

Pot, kettle, black. Reported again.

Not sure what the big stink is . . . but then, I can barely count to 320, so that's just me.

As far as I'm concerned, you've just proven once again how completely awesome you are, Amanda. Thanks loads for the share.

I seriously doubt this is how Amanda wants her thread to continue.

Jesus, knock it off, both of you. Tango stated his opinion, most of us disagree with that opinion, but it's over now, so leave it alone.

Sorry again, but I did not state an opinion, I stated a fact. That is not a criminal offence. I was happy to delete the posts and talk about the music and I am now finding myself under attack for no reason. With respect, can you not see which of us should "knock it off" and which of us is simply objecting to being mistreated? I have requested the assistance of the administrators.

Sorry again, but I did not state an opinion, I stated a fact. That is not a criminal offence. I was happy to delete the posts and talk about the music and I am now finding myself under attack for no reason. With respect, can you not see which of us should "knock it off" and which of us is simply objecting to being mistreated? I have requested the assistance of the administrators.

Yeah, Amanda is being mistreated; And you should knock it off.

Oh, for Christ's sake. Just leave me alone.

^ Sorry but I have a hard time letting this kind of assholery pass by unchallenged. I speak from direct firsthand experience, if you let this kind of nonsense pass without properly chastising the perpetrator, the same thing is just going to happen again. As you see, tangotreats is defiant and unapologetic, and given the circumstances I find that even more outrageous than the original behavior.

tangotreats, you're not "under attack for no reason." Everyone who's coming down on you has excellent reason for doing so, and if you don't understand why what you said was offensive, I strongly suggest you rethink your posting habits going forward. You say you've asked the administrators for help? Good--as soon as they see your original posts (which they can, they can see all previous edits of posts, which in this case doesn't matter since you were quoted several times), you're likely to find yourself on a bus to Banville.

Around here, when someone shares something, especially a hot item like this, you don't immediately start criticizing and nitpicking and really just running your mouth for no constructive reason the way you did. You especially don't keep nagging about it once the poster has addressed it. You nod, say thank you, and maybe ask for a conversion if you need something other than what's posted. You do not immediately set to giving the sharer a hard time.

Thank you, Amanda. Who's awesome? You're awesome!

I have not done anything wrong, once again! I pointed out a mistake and when I got flamed for no reason, I deleted my original posts and made positive comments on the music.

How this is assholery I cannot begin to tell. But it'll all come out in the wash, I daresay, when your hypocrisy is scrutinised by somebody in authority. :)

You can recommend what you like - I think I have a little more posting experience than you do... ;)

Now, can I please appeal to you man, to man?

I have had a really, REALLY shitty day. You cannot begin to appreciate what a shitty day I've had. Please, just leave this be and leave me alone. I am tired. I was happy to leave this alone and I ask you to do the same. I do not have the mental strength to deal with these arguments now. Cut me some slack. Thank you.

Fercryinoutloud, people, enough already. Everyone's seen what happened, everyone has now commented on what happened, and at this point everyone would be best served by letting the thing lie down and die. If the administrators really are going to be checking in on this, let them handle it.

Oh, dear... :notgood:

for The record, I am NOT abused, mistreated or harmed in any way. Please let it be. I have tried JHFan's suggestion, and it does allow the encode @ the 44 Thingy. I am sorry, but I do not know a lot about the differences. Instead of just saying it is wrong, perhaps explaining what difference it makes in the QUALITY of the music might be beneficial? Actually it would help a lot. I have never had anyone say my shares are of a shitty sound. I am listening, on my speakers I hear no difference.

As I said, as I get the discs, and convert/up, I will add to the original post. You are all very welcome.

^ Amanda, all I can say is in your place I wouldn't be quite so charitable. Thanks for sharing in any case.

i can't wait to listen to this. tbh, i never paid much attention to the scores for the later trek series. the music usually seemed like bland, ambient background noise. however, i recently went back and watched a shitload of DS9 and Voyager and realized there's actually a ton of good music in some episodes. i really hope lala land does a voyager boxset as well. i know the demand probably isn't as high, but i'd love to have 'dark frontier' sfx free

A lot of folks want that Year of Hell episode too.

^ You can thank Rick Berman for the quality of music in most episodes (I believe someone earlier up the thread referred to it as "musical wallpaper"), it was his decision to go in the direction they ultimately took. Ron Jones brought distinct musical flavors to every episode he scored (and his work in other franchises continues that trend), but it made the music stand out too much to the producers. Later episodes had less "noticeable" music to them, and from TNG season 4 on that became the standard. I'll say that I actually preferred the music from later on most of the time, it sounded more cinematic to me--most of Jones' music seemed to have too much of a 70s vibe to it, even though in its own right a lot of his work is spectacular.

All the composers did have their high points though--Jay Chattaway's music from the teaser of TNG's "Starship Mine" as Picard looks around the empty bridge is one example, or Dennis McCarthy's music for the climax of Voyager's "Parallax," both pieces I'd love to have in my library in the clear.

EDIT: quite right, Year of Hell had some pretty nice scoring as well, in fact on reflection most of the two-parters (or "Telefilms" as they were advertised after the series concluded) had better music and generally better production values all over.

^ Amanda, all I can say is in your place I wouldn't be quite so charitable. Thanks for sharing in any case.

Well look, Tango did not use any derogatory language or profanity towards me, so I would not say his behavior is abusive. He is entitled to his say, as are you guys.

Well look, Tango did not use any derogatory language or profanity towards me, so I would not say his behavior is abusive. He is entitled to his say, as are you guys.

In my experience, "derogatory" and "profane" are not always prerequisites for "offensive" and "tasteless." But if you're okay with what took place, then I'm content to let the matter drop.

Thank You Amanda, Me too I�m waiting for the other ones.

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Talking about sample rates, if I may...

This is what works for me:
I convert the Mp3 to wav to make the CD.
That way I can edit unions between tracks, specially when two tracks are placed segue,without silences,
and Mp3s always make a click on that place.
So really is the same 44.1 or 48 khz for that purpose.
The converter to wav will change any rate to 44.1 and 16 bit to end with a file Wav/CD compatible.
And because You post is in 48Kh, really is more quality that is needed, so not loss of sound/data occurs.

I hope this (little tip?) help!!!

So a little more space is the only issue? :rolleyes:

tnpir4002: We clearly don't see eye to eye on the previous topic, but I agree unequivocally with the above. Jones' scores never quite... clicked... for me, although I did understand and appreciate what he was trying to achieve. The aged synthesisers killed a lot of those scores for me. Yes, he was trying to innovate and hide the inadequacies of his frequently far-too-small ensemble, but... well, you know... Hearing his more orchestral work on Family Guy, I can't help but think how much better that would've worked... [Edit: The opening act of Brian Griffin's House Of Payne. What a cue...]

There are some outright stinky scores in TNG... and in DS9... but I think they did manage to achieve some great things within Berman's boundaries. Chattaway was great, but I was always really fond of Paul Baillargeon's DS9 scores.

Folk who say these scores are all terrible and that Rick Berman completely wrecked Star Trek scores are exaggerating. I don't think he necessarily helped but there WERE some good scores.

Alternative link added to the original post.

for The record, I am NOT abused, mistreated or harmed in any way. Please let it be. I have tried JHFan's suggestion, and it does allow the encode @ the 44 Thingy.

For the record, I suggested that particular mp3 encoder not because of some sample rate nonsense (I haven't downloaded the file you uploaded and I encode 48kHz files in various formats all the time for my video segments) but because I figured you might enjoy something very simple to use with no crap. No other agendas behind it. I recommend it to everyone.

As for tangotreats, I've said worse shit to people, and people have said worse shit to me. I don't bother reporting because it's easier to simply shove their asses on the ignore list.

As for having a bad day....get in fucking line with the rest of us. Sometimes those bad days NEVER END.

The only other thing I have to say about that is: You want to see bullshit? You want to see REAL insults and attacks? Go to FSM. This place is candyland in comparison.

Aye, aye. I don't usually moan about having a bad day but today's been a stinker. Anyway... hopefully the flames are out now. :)

other places are irrelevant. one of our few rules is "don't be a cunt."

politely explaining that someone encoded something using less than ideal settings isn't abusive. there's no need to white knight here; amanda wasn't offended.

play nice.

Thank you for your generous share, Amanda.

So a little more space is the only issue? :rolleyes:

Indeed!

^ Not entirely so. If anybody's actually interested, I'll explain in more detail tomorrow... But I must go to bed now and try to put today behind me...

Goodnight everybody & thanks for popping in Sarah. :)

Thanks Amanda! :D

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Mp3s always make a click on that place.


I've found with converting from WAV to MP3 that the converter always adds a small bit of silence to the very end of the created MP3, resulting in the "click".
I do the same when burning to CD: MP3 > WAV > Edit > Burn.

Never have been able to figure out why it adds that bit of silence.

Yes, I edit that with the sony Cd architect.
Its useful to edit LPs also, because let You decide the gap between tracks
and take out unwanted parts of the file, and also make crossfades if needed

I hope you guys mark your CDs as lossy encodes when you do that so you don't later try to rip it and post it as lossless. I've had to do that on occasion for one reason or another but I always mark it as MP3 source so I don't try to rip to flac later.

Thanks

I hope you guys mark your CDs as lossy encodes when you do that so you don't later try to rip it and post it as lossless. I've had to do that on occasion for one reason or another but I always mark it as MP3 source so I don't try to rip to flac later.

Don�t worrie Sirusjr
All my FLAC uploads are rips from original CDs, or rips from LPs originally edited on Wav.

Thanks a lot

And yeah, the people who say that all later Trek scores are bland must be deaf. Yeah, there is lots that's unremarkable, but that's true of nearly all TV shows. Most works when you watch it, but isn't memorable or suited to listen to as a soundtrack. But with DS9 there is also quite a few outstanding scores. And this isn't even everything. They could have easily filled another CD. "The Vistor" was released previously already and is easily on of the best scores in ST. What I'm missing here is "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" for example.

In Enterprise they got back to the "grand" scores and it was frequently very distracting. And stereotypical. There was an over-reliance in action already and all of the action scenes were scored over the top. So you could just wait for another predictable action orchestra cue. Sure, they had a big, loud orchestra, but that doesn't necessarily make it good.

What I'm missing here is "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" for example.

Now there's an episode whose score is among the greatest TV soundtracks out there. At least we got "Take Me Out to the Holosuite."


And stereotypical. There was an over-reliance in action already and all of the action scenes were scored over the top.

Enterprise always struck me as the least faithful Trek adaptation, mostly because it felt less like the Trek we'd seen since 1987 and more like a cheap action show...which ironically makes it more faithful to the original series. Still, it seemed like there was less character development in favor of cheap theatrics and--to my mind--equally cheap storylines. The music seemed to oscillate between not noticeable enough and way WAY too much. Even the pilot wasn't really anything to write home about, which I don't think is something that could be said about any of the pilot soundtracks since Encounter at Farpoint.

There's nothing wrong explaining that 48 is not the audio sample rate used for a standard audio CD, instead of 44,1 khz.

What Tango said was merely pointing out about that fact. And that's not being ungrateful nor means disapproval of Amanda's share, but actually the opposite, which by this remark is trying to help Amanda to understand this, and by the same token, anyone of us in the moment in which we rip a CD to select the proper sampling rate.

So thank you Amanda for sharing this set for us, even if it's in 48 Khz, and also thank you Tango to shed some light on the audio sample rate issue.

i dis also put a different link with the 44 khz, also.

Audio CDs are only sampled at 44.1 kHz for historical and somewhat arcane technical reasons. It has to do with the compatibility with the analog video equipment that was originally used to store and edit the audio. Sampling rate conversions were very difficult then. Today there is no real need to strictly adhere to it when converting and it offers no benefits. 48 kHz is actually standard for digital sources since DAT was released in the late 80s. It's what DVD and BluRay uses.

I much prefer the scores of the original series though ... a lot of the next gen and DS9 stuff sounds like musical wallpaper ... through no fault of the composers but producer pressure. Its good to hear these scores though.

never heard of DS9 I too prefeared the Original series like Wrath of Khan and TMP

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i can't wait to listen to this. tbh, i never paid much attention to the scores for the later trek series. the music usually seemed like bland, ambient background noise. however, i recently went back and watched a shitload of DS9 and Voyager and realized there's actually a ton of good music in some episodes. i really hope lala land does a voyager boxset as well. i know the demand probably isn't as high, but i'd love to have 'dark frontier' sfx free

so far they did TNG, ST V TFF, ST TMP and now DS9. I think they should go ahead and do Insurrection and Nemesis if GNP Cresscendo hasn't got plans for it already

Thanks, Amanda! DS9 was the BEST ST series BAR NONE!

Thanks, that music brings back a lot of memories.

also amanda for whatever it's worth i highly recommend EAC + LAME. dbpoweramp isn't free but is a really nice frontend for lame

also amanda for whatever it's worth i highly recommend EAC + LAME. dbpoweramp isn't free but is a really nice frontend for lame

The encoder I linked was a freeware LAME frontend as well.

Thank you Amanda! I cannot wait for the "Call to Arms" tracks on disc 2! There is a great "Bad Guy" motif in that episode.

Thanks Amanda, appreciate your time and efforts! Happy just to get this in any form!

Thank you. I expect my copy in the next few days ...

Nice. Now i don't need to convert when my Box arrives :)

Thanks so much Amanda! You are the best!

i can't wait to listen to this. tbh, i never paid much attention to the scores for the later trek series. the music usually seemed like bland, ambient background noise. however, i recently went back and watched a shitload of DS9 and Voyager and realized there's actually a ton of good music in some episodes. i really hope lala land does a voyager boxset as well. i know the demand probably isn't as high, but i'd love to have 'dark frontier' sfx free

With their limited editions, i think they have no excuse to let that one go. 3000 Copies? Ought to sell in no time. This a big planet :)

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never heard of DS9 I too prefeared the Original series like Wrath of Khan and TMP[COLOR="Silver"]

You won't find any more character depth and epic storytelling in any other trek show, you are missing out on a lot!
Mustsees
of season 1: Emisary (Pilot), Past Prologue, The Nagus, Duet, In The Hand of The Prophets
still good: Captive Pursuit, Battle Lines (for the story arc only), The Storyteller, Progress (for character developement)
the others are pretty much forgettable :/

of season 2: Second Sight, Rivals and Shadow Play are pretty bad but you can't go wrong with the others.

season 3 to season 7: Don't even ask, watch em all :) with the exeption of Sons Of Mogh, total letdown ending!

Thank you Amanda, this will help me to decide whether to pay 50$ or save it for Blood & Chrome / Caprica sets which are coming out next month...

Thank you very much for sharing this. Sounds excellent.

LINK FOR DISC 4 ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL POST (2-20-13)

Just to add my opinion to the post on encoders, I always use LameXP - LameXP - Audio Encoder Front-End (http://lamexp.sourceforge.net/)

Although I see the one JHFan linked uses LAME as well.. can't go wrong with it ;-)

I have no idea how people can charge for MP3 encoders when things like LAME and it's frontends exist. Probably they pay for keywords on search engines to get people who don't know much about these things to go to their site.

edit: Thanks Amanda for Disc 4!

...I seem to be late to the party...again! the links say taken down....bummer!
Any chance for a re-up?

LINK FOR DISC 4 ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL POST (2-20-13)

Thanks for the link, Amanda! But it seems to be down already... ("The link has been removed for violating our terms of service.")

i used gamefront worked all ok for me....

i used gamefront worked all ok for me....

Yes, but the problem is, you don't even get to the first page presenting the various optional cyberlockers anymore... do you have the gamefront links still to share?

apologies seems to have gone ... and just tried the gamefront link and is saying unavailable file ...

you need to use amandas pasword on mirrorcreator too!

You *had* to. The links don't work anymore. You don't even get to enter a password now

See. A rat HAS to have complained. I will be away for the day. Thanks Tango, I suspect.

Take your time, Amanda, we can wait! :)

[never mind]

... and the story continues...

[tune in next week for the thrilling conclusion!!]

(sorry, couldn't resist... I don't take sides here, to be clear!)

collision courses ... :(

Hard backboard, Mr. Sulu!!!

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[tune in thrilling cue from "The Corbomite Maneuver":

http://www.johndadlez.com/MP3/TrekTVShow/S1_D3_30_SC_CA.mp3]

I don't want more arguments but I will make one statement:
I did not report these links or any other links. I'm sure Amanda knows this already.

well, that blows. oh well.

I will repost this afternoon. Couple of hours. Never fear I am as stubborn as I am fantastic...:)

Greatly appreciated :) Pm me if you keep having problems I can do some chnk for u :)

... I never had a doubt! :)

"Fantastic" would seem to exclude accusing your friends of sabotaging your threads and your uploads.

You seem to be posting **** I guess you got nothing else to do?

I don't want more arguments ...

...

You seem to be posting **** I guess you got nothing else to do?

Eh? I'm posting "****" when I'm actually just defending myself against offensive accusations... but the person posting the offensive accusations is "fantastic"... Riiiiight...

Please Do Not Feed The Animals

*Sigh* OK... Are we allowed to poke them with a stick?

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Eh? I'm posting "****" when I'm actually just defending myself against offensive accusations... but the person posting the offensive accusations is "fantastic"... Riiiiight...

She's "fantastic" as she's making a much-wanted item available to the forum. You're just being irritating by cluttering up the thread with moans and hysteria.

Although, having said that, your comments earlier in this thread re: the technical elements of digital music did sound interesting. How about starting a new thread in which you explain it? I for one would like to learn more.

You seem to be posting **** I guess you got nothing else to do?

Posting four stars? You mean posting SHIT?

That's what you meant right?

Right?

:D

The new links will be in the 44khz lame format.

RIGHT!! !OK I GIVEU P!!!! HAahahhahaha

44KHz I cant even hear that with my own ears! That will be sublime quality!

New link for disc 1 in original post. Discc 4 is upping now.

New link for disc 4 posted.

I do apologise to Tango. It was wrong of me to accuse him, truth is it could have been anyone who got them reported, if that is indeed what happened. I repeat that I was not and am not offended by anything he has said to me. He IS a friend, though it may not look like it from the outside, and I would appreciate we leave him be.

I got blisters on my testicles... Hold on, that can't be right..... (places 'The Beatles - White Album in disc drive.... Skips to the track 'Yer Blues' then plays 'Helter Skelter') 'Slaps forehead' FINGERS, I got blisters on my Fingers... Tsk, easy mistake I guess!

If you don't now your fingers from your balls you've got issues....

Yup, just that my fingers were on my balls at the time ;)

Thank you. For the record, I'm not the only person who doesn't like these uploads but I've given up my crusade. (And my crusade was ONLY ever about an attempt to persuade with words; I have never reported any links and never will - although I have reported this thread a number of times because of the completely unjustified shit I've been on the receiving end of.)

You and I both know there are any number of people floating around these forums who report all sorts of things. (The FSM "I will Destroy FFshrine" club is still in operation, don't forget!) And sometimes it's not even a report. Some hosts monitor stuff. When you click the link, they get told what web page you came from. They get one report, then they know that every single bloody link that comes from XYZ.com is going to be illegal and so they get automatically deleted within minutes. I doubt anybody would disagree that uploading anything and having it stay put for longer than a few hours or even days is now hard work.

So, with that all said and done... I hope these links stay up. I hope that you buy this set if you like it. I bought the RJ box and sold it a few months later. I didn't buy the TOS box at all. I will buy this one.

Thanks Amanda, again. :)

44KHz I cant even hear that with my own ears! That will be sublime quality!

Sublime Quality? No, CD quality. Check this out:

Compact Disc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc)

especially this part:

Compact Disc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc#Audio_CD)

I hope this will explain some :)

44KHz I cant even hear that with my own ears! That will be sublime quality!
The human hearing threshold is about 20kHz. Per Nyquist's and Shannon's sampling theorem you need at least two samplings per period. So twice that is 40kHz. Something above 40 was chosen because you need some leeway around the edges and because electronic filters work gradually and don't cut off exactly at a certain frequency. It's 44.1 because back then (these standards were finalized in the late 70s) it needed to be compatible with analog video equipment which was used to edit and store the audio. So it's purely for historical reasons. Pretty much all other digital audio sources use a sampling rate of 48kHz, although they also work at 44.1kHz because of the popularity of the Audio CD (DAT originally didn't in order to prevent making perfect copies).

Thanks very much for upping these Amanda! I've got the box set on the way; a far better way of selling soundtracks than that awful TOS boxset idea. ;) But, it takes a while to ship from the US to teh UK so I'm happy to hear them early :)

It was a 'joke' Calidoran :p

I know CD quality isnt of the greatest; )

New link for disc 1 in original post. Discc 4 is upping now.

New link for disc 4 posted.

I do apologise to Tango. It was wrong of me to accuse him, truth is it could have been anyone who got them reported, if that is indeed what happened. I repeat that I was not and am not offended by anything he has said to me. He IS a friend, though it may not look like it from the outside, and I would appreciate we leave him be.

Thanks, & ;)

Awesome post, thanks! and as far as the Khz comments going on here, correct me if i'm wrong, but 48khz is higher than 41khz meaning that there's more room for the audio to sound better? No?

A warning to everyone:

a) Never accuse another person of reporting links based only on assumptions;

b) Don't call another member of the forum a troll, when it's trying to defending himself from the accusation of a);

c) Every opinion is valid, but you have no right to offend anyone when its opinion it's contrary to yours;

As a forum moderator i will not tolerate anymore of the situations listed above.


To Amanda, instead of posting one mirrorcreator link maybe it's better post all the generated links that mirrorcreator does for the different hosts.
That way whoever is reporting your links will have 10x more work and time to report every single link, then just only one mirrorcreator link, and maybe give up reporting. Just an idea.

I have both converters still. Which format do you guys prefer? I will go either way.

Apolies to everyone for the drama I started. Apologies again to Tango, and also to Sanico.

Thanks U!

I'd prefer .flac myself, but i dont mind what decoder you use for 320 im glad someone uploads this anyway :)

If you have seen Tango's posts, he is largely pushing towards making contributions to making quality music available. Any criticisms of format or composition of a score are based on his high standards and want to help everyone get stuff in good quality. I am frequently attacked elsewhere for nitpicking on tags that makes uploaders cry and think everyone is ungrateful. When I do so, I am trying to support universal tag standards that make it easier for everyone. If you know Tango at all, you would realize that he only posts with the best of intentions.

We are all grateful when someone takes the time to share these bigger scores, though some of us would rather they not show up so soon after release. I know the effort it takes to convert a score for posting or rip it in a format worth sharing. If I do something wrong, I hope to be corrected so the next time I can do it better and we should all be striving for excellence in this way. The way to improve is to fail, fail, and fail before you finally succeed. Nobody posts a perfect score the first time or succeeds at business the first time. But if everyone just mindlessly said "thanks" to every post, uploaders would never reach the level of excellence that is good for everyone.

I'd still prefer 320s. Thank you a lot for your work here, Amanda!!!

Thank you a thousand times for uploading, Amanda! Gosh, the tracks from 'What you leave behind' are especially awesome!

I actually can understand that, I prefer highest quality myself (that would be flac for me) but since I didnt pay for the box myself I could hardly not say thanks :) I still hope someone reposts them in flac someday.

I will not post flac until the set is sold out. I do believe personally that lossless right now crosses a line.

I'm still waiting on mine to be delivered. Thanks for the advanced listen

I will not post flac until the set is sold out. I do believe personally that lossless right now crosses a line.

i agree. i think this should be official shrine policy for most releases.

^ Amanda: if we're going with MP3, the best format is 320kbps, 48 kHz. 44kHz CD quality is a little less, and granted the difference isn't much, I'd rather have a 48kHz upload since there's less loss there.

^ Amanda: if we're going with MP3, the best format is 320kbps, 48 kHz. 44kHz CD quality is a little less, and granted the difference isn't much, I'd rather have a 48kHz upload since there's less loss there.

All audio CDs have a sampling rate of 44.1 khz per channel. By encoding at 48 khz, Amanda won't be adding any quality there.
I haven't downloaded anything from this thread (nor do I plan to), but thanks for taking your time to rip and upload these discs, Amanda.

In my noobtimes i actually thought converting bad quality to high quality would improve the quality, but it actually made it even worse hahaha. Keep re-encoding a 320 mp3 back to wave and then back to mp3 1000 times and chnk the quality then xD

Akashi San: the question for me is a simple one. If we're encoding from a source that's probably lossy to start with, which an audio CD is, wouldn't you want to have as little room for loss as possible? I mean isn't that why we prefer FLAC?

That'll be all from you.

All audio CDs have a sampling rate of 44.1 khz per channel. By encoding at 48 khz, Amanda won't be adding any quality there.

Indeed, in fact it would be worse due to the dithering loss of the resampling process and the encoder working harder wasting bitrate on empty space instead of musical content. :)

[Edit: Added quote to clarify what I was responding to as a few other posts crept in while I was typing.]

I just realized how we are not normal customers, we actually care and know about such stuff.
I wonder what we'd been like about 150 years ago. Choosing one opera house over the other, because the accoustics were lacking in one of them? And what else might we have cared about? And why does that line of questioning kinda has a steampunk vibe to it?

I just realized how we are not normal customers, we actually care and know about such stuff.

Coulda just stopped at "we are not normal." :)


I wonder what we'd been like about 150 years ago. Choosing one opera house over the other, because the accoustics were lacking in one of them? And what else might we have cared about? I

As a matter of fact, as one who's studied music history, this was actually known to happen, and very frequently. Some performers are also known to have refused to perform at some venues due to poor acoustics.

Akashi San: the question for me is a simple one. If we're encoding from a source that's probably lossy to start with, which an audio CD is, wouldn't you want to have as little room for loss as possible? I mean isn't that why we prefer FLAC?

That'll be all from you.

Bitrate and frequency are two different things. If the CD is 44.1khz to start with, you wouldn't want to resample it to anything. To have as little loss as possible, you would want to encode in lossless (FLAC, ALAC, etc.), which will result in the exact replica of the CD in 44.1khz but with higher bitrates than MP3s.

In my noobtimes i actually thought converting bad quality to high quality would improve the quality, but it actually made it even worse hahaha. Keep re-encoding a 320 mp3 back to wave and then back to mp3 1000 times and chnk the quality then xD

You can do a wider range of sound editing though when converting to "higher quality".

all i have to say currently is HOLY F@$#, ELECTRIC GUITAR IN A STAR TREK SCORE????

all i have to say currently is HOLY F@$#, ELECTRIC GUITAR IN A STAR TREK SCORE????

There is? I haven't listened to all of it yet, which track is this?

all i have to say currently is HOLY F@$#, ELECTRIC GUITAR IN A STAR TREK SCORE????


There is? I haven't listened to all of it yet, which track is this?

There's electric guitars in the seasons 4-7 arrangement of the DS9 theme. It's low in the mix but it's there. It's more prominent in the alternate versions than the broadcast version.

The cue being talked about here though, is called "Charge!" from the season 4 episode 'Shattered Mirror'.

The cue being talked about here though, is called "Charge!" from the season 4 episode 'Shattered Mirror'.

You're right...wow, that's neat. I'd never noticed it in the title theme, but when Amanda gets a disc posted with it I'll takes a listen.

There is actually an all out rock version of the DS9 theme:
Mass Effect Opening TV Credits Intro (Star Trek DS9 Style) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAWHPtoqUlI)

That video mixes it to Mass Effect, but it's the best version I found. I think it was on one of the previous compilation CDs.

As for "Charge", wow, I never noticed that on the show. But it's possible that it was droned out a bit by the sound effects. That happens on many shows.

As for "Charge", wow, I never noticed that on the show. But it's possible that it was droned out a bit by the sound effects. That happens on many shows.

For what it's worth, if you listen to "Soran Kidnaps Geordi" from the recent Generations release, at 0:57 there's what sounds like a guitar of some kind in the background. It was something I'd never caught from the film, and after listening to that track for the first time, I went back and watched that scene in the movie. If that same instrument is there in the film mix, it's inaudible.

I think what happens sometimes is that the versions of the cues that we hear on TV or in film are different orchestrations than what we hear on the albums. I know for a fact that "Enterprise First Flight" from Broken Bow is one--the orchestrations are completely different, even if the melodies are the same.

I think what happens sometimes is that the versions of the cues that we hear on TV or in film are different orchestrations than what we hear on the albums. I know for a fact that "Enterprise First Flight" from Broken Bow is one--the orchestrations are completely different, even if the melodies are the same.
That depends on the composer and their preferences. Often they put the cues on the albums 1:1, but some touch them up where appropriate. Either to get them perfect, to get them how they really wanted or because it has to be cut down for TV compared to the original recording (for example due to time constraints).

Bear McCreary, for example, is known to re-record most tracks for the soundtrack album. Usually that's great and the differences aren't huge in most cases, but IMHO it badly backfired once. It's when he added electric guitars to "Lords of Kobol". Now the guitars work great in the rest of the episode, but that track had a slow, majestic quality and a slow buildup in tempo that was ruined by the guitars.

Thank you Amanda - look forward to the rest!

Thanks again, Amanda. Just downloaded disc 4! Can't wait for Disc 2 :)

Thanks for this release!

Take your time, Amanda, we can wait! :)

Agreed! Thank you for all the work you are putting into this.....and IF someone doesn't like the bit-rate....let them buy it and share it themselves....Personaly EVERYTHING I download in any audio format (from ANY website) goes through Magix mp3 maker before I store....that way all my stuff is matchy,matchy!
I don't expect you, or anyone else here to go through that for me....I just say thanks, and add all the id information in myself.

I believe the human term is "being polite"....is that right?

Thanks Amanda!

EDIT: nevermind, I was mistaken.

Thanks Amanda!
You are awesome as usual!!!

Just got my copy from LaLaLand. Wow...the music is just a wonderful as I remember it. Great stuf from some great composers!! Also, thanks for sharing this, Amanda! You are appreciated!!

Links for disc 3 added to the original post.

That just leaves one--can hardly wait to start listening to this one. Thanks Amanda!

Sheesh. I'm sorry, I meant disc 3. I do not have all of 2 yet, only about half. Apologies.

^ Take your time. Unfortunately though the password you provided doesn't seem to work!

actually, it works perfectly. You must have mistyped.

!mAnDi7*

Thanks for sharing Amanda! :)

actually, it works perfectly. You must have mistyped.

!mAnDi7*

I was copying and pasting from the first post, like I did for the other two discs, no luck. It occurred to me though that I might've gotten a bad download somehow, so I'm trying it again.

actually, it works perfectly. You must have mistyped.

!mAnDi7*


PW doesn't work for me, too. It says "File archive destroyed or wrong password". Downloaded via Gamefront. I now try it via Freakshare.

^ Same result the second time.

Copy/paste also unlocks it for me. :/

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And, it shows roughly 20 downloads....

I don't know where the problem is, the previous 2 discs with password worked perfectly. So I am sure it is not my Computer. Maybe the download is corrupted, waiting for the 2nd one to be finished.

but you can actually start the download?

I've downloaded it twice from GameFront, same result, and now downloading two from other mirrors. Amanda, are you trying one that you've downloaded or one of the originals? It almost sounds like something went wrong during the upload process.

:/ I thought you meant you could not start the download. I am checking the archive now.

but you can actually start the download?

Yes, downloaded it twice via Gamefront and one time via Freakshare. Gamefront didn't work for me. Maybe the Freakshare upload will work, but I have to agree with tnpir4002, looks like something went wrong during the upload-process.

I think the password is incorrectly set on the archive. That's what it looks like to me. The files all look intact within the rar file but the extraction won't proceed without the correct password.

Dan

:/ I thought you meant you could not start the download. I am checking the archive now.

My fault, I should've been more specific about the problem. I use JDownloader for stuff like this, just give it the address of the page and it ferrets out any download links from there. I didn't even realize the Mirror Creator page was password-protected.

EDIT: what drdan said.

Copy/paste also unlocks it for me. :/

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And, it shows roughly 20 downloads....

I have tried to use your password too - but as others are saying it's coming back as failed/corrupted for me too sorry :-(

Freakshare didn't work, too for me.

Yea, me neither. I tried a few combos, but no joy. I am repacking and upping now.

^ Much appreciated!

New new link for disc 3 posted.

Thought I missed the boat on #3, but I guess I got it as soon as you made the link - whew! Thanks again... hope I am watching when #2 is posted.

New new link for disc 3 posted.

You know how to sweeten my morning, i just got out of bed. Strange. Coffee tastes better also :)

New new link for disc 3 posted.

amazing, thank you for sorting so quickly! Its great to hear these discs whilst I wait for mine to arrive - UK :-(

amazing, thank you for sorting so quickly! Its great to hear these discs whilst I wait for mine to arrive - UK :-(

whilst? Now dhats brit speak, i tell ya! XD

Sorei will likely have the rest of disc 2 downloaded tonight, and possibly uploaded to me. I will post as soon as I can after that. It all depends on the member Sorei is downloading from since she can only do it while he is on-line.

There is actually an all out rock version of the DS9 theme:
Mass Effect Opening TV Credits Intro (Star Trek DS9 Style) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAWHPtoqUlI)

That video mixes it to Mass Effect, but it's the best version I found. I think it was on one of the previous compilation CDs.

The track is called "Theme from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (single version)" and appears as track 17 on the DS9 "Emissary" soundtrack album (GNPD 8034) and track 1 on the DS9 theme single (GNPD 1401). :)

whilst? Now dhats brit speak, i tell ya! XD

absolutely guv'nor! ;-)

The track is called "Theme from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (single version)" and appears as track 17 on the DS9 "Emissary" soundtrack album (GNPD 8034) and track 1 on the DS9 theme single (GNPD 1401). :)

Last I linked the track (off of the single disc) in the other Star Trek catch-all thread in lossless if anyone wants it.

Sorry to tell you and ask for it, but could you look into the Disc 3's password? It doesn't seem to work. Thanks in advance

Did you grab the new link I posted an hour or so? It downloads and unpacks fine. I even tested before upping it.

Thank you Amanda for sharing these. I know I am sometimes in the minority in liking Dennis McCarthy, but these scores are great. (listened to the 1st disc so far)

:)

PCM

thanks amanda

All links are coming up as removed for me. Can anyone reup?

I pm'ed Amanda earlier i got a temporary FTP if she wanted but no response, oh well. This will take another month before they are all up at this rate.

This is somewhat unkind, given the effort and that it is for free!

You mean my post? I'm just trying to help instead of using these free space sites where the links keep going down every 12 hours I'm proposing her to use my FTP which has basically unlimited bandwidth limit/month where I pay for each year. How unkind can it be :C

You're right, i am sorry :/

Marctraider, just don't. We already went through this once this thread with someone making demands and it didn't end well. "At this rate, it'll be a month before they're all up" is hardly constructive.

Amanda, the new link for Disc 3 is saying the file's been removed. Can we get a re-up?

Marc, I just pm'ed you. Tell me what I have to do. All the links have been removed, and just since this morning. I definitely think something's up with that. I will have disc 2 ready soon as well.

Marc, I just pm'ed you. Tell me what I have to do. All the links have been removed, and just since this morning. I definitely think something's up with that. I will have disc 2 ready soon as well.

More "Our Man Bashir" to come, yeah, and THE great Dominion battle music.

So glad that the music from "The Ascent" is on there. I always loved the recurring theme from that episode. :)

LINKS REMOVED FOR THE TIME BEING.

No matter how I rename the archive, I get the message that it has been "blacklisted" at mirrorcreator, thus making uploads impossible for now. I will have to hunt down and find different sites, which will take time. I am sorry. It's not my fault, and I am quite bummed out over it.

Please do not pm me looking for active links. If I had them, they would be posted.

No matter how I rename the archive, I get the message that it has been "blacklisted" at mirrorcreator, thus making uploads impossible for now.

That's ridiculous...Amanda, I've still got the GameFront link for Disc 3, all it needs is a matching password, is it okay if I post that? I've tried a few RAR password crackers but none of them work well with symbols, but maybe someone else will have better luck.

Or, I have a DropBox account, maybe we could host these files there?

No need, Amanda will ahve 4 fully working links real soon.

^ Fair enough.

darnit, the orion syndicate wins again!

No matter how I rename the archive, I get the message that it has been "blacklisted" at mirrorcreator, thus making uploads impossible for now.

They probably blacklist based on a hash of the contents rather than (or as well as) the name - it's what I'd do. If you're still uploading the same archives, perhaps they might last longer if you recreated them with a slight difference in the contents?

My favourite technique for dealing with this sort of thing is to add a text file in the archive. Type a few lines of nonsense, or a favourite quote, or something. The main point is that it changes the checksum... :)

Hundreds of people have downloaded these. Perhaps some of you would care to post your own mirrors. The more there are, the more to take down. Strength in numbers and all that.

I have the three discs you posted, i'm uploading them right now

^ The question now becomes, what do we do about the password situation on Disc 3? We never did figure out what the correct password was.

The new links amanda will have up soon are the correct ones and all have the same password she gave for the others.

Hundreds of people have downloaded these. Perhaps some of you would care to post your own mirrors. The more there are, the more to take down. Strength in numbers and all that.

There iS no issue. I reupped that last night with a working archive. Obviously is is gone now, but the working link was up for an evening or so, as I have stated a couple of times now. I have new Rapidshare links good to go as well. I suggest you grav disc 2 as soon as you can.

^ Soon as you post them I'm sure there's going to be a flurry of activity, no question.

NEW LINKS FOR ALL FOUR DISCS ARE IN THE ORIGINAL POST. GRAB 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT, FOLKS.

Thanks for the new links Amanda. Wow were the download speeds fast.

PCM

Downloads in progress...gotta love it! Thanks Amanda!

Thanks for your persistence Amanda; it's very much appreciated!

Disc 2 of the RS links says "Access Denied".

The other Disc 2 is downloading... it says it will take 60 mins.

thanks guys!!

We are GO! I repeat, we are a GO on the links! Crash on the first page! MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!!!

Disc 2 of the RS links says "Access Denied".

The other Disc 2 is downloading... it says it will take 60 mins.

The RS works for me, but then it is my file. I dunno why access would be denied, either it is there or not. And it is definitely still there. But, slow downloads are better than no downloads..

You might have it set to private... I haven't used RS for a while - not sure how things are working over there now. The message is that you have prohibited access to the file.

The RS works for me, but then it is my file. I dunno why access would be denied, either it is there or not. And it is definitely still there. But, slow downloads are better than no downloads..

The NON rapidshare link downloaded in just over 1 minute for me, it was so quick

The NON rapidshare link downloaded in just over 1 minute for me, it was so quick

Probably before the floodgates opened...

It's 4 x faster now... 2 mins to go.

Done.

Thats becuz its my FTP server :P kkthx have fun guys but the links wont be up too long (I dont want them to be on my ftp server for a long period of time)

I compensated with a bit more downloadd speed for u guys :p

Ill do it again someday when Amanda decides to send me the Flac's if anyones a Audiophile like me.

Edit: The upspeed on it is fast enough for anyone to get the mp3's within 1 day assuming you dont run a 56k modem, anyone else who's too late will have to get it with torrents or somthing in the future i guess or wherever they are

I see no way to set or unset privacy at RS, though it is a completely different panel than it used to be.

Thank you Amanda and thank you Marctraider! I'm happy!!

We are GO! I repeat, we are a GO on the links! Crash on the first page! MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!!!

Got 'em! Many thanks.

I keep getting the dreaded "unexpected end of archive" message for 2 & 3. Must be the high volume downloading it or something. Will keep trying!

RapidShare just made some changes to their setup, and for reasons that make sense only to them they reset every file on their servers to "Private," requiring the owners to manually change the setting. I wasn't aware that automatically applied to new uploads, but it wouldn't surprise me.

Sorry guys im re-upping the first 4 mirrors because i think 2 of them got corrupt (Used an old FTP client probably did that lol) it will be fully back up in an hour+-

So if ur download suddenly stopped im sorry but after an hour you can be assured they are 100% Correct (All mirrors same password as Amandas.)

All of the links are dead again. I appreciate the efforts though!

Thank you Amanda! You kept the best disc for last :) I started with Call to Arms and I keep replaying track 13 over and over again.

(i have links for all four discs, so if yours go down, i have them on stand-by)

All of the links are dead again. I appreciate the efforts though!

They are not all dead. All 4 RS archives are still in my file folder, and so should still work. The other 4 links have been taken down, as the member is redoing the archives. He said in a post just a couple up that they should be ready in about an hour or so.

All of the links are dead again. I appreciate the efforts though!

Make an effort yourself. Read the post above yours...

Yup like i said:

Sorry guys im re-upping the first 4 mirrors because i think 2 of them got corrupt (Used an old FTP client probably did that lol) it will be fully back up in an hour+-

So if ur download suddenly stopped im sorry but after an hour you can be assured they are 100% Correct (All mirrors same password as Amandas.)


FYI the mirror links are exactly the same i just removed and reuploading em right now with the exact same name.

Again sorry, shit like this sometimes happens if u dont regularly update your software hehe.

_DONT try to download them right away because you'll get a half finished download_
Ill update this post every time one gets the green flag for download :)

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CD1 on Mirror 1 Has been properly uploaded again. 100% START DOWNLOADING!!! Pass: !mAnDi7*


http://www.zeta-aquilae.net/Oldskool/marctraiderftpd1.rar

CD2 on Mirror 1 Has been properly uploaded again. 100% START DOWNLOADING!!! Pass: !mAnDi7*


http://www.zeta-aquilae.net/Oldskool/marctraiderftpd2.rar

CD3 on Mirror 1 Has been properly uploaded again. 100% START DOWNLOADING!!! Pass: !mAnDi7*


http://www.zeta-aquilae.net/Oldskool/marctraiderftpd3.rar

Finally . . . got everything downloaded. *Whewww*

Once again, a big thanks to Amanda for her generosity, and to Marc for the support. You guys are awesome.

On a final note: fitting, isn't it, that this thread has had more drama, intensity, and cliffhanger moments than all seven DS9 seasons combined. . . ? ;)

- Uni

Can you, please, reup the the whole series? I am in a need of having disc 2. Could you help me with that? thank you very much in advance, Charlie. :-)

NEW ARCHIVES AND LINKS FOR PACKUPLOAD IN THE ORIGINAL POST, PASS FREE.

Thanks a lot Amanda!

I got all 4, Thanks to all.

NEW ARCHIVE AND LINKS FOR GAME FRONT IN ORIGINAL POST, PASS FREE

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I can't remember, does Hotfile allow sharing anymore?

Thanks! Great serie and great music!