Alive and thriving - there's no better source for lesser known music. It has replaced private music trackers for me completely, since the selection is great and community is much less elitist.
I second that. The community is some of the nicest people around. No douchebags pinching their upload or sharing two files to pretend. Just nice people with varied taste, lots of choice. The software itself looks and feels dated at times, but it really works well, especially for more "niche" music.
Better source than what.cd? I find that hard to believe.
There are just more people, plus the process of sharing tracks is easier than on what.cd (no need to create torrents and write info), so you will always find more stuff on Soulseek.
Absolutely. I have accounts on both what and waffles and use them once every few months only to avoid get banned for inactivity.
Slightly OT, but I hadn't heard of what.cd until now. Anyone mind sending me an invite? (email's in my profile)
Wcd's quality (most recordings are posted in multiple formats including FLAC and 320 & v0 mp3) is assured -- the community is serious and self-policing about encoding. Is the same true of Soulseek?
Whenever I'm looking for something that I can't find through other channels, I fall back to soulseek and it never fails me.
Yes, second that. It's still the best place to find contemporary classical music, for example.