The music MP3's offered by this site are fully compatible with iPods. Purchasers are provided with unrestricted personal use, including copies on any of your personal computers or MP3 players. iPod compatible music downloads from this site benefit from the following qualities:
Sound Quality
We make digital recordings of these arrangements and then compress them in iPod music MP3 recordings. All the iPod music download files for sale on this site are all sampled at 48k Hertz and encoded at 192k bits per second - slightly better than a CD. This makes for rather large files but we feel it is worth it.
Try Downloading one of our Free MP3s to your iPod
Our arrangement of Tchaikovsy's Russian Dance from the Sugar Plumb Fairy Suite is available free of charge. Click the link to down load and then save it in a My Documents folder where it can easily be found and then load it onto your iPod using the iTunes software.
Or Try our Streaming Samples
Alternatively you can hear the quality on two very different examples on your PC which are presented as free streaming samples (the streaming can introduce some crackles but these samples give a good indication of the musical and sound qualities that we offer):
Johann Sebastian Bach - Fugue in D minor (29 second snippet, 0.7M)
Felix Mendelssohn - Song without Words known as "Kinderstück" (Complete piece about 1 minute long, 1.7M)
iPod & iTunes Friendly
These iPod music downloads can readily be added to your collection by means of the relevant software such as iTunes . This is an iPod compatible music site but we place no restrictions on the number of copies you make for your personal use.
iPod Entertainment
We characterize our music for iPods as 'Feel Good' Electronica because of the relaxing sunny nature of the steelband based arrangements of New World synthesized instruments. In other words entertaining background music.
LoFi Streaming Samples
In addition to the HiFi samples on this page, to help you make your choice from among our recordings, we offer LoFi clips sampled at 11k Hertz and encoded at 20k bits per second - mostly less than 0.1M file size and between 25 and 35 seconds long. They enable you to recognise a familiar tune and get an impression of the nature of the arrangement but not to appreciate its full depth and colour. We have made this compromise to allow visitors to make a reasonably quick assessment of music for iPods or other MP3 Players before deciding to part with their cash.
Notes on Streaming Samples : Clicking on the Flash Audio buttons normally delivers a pop-up window which includes the player and as soon as sufficient of the file has been downloaded it will begin to play. The controls on the player allow you to pause, restart and adjust the playback volume. If there is an initial problem it is worth having another go.
If you experience enduring problems streaming these samples we offer these free upgrade suggestions.