Audio glossary
If you wanna learn about the audio basics, read our audio glossary
Stream
Anime
AMVs
Doujin
Games
Legal
Stream
| Service | Price | Lossy | Lossless | Others | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Music | Opus 320 | 24/192 | Dolby Atmos, Sony 360 | General | |
| Apple Music | AAC 256 | 24/192 | Dolby Atmos | General | |
| Deezer | 1 | MP3 320 | 16/44.1 | General | |
| Qobuz | MP3 320 | 24/192 | Western | ||
| Spotify | Varies | 24/44.12 | General | ||
| Tidal | AAC 320 | 24/192 | Dolby Atmos | Western | |
| YouTube Music | Opus 256 | General |
Purchase
| Service | Lossy | Lossless | Others | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | MP3 256 | General | ||
| Bandcamp | MP3 320 | 24/1923 | General | |
| Mora | AAC-LC 320 | 24/96 | Japan | |
| Ototoy | AAC | 24/192 | DSD | Japan |
| Recochoku | AAC 320 | 24/192 | Japan | |
| Qobuz | MP3 320 | 24/192 | DSD, DXD | Western |
Notes
- Some countries have free access up to 128kbps MP3. You can also try dzunlock or echo.
- No public access at the moment.
- The quality depends on the artist's upload. ALAC will be up to 24/48.
The sources mentioned here are all digital, with their max qualities listed. Quality of an individual track/album depends on the Label and Platform. For physical purchases go to merch.
Download
Symbols
- Uploaded on own server ->
- Uploaded on Google Drive ->
- Uploaded on Mega ->
- Uploaded on Mediafire ->
- Upload on different cloud storage site ->
- Uploaded on Host sites ->
- Torrent/p2p Download ->
- Account Needed ->
Anime
FLAC & MP3
| Website | Type | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Nyaa | - | |
| Sitting on Clouds | ||
| SquidBoard |
MP3
| Website | Type | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Nipponsei | - | |
| OS Anime | own |
Downloaders
| Website | Service |
|---|---|
| Lucida | Multi-Service |
| DoubleDouble | |
| Squid.wtf | |
| T2Tunes | Amazon |
| am-dl | Apple |
| ARCOD | Qobuz |
| DAB Music Player | |
| Jumo-DL | |
| Monochrome | Tidal |
| QQDL |
Doujin
| Website | Type | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Doujin Cafe | ||
| Doujin Music | ||
| Doujin Style Downloader | ||
| MikuDB | ||
| Moriya Shrine | - |
Games
| Website | Type | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Nyaa | - | |
| Sitting on Clouds | ||
| SquidBoard | ||
| HCS VGM Archive | own | |
| VGM Preservation Foundation | own | |
| VGMusic | own |
Misc
| Website | Type | Host |
|---|---|---|
| RuTracker.org | - | |
| Asia Media Blog | ||
| The T-SQUARE Plaza |
Radio
General
| Website | Quality | Tag |
|---|---|---|
| asia DREAM radio | MP3 128 | General |
| J1 Radio | MP3 128 | General |
| Nightwave Plaza | MP3 128 | Vaporwave |
| Patchwork Radio | MP3 192 | VTuber |
| Wapchan | OPUS 192 | City Pop |
| Yumi Co. Radio | MP3 256 | City Pop |
Aggregators
Anime
Doujin & Vocaloid
| Website | Quality | Tag |
|---|---|---|
| Doujin Style | MP3 192 | General |
| Gensokyo Radio | MP3 256 | Touhou |
| Phate Radio | MP3 192 | Utaite |
| Vocaloid Radio | MP3 192 | General |
| Vocaloid Radio VRX | MP3 256 | General |
Games
Utility Sites
General
| Category | Resource |
|---|---|
| Metadata | Apple Music Artwork Fetcher |
| Cover Search Engine | |
| LRCLIB | |
| Metadata Lookup Engine | |
| Tracklist | tagger.site |
| YADG | |
| Release | MusicButler |
| ReleaseFeed | |
| Others | Instafest |
| Jukebox | |
| Songle | |
| Songlink |
Spotify
| Category | Resource |
|---|---|
| Availability | Album Availability on Spotify |
| Check Track Availability | |
| Discovery & Stats | Chosic |
| Discover Quickly | |
| Musicalyst | |
| Random Music Generator | |
| Skiley | |
| Spotify Playlist Archive | |
| Spotify Release List | |
| Volt.fm | |
| Tools | Exportify |
| MixMoose | |
| Lyricpost | |
| Playlist Sorter | |
| Spotify Dedup | |
| Spotlistr |
MusicBrainz
Last.fm
Info Sites
Database
| Category | Links |
|---|---|
| General | Discogs |
| Rate Your Music | |
| VGMdb | |
| Anime | Aniplaylist |
| Anime Song Lyrics | |
| Doujin | Dojin Music |
| VocaDB | |
| Vocaranking | |
| UtaiteDB | |
| Utaite Key | |
| Touhou | TouhouDB |
| Touhou Wiki | |
| THB Wiki | |
| Touhou Spotify Music | |
| Scrobbler | Last.fm |
| ListenBrainz | |
| Libre.fm |
Discovery
Portal
| Category | Links |
|---|---|
| Release | Japanese Music Calendar |
| ORICON | |
| General | Billboard JAPAN |
| JaME | |
| Natalie | |
| Uta-Net | |
| UtaTen | |
| Make Believe Mailer | |
| Doujin & Vocaloid | Vocasphere |
| Merami fan | |
| Touhou Memories | |
| Hatsune Miku |
Others
| Category | Links |
|---|---|
| Ranking | Kworb |
| ORICON Full | |
| Billboard JAPAN | |
| Uta-Net | |
| UtaTen | |
| Events | JaME |
| Tokyo Dross | |
| Doujin Events | |
| Songkick General |
Phone
Player
Local
| Player | Platform |
|---|---|
| AIMP | |
| Flacbox | |
| Oto Music Player | |
| Musicolet Music Player | |
| Poweramp | |
| USB Audio Player PRO |
Online
| Category | Links |
|---|---|
| General | Echo |
| Revanced | |
| Soundbound | |
| YouTube | Harmony Music |
| Innertune | |
| Metrolist | |
| RiMusic | |
| SimpMusic | |
| Spotify | EeveeSpotify |
| xManager | |
| Others | OpenSpot Qobuz |
ReFreezer Deezer | |
| RootlessJamesDSP | |
Transistor Radio |
Audiobook
| Player | Platform |
|---|---|
| Voice | |
| mAbook Audiobook Player | |
| Smart AudioBook Player | |
| Sirin Audiobook Player |
Tools
| Category | Links |
|---|---|
| Identifier | Audile |
| Audire | |
| Lyrics | FastLyrics |
| Lyrics Grabbr | |
| Rush | |
| SongSync | |
| Scrobbler | Pano Scrobbler |
| Marvis Pro | |
| Others | MusicSearch MusicBrainz |
| Seeker Soulseek | |
| SpotiFLAC Mobile | |
| Stats.fm |
PC
Player
Local
| Player | Platform |
|---|---|
| AIMP | |
| DeaDBeeF | |
| Elisa | |
| Foobar2000 | |
| Fooyin | |
| MusicBee | |
| Strawberry | |
| WACUP | |
| Tauon Music Box |
Online
| Source | Player | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Spotify | Spicetify | |
| SPOTX | ||
| Official Spotify full installers | ||
| Youtube | Pear Desktop | |
| ytmdesktop2 |
Foobar2000 add-ons
| Type | Addon |
|---|---|
| Component | Coverflow |
| Discord Rich Presence Integration Catbox | |
| Encoder Pack | |
| ESLyric | |
| OpenLyrics | |
| ReplayGain DSP | |
| Theme | Georgia-ReBORN |
| Eole |
Downloader
| Software | Platform |
|---|---|
| OnTheSpot | |
| Nicotine+ | |
| QobuzDownloaderX-MOD | |
| Soggfy | |
| SpotiFLAC | |
| Votify | |
| Zotify |
Browser
Extension
| Extension | Platform |
|---|---|
| AHA Music | |
| Better Lyrics | |
| Spotify Lyrics | |
| Spotify New Releases | |
| Web Scrobbler |
Script
| Script | Platform |
|---|---|
| Ame | Various |
| bleh | Lastfm |
| dzunlock | Deezer |
| Gallery Mode for Lists | RateYourMusic |
| MusicBrainz Userscripts | MusicBrainz |
Converter & Ripper
| Category | Player | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| General | FFmpeg | |
| SoX | ||
| Converter | CUETools | |
| dBpoweramp Trialware | ||
| fre:ac | ||
| Ripper | Cyanrip | |
| Exact Audio Copy | ||
| X Lossless Decoder | ||
| Whipper |
Must Read Guides
Vocaloid
| Category | Player | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Editors | Vocaloid | |
| Synthesizer V | ||
| Piapro Studio | ||
| CeVIO | ||
| OpenUtau :scr: | ||
| DAW | Ableton | |
| Cubase | ||
| FL Studio | ||
| Studio One | ||
| Related Links | SynthV.info | - |
| CeVIO Voice Database Installer Archive | - | |
| RuTracker.org | - |
Introduction / Guide
Others
| Category | Player | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Checker / Visualizer | Bitter | |
| cambia LogTools | ||
| loggers | - | |
| Sonic Visualiser | ||
| Spek | ||
| Tagger | MP3Tag | |
| MusicBrainz Picard | ||
| TagScanner | ||
| beets | ||
| Others | Equalizer APO | |
| Peace Equalizer | ||
| JamesDSP | ||
| Karaoke Mugen | ||
| Pano Scrobbler | ||
| Music Presence |
Server
Server
Client
| Platform | Software |
|---|---|
| Android | Tempus |
| Castafiore | |
| Navic | |
| Ultrasonic | |
| Plexamp | |
| Symfonium | |
| iOS | Amperfy |
| Navic | |
| Narjo | |
| play:Sub | |
| Desktop | Supersonic |
| Sublime Music | |
| Submariner | |
| Plexamp | |
| Jellycli | |
| STMP | |
| Aonsoku | |
| Others | SonicLair Android TV |
| bonob Sonos | |
| AskSonic Alexa | |
| Subsonic Kodi Plugin | |
| Navidrome Kodi Plugin | |
| HTTPDirFS | |
| upmpdcli |
Related Resources
Communities
| Category | Links |
|---|---|
| Forums | Anime Music Videos |
| Nightcore Universe | |
| SquidBoard | |
| VocaVerse Network | |
| Discord | Doujin Cafe |
| DoujinStyle | |
| MikuDB | |
| Sitting on Clouds | |
| SquidBoard | |
| Subreddits | Vocaloid |
| VocaTorrent |