And it seems that the desktop application is not downloadable now (they claim they are working on improving it).
Hopefully this means they're releasing a new version like they said soon after they launched. The current desktop client is a mess.
And it seems that the desktop application is not downloadable now (they claim they are working on improving it).
Looks like they are streaming their press conference live right now on www.tidal.com
I'm watching it now and I have to say that this is one of the lamest business/press conferences I have ever seen.. According to Allicia Keyes this venture will usher in a new era, save the planet, unite the world in the bond of music-love, etc. etc. blah, blah, blah. It's rather embarrassing when a collection of self-important "artists" (one, in the accompanying video, referred to themselves all as "icons") with egos big enough to fill three stadiums, but with the collective cerebral horsepower to maybe run a lawn tractor, think that signing on to a music streaming company is going to magically improve the consumers listening experience and the world to boot. Ok, I'm being a little harsh here, but really, why don't you hire some top technology/engineering guys, set up some bullet proof servers in say, North America, and then get the rights to stream almost everything in every catalog by paying top drawer royalty fees to the publishers and artists. If you do that, you will eventually have an outstanding product to sell and you just might be profitable. Change the face of the music industry and the world?...not so much.
Quoting a ComputerAudiophile post from the "Official TIDAL HIFI Streaming Issues Thread":
Wow! The guy making this statement is the developer of the software BubbleUPnP Server, but I can't find any corroborating evidence online...
I just posted this:
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f22-networking-networked-audio-and-streaming/official-tidal-hifi-streaming-issues-thread-22260/index14.html#post412870
Mike
It's a combination of storage and caching. The new change should enable streaming from much closer locations and caching of most recently used music at even closer locations.
I'm watching it now and I have to say that this is one of the lamest business/press conferences I have ever seen.. According to Allicia Keyes this venture will usher in a new era, save the planet, unite the world in the bond of music-love, etc. etc. blah, blah, blah. It's rather embarrassing when a collection of self-important "artists" (one, in the accompanying video, referred to themselves all as "icons") with egos big enough to fill three stadiums, but with the collective cerebral horsepower to maybe run a lawn tractor, think that signing on to a music streaming company is going to magically improve the consumers listening experience and the world to boot. Ok, I'm being a little harsh here, but really, why don't you hire some top technology/engineering guys, set up some bullet proof servers in say, North America, and then get the rights to stream almost everything in every catalog by paying top drawer royalty fees to the publishers and artists. If you do that, you will eventually have an outstanding product to sell and you just might be profitable. Change the face of the music industry and the world?...not so much.