LP of Devastation How-To

Posted on Sunday, December 27, 2009 by Seth














Yes, the long-awaited LP of Devastation, containing every single DNB song in remixed and remastered form, has finally been released.
After you finish downloading the LP, download the free LP upgrade from here.
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Due to the level of difficulty people were having downloading the LP, I've decided to post a step by step how-to guide for downloading and converting it.

READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY AND COMPLETE THE GUIDE ENTIRELY OR YOU MAY HAVE DIFFICULTY ACCESSING THE LP.

Step 1) (NOTE: Do not close the PayPal page after donating under any circumstances.)
Click here and donate at least $10.00. After donating, you should immediately be brought to the MegaUpload page. If not, click on the "Return to donations coordinator" link that's on the PayPal page.

Step 2) You should now be on the MegaUpload page. (To be safe, you may want to bookmark the MegaUpload page you arrive on, or save the download URL as a text document on your computer.) Follow the steps MegaUpload gives you, which basically entails entering the 4-digit security code you're given. After that, wait for the counter below "Premium Download" to hit zero, then click the "Regular Download" icon that appears.

Step 3) If you have WinZip, WinRar, or any zip/rar file program, you can ignore this step and go to Step 4.
If you're one of the few people in the world who don't have a zip/rar program, click this link and choose the download you want. It's all pretty self-explanatory, the only caveat is if you're a Mac-user you need to click the Mac download. After you download it, open the file and let it set itself up. This program is needed to open the LP and most other downloads from this site.

Step 4) You are now downloading the LP of Devastation. You may want to go make a sandwich or something, as the LP is a whopping 1 gig. Depending on your connection speed, it may take up to 3-hours, but the average wait seems to be approximately 1-hour. At this time, you can also download the free LP of D Upgrade, which rectifies a few errors on the LP and gives you the Guerrilla War track.

If you messed up the download portion and missed the MegaUpload link for one reason or another, email TheAdventuresOfDuaneAndBrandO@gmail.com telling him what happened and you'll get the download link emailed to you if it checks out.

Step 5) If you want the LP on your MP3 player or don't have a program that plays FLAC audio files, continue this guide. If you have a program that plays FLAC audio files and/or don't want to put it on an MP3 player, enjoy the LP.
Now that you're done banging your head against the wall waiting for the download to finish, you may have opened it up and found out that when you try to play a song, an error message pops up or nothing comes up at all. This is due to the programs being in FLAC-audio format, which gives the songs a superb quality, but makes them incompatible with a large number of programs. To get around this, I'm going to show you how to convert the files into the much more commonplace and widely-used mp3 format.

Step 6) To prepare for the conversion, make a new folder on your desktop titled "The Adventures Of" or whatever you want and will remember. (To create the folder, simply right-click, click on new from the menu, then click folder.)

Step 7) After you have the folder made, go into your LP file and extract all of the FLAC audio files you want to the folder you made earlier on your desktop. This can be done by highlighting all of the songs you want converted and physically dragging them to the folder with your mouse. After you're sure you have all the FLAC files you want converted in the folder and they're all extracted, go on to the next step.

Step 8) Download the dBpoweramp Converter from this link. After you're on the page, click on the "Download: dBpoweramp Music Converter R13.3" link and you should be downloading the program. After the download's done, open it up and click "Next" then "Install" and the program will set itself up. Click on "Run Program" and just click okay (or set it up if you want) and it will be all set.

Step 9) Go to your Start Button, go to your Programs and find "dBpweramp Music Converter", and click on the program inside it that's also named "dBpoweramp Music Converter". When it asks you what files you want converted, double-click the file you made earlier on the desktop and highlight every song you put in the folder earlier. After that, click the "Open" button. When the program opens up, be sure you have the program at the top of the page next to "Converting To:" set to "mp3 (lame)". After you have everything all set, click on the "Convert >>" button and it should start the converting process.

(For even better conversion quality: "In order to get what I believe is the highest quality mp3 that I've found so far when converting, click 'Bit Rate (CBR)' and move the slider all the way to the right. Additionally, change the 'Encoding' dropdown menu to 'Slow'. If you do this, you'll get mp3s encoded at 320kbps. The final size of the LP in mp3 format will be approximately 250 megabytes.")
-Thanks to "DidThisYesterday" for the conversion-quality information.


Step 10) The conversion process takes about a half hour to complete. After it's finished, open up the folder you made earlier on the desktop and there should be mp3 versions of all of the FLAC files right next to the original files. (If you had the folder open while the converting process was underway, close the folder and re-open it, as it may not have updated.) Open up the mp3 versions and you should now be able to experience the greatness of the LP of Devastation.

That should be everything you need to download and listen to the LP of Devastation. If there's a problem or trouble following this, send me an email at Seth@The-Adventures-Of.com.

REMEMBER: If you messed up the download portion and missed the MegaUpload link for one reason or another, email TheAdventuresOfDuaneAndBrandO@gmail.com telling him what happened and you'll get the download link emailed to you if it checks out.

Disclaimer: This guide was written for Windows computers, and only Windows computers. If you're on a Mac, you'll have to use a different method.