Legal stuff
This site and original content is copyrighted by Initial Music. We only provides legal game music that have been giving permissions from it's copyright holders to be featured for download here by our host . You are not permitted to upload any of these MP3 Soundtracks on another site not hosted by BTTR and with the permission of the webmaster. You acknowledge by downloading any files here, that you will not hold the webmaster or our host liable for any damages. If you are copyright holder and want a specific soundtrack removed, contact the webmaster.

Web Browsers
Initial Music was designed to be used with Internet Explorer 6 & 7. While completing the site we have successfully tested it on Netscape 7.1, Motzilla and Firefox which runs the site perfect after a few fixes. We do not recommend Opera as it cannot handle the bars stretching but its still navigatable but looks weird, we are working on fixing this. If your using the text only browser Lunx, it works surprisingly well but you will find that the nav menu is at the button due to Lunx doesn't support tables well. For Amiga browsers we had successful reports of Voyager working perfectly, Aweb gives some gfx errors in the nav menu system and ibrowse haven't been tested yet.

Isn't featuring MP3 Soundtracks from Amiga illegal ?
It might be but we only provide Amiga game music that our host BTTR have been giving permission from their copyright holders to be featured for download. This is why you are not permitted to upload any of these MP3 soundtracks featured here on another website or media not hosted by BTTR or if you are hosted by BTTR you need permission of the webmaster of Initial Music. In other words, for personal use only!

How do the staff at Initial Music rip the CD audio ?
We have chosen to use the excellent CDex and encode it using Lame version 1.30 at 192kbps which offers a near realistic quality representation of the original CD audio from our collection of CDTV and CD32 games. If your interested in ripping CD music as MP3, we recommend you stick to encoding in Lame and use a minimum of 128kbps, preferable 192kbps.

What's the difference from Amiga 500/1200 music compared to CDTV/CD32 ?
The Amiga 500/1200 featured games as disks (720k) , thus used various formats like MOD that would fit on a disk together with the game. The CDTV & CD32 used CD's so that's why most of the time we would see Extras in the form of enhanced CD Audio tracks, AGA support (better gfx) , more levels and so on. Most of our CDTV/CD32 soundtracks online has an "Extra" in the form of the original MOD in the review pages to let you hear the difference yourself's.

I'm missing the first song (01) in the CDTV/CD32 soundtracks, why ?
Most of the MP3 soundtracks starts from 02 and not 01 as 01 is the Game Data Track (not that we include this ) as you will find out when you download. We desided to keep this for those who wants to add the music to their Amiga CD's.

Why can't I play the files properly ?
Most of the files supplied here at Initial Music are in either MOD or MP3 format, which means they aren't just one big recorded sample of a tune. MOD files are made up of instrument samples and song data which acts as a musical score. Using this method, a tune can be stored in a very small space. You will need some good software to listen to the files we offer; check the Audio Players page for the right ones.

Can I request a Soundtrack ?
We only add Soundtracks when we have a review for it. If your eager for a specific soundtrack to be featured online, write a review to us and it's 99% sure it will be featured in next update with complete soundtrack! Additionally any reviews done by fans will be credited at the contributors page. Note that even though we have several permissions granted to uploading mp3 Soundtracks, you might end up requesting soundtracks we do not yet have permission to feature here. If so we will try and fix it as soon as possible but rest assured we will include the MOD soundtrack in the meantime.

Can I request a copy of an MP3 file in a higher bitrate then 192kbps ?
Unlike the archived MOD files, MP3 Audio files aren't that small. Most are several megabytes, thus we have decided not going any higher then 192kbps with the quality of our featured soundtracks. You can request a temporarily higher bitrated song or soundtracks for download if it's crucial for you on the forum, but we do not guaranty we can comply with all requests made.

Can I request a copy of an MP3 file in a higher bitrate then 192kbps ?
Unlike the archived MOD files, MP3 Audio files aren't that small. Most are several megabytes, thus we have decided not going any higher then 192kbps with the quality of our featured soundtracks. You can request a temporarily higher bitrated song or soundtracks for download if it's crucial for you on the forum, but we do not guaranty we can comply with all requests made.

I want a MOD/MP3/WAV version please !
We always tries to supply the most accessible type of file for everyone. If the music is not in a format you want, it's because it would be to large to feature online. Ask in the forums if you want us to convert to another format, though we do not guaranty anything.

Can you send me a copy of the game ?
No! Piracy is theft and we do not support such a thing. We suggest you try Ebay which has used original Amiga Games for A500/A1200 and the CDTV/CD32 for sale. You can also visit our affiliates and link section which features games for various platforms.

Download guidelines
- Please download only one file at a time.
- Download Managers are only allowed to open 1 simultaneously connection at a time.
- Right click (PC) or click and hold (MAC) the target link and "save" if you have trouble.
- If downloads fails, please inform us at the forum.

How can I contribute ?
Hey, we always love feedback! Initial Music is a huge project, and can only exist through the networking and support of friends. If you want to contribute your part, email us your reviews and we will credits you at the contributors page. Be sure to let us know what you like, don't like, or what you would do if you ran the place at our forum ^_^

Privacy
Due to our monitoring system installed on this site by BTTR, we may collect information such as the URL you came from, your IP address, your browser type, your system information and settings. We do however not pass any of your information whatsoever. This kind of tool is used on reqular websites to figure out how to best target a websites visitors, making the site even better.