Soulseek is a file-sharing (also called Peer to Peer or ‘P2P’) application and network used mostly to exchange music, although users are able to share a variety of files. It was created by Nir Arbel, a former Napster programmer. Like Napster, it relies on a central server.
Soulseek hosts user-created chat rooms. Most rooms are dedicated to musical styles or geographical regions.
Soulseek has a diverse mix of music, including underground and independent artists and unrealesed music such as demos and live tracks

Many applications for Mac allows you to access that “music dedicated” network, but which one to choose?

I’ve tried them all, the best looking one is “Solar Seek” (written in Cocoa of course) but it’s very crashy and many features are missing.

The best one on my opinion is SoulSeeX (aka SSX). It’s not a beautiful application (like we’re used to on Mac) but it’s very reliable, all the features are available and it never crashes.

The interface isn’t very Mac-friendly (lot of windows) but you’ll get used to it.

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