Audio Lunchbox

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3. How old do I have to be to use Audio Lunchbox?

13 years old.

4. Can my cousin in Italy buy songs from you?

You must have a valid US credit card to purchase music from Audio Lunchbox.

5. Where do I get support, or how do I contact you?

See the contact page for specific contact information. If you need support or technical help, visit http://www.albsupport.com to submit a support request.

6. What audio formats do you provide?

Every track on Audio Lunchbox is available in MP3 format.

All MP3s are encoded at 192 kbps variable bit rate (VBR).

7. What is DRM?

DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. DRM restricts the number of times you can burn a song you have downloaded or transfer that song to another computer. ALL of the music on Audio Lunchbox is DRM-free. There are no technology imposed usage restrictions on the files you download. You can listen to the files you download however you like as long as it's for your own personal use.

While you won't find DRM on Audio Lunchbox, all of the songs we sell are still works protected by copyright law and we ask that you respect that. So if one of your friends wants a copy of something you downloaded, do us and the artists you support a favor and tell them to go buy a copy here.

8. What is a MP3?

MP3 is the file extension for MPEG, audio layer 3. Layer 3 is one of three coding schemes (layer 1, layer 2 and layer 3) for the compression of audiosignals. Layer 3 uses perceptual audio coding and psychoacoustic compression to remove all superfluous information (more specifically, the redundant and irrelevant parts of a sound signal. The stuff the human ear doesn't normally hear anyway). It also adds a MDCT (Modified Discrete Cosine Transform) that implements a filter bank, increasing the frequency resolution 18 times higher than that of layer 2. The result in real terms is layer 3 shrinks the original sound data from a CD (with a *bitrate of 1411.2 kilobits per one second of stereo music) by a factor of 12 (down to 112-128kbps) without sacrificing sound quality. *Bitrate denotes the average number of bits that one second of audio datawill consume.

Because MP3 files are small, they can easily be transferred across the Internet. Controversy arises when copyrighted songs are sold and distributed illegally off of Web sites. On the other hand, musicians may be able to use this technology to distribute their own songs from their own Web sites to their listeners, thus eliminating the need for record companies. Costs to the consumer would decrease, and profits for the musicians would increase.

Source: http://www.webopedia.com

10. How do I play MP3s on my computer?

You will need a digital audio player such as Winamp for Windows (download it here), Whamb for Mac OS X (download it here) or XMMS for Linux. Apple's iTunes is also available for both Mac and PC (download it here)

11. What portable devices can play MP3s?

The MP3s that you have downloaded from Audio Lunchbox are compatible with most portable MP3 players.

12. How much does it cost?

Most individual songs are $.99 cents and most full-length albums are $9.99. We also have subscription programs and you can find out more details about those by visiting http://70.165.34.108/subscriptions

13. How do I pay?

We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS and DISCOVER. You may also use an Audio Lunchbox Lunch Card or Gift Card. Ala-carte tracks are .99 cents and ala-carte albums are $9.99 or less.

14. What if I don't like the song once I buy it... can I get a refund?

All sales are final. Before you click purchase on the final confirmation page, make sure that what you're about to order is correct. We have a NO REFUND POLICY.

15. How fast does my connection need to be to download songs from Audio Lunchbox?

Any connection will work. Most of our files are typically 3 megs, which will take approximately 14 minutes to download on a 28.8 dial-up, 7 minutes on 56.6 dial-up, and less than one or two minutes on broadband.

16. What if my connection drops in the middle of my download?

Not to worry. We give you a 24 hour timeframe to download the tracks. Just re-connect, login, go to DOWNLOADS and grab it again. Simple as that.

17. What if I download a song and it is defective?

We do everything we can to make sure our audio is perfect, but in the rare occasion that you download a defective track, please submit a support request at http://www.albsupport.com.