| What is a DDA?
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| A DDA (D:Net Digital Album) is a personal digital content aggregator; in short, a new format device for the delivery and enjoyment of digital content. It is patented software, delivered either on a USB stick or as a direct digital download that gives you complete control over the digital content you buy. Originally designed with the music industry in mind but versatile enough to be applied to other areas of popular entertainment such as sports and cooking, each music DDA can contain an artist’s album (in mp3 format) plus bonus material you won’t find on the CD or digital download versions. The bonus material can come by way of: promotional videos, remixes, interviews, press releases, biographies, priority access to purchase artist concert tickets, exclusive forums, photo’s, lyrics, cover art, a Facebook application, live news updates and more. And one of the best things is that every time you are on online, it connects you to our online system to offer you any up-to-the minute new artist content that has become available. It even comes with a free mobile phone application, via this you can enjoy all YOUR music, other content, news and the forums anytime, anywhere. A DDA is more than just the music. For further information on what the DDA offers, see the What is DDA? section on this website. Current DDA’s are purchased through regular music retail stores or online . . .Check it out.
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| What is the difference between a DDA and a website?
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| You own the content on the DDA and do not have to be online to enjoy it. It’s not a streaming service. It is download and own.
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| 4 Simple Steps for Activating Your DDA - Mac
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1.If you have a DDA USB stick, insert the stick into your computer’s USB drive. If you don’t have a USB stick and you simply have an activation code, visit http://www.dda4me.com/getDDA and follow the prompts.
2. The album cover will appear on your Desktop. Double-click it.
This will activate the DDA dialogue box.
3. Now Double-click on the DDA Player Icon to install the program. A ‘MyDDA User Registration’ window will open (there may be a short delay before it does). Enter your email address and click ok – the system will then use your i/net connection to check if you are already known to us or not. If you aren’t registered, it will then ask you to enter a password twice. Enter your mobile phone number if you wish (optional) – doing so will have the system send your phone a link by SMS – if you click on the link you can download a mobile phone version of myDDA.
IMPORTANT: Do NOT hit the ‘Just Play’ button – this merely gives a much reduced access/functionality version – no fun.
4. Enter the Activation Code and click ‘Activate Now’.
The Activation Code is located on the back of the DDA Swing Tag.
YOU HAVE NOW ACTIVATED YOUR DDA.
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| 4 Simple Steps for Activating Your DDA - Windows
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1. If you have a DDA USB stick, insert the stick into your computer’s USB drive. If you don’t have a USB stick and you simply have an activation code, visit http://www.dda4me.com/getDDA and follow the prompts.
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a) If your PC’s Auto Run is on, you will soon see a pop up box with one option being to click on 'setupdda.exe' – do this.
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b) Open MY COMPUTER and double click on DDA icon then double click on 'setupdda.exe' file.
This will activate the DDA dialogue box.
3. Enter your DDA Activation Code (include all numbers, letters & symbols and the dashes which separate each group of 4)
The Activation Code is located on the back of the DDA Swing Tag.
4. Enter your email address and click ok – the system will then use your i/net connection to check if you are already known to us or not. If you aren’t registered, it will then ask you to enter a password twice. Enter your mobile phone number if you wish (optional) – doing so will have the system send your phone a link by SMS – if you click on the link you can download a mobile phone version of myDDA.
IMPORTANT: Do NOT hit the ‘Just Play’ button – this merely gives a much reduced access/functionality version – no fun.
YOU HAVE NOW ACTIVATED YOUR DDA
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| How many DDAs are you planning to release?
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Just as CD’s largely replaced vinyl records, DVD’s replaced VHS and mp3’s / digital downloads are beginning to replace CD’s, we see the DDA as being a huge part of the next phase of music evolution. As wonderful as mp3’s and digital downloads are, there is one major thing missing when compared to CD’s – there is nothing to physically have and hold. Until now. With the DDA, you can touch and feel it. You own it. And you will eventually own a whole lot more than the average music CD with all of the extra content that becomes available for each DDA over the life of its release (as decided by the artist).
So a simple answer is that you will see an increasing amount of DDA’s available over the coming year. It is intended that eventually, where music is concerned, all artists will see the extended potential of the DDA format and will embrace it as being the ultimate tool for connecting with their audience. In the case of DDA’s being used for content other than music, just as DVD’s became the standard format to replace VHS, we also predict an increase in companies, brands and clubs choosing the DDA format to promote their content to their market, clients and members.
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| What about older albums? Or will it just be new releases? What about different genres of music?
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| Some of the titles being released this year are albums that hit the market on CD in 2008 – check them out here. Melbourne’s Lior has produced a DDA which is self titled and comes pre-loaded with his first two albums and their related content. So you see, just as older movies have found a new audience on DVD (with the capability of including extra content collected from the editing floor and delivered in the ‘special features’ section), we are sure that in the future you will see some classic music albums released as DDAs with exclusive previously unreleased content. You’ll also soon find a large cross-section of musical genres from Classical to Punk and from Blues to World - and everything in between. The DDA format is suitable to all sorts of music in all sorts of countries and from huge selling artists to more niche artists.
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| What will a music DDA cost me?
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| Well, that’s up to the artists who release them – and the record companies they partner with, however we believe a standard 12 track DDA album should be available to you at pretty much the same price as its CD equivalent. The point of this new format is to offer a new millennium way to purchase, store and enjoy music and its related content – at no extra cost than what you’re used to paying.
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| I want one of these. Where can I get one?
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| At present the titles released on USB are available from Leading Edge, HMV, Virgin and Sanity Music retailers with others soon more to follow. To find a stockist near you, use the Store Finder on this website which includes a mail order retailer (Waterfront Records). Links to these stores are available at the bottom of this website – click on a logo. Many artists will also choose to have their DDA’s available for purchase as a direct download from their or their label’s website (such as Geoffrey Gurrumul’s DDA which you can buy directly from Skinny Fish Music website) and again from Waterfront Records. Many artists are also selling their DDAs on USBs at gigs.
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| I’ve bought a DDA and successfully Activated it – now I want to know some more re how to work it.
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You can click on LOG IN above on this website, then log in using the email and password you used when Activating your DDA. This will open your myDDA remotely – click on FAQ (one of the top menu items) and here you will find a list of FAQs for Activated Users.
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| I just bought a DDA but can’t get it to work, at all, what do I do?
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| This is strange but we’re sure we can help ! Please go to the Contact Us section on this website and click on the help@dda4me.com email address. Please type in a detailed description of what happened after you tried to activate the code or inserted your DDA into your USB Port. Please include screen shots of any error messages. Ensure you also give us your Activation Code and advise whether your PC or MAC and what operating system. We will come back to you right away.
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| When I insert my DDA USB stick nothing happens.
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| Under Windows, it is possible that you have Autorun turned off. If so, you will need to double-click "setupDDA" on your DDA stick to start the installation.
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| I’m an artist and want to make a DDA, how can I do this?
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| Email us at dda4me@dda4me.com right away and we’ll come back to you right away.
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| Help! I've forgotten my password.
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Just click the link below to get your password emailed to you.
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