IRC is Internet Relay Chat. If you haven't used it before it's name can be deceiving. There are many chat rooms, but there are also rooms where people share files. IRC is the place your most likely to find a certain song. Or one you have just about given up on finding. There are many people with giant collections. All at your finger tips. First you need an IRC program. Go to mirc.com, download and install the mIRC program. You can get it from our Utilities section. Most likely you will need the 32 bit version. You are free to use any other irc program, but i recommend this one.

Start the program. The first thing you need to do is click on File. Then go to Options if it's not already open. Then go Down to Sounds. Then Request, remove the check from box next to (Send '!nick file' as private message) . This is a must if your gonna be successful downloading files in IRC.

Start the program. The first thing you need to do is click on File. Then go to Options if it's not already open. Then go Down to Sounds. Then Request, remove the check from box next to (Send '!nick file' as private message) . This is a must if your gonna be successful downloading files in IRC. Start the program. The first thing you need to do is click on File. Then go to Options if it's not already open. Then go Down to Sounds. Then Request, remove the check from box next to (Send '!nick file' as private message) . This is a must if your gonna be successful downloading files in IRC.

Now make up some stuff to put in the name's and email address boxes. Ok to find mp3's I recommend you start by connecting to DALnet. But later Undernet , Efnet are also good. You can also find Mp3 Rooms in almost all the different networks. Now Connect! Just go with random server for now.

*A few quick note's before you connect to IRC. First you must be connected to the internet via your Internet Service Provider to connect to IRC. *Select a Very unusual nickname. Many nicknames are registered in the various networks. If you chose one that is already being used Your will be change by the network to "Guest125067" or something close. If you use any of these symbols, ^ or a number in your nick it will help you have a unique nickname. Example Wizard_5 or^^Wizardl5^^.

Now that your connected let's get down to business. Click on the 4th icon from the left on your tool bar. A window like the one in the picture below will popup. In the match text: window type mp3. And Click on Get List! Now a list will come up of all the mp3 rooms. Pick out a room from the list and double click on it in the list and you will join the room. Now that your in the room what to do. Well the people with the @ symbols next to their nicknames are the operators of the channel. For a few minutes just read what's going on in the room. ok let's say we are looking for a song by a band called the "Sash". So now type @locator Sash in the channel window. Or type @find Sash. Find is used on the undernet, locator on dalnet, some of the networks accept both. If you want a specific song by the Sash named "Adelante". So to narrow our search you would type @Locator Sash Adelante. If anyone in the room has the song your looking for. In this case "fun time". You will get a reply from their script. Which normally will open a small box at the top of the window. Lets say a person with the nick " DJ_Pixel " has the song .The window from him will say something like this.To receive this file from me type: !DJ_Pixel Sash - Adelante.mp3

The easiest way to get this file is to copy and paste it to your command line. Hold your right mouse key down and drag your pointer across the !DJ_Pixel Sash - Adelante.mp3 . Now click your cursor back to the command line , while holding the shift key down , press the insert key. Now press enter. This will post your request to the room. Now !DJ_Pixel will send you the song right away, or you will be placed in his Que. Then you will have to wait till a slot opens and the song sends to you. When you download a song it will be placed in the MIRC/DOWNLOADS folder

So lets see if !DJ_Pixel has a mp3 list maybe he has other songs we want. To get his list type @DJ_Pixel it should auto send without any wait. Another good thing there are normally instructions at the top of his list that could be specific to the script he is running. * Note * These commands work with any user that is running mp3 script in IRC, just change the user name to their nick.

	Click on the image to the left to see a full view of what your channel list will look like after you request one from the network. All these room's you can enter and find mp3's.
	Click on the image to the left to view a Mp3 channel (Room)

Armed with this information your ready to start getting mp3's on IRC..