Just rip from Youtube Or dl via iTunes. Costs money though Done it for all my latest maps (including my 3 qualified/ranked) Or take the song from an already existing map
No, don't! D:
You can use this as your last resort but using google will usually give you a better mp3 within a reasonable amount of time, especially for anime- and touhousongs and stuff.
Refer to this when checking quality:
http://new.ppy.sh/forum/t/320007 It's obviously even better if you can find something cut at 18k or even 20k.
If you tell me the artist and song name I can most likely find a 320 kbps mp3 for you and make it into 192 - nothing lossless though (I get my mp3s through NetEase's streaming service, they have almost everything in 320 kbps).
I've been thinking about maybe opening an mp3 queue in the modding queue forums considering that quite a few people ask for mp3s, any thoughts on that?
Can be a nice idea Though there are quite some already, and some people, Wafu, Andrea, Ringating etc. did this as well Not sure if they still do it though