Comments on: Drop.io: Dead-Simple, Quick Music File Sharing Workflows, Now Real-time

By: Louis

Louis — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:27:48 +0000

First thing in my dock – http://www.quickshareit.com/

Drag one or more files / folders onto the icon, as they upload the status appears over the icon, and on completion the url is automatically placed on the clipboard for pasting into an e-mail or IM.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:21:36 +0000

One more vote for Dropbox. It’s the best free-hosting/syncing thing around.

By: meatshake

meatshake — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:56:12 +0000

It’s very professional and very expensive, but Digidelivery is rock solid and safe… in fact I don’t think I”ve ever failed a send or receive since I first used it, 5+ years ago. Out of the question for a single person unless that person is very busy and makes a lot of coin.
it’s even used by many corporations for secure delivery of all sorts of stuff, not just audio and video. I realize it’s not really part of this discussion, just wanted to throw out there that there are pro solutions to this in use.

By: insilico

insilico — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:08:21 +0000

I used to use drop.io but i found it sketchy at times – sometimes the password would fail, sometimes the drop wouldnt load properly etc. plus you can’t get a direct link to files (as far as i know)

then i discovered dropbox. easy drag and drop into a folder. send a direct link to d/l.

if i want to keep stuff private i just make it a password protected rar/zip. easy

By: audioworld

audioworld — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:53:27 +0000

for syncing multiple computers plus web acces plus download package links for clients I can recommend:
http://sugarsync.com
its not free, but the 2.50 per month for 10gigs are well worth the money. we have synced three pcs and one mac and we do not need a file server in the studio, as we send everything via sugarsync, even if its just from one room to the next. there is a “Magic Briefcase” folder which syncs automatically by downloading to each computer, you can share folders which you can access but are not synced, there is browser access if you do not want to install a client (or need your files on a business trip), you can send “Download Links” to clients without giving them acces to the full folder, and it is rock solid and 100% available since one year in our setup.

for larger files >2gig we use Amazon S3 with http://jungledisk.com
client. much slower, but very reliable and affordable (5$ per month for 50gig transfer each month as long-term backup).

By: Joshua Davis

Joshua Davis — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:52:34 +0000

You know Adrive just required that you pay for their file sharing service if you don’t want your links to expire after 14 days…. pain. I was sharing recordings, music and confrences with others using snipurl.com . Snipurl.com and file Sharing match eachother perfectly allowing you complete control over the length and the name of the link. Presentation is everything baby. Anyways I will have to try this drop.io….

By: Kyran

Kyran — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:10:25 +0000

Peter: you don’t have to download the nautilus plugin. I’m on kde so I can’t use it.

You can just download the binary in their forum and extract it in your home folder.

When you start it, it will ask for a folder to sync and put in the tray icon, but no intrusive overlay and popup stuff, just plain syncing of the folder. It’s really beautifull in all it’s simplicity

By: alby bach

alby bach — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:44:09 +0000

drop.io looks pretty good
checked the video on there site
seems what ive been looking for
for posting my music and vst plugins online

because my current host takes forever to upload
between 30 and 45 minutes sometimes more
and thats just for one 7 min mp3
this really puts me off updating my page

also when i upload a track would i still need to put the links into a flash music player
before posting to myspace

cheers
alby bach.

By: DJ Tree

DJ Tree — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:39:11 +0000

I use Pando. It lets me do up to 1gig of info. It has its own client, which would seem like a bad thing but its small and clean.
http://www.pando.com

By: Dave Dri

Dave Dri — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:00:46 +0000

@radian, FTP is an option but for one thing. Logging in. The simplicity of simply sending someone a link, versus the chances that their web knowledge will balk at the idea of FTP makes for an easy choice. Especially when doing promo/marketing, which boils down to “easier the better”.

I use FTP for session files and things i want to keep private, with people i work closely with. For anything else, its the simplicity of one of these instant send services.

Although, i recently entertained a friend with the revelation of what some of these services mean for the privacy of files they send. There are many indexing and search engines made for some of the most popular of these file transfer sites, and i was able to show my friend the zip file of remix parts he sent to another producer for what was a relatively high profile release in his scene. That should scare anyone who thinks that these services are entirely benign. If you use them, then rename the file names!

Thats a common trick now in music publicity by the way. I get sent press releases with promo links that have no resemblance to the actual artist or release, but the file unzips to contain the data/music, and often even that is named obscurely. So just be mindful that your data is still, in some ways, “public” on a lot of these services.

Lastly, i recommend Mediafire as an alternative to all these “wait 30 seconds” and “enter the code” style services. At the moment Mediafire seems simple, free, neat, no flood of popups or captchas, and as such, superior. Time to try Drop.io though :)