soundcloud is nice and simple- 5 tunes a month (without a pro account), with no limit on upload file-size… i like the system of leaving comments along the timeline of people’s tracks.
a good way of giving and getting feedback from like-minded producers
more pros:
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you upload losslessly, they encode in various formats
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“name your price downloads” (or in exchange for email addresses… so you can send newsletters without guilt I guess). just link it up to paypal. I haven’t done that so I don’t know how well that works - I simply assume it works as advertised. so far everything did.
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nice visualizations! (a bit random and not configurable, but I hope that might change, or that at least new visualizations will come along)
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YOU CAN UPDATE YOUR SONGS. for me this is a must have.
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the FAQ is really funny.
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there seems to be no limits (except that one single track can’t be bigger than 305 MB, which I wouldn’t call a limit)
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downloading whole albums
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you can hide tracks, so you get them only when you download the album they’re on
cons:
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it forces you to give each track a release date. well, this might be a pro, but it requires me to make shit up.
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you can’t order your tracks, they’re ordered by date (I guess it’s the same for albums, I don’t have any yet
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no “social networking bs”
I haven’t even really begun using it, but I really like it!
Soundcloud is pro, so if you want any proper awareness, its the only sensible choice.
Added Bandcamp, as it kicks copious amounts of gluteus.
I’m not sure about this, but I think you can release stuff under different names (while using the same account) and release songs commercially on one and for free on another.
Apparently you’ve missed the point of the thread… or are failing at humour.
+1 Haven’t tried much else, but soundcloud gives you enough space for free to upload a bunch of music (120 minutes). Would also like to recommend dropbox for sharing files with bandmates or collaborators.
I just wanted to note that Bandcamp isn’t quite as ass-kicking anymore because you don’t get unlimited free downloads:
I’m late to the party but I discovered Dropbox. Using my “public” folder, all my needs pretty much solved.
If you quickly want to share a track (e.g. in chats), then there’s “picosong”:
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No registration required
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Only takes mp3 files
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Tags are fully displayed
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Files are always downloadable
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Files are permanent, only deletable with a given URL.
(So if that URL is lost, the track will remain forever.)
- Files are playable on-site, you just share an URL.
Regards,
René
If you quickly want to share a track (e.g. in chats), then there’s “picosong”:
No registration required
Only takes mp3 files
Tags are fully displayed
Files are always downloadable
Files are permanent, only deletable with a given URL.
(So if that URL is lost, the track will remain forever.)
- Files are playable on-site, you just share an URL.
Regards,
René
Thanks, really useful to know about!
just updated a broken link on my Note Properties tool, thread with this.
http://dnbshare.com/download search Hergio Dendez
Only Drum and Bass and Dubstep for My Girls in Sportive Icehockey.
https://minfil.org/- Excellent file host
Pros
- In Swedish, but supports direct linking, 5Gb max, no bandwidth limit, very fast servers.
- Excellent databse that autamaticly finds and merge dublicates.
- I actually made the design for minfil as I know the guy behind it.
Cons:
It’s just a bare bone file host really.
Soundcloud.com- Yep
Pros/** Cons**
- It’s soundcloud… but
- Its now owned by Google and they are gonna add monetization, to apply for it, click this magic button:
hearthis.at - Host/store/much more
Pros:
- Excellent alternative to soundcloud, also seems to be a better place for experimental electronic music like IDM, Breakcore and Glitch, as well to get to know and talk to new producers.
- Great site with extremely many features. Just try it and you’ll see.
- Allows selling of tracks
- Seems to be good for promotion
Cons:
- None that I can think of.
One fo my upload was even weekly #1 in Breakcore!
Pcloud.com- cloud service
Pros:
- The best and the only cloud solution I use, very many features. Great offline sync, nice pricing.
- Have access to your file on PC without taking actual HDD space with pCloud Drive.
- Encrypt your private files without giving access to anyone else with pCloud Crypto
- Use Automatic Upload linked to your DAW map so you always have a backup! (Saved my once, I have about 1.5Tb of stuff)
- You can set up Upload/download folders in any way you want, you also get stats every weekend what’s been downloaded/uploaded. Great for collabs.
Cons:
- Upload folders requires email to download from, but I assume it’s the owner of the folder and not Pcloud who gets the mail.
Pros:
- Nice collab sites that also run competatitions quite efter where you can win some really sweet stuff in competations they have reguraly.
- You can pull others stems as a way of finding samples, or find others to colab with.
- Got support for Ableton files directly in the browser.
Cons:
- Got support for collabs, but it’s not the best. The site is quite buggy at times and the site can be hard to navigate on.
http://ge.tt/Store/Host service
Pros:
- Excellent choice if you want to have store and not mess with a server for storage.
- Cheaper than most others (Sellfy,Sampleism.com, etc more
https://resonate.is/ - Kinda like spotify but with more control
Pros:
- You can earn money per listen, good deals.
- You can join as a Listener, Musician, Label or Volunteer.
Cons:
- Still small, only got about 1500~ musicians
Will update the list later, I know a few more!