As a company that moves many audio files, voice-over files and music files, we have tried a number of file transfer solutions over the last few years. Some services have been absolutely rubbish and ftp was too complicated for people who had not previously used it. Also, it proved a little unreliable for us.
Out of all of the services we tried, we ended up staying with YouSendIt. It has been 100% reliable, it is affordable and using YouSendIt Express (a software app for your computer), uploading files from our network is a simple process. Also, the tracking options are great.
However, although YouSendIt is highly recommended by us and we have no plans of using another provider at this time, I have noticed a fairly new contender who, unlike others, specialise in transfer of music / audio files. The service is called SoundCloud and rather than explain it in full, watch the video below.
Currently, SoundCloud seems less focussed towards business use, in my opinion, however, I will be watching its evolution and may consider using it in the future should it address my needs as a music media and production business.
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Hello Lee – we have ben using yousendit.com as well with great satisfaction. We’re not heavy users though since most of the music file transfers are done through our regular automated system. We’ll take a good look at soundcloud. Looks interesting but yousendit.com is so simple if all you want is to do is send a file on an irregular basis. At first sight SoundCloud seems to be directed more to music file sharing communities. I may see it differently when I take the tour. Thanks for the tip!
Hi Gilles, YouSendIt has been really good for us too. I guess we are not heavy users either, but we do use it daily to send several voice-over, and edited audio pieces etc to clients for approval / download.
Soundcloud has a nice feature where the audio can be played straight away, unlike YouSendIT where the file needs to be downloaded before it can be played. That is just a small thing I guess, but I think it is very slick and I look forward to seeing how it develops. SoundCloud are new and have just raised equity investment so hopefully they will consider corporate solutions in their development 🙂
Best Regards, Lee