Best way to share audio files with tech noobs?

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bridgeenjoyer

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Maybe this would fit in a tech section, but I figure we're all decently techie.

Is there anything out there that's noob (ie, non tech literate) friendly that I can use for sharing audio? I'm sick of using gmail and dropbox for this (not to mention they steal every file you put on their platform)

FTP would work but seems to complex for a normie. And a lot of folks want to listen quick on their (shitty) phone speaker, so something web based is probably preferred...

Edit I did this fast so forgot to mention, this is for sharing mixes with other band members/friends. So, personally recorded music files.

4 Jun 2026 19:17

#2

Zarxrax

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Put it on YouTube.

4 Jun 2026 19:23

#3

dgdft

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Navidrome might be up your alley.

https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome

4 Jun 2026 19:24

#4

discoplasm

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it's mainly for voice note recording and i am not sure what the file size limits are but

vocaroo does allow uploads and is pretty simple for sharing.

4 Jun 2026 19:25

#5

Canconda

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Context?

4 Jun 2026 19:35

#6

akunohana

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My go to:

https://buzzheavier.com/

4 Jun 2026 19:45

#7

bridgeenjoyer

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Just sharing our recorded music files with friends for mix notes etc. We are always sending files back and forth.

4 Jun 2026 19:46

#8

bridgeenjoyer

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How can this exist ?? Seems too good..

4 Jun 2026 19:47

#9

bridgeenjoyer

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Clarified my question. Its for personal song mixes.

Also YouTube is just as bad as Dropbox or gmail, prefer not to use.

4 Jun 2026 19:48

#10

bridgeenjoyer

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This could work actually. Even though its not for commercial music, its our own mixes.

4 Jun 2026 19:51

#11

bridgeenjoyer

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I'm amazed how lemmings find stuff like this !! Theres no way I would have found that.

4 Jun 2026 19:51

#12

joeljoelle

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I would maybe look into getting a cheap seedbox, for torrents, but they come with all sorts of tools built in along with a nice amount of storage space, plenty for some audio files uncompressed or not. You could listen on the web through the included streaming tools, I guess the only issue would be the uploads which would be via FTP but once you have a profile set up to login and go to the right directory in the GUI FTP program, it's like a few button clicks to connect and you can drag and drop files. Well just a long thought lol. Probably not the easiest option.

4 Jun 2026 19:54

#13

akunohana

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I don't know how it works for streaming, in other words, whether the recipient can use the "preview" function (which only the recipient of the share link can see) to listen to music as streaming from a streaming platform. However, I do use it to let people download stuff. 😊