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Hey there!

I have recording stacking up and I am trying to share all this stuff (.wav files) with my dad and brother.

Just recorded Dead & Co. at Folsom Field, and I took my masters, did some normalization, split tracks, and dithered to 16/44.1 in Audition...then exported. But my .wav files are pretty large...so my dad and brother were having issues with them. So I feel like I might need to compress these files a bit for them. Don't really want to loose much quality, but would like to get smaller files.

I have the concern above, and then I was wondering what most people do with their recordings? As in, do you end up burning to CD? Do you just keep FLACS? How about sharing with friends & family?
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2017, 11:00:19 AM »
In what way do your Dad & Brother have problems with the file sizes?
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2017, 11:01:02 AM »
You could certainly compress to flac for sharing.  I'm keeping my raw original master files (wav), and the "final product" in flac.  I don't burn to CDs for myself, but I do have redundant hard drives for backup.
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2017, 11:40:00 AM »
In what way do your Dad & Brother have problems with the file sizes?

Well, I have a paid Dropbox account, so I have lot's of space. I put the tracks into a folder on my dropbox and shared it with them. When I was at my folks house last night, he was having trouble because his dropbox (free account) didn't have enough room to download the files to. I really am not trying to get this stuff into his dropbox, but onto his computer. So I was thinking, either I transfer the files to him a different way, or a reduce their size.

And yeah, I do FLACs myself, but these guys aren't hip to all of that. They need more consumer-level files. I was thinking of going all the way to mp3s...but it just kills me to do that.

I guess I have never really settled into a set "process" so I have been slow in processing recordings, etc. I want to get a system going where I do x, y, z (or however many steps) and I do that every time so my stuff is consistent.

Like naming for instance....I have no set naming philosophy. I see some file names on LMA and it takes a decoder ring to figure them out.
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2017, 11:52:57 AM »
I save the raw files (usually 24/48) and the edited file(s) (after EQ, normalization, fades, etc.).  Then, I resample and dither to 16/44.1, track and flac.  I throwaway the resampled/dithered file and the tracked wav files.  I also save the CDWave track file and flac fingerprints.  So, in the end, I have the raw and edited files and tracked flacs. 

To transfer, try putting the wav files in a folder and zip it, then transfer via WeTransfer.  Break it into two folders if necessary.  This is free and easy.  Also, you can install a flac converter in Foobar which is simple to use.  Transferring flacs is much easier...

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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2017, 12:11:44 PM »

And yeah, I do FLACs myself, but these guys aren't hip to all of that. They need more consumer-level files. I was thinking of going all the way to mp3s...but it just kills me to do that.


no, no and no.  I use wetransfer, but hightail also works.  Just zip the folder and send as one link.  Again, do not go the mp3 route.  Stick to 16 441 wav files.  Its not too hard.

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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2017, 12:17:17 PM »
In what way do your Dad & Brother have problems with the file sizes?

And yeah, I do FLACs myself, but these guys aren't hip to all of that. They need more consumer-level files. I was thinking of going all the way to mp3s...but it just kills me to do that.

FWIW, there are a few 'hybrid' audio  formats like wavpack with which you can create small (lossy), high-quality audio files and a delta 'correction' file that allows you to restore the original input file. No idea hough, if there's any decent hardware support for wavpack.

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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2017, 12:19:48 PM »
Thanks for all the responses!

I will take the zip and transfer route.

Also, I am going to educate the group on FLAC....as that is a better solution long-term.
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2017, 07:09:01 PM »
Well, I have a paid Dropbox account, so I have lot's of space. I put the tracks into a folder on my dropbox and shared it with them. When I was at my folks house last night, he was having trouble because his dropbox (free account) didn't have enough room to download the files to. I really am not trying to get this stuff into his dropbox, but onto his computer.

Dropbox gives the ability to download to your computer. The function might be hidden a bit, so try sharing the direct link with them instead of adding them to the folder, then they can just click on Direct Download.
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2017, 07:31:44 PM »
Several things:

This first:

I'm keeping my raw original master files (wav), and the "final product" in flac.  I don't burn to CDs for myself, but I do have redundant hard drives for backup.

Second:  If they're having trouble with Dropbox they may have trouble with flacs (and with burning files)...  If they have a player that plays flac and will be playing by computer or a flac player that may work, otherwise it could be somewhat a rabbit hole. 

Third:  Dropbox has a way to offer downloads without saving them to your Dropbox but it's not obvious.  Dropbox wants you to use their not very intuitive system so you'll send files to other people who have only minimal free space and it will be confusing enough they'll have to subscribe too in order to get what you (and others) sent them.  It's an effective business model but not an efficient way to share files...

Fourth: As noted Hightail is a good free one.  I like WeTransfer (wetransfer.com) better (free and up to 2 GB in a transfer either as a single file or multiple files within a transfer).  You can send wavs of long shows in a single set or multiple transfers if needed and they can burn those directly.  If they can figure out flac and how to play them then virtually show can be sent in one WeTransfer.  It's very simple to use (one of our friends on this board had not been able to figure out how to share files short of burning data discs and I kept suggesting WeTransfer).  That worked well even for them as an uploader.  I've never had anyone say they couldn't retrieve the files (unless the transfer expired since the free version is only good for 7 days)

On the MP3 thing (though anathema to us here!) lately I've been making those for most sets I send to the musicians since even most musicians don't know what to do with flac and they're on the move so much that when they play music it's mostly on their ipod so they need MP3's anyway.   I always send links to both (sort of my way of testing) but most musicians only download the MP3's.  If they need the pure files they know where to find them :-)

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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2017, 12:52:00 PM »
Also, I am going to educate the group on FLAC....as that is a better solution long-term.

I have struggled with this part in the past.  Now I can say something like "Have you downloaded VLC?  It plays FLAC files."  Sometimes the things that we are picky about others are not.  I have been recording demos for a local car collecting band that plays hits from the 50's and 60's and I have to dumb stuff down to MP3 for them.
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2017, 01:35:07 PM »
MP3 is fine for what it is, but folks need to know what it is not. It is not a mastering format. It is not an archival format.

It IS a convenient, limited-quality playback format.

As long as MP3 is recognized as a reference and not an original, I fully support its use. But don't throw out those lossless masters!  ;)
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2017, 11:03:51 PM »
I would say the best solution would be to upload to the archive, since this is DeadCo and they allow for it. Archive will create downloadable mp3s for those worried about file size, while retaining the FLACs and allowing for streaming via mobile devices, etc.

Well, I have a paid Dropbox account, so I have lot's of space. I put the tracks into a folder on my dropbox and shared it with them. When I was at my folks house last night, he was having trouble because his dropbox (free account) didn't have enough room to download the files to. I really am not trying to get this stuff into his dropbox, but onto his computer.

Dropbox gives the ability to download to your computer. The function might be hidden a bit, so try sharing the direct link with them instead of adding them to the folder, then they can just click on Direct Download.

I always just send bands and people I'm sharing recordings with the Dropbox link. Highlight the "Share" button to the right of the folder name on the Dropbox web portal, and copy and paste the link it will create. In fact, it never even crossed my mind that the person receiving the link had to actually put the files in their Dropbox, or even have a Dropbox account at all.
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #13 on: June 19, 2017, 05:18:24 PM »
Thanks for even more replies! I do appreciate it!

How about file naming philosophy? How do you name your stuff?
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Re: Common "Workflows" Post-Recording- Specifically file management
« Reply #14 on: June 19, 2017, 05:38:34 PM »
Mine are always:

Artist-city-yyyy-mm-dd{-sx}-trxx-xxbit

I don't abbreviate the artist.  The set indicator is only there if the show was more than one set.  Track number always (at least) two digits (Audition seems to default to three digits when I start at track 0).  The bit rate may be optional as well if you only provide one.  Some will add indications of the taper or the gear used (which may help when numerous sources are around).  I use "-" not "." in the naming string. 

Others' MMV. 

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