08-07-2019, 08:01 PM
Sad news, I loved using Instaudio as a simple way to share recordings:
https://instaud.io/shutting-down
https://instaud.io/shutting-down
Instaudio is shutting down
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08-07-2019, 08:01 PM
Sad news, I loved using Instaudio as a simple way to share recordings:
https://instaud.io/shutting-down
08-08-2019, 12:59 PM
Yes, it's very sad indeed. Easily one of my favorite websites and such a familiar resource I have trouble NOT clicking on it in my favorites bar every time I want to share a track.
I guess a lot could be said about the reasons Mich decided to shut the project down, many of them familiar to the issues everyone here has faced when making and sharing projects & freeware.
Sample library developer, composer, and amateur organologist at Versilian Studios.
08-09-2019, 02:43 AM
(08-08-2019, 12:59 PM)Samulis Wrote: Yes, it's very sad indeed. Easily one of my favorite websites and such a familiar resource I have trouble NOT clicking on it in my favorites bar every time I want to share a track. Very sad, indeed. I'll have to use Soundcloud to share ideas now, I guess. I don't suppose anyone knows of any other way? Maybe Drive or even Dropbox?
08-09-2019, 12:08 PM
I used box.com for several years but gradually stopped as I began using Soundcloud and a got proper web hosting plan (I hade some limited free account originally). They're still around so that might be an option, though I seem to remember there being various limitations on file sizes and transfer speeds.
I'm using Dropbox at the moment, as I already have a paid account for business use anyway (long story). It has a decent built-in player which works well enough, although the links are much uglier-
ex- https://www.dropbox.com/s/unyphydygtwais...v.mp3?dl=0
Sample library developer, composer, and amateur organologist at Versilian Studios.
12-19-2019, 01:44 PM
Do you think there's a chance of someone picking up where Instaudio left off?
12-19-2019, 03:25 PM
(12-19-2019, 01:44 PM)Lawson Wrote: Do you think there's a chance of someone picking up where Instaudio left off? I've considered developing something similar, but it has a lot of intrinsic difficulties to solve. There are the bandwidth and storage costs, the issues related to people uploading spam or copyright violations, and building a business model that pulls in enough revenue to recoup the costs and ideally make a little bit of profit. Even a heavyweight like Sound Cloud seems to have trouble keeping their business model together. Bandcamp seems to do ok from what I can tell, and Jamendo has an interesting business model but I don't have any idea how successful it is. With all that said, I don't think that the initial development would be very hard, particularly for something minimalist like instaudio. At a minimum, it's just allowing people to upload stuff, and then providing a way for people to download or stream the content. Most of the work would be the operational issues, mitigating spam and infringement, and managing the cost/revenue ratio. |
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