Paid host for storing wavs?

[muhumbra]

Can anyone recommend a cheap paid host for storing a large amount of wavs (music samples)..

I need about 500MB and a huge bandwidth allowance..

I had a look at ukname.net but there is some stuff in their TOS that seems to rule out storing loads of wavs there..

TIA

Paul
(samplezone)

[makk551]

Use myplay.com
There you can store up to 3 gigs(music only)
And why do use the wav format?Use mp3

[muhumbra]

Thanks for the info..

This isnt quite what Im looking for...

I just want normal webspace to host my site (which contains downloadable loops and samples for musicians). I had it on various free hosts before, but all the accounts got shut down since I was using excessive bandwith.. (I had like 300-400 people a day leeching 50-100MB a day each)!

I tried hosting the site myself using apache (im on cable modem) but there were so many people tying to hack into it I thought it was probably a bad idea!

As for keeping all the samples in wav format.. I have to, mp3's are not good enough to quality to use in pro music.

[makk551]

what about .wma?

How big are your samples and the page?
You coould for example use 9cy,they offer 1 terabyte of bandwith.If you want to use him I would first speak with him personnally, because I doin't know if he allows music files normally(he's registered her, just search him by nick)

[guitarnerd]

Ok first off, I am a recording musican, (all digital of course ) anyway. Storing Wavs is rediculous for the web, Mp3 would have to be the best format to store them in. Mp3 is just about 1/10 of .wav and mp3 can be converted back and forth. wma is nice, but it isn't as flexible and I have yet to find a program that allows you to convert your audio into specific bit depths and sampling rates. Anyway, if you can go with mp3 it will save you money and space!

[medalian1]

mp3's are not good enough to quality to use in pro music.

????

Bitrate

192 is like cd quality and 256 is supposed to be studio quality. I fail to see how people can rip cd's though and get 256 quality. I stick with 192 for my personal mp3's. I don't see how you can say they're not good enough quality. Look around there are some good encoders from .wav -> .mp3 at a high quality bitrate.

[ducktape]

first off not many hosts knowingly anyways will allow copyrighted music files of any format. and why dont you use .htaccess to stop leeches

[guitarnerd]

Actually mp3s can get just as good quality as audio and there is no such thing as studio quality. Studio's decide and the bit depth and sample rate by the tone they are going for. I have the ability to record at 24bit 96khz which is DVD quality. Studio quality unless recording for a DVD is usually recorded at 24bit 44.1khz or 16bit 44.1khz with mp3s I suggest you keep the same bit depth and sample rate as it was originally. If you don't it can cause, pops aka drop outs.

[medalian1]

Maybe he was on NT or Win2K? Just guessing. Cause your right, .htaccess would be the best solution. I've seen a simple Javascript password protection scheme that works well too. You set it to where if they don't have javascript on then you get booted to like google.com. Then if it is enabled, they must know the name of the page they want access to (as the password). So if you don't know the next page, your S.O.L. I'm sure there is a work around, but it's probably not something everyone knows.

Example:

If your on www.mydomain.com/restricted/index.html

you can't go past that to the .wav files unless you know where the script is pointing. Which might be:

www.mydomain.com/restricted/48rksi382.html

So the password would be 48rksi382.html

[muhumbra]

Jeez... its become like a music forum now.. mp3 versus wav!

All the big sample sites have the samples in wav format, purely because they are aimed at musicians (who cant be bothered to download and decode mp3's) and also because you can drop wavs straight into a sequencer or sampler.

With regards to people leeching the samples I am OK with that, that was the whole idea.. but obviously that means loads of bandwidth and instantly killing off any free host.

I wanted to find a pay host that would allow me to store wavs and with a large bandwidth allowance.

Any more ideas..

Cheers

[guitarnerd]

Originally posted by muhumbra
Jeez... its become like a music forum now.. mp3 versus wav!

All the big sample sites have the samples in wav format, purely because they are aimed at musicians (who cant be bothered to download and decode mp3's) and also because you can drop wavs straight into a sequencer or sampler.

With regards to people leeching the samples I am OK with that, that was the whole idea.. but obviously that means loads of bandwidth and instantly killing off any free host.

I wanted to find a pay host that would allow me to store wavs and with a large bandwidth allowance.

Any more ideas..

Cheers

Well if they are copy righted you will have trouble finding that, but if they aren't or if they are free samples whatever, you could use almost any paid host.

[cheatpark]

It sounds like you'll be wanting a lot of bandwidth. Why not go and rent a dedicated server from rackshack? They offer loads of bandwidth for cheap prices.