Orfium - New(ish) site for hosting your tracks

[MonoStone]

I came across this yesterday - https://www.orfium.com

 

It's like Soundcloud merged with Bandcamp merged with...other stuff. I'm not affiliated, so not advertising it....but I really like it.

 

It allows you to upload and host tracks for free, import them directly from Soundcloud to save time too, so it works great just for hosting...

 

... but then it also allows you to price and sell your tracks if you want... 

 

... and in my opinion the 'discover' function is way better than other platforms. I think that IF this site grows then it gives us way more chance of being heard.

 

I've only just started and I expect there are other features I've not worked out yet.

 

Might be wrong, but I like it... It's doing what I wished Soundcloud would do. 

 

... if you visit, please feel free to play some of mine and like them if you like them  https://www.orfium.com/profile/monostone/  

 

Apologies if I'm late to the party and you already know about this.

 

Cheers,

 

Dek

[MonoStone]

7 minutes ago, HoboSage said:

I thought this was an interesting provision in the Orfium Terms of Service: You grant the Company the right (a) to allow the Company Service to use the processor, bandwidth, and storage hardware on your device(s) in order to facilitate the operation of the Company Service,

 

Dek:  Can you set tracks to private?

 

Still trying to work it all out... I've also emailed customer support to try to get some more understanding of the various options. I'll report back anything I find out. I like the idea but it's all still very new to me. 

I'm not sure what the provision you pointed out means... but perhaps simply that they need to be able allowed so that you can use your device with it. What do you think it means? Once I get some communication going with them, I can ask.

[MonoStone]

David, all I've found so far is a statement in a review from late last year -

 

"We will also be adding private upload functionality and integrating that with the messaging system in the near future"

 

But I've not found a way to set tracks to private so I assume that's not happened yet.... It's certainly not easy to find if it is there. It's not an option when uploading or editing track info etc. So as it stands, it seems useful in addition to Soundcloud rather than instead of.... and I don't know how useful yet, but it feels like it's on its way to being useful.