Good people,
 
I've been using a shared folder in Dropbox on a second drive as my main project folder.  It seems to be working very well.  The way i have it set up we don't need to bundle the project each time the project is passed on to another user. Also, after doing all the promotional things to get more space, I have a total of 53 gig to work with.
 
After moving and syncing an existing project to this folder, Dropbox is using .0% - .5% CPU power while idle. When I ctrl-s a project task manager shows up to 5.0% CPU power being used while it syncs with the internet and I can see the Dropbox icon turn blue for a few seconds.
 
I was playing with my PT 10 abit, (a nightmare btw compared to the seamless setup and use of Sonar), and recall the help files stating that .wav files are better if there is going to be alot of file transfer happening.
 
I'm wondering if any of you use a file sharing utility such as this and what issues can occur with the file being manipulated over and over in such a manner, if any.
 
Thank you in advance for your concern
 
dana

You wouldn't catching me using a file sharing utility program ever. If I need to share files with somebody I use wetransfer.com, requires no software.

The only thing I use for audio is box and that's strictly for collaborations.  Never a problem with integrity of audio files.  No background auto-anything running.  When I'm ready to share or download, I drag/drop.
 
I use dropbox for sharing pdfs and such between my desktop and tablet, but I keep the desktop application off until I'm ready to sync up again.  I start it up, let it sync, then shut it down.

Doktor, Why would you never use a file sharing utility ever? Wetransfer has to use some sort of software to transfer the file or else it would not transfer.  Also doing it that way you have to send a .cwb which can become cumbersome as the project enlarges.
 
BobF,  I looked at box and I'm assuming it is similar to Drobbox. Looks like box free service is 10gb storage which is probably good for what I do.  My main concern was about the file integrity of from transfers.  Thanks for the heads up, like you I will stop letting the app run in the back ground while I'm working on my project.  Once I have it saved, I  will open dropbox, the project will sync with my friends computer and whaaa laa.  He has access to an unbundled project.
 
Thanks for the input guys!
 
dana

EmoNation
Doktor, Why would you never use a file sharing utility ever? Wetransfer has to use some sort of software to transfer the file or else it would not transfer.  Also doing it that way you have to send a .cwb which can become cumbersome as the project enlarges.

It just needs a browser. Check it out... Two clicks and you are uploading files
www.wetransfer.com
 
Files will be auto zipped if necessary.
Skip the plus version.
 
Cheers.

There is no "manipulation" as far as I can tell from your post. You are just copying files from one drive to another albeit via internet. The usual integrity checks are applied, and if the file is corrupted it should be detected.  The only issue to be aware of is that Dropbox does binary differentials of your files. So if you have a version of a file on the server, and you modify it, the only data transferred is the difference between the original file and the new uploaded version. So if you want to save two versions of the same file you have to name them differently before making them available to dropbox. The updated file should be the same as the latest version on your computer. There is lossless compression applied before transfer, but that should not introduce errors or differences.
 
I have no idea what PT manual means, but I can guess that it is referring to the fact that wave is a universally supported native audio file format that should work in any version of any software your collaborators might choose to use. Project files will clearly not transfer between different DAW software and sometimes between different versions, and repeated conversions between wave and lossy compression schemes, like MP3, will likely not produce the same result at the end of the chain.

Doktor,
I'm not to savvy on the tech part of this stuff but it has to be using some computer resources on the uploader/downloader side to work effectively.

slartabartfast,I think you are right.  When I was using PT i used the. wav format.  And I know Sonar does likewise.
 
Thank your for your input.

EmoNation
Doktor,
I'm not to savvy on the tech part of this stuff but it has to be using some computer resources on the uploader/downloader side to work effectively.

Only bandwidth whilst uploading and downloading. After you are done close your browser. Nothing running. I don't even after to sign up to an account and log in either... Very efficient
 
Better still when people download the link, they don't ever have to install software on their machine either. I won't have dropbox application on my machine, waste of resources for no reason, and I don't trust an app unnecessarily running in the background all the time.

Doktor,
The app does not need to run in the back ground while not being used.  It can be turned on and off at will. When needed it can be turned on and it will use the resources it needs at the time.  The same as wetransfer.com would do.