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Features Explained: Direct Share

Quick & Secure Audio Sharing

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Create. Track. Promote. Discover.

Byta’s Direct Shares offer you unparalleled levels of security, trackability and ease of use. Shares are quick to create and simple to share. No links to copy or paste. Recipients receive an email which takes them to Byta for them to stream or download your audio. They don’t need to sign up, and you can still track who has streamed or downloaded the audio. Stay secure and organised.

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Benefits

Control Your<br />Music

Control Your
Music

Easy to use, privately share tracks, albums and playlists while controlling restrictions.

Flexible Audio<br />Formats

Flexible Audio
Formats

When you share music, choose the file format your recipients need.

Securely Share and Track Audio

Securely Share and Track Audio

Track secure streams or downloads with the flexibility to add watermarking*.

How It Works

Control Your Music

Control Your Music

Easily choose to share streams and/or limit downloads of tracks, albums and playlists. Control the expiry date of your shared audio. Recipients have the option to stream or download music without an account.
Flexible Audio Formats

Flexible Audio Formats

Share music in your preferred file format, lossy or lossless. Byta supports FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WAV, AAC and MP3 file formats. Choose to upload your lossless audio file and then share it in the format required. What do you need to share?
Securely Share and Track Audio

Securely Share and Track Audio

Easily track streams and downloads. Recipients can sign up to a Free or Paid Byta plan or not. You always know who has streamed or downloaded your music. When added security is required for pre-release downloads, choose one-click watermarking*.
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Byta Quote Using Byta to store upload, store and distribute the Skunk Anansie archive and current recordings is invaluable. I have the whole library access at my fingertips to instantly send to press, sponsors, crew and record companies in freely shareable or protected formats. As direct shares to contact emails. It's a godsend!

Ace (Martin Kent) - Skunk Anansie

Sending a Direct Share

Sending  a Direct Share
  • 1 Upload Audio Files

    Quickly upload your audio files, then edit and update embedded file metadata.

  • 2 Customise Share

    Select file format, set expiry date and choose stream, download and security options.

  • 3 Add recipients' email

    Search contacts or type in recipient's email address.

  • 4 Create a personalized message

    Type up to 140 characters to include more information about your audio

  • 5 Share Your Link

    Simply click “Send Share.” and your audio will be sent directly to your contacts

Learn more about Direct Shares

For more indepth information about using Direct Shares please read our article on the Support Center
or if you have questions about how to use Direct Shares get in touch.

Direct Shares: Offering simplicity and a higher level of security and insight when privately sharing audio files and streams.

Using Direct Shares helps keep you and your audio files organised, designed for quick and simple audio sharing. Many other file transfer services were not created with music in mind.

When working with audio files, Generic File Services like Dropbox, WeTransfer or Box contribute to disorganized desktops, missing information in iTunes/music libraries and hard drives filled with poorly labeled music files. Music sharing can quickly become chaotic and time consuming.

Share music in the format that your recipients need, lossy or lossless. Byta supports FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WAV, AAC and MP3 file formats. Choose to upload your lossless audio file and then share it in the required format.

Byta is unrivalled in taking advantage of audio files' unique properties. You can use Byta as a metadata editor, as it can read and write audio file metadata, including ID3 tags and WAV tags. Byta converts file formats on the fly and delivers fast yet secure streaming when you need to share music.

For years the music industry has relied on “Music Promotion” or “Watermark Promotion Services” for private audio sharing of pre-release music to internal and external partners. Watermark Promotion Services have never offered features as fast or secure as Byta does with Direct Shares.

Byta’s Direct Share feature offers you a highly secure and simple alternative to WeTransfer or private SoundCloud links.

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*Watermark Music

Watermarking is the process of embedding undetectable information into an audio file in a way that is difficult to remove. If recorded, the information will be carried in the copy, enabling you to track your audio files back to their original recipient.

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