Gobbler
An indispensable service for backing up, sending, and organizing PRO AUDIO
Gobbler is a new service that will become an asset to many audio and video pros.
It is compatible with all the major DAWs. Mac OSX only at the moment but Windows support is on the way. They're currently offering a free 50gb account for signing up before June 27.
From their website:
"Gobbler is the backup, transfer, and organizational tool for managing audio project files and assets. Gobbler solves some of the most frustrating problems that musicians and producers face on a daily basis, without getting in your way or changing the way you work. We integrate with most major DAWs to help you keep your files secure, expedite the process of sending and receiving, and provide access to them from anywhere with an internet connection.
With Gobbler, you’ll never lose a project again. It’s extremely powerful, but simple to use."
Here are some of Gobbler's features:
Backup
- Your recordings are irreplaceable. So is our backup built for audio.
- File changes are monitored in real-time and automatically backed up.
- Un-delete old projects and restore previous file versions through historical snapshots.
- Drives can be disconnected during backup, and when reconnected will continue backup where it left off.
- Drives can be moved between different machines and backup will continue from where it left off.
- Gobbler avoids interference with recording by pausing during any CPU-intensive tasks.
- Snooze and restart Gobbler to free up bandwidth, and backup picks up where it left off.
- Deduplication avoids redundant backups, eliminating space taken up by duplicate files. common in multiple versions of a project.
- Proprietary lossless compression backs files up to the cloud rapidly.
Transfer
- Lossless Compression. Send and receive GBs of data fast.
- Proprietary lossless compression is optimized for audio and speeds transfers by up to 60% from generic file transfer services.
- Gobbler de-dupes all files in the cloud and makes sending entire projects back & forth fast and easy.
- File transfer only sends & receives changes, deeply decreasing transfer times.
- Send projects & files of any size, to any number of recipients.
- Zipping files is not required to speed uploads to Gobbler.
- Gobbler maintains master file quality and integrity throughout transfer.
- Send files to anyone, not just other Gobbler users.
- Organize
- One view of all your audio. Never lose track of files.
- Scan all drives and Gobbler catalogs the locations of all your audio.
- Easily search and browse your catalog, including offline projects, to locate file whereabouts.
- Files on disconnected hard drives are still tracked when unplugged.
- Catalog automatically updates whenever changes are detected.
- Geo-location records the last known location of any scanned project.
- Tagging is available to further customize organization of your work.
- Catalog is accessible via secure login on any computer that has Gobbler installed.
- Integrated Souncloud API allows users to create sets, organize & upload their bounces.
Organize
- One view of all your audio. Never lose track of files.
- Scan all drives and Gobbler catalogs the locations of all your audio.
- Easily search and browse your catalog, including offline projects, to locate file whereabouts.
- Files on disconnected hard drives are still tracked when unplugged.
- Catalog automatically updates whenever changes are detected.
- Geo-location records the last known location of any scanned project.
- Tagging is available to further customize organization of your work.
- Catalog is accessible via secure login on any computer that has Gobbler installed.
- Integrated Souncloud API allows users to create sets, organize & upload their bounces.
Security & Privacy
- Gobbler takes your security and privacy very seriously.
- All transmission of file data and metadata occurs over an encrypted channel.
- Files stored on the cloud server are 256-bit AES encrypted.
- No users can access your files unless you choose to share with them.
- Gobbler uses Amazon S3, your data is distributed over several large-scale data centers.
- Amazon uses military grade perimeter control berms, video surveillance, and professional security staff to keep their data centers physically secure.
- Amazon S3 provides protection against network security interference such as packet sniffing, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and Man in the Middle (MITM) attacks.
