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Share Settings

Share settings control public selected-content delivery. Collaborator transfer follows a separate transfer-first path.

Whether you’re sending a work-in-progress to a vocalist, sharing final masters with a label, or creating a public preview link, the Share Settings panel lets you customize the experience exactly as you need it.

What Share Settings Do

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When you open the Share tab for any track, you see a settings panel that covers three main areas:

  • Which files get included in the share
  • Who can download what, and in which formats
  • Whether the share has an expiration

Each public share stores its own selected files, permitted download types, and optional expiry.

Before You Start: Dropbox Requirement

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All share links in The Library rely on Dropbox to serve files securely. Before you can create any share, you need to connect your Dropbox account in Settings.

If you have not connected Dropbox yet, the Share tab directs you to Settings. Once connected, delivery uses Dropbox temporary links for the content the share allows.

Why Dropbox? It handles the heavy lifting of file delivery, so you can share high-quality audio files without worrying about email attachment limits or file hosting costs.

Choosing Files to Share

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The file selection section lets you decide exactly what gets included in your share. Files are organized into three categories:

Bounces — Your finished or in-progress audio exports, typically WAV or MP3 files. These are the primary deliverables most collaborators need.

Projects — Your DAW session files (Logic projects, Ableton Live sets, FL Studio projects, and so on). Sharing these lets collaborators open your exact session.

Stems — Individual track stems for mixing or remixing. These are separate audio files for each instrument or vocal, allowing recipients to work with isolated elements.

You can include files from any or all of these categories. For example, you might share only bounces with a vocalist for review, but share stems with an engineer who needs to remix.

Review the selected files in the share dialog. Owner-facing selection prefers the current Files-widget local snapshot; stored delivery paths are not proof that a local file is ready.

Controlling Download Permissions

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Download permissions let you specify which file types recipients can access. This is useful when you want to share audio for feedback but aren’t ready to release project files or stems.

For each file type (bounces, projects, stems), you can toggle:

  • Enabled — Recipients can download files of this type
  • Disabled — Recipients can view but not download files of this type

The resulting link enforces its stored permissions and selected-file allowlist. A file that is not selected or not enabled cannot be requested through the public delivery endpoint.

Setting Expiration

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Share links can have an expiration. This gives you control over the shelf life of your shared content.

Choose an expiration based on your workflow. Use a time boundary for sensitive or time-limited reviews.

If you are sharing something time-sensitive, set an expiration and create a new delivery link if it later expires.

Expired links return an unavailable response rather than share data.

Sharing with Track Collaborators

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Collaborator transfer is not a public-link configuration. For a recipient using The Library, the workflow is transfer-first: acceptance completes the Shares row, then import processing is asynchronous. For a recipient who does not use The Library, the collaborator flow uses immediate Dropbox behavior. See Sharing with Collaborators for the collaboration lifecycle.

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Once you’ve configured your files, permissions, and expiration, click the share button to generate your link.

The system creates an opaque URL that you can copy and send to intended recipients. Recipients who open a valid, unexpired link see only the selected tracks and files allowed by the share configuration.

Use the public link for the stored selection and permissions. Do not assume it grants ongoing collaborator access.

Tips

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