I appreciate that I can import files form my DropBox but my iPad is WiFi only and I work on the train a lot. I have a neat little device called CloudFTP (which is guess is now called iUSB Port from http://www.hypershop.com) which is basically a portable, battery powered FTP Server and it allows you to access files on any USB device you have plugged into it through any browser you have on your iPad (or any other connected device, for that matter).
I do a lot of voiceover editing and sometimes my day goes like this:
1) Commute by train into the city
2) Go to corporate client's awesome studio
3) record VO session to a Marantz digital recorder
4) When the session is over, copy many large audio files from the Marantz to two USB thumb drives (1 for backup)
5) Dump those into Nuendo on my MacBookPro
6) Commute home by train while editing in Nuendo with headphones on
I would rather just bring my iPad with Auria and dump the files into my iPad because I much prefer to leave my $2000+ Nuendo ThumbDrive Key and my $1300 MBP at home. My problem is that I don't very often have access to Wifi (not on teh train or at my corporate clients' studio) and uploading and downloading large audio files to/from my DropBox in order to get them into Auria is a major time/buzz kill. It would also be great to just be able to export the AAF files and mixes to my portable FTP server. Does this make sense?
Auria is a great app but the file handling clunky-ness is a sizeable hurdle. I know it's Apple's lack of file system design and not Auris idea to handle files this way but, especially if you want to truly work remotely and sometimes without 3G or Wifi access, getting files in and out is a drag, at least for me and the way I would prefer to work.
It is SOOO close
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So, my question is, are there any plans to allow FTP server access or other browser access in the Import and Export dialogues so that I can just load in my audio files from the USB thumb drive I have plugged into my portable FTP server?
Are there any other solutions people here are using for file handling?
I'd love to hear what you all have to say
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Thanks!
Kevin