Cloud imports
Pick audio, artwork or documents straight from Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive, with live download progress and errors that say what to do next.
What it is
Anywhere Aden takes a file, the Import from cloud button next to the dropzone opens your Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive and brings the file over without a round trip through your Downloads folder.
It works for track audio and new versions, cover art, team logos and banners, and organisation documents.
Team files works differently: it browses the clouds your team has connected and copies files across on Aden's side, with no download in your browser. See Cloud sources for team files.
Using it
- Choose Import from cloud and pick your provider.
- Sign in the first time. Aden asks for read-only access.
- Select one or more files.
While the files transfer, a toast stays on screen with the file name, how far along it is, and how much is left. The button shows a spinner until it's done, so it's clear something is still running. When the last file lands, the toast turns into a confirmation and the upload continues as if you had dropped the file yourself.
Keep the tab open until the download finishes. It runs in your browser, so closing the tab stops it.
When it fails
Downloads fail for ordinary reasons: an expired session, a file that moved, a dropped connection. The error toast names the file and the reason and tells you the next step, usually picking the file again or downloading it to your device and uploading it here.
Catalogue import
Labels, publishers and management companies bring their whole roster and back catalogue into Aden from a Spotify playlist or a spreadsheet. A team per artist, their tracks, releases and mixes, their contracts, and an invite so each artist can claim their workspace.
Cloud sources for team files
Connected clouds appear as folders in team files. Click through Dropbox, Drive, OneDrive or Box in place, and copy anything across server-side.