diff --git a/apps/admin/src/features/recorder/Recorder.tsx b/apps/admin/src/features/recorder/Recorder.tsx
index 165a31f..c81088d 100644
--- a/apps/admin/src/features/recorder/Recorder.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin/src/features/recorder/Recorder.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ export default function Recorder() {
   const chunksRef = useRef<Blob[]>([]);
   const [recording, setRecording] = useState(false);
   const [audioUrl, setAudioUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [audioBlob, setAudioBlob] = useState<Blob | null>(null);
+  const [uploadKey, setUploadKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string>('');
 
   const requestStream = async (): Promise<MediaStream | null> => {
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ export default function Recorder() {
         if (prev) URL.revokeObjectURL(prev);
         return url;
       });
+      setAudioBlob(blob);
       // stop all tracks to release mic
       stream.getTracks().forEach(t => t.stop());
     };
@@ -52,6 +55,31 @@ export default function Recorder() {
     setRecording(false);
   };
 
+  const uploadAudio = async () => {
+    try {
+      setError('');
+      setUploadKey(null);
+      if (!audioBlob) {
+        setError('No audio to upload');
+        return;
+      }
+      const form = new FormData();
+      form.append('audio', audioBlob, 'recording.webm');
+      const res = await fetch('/api/media/audio', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        body: form,
+      });
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        const txt = await res.text();
+        throw new Error(`Upload failed: ${res.status} ${txt}`);
+      }
+      const data = await res.json();
+      setUploadKey(data.key || 'uploaded');
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      setError(e?.message || 'Upload failed');
+    }
+  };
+
   useEffect(() => {
     return () => {
       if (audioUrl) URL.revokeObjectURL(audioUrl);
@@ -64,6 +92,7 @@ export default function Recorder() {
       <Stack direction="row" spacing={2} sx={{ mb: 2 }}>
         <Button variant="contained" disabled={recording} onClick={startRecording}>Start</Button>
         <Button variant="outlined" disabled={!recording} onClick={stopRecording}>Stop</Button>
+        <Button variant="text" disabled={!audioBlob} onClick={uploadAudio}>Upload</Button>
       </Stack>
       {error && <Typography color="error" sx={{ mb: 2 }}>{error}</Typography>}
       {audioUrl && (
@@ -71,6 +100,11 @@ export default function Recorder() {
           <audio controls src={audioUrl} />
         </Box>
       )}
+      {uploadKey && (
+        <Typography variant="body2" sx={{ mt: 1 }}>
+          Uploaded as key: {uploadKey}
+        </Typography>
+      )}
     </Box>
   );
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/media.ts b/apps/api/src/media.ts
index 1762edb..5fd7157 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/media.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/media.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import multer from 'multer';
-import type { File as MulterFile } from 'multer';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import { uploadBuffer } from './storage/s3';
 
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ const router = express.Router();
 const upload = multer({ storage: multer.memoryStorage() });
 
 router.post('/audio', upload.single('audio'), async (
-  req: express.Request & { file?: MulterFile },
+  req: express.Request,
   res: express.Response
 ) => {
   try {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/storage/s3.ts b/apps/api/src/storage/s3.ts
index 66a1b46..ac3848e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/storage/s3.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/storage/s3.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { S3Client, PutObjectCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-s3';
+import { S3Client, PutObjectCommand, GetObjectCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-s3';
 
-function getS3Client() {
+export function getS3Client() {
   const endpoint = process.env.S3_ENDPOINT; // e.g. http://<VPS_IP>:9000
   const region = process.env.S3_REGION || 'us-east-1';
   const accessKeyId = process.env.S3_ACCESS_KEY || '';
@@ -34,3 +34,18 @@ export async function uploadBuffer(params: {
   await s3.send(cmd);
   return { bucket: params.bucket, key: params.key };
 }
+
+export async function downloadObject(params: { bucket: string; key: string }): Promise<{ buffer: Buffer; contentType: string }> {
+  const s3 = getS3Client();
+  const cmd = new GetObjectCommand({ Bucket: params.bucket, Key: params.key });
+  const res = await s3.send(cmd);
+  const contentType = res.ContentType || 'application/octet-stream';
+  const body = res.Body as unknown as NodeJS.ReadableStream;
+  const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    body.on('data', (c: Buffer) => chunks.push(c));
+    body.on('end', resolve);
+    body.on('error', reject);
+  });
+  return { buffer: Buffer.concat(chunks), contentType };
+}