Specifically, I store mp3 audiobooks on my HD. I want to add them to various notes without copying the file to the attachments folder. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance 
Although it’s possible, it’s not that practical I experienced.
What you could do is use Symbolic Links. But it’s … technically taxing.
Hook is useful for easily pasting Markdown links to files and many other things.
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Don’t overcomplicate 
… Just drag your audio file from the file manager and Ctrl+Drop it into your note!
You’ll get a perfectly encoded file:// link like this:
[AC_DC - Hells Bells](file:///home/matthias/Musik/Tagged/AC_DC/AC_DC%20-%20Family%20Jewels/AC_DC%20-%20Hells%20Bells.mp3)
Upon clicking the link, the system-defined audio player will play it.
Only drawback: This type of link cannot be embedded (using a ! upfront) to get the Obsidian audio player. That only works for files in the vault.
If it’s a folder with many audio files (not too many or Obsidian will lose speed!), @Geffrey’s idea of symlinking might be better.
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I honestly did not know you could just drop it as a file link. Crazy. Thanks, Matthias! That’s gonna change up a few things in my vault.
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Thanks guys … you ROCK!
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But beware: File links on your disc might change, and Obsidian will have a bad link then (no auto-updating links outside the vault)!
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(Which is where Hook comes in handy as it produces robust links)
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That CTRL+drop is a game-changer in a lot of different areas for me. Thank you so much!!!
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You might want to select a solution, if it helped, so others know this was solved.
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