The three audio packages offered by SoundCloud are Free, Go, and Go+. One advantage of SoundCloud’s emphasis on independent artists and anyone who uploads a hot track made on a Casio keyboard is that its Free version has no skip restrictions, unlike the entry-level tiers in most competing music services. Although there is some major-label music available in the Free tier, such as Kanye West’s “Champion” and “Stronger” tracks, accessing the Graduation album in its entirety needs a SoundCloud Go+ subscription. According to a SoundCloud representative, SoundCloud transmits music at 128kbps MP3 “or equivalent.” In order to provide listeners with a high-quality experience across devices, SoundCloud may try various encoding and streaming setups, but it is still required to use 128kbps MP3 files.
The SoundCloud Go plan, which offers ad-free and offline listening but doesn’t improve audio clarity, is next on the list and costs $4.99 per month. You can watch the entirety of Ye’s Graduation, for instance, with SoundCloud’s top-tier consumer plan, SoundCloud Go+, which costs $9.99 per month. It also offers high-quality audio encoded in 256kbps AAC. More than 200 million tracks are available to you with Go+, which is three times as much audio as Amazon Music Unlimited provides. A good portion of that, as you might expect, is the user generated/indie content.
Nevertheless, it can be challenging to locate the audio you’re looking for. There are many hits if you type “Talking Heads” into the SoundCloud search bar. This is due to the presence of user remixes and covers alongside formal band releases. If you’re only interested in official music, enter the name of an artist, click on it when you see it in the results feed (look for an account with a star symbol), and then go to the album page for that artist. The same can be said about talks on SoundCloud. You must conduct a name-based search to find a podcast because there is no direct link from the service’s homepage to its podcast area (or key in the word “podcast”). You can find shows like Welcome to Night Vale, The Brilliant Idiots, and others. Sadly, you won’t discover the extras that are offered by rival services. If you want to delve deeper into other musical-related topics, Tidal’s editorial and LiveXLive Powered by Slacker’s informative DJs offer those services an advantage. Lyrics are another item that Amazon Music Unlimited and a few other services have that SoundCloud does not. On the other hand, SoundCloud offers algorithmic tracks, like SoundCloud Weekly, a tailored method of discovering new music.
Positively, SoundCloud’s music quality is decent (at least when using the tried-and-true Go+ plan). With a good set of headphones, it does the job but isn’t quite as effective as Tidal Masters. SoundCloud’s capacity to allow user-uploaded music sets it apart from rival streaming music services. For this reason, just like Bandcamp, SoundCloud has emerged as a preferred platform for independent and underground artists. You cannot sell audio on SoundCloud in digital, CD, or vinyl formats, in contrast to Bandcamp.
You require a SoundCloud Pro account in order to upload a sizable quantity of music. You can submit up to three hours of audio using the free SoundCloud Basic service, which also offers basic statistics (real-time plays, likes, reposts, comments, and downloads) and an embeddable, editable music mini-player.
You can upload a maximum of six hours of audio with the $8 (or $6, billed annually) Pro plan, which also offers advanced stats (top listeners and top regions), advanced mini-player controls, the option to replace tracks, track monetization, Spotlight (the ability to pin up to five tracks to the top of your profile), Quiet Mode, and track replacement (a function that kills public comments and stats). The ability to distribute an infinite number of tracks to streaming audio services like Tencent Music, Amazon Music, Instagram, Spotify, and YouTube Music is a crucial feature for professional musicians. The top-tier SoundCloud Pro Unlimited plan, which costs $16 per month (or $12 per month, billed annually), offers limitless file uploads, SoundCloud Go+ for a reduced rate of $4.99 per month (instead of $9.99 per month), and DJ mixing tools. You can watch and mix the SoundCloud catalog using these DJ tools, which integrate with Native Instruments, Serato, Virtual DJ, DEX 3, and Pioneer DJ.
To submit their shows, podcasters merely need a SoundCast account of some kind. Your podcasts can be submitted to platforms like iTunes, Stitcher, TuneIn, and others using the RSS feed that SoundCloud produces. You can submit audio files in the following formats: AAC, AIFF, ALAC, AMR, FLAC, MP2, MP3, OGG, WAV, or WMA. A file cannot be bigger than 4GB or SounCloud will split it into smaller pieces. In my trials, SoundCloud processed and uploaded my 47.7MB, 57-minute MP3 in just over five minutes.
SoundCloud CANCEL GUIDES
Get together the following account information:
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Follow these steps:
Compose an email including your account information
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