Why I Think Export To Soundcloud Is Cool Today.

[ttilberg]

I've been using Soundcloud since it was a quite new service, and have always enjoyed it. When we were given the ability to export to the cloud from Live, I thought it was kind of cool, but was mostly like -- well whatever. It's cool, but it still makes you export your .wav to a file somewhere, which is only 2 steps closer to loading it to SC proper.

Anyway, I find that I use SoundCloud quite a bit differently these days with this option.

Me and a friend who lives 2 hours away collab on our main project, Arsenal. We have a Dropbox folder that we save all our projects to. Normally, when I had a cool groove going on, and I wanted to see if he thought it was worth pursuing or not, I would export as wav, use iTunes to convert to mp3, email it to Andy, and then delete all the local files from my computer (The .wav on the desktop, and the .wav and mp3 from itunes library) -- Dumb!!!

I've started using the Export to Soundcloud with the private option to send him the tracks now -- and it's so much more awesome.

1) I don't attach a file to email, I just send him a link by sms, email, gchat, whatever.
2) I can easily send this link to anyone I want to have a demo of the track, instead of forwarding emails everywhere.
3) I don't have to convert to mp3 to make it easy to toss around
4) It's quick and easy to just export a loop from a full arrangement

but the big kicker, that I only just realized 10 minutes ago is this:

It makes commenting on parts and discussing the track in general ridiculously easy, making it easy to document those "Oh yeah, I wanted to add some wugga wugga to 1:03" and actually doing it when you get back to the studio.

Here is an example I just got done marking up:
http://soundcloud.com/arsenal/2012-05-0 ... ay/s-NhI6K

Since it's private (well, that's now debatable lol) it doesn't show on our regular profile. We can listen after refreshing our ears for a day, from wherever we want (work -- woops )

Obviously I am familiar with SoundCloud commenting, and private tracks, and all of these concepts individually -- but this whole process just got a lot easier with the export to soundcloud option.

I just got really excited and wanted to share this idea with anyone who is interested.






Also, I made this track with Live 9 Studio X which I bought from the Amazon Android App store.

[sporkles]

Judging by the topic, I gather that you think the 'export to Soundcloud' feature is cool today. Good for you.

[matthews]

took a quick listen to that track you marked up and I was actually really digging it, has tons of potential.

[ttilberg]

Cool, thanks man

I found it surprisingly handy to mark up my track today while at work. Up until recently, I only thought to upload finished tracks.

[heuristics]

nice one, looking forward to trying out that new feature, does it export as mp3 or still wav?

[sebrov]

wav still

[Mage2k]

> (The .wav on the desktop, and the .wav and mp3 from itunes library) -- Dumb!!!

Especially when you consider that iTunes has an option to prevent it from copying imported files into it's library directory.

[regretfullySaid]

Hey that's pretty useful since you can comment at the specific times. Thanks for sharing

[ttilberg]

> (The .wav on the desktop, and the .wav and mp3 from itunes library) -- Dumb!!!

Especially when you consider that iTunes has an option to prevent it from copying imported files into it's library directory.

Yes, except I don't have separate computers for my studio, and general use, and that setting is how I prefer it 99% of the time. For regular listening music, I really appreciate that it just copies everything I play in iTunes to it's own music library. It's just that rare time when I'm exporting music that it is annoying.

Thanks for the tip though.

Shadx312, not only can you leave timed comments, but it's super easy to delete comments too, with a single click -- meaning it kind of becomes a "to-do" list -- as you address each point, you can just delete it. This whole combination came together for me, and got me pretty excited.

[Dalski]

Great collaboration workflow tip! Thanks for sharing ttilberg