Originally Posted By: fiddler2007
Originally Posted By: justmastering
.. At the time of this writing, SoundCloud converts all uploads to 128kbps Mp3 format for streaming purposes. There are some significant sonic limitations with 128kbps Mp3 format, however, those limitations are a necessary evil because of today's internet bandwidth limitations. Despite those limitations, it is possible to achieve a high sound quality when streaming music on SoundCloud.

Thanks for your post .... hope it's not 'fake' news, as I did not know that; always uploaded 320kBps 16bit converted from 24 bit WAV masters. Makes me definitely reconsider Soundcloud as medium to put up any tracks for sale and download there anymore, and i definitely won't go 'professional' there. Any tips for other (free) online track selling services? - F


The 128K MP3 format is only for streaming (actually I read that they changed to 64Kbps Opus a while ago: link to article )

If you have downloads enabled for your track the download will be whatever format you used to upload.

Last edited by BlueAttitude; 11/12/18 03:06 AM.