What is the best quality to upload to SoundCloud?

We recommend you to upload in a lossless format like WAV, FLAC, AIFF, or ALAC. If you can, the bit depth and sample rate should be 16 bit and 48 kHz respectively. When you upload a track on SoundCloud, we optimize it for streaming.

What is the bitrate for SoundCloud?

What is the quality of SoundCloud HQ streaming? Our Hiqh Quality streaming format is encoded in 256kbps AAC. (equivalent to an mp3 encoded in 320kbps).

How loud should I master for SoundCloud?

-18 LUFS to -10 LUFS
Although there is no absolute loudness to which you should master your track, a great range when mastering for Soundcloud is -18 LUFS to -10 LUFS. Keep in mind that Soundcloud will normalize your track to -14 LUFS, so keeping the loudness around this figure will work well.

What is the best time to post on SoundCloud?

Soundcloud’s highest user activity happens at 10 am PST Sunday morning. This activity spike lasts for about 12 hours and declines to normal activity after Sunday 10 pm. During this time, soundcloud tracks get the most plays and comments.

Does SoundCloud have high quality audio?

The high-quality audio available on SoundCloud Go+ is 256kbps AAC, which is roughly equivalent to 320kbps MP3. Do keep in mind, however, that you can only stream in the audio quality if the file the artist uploaded is lossless.

Why does SoundCloud lower quality?

“SoundCloud has not altered its approach to audio quality,” a spokesman said. “We have been using the Opus codec (among others) since 2016, and we regularly test different combinations of encoding and streaming to offer listeners a quality experience on any device.”

Do hashtags work on SoundCloud?

You can add a tag by typing it into the ‘Tags’ field. If you have multiple tags, the first one will be considered your main tag, or genre. This will appear on the Stream and Search pages on your track’s waveform.