Until early this year, there was a gap. A gap between the desktop-targeted main SoundCloud site, what we call the ‘mothership’, and the…

The venerable O’Reilly Velocity Conference is coming to Berlin on the 8th and 9th of November. SoundCloud is doing what we can to help…

The venerable O’Reilly Velocity Conference is coming to Berlin on the 8th and 9th of November. SoundCloud is doing what we can to help…

It is now possible to share all public tracks and playlists to the connections of the authenticated user. So if a user is already connected e.g. with Facebook on SoundCloud, this connection can be used from your app to share a track.

It is now possible to share all public tracks and playlists to the connections of the authenticated user. So if a user is already connected e.g. with Facebook on SoundCloud, this connection can be used from your app to share a track.

UPDATE: We made some changes to how we manage the App Gallery. Read about them here: The Next App Gallery Update So you’ve built a fantastic app that you would like to get showcased in the SoundCloud App Gallery? Here’s what you can do to improve your chances of getting your app featured and increas...

UPDATE: We made some changes to how we manage the App Gallery. Read about them here: The Next App Gallery Update So you’ve built a fantastic app that you would like to get showcased in the SoundCloud App Gallery? Here’s what you can do to improve your chances of getting your app featured and increas...

Today we announce new activities available over the API. As a reminder: Activites are the items on your Dashboard.

Today we announce new activities available over the API. As a reminder: Activites are the items on your Dashboard.

Today we announce a better way to share sounds in SoundCloud via the API. The new interface resembles the way sharing happens on the website. You can retrieve, create, update and delete sharings to other users on SoundCloud based on user_id or email address for your tracks and playlists.

Today we announce a better way to share sounds in SoundCloud via the API. The new interface resembles the way sharing happens on the website. You can retrieve, create, update and delete sharings to other users on SoundCloud based on user_id or email address for your tracks and playlists.

MySQL turns out to be a good Swiss Army Knife for persistence, if used wisely. Understanding disk access patterns driven by your storage…

MySQL turns out to be a good Swiss Army Knife for persistence, if used wisely. Understanding disk access patterns driven by your storage…

If you are looking for some inspiration for your next weekend hack project, here is a list of ideas that could be built using the SoundCloud platform. Feel free to add your own ideas in the comments!

If you are looking for some inspiration for your next weekend hack project, here is a list of ideas that could be built using the SoundCloud platform. Feel free to add your own ideas in the comments!

Alongside with the SoundCloud Android app we’ve created a new Java Wrapper for the SoundCloud API and today we can finally release it to the public! It is simple to use, supports OAuth2 and requires a minimum of external dependencies so it should be easily embeddable in both desktop and mobile appli...

Alongside with the SoundCloud Android app we’ve created a new Java Wrapper for the SoundCloud API and today we can finally release it to the public! It is simple to use, supports OAuth2 and requires a minimum of external dependencies so it should be easily embeddable in both desktop and mobile appli...

I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to help Moby premiere his new record via SoundCloud. I didn’t know what to expect from…

On Thursday May 5th 2011 we had an API outage from ~9:00 UTC to ~14:00 UTC. This was caused by a deploy that included a migration with…

I was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to help Moby premiere his new record via SoundCloud. I didn’t know what to expect from…

On Thursday May 5th 2011 we had an API outage from ~9:00 UTC to ~14:00 UTC. This was caused by a deploy that included a migration with…

Rails style database migrations are a useful way to evolve your data schema in an agile manner. Most Rails projects start like this, and at…

Rails style database migrations are a useful way to evolve your data schema in an agile manner. Most Rails projects start like this, and at…

Greetings! I’m Robb and this is my first SoundCloud Backstage blog post. During the day I’m a developer working on the Mac App here in the…

As SoundCloud rapidly grows our initial systems need an overhaul. Our scaling strategy has been very realistic, design for 10x our current…

Greetings! I’m Robb and this is my first SoundCloud Backstage blog post. During the day I’m a developer working on the Mac App here in the…

As SoundCloud rapidly grows our initial systems need an overhaul. Our scaling strategy has been very realistic, design for 10x our current…

UPDATE: Check out our guide on Playing Sounds for the most up to date information. We think the default audio widget from SoundCloud already is one of the sexiest on the web. But maybe you need something a bit simpler or complex and want to tailor the player to your needs. This is where the idea of ...

UPDATE: Check out our guide on Playing Sounds for the most up to date information. This is an introduction to how you can power your app or website with sounds hosted on SoundCloud. Via our API, you get access to millions of different sounds, and in addition to streaming and downloading tracks, you ...

UPDATE: Check out our guide on Playing Sounds for the most up to date information. We think the default audio widget from SoundCloud already is one of the sexiest on the web. But maybe you need something a bit simpler or complex and want to tailor the player to your needs. This is where the idea of ...