TDYR #163 - SoundCloud Removes Record Capability From Its Mobile Apps

07/07/2014 6 min
TDYR #163 - SoundCloud Removes Record Capability From Its Mobile Apps

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Episode Synopsis

SoundCloud removed the ability to record tracks from its iPhone and Android apps with its new 3.0 release, instead pointing audio creators to third party apps instead. In this episode I discuss my thoughts on that change. Links discussed include:
http://web.archive.org/web/20141117112507/http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/1606516-what%E2%80%99s-new-with-the-iphone-app-
http://retronyms.com/audiocopy/
http://hindenburg.com/products/hindenburg-field-recorder

UPDATE - in 2020, SoundCloud returned the ability to upload (but not record) audio. Listen to TDYR 393 from May 2020 - https://soundcloud.com/danyork/tdyr-393-soundcloud-brings-back-the-ability-to-upload-but-not-record-from-ios-apps