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SoundCloud

Submitted by Hayden Smith on 30 December 2011
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Description of App

The official SoundCloud Desktop app brings the full SoundCloud web experience to your Mac.

Whether you're a serious sound professional who needs something to manage your daily workflow or a casual creator who prefers the smooth experience of OS X, the SoundCloud Desktop app can work for you. Access the sounds people share with you and browse, listen to and favorite sounds from the world's largest community of sound creators. Create custom playlists to get the sounds you need in an instant and download others for offline playback. Like all the official SoundCloud apps, the new Desktop app has a record functionality that lets you easily capture and share any sound privately or publicly to Facebook, Twitter and more.

Features:

  • Sign up for a SoundCloud account directly from the app
  • Connect easily using your Facebook username and password
  • Record your sounds right in the app and share to Facebook, Twitter and SoundCloud 
  • Listen to, favorite and manage your exclusive and incoming tracks in one place 
  • Create playlists by dragging SoundCloud URLs to the dock icon 
  • Find and follow users right in the app to get updates in your Dashboard
  • Includes Growl support (Growl must be installed to use this feature)

Notes:

  • Please note using the app requires a SoundCloud account. Sign up for free in the app or at http://soundcloud.com
  • Only tracks that have been made available for 3rd party applications will be accessible via SoundCloud Desktop
  • Activate your social networking connections on SoundCloud.com to share using the app

Version

1.3.1

Free or Paid

Free

Version Of OS X App Was Tested On

10.7.2

Accessibility Comments

Soundcloud is mostly accessible with some unlabelled buttons.

Usability

There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.

Link to SoundCloud in the App Store

Visit developer web site

Link to SoundCloud on MacUpdate.com

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