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I would pay for a stripped down better designed version of soundcloud that was targeted for music producers and djs to share samples.

askafriend 11y ago
Can you explain the problem that you have that something like a stripped down SoundCloud would solve? What are your thoughts on bandcamp?
- humbleMouse 11y ago
  I am a triathalon biker and also go to the gym multiple times per week. As such, I always have my phone strapped to my arm. Soundcloud's interface for liking/saving songs is basically unusable with my phone strapped to my arm. The whole mobile app is a complete piece of shit in terms of UX desgin and usability. As a producer, there is not even a button to click to access a list of my own tracks I have posted on soundcloud! I test mixes on different speakers all the time and it is a major headache to have to search for your own damn song on soundcloud just to be able to find it!!! I should be able to click a button called "my tracks" and see a list of all my tracks I have uploaded instantly. Also, soundcloud is just unreliable in general. Even on my laptop with fiber internet I find myself running into ajax calls that timeout. I always have to refresh the page and whatnot to get songs to play. I could honestly write a small book about all the things I hate about soundcloud. Now that they have ads I really hope that a small competitor steals their pie. If I didn't have to work a silly enterprise job 9-5 I would just write a new platform myself.... A stripped down version of soundcloud would include: no stupid animations when I click any buttons. no 100 ajax calls every time I load a page. a mobile interface that didnt suck - and had an easy button for getting to "my tracks". A page that showed a history of every song I have ever played in chronological order so I could go back and find things I missed. Smaller album art for each song (ie. more songs displayed per screen space unit). No ads. No fullscreen play/next buttons on mobile - screws me up all the time while biking/running/driving. The buttons are too big. As for bandcamp - I don't use it. The few times I have used it have been fine though. TLDR: I think soundcloud is the best source for finding new artists and music, but the platform from a UX and technical standpoint is shitty.
edoceo 11y ago
I saw this once, c2002. Wish I could remember the name
demolished23 11y ago
like this? https://clyp.it/ https://clyp.it/
- humbleMouse 11y ago
  I will check this out when I am at home not blocked by my company firewall.

askafriend 11y ago

Can you explain the problem that you have that something like a stripped down SoundCloud would solve? What are your thoughts on bandcamp?

humbleMouse 11y ago
I am a triathalon biker and also go to the gym multiple times per week. As such, I always have my phone strapped to my arm. Soundcloud's interface for liking/saving songs is basically unusable with my phone strapped to my arm. The whole mobile app is a complete piece of shit in terms of UX desgin and usability. As a producer, there is not even a button to click to access a list of my own tracks I have posted on soundcloud! I test mixes on different speakers all the time and it is a major headache to have to search for your own damn song on soundcloud just to be able to find it!!! I should be able to click a button called "my tracks" and see a list of all my tracks I have uploaded instantly. Also, soundcloud is just unreliable in general. Even on my laptop with fiber internet I find myself running into ajax calls that timeout. I always have to refresh the page and whatnot to get songs to play. I could honestly write a small book about all the things I hate about soundcloud. Now that they have ads I really hope that a small competitor steals their pie. If I didn't have to work a silly enterprise job 9-5 I would just write a new platform myself.... A stripped down version of soundcloud would include: no stupid animations when I click any buttons. no 100 ajax calls every time I load a page. a mobile interface that didnt suck - and had an easy button for getting to "my tracks". A page that showed a history of every song I have ever played in chronological order so I could go back and find things I missed. Smaller album art for each song (ie. more songs displayed per screen space unit). No ads. No fullscreen play/next buttons on mobile - screws me up all the time while biking/running/driving. The buttons are too big. As for bandcamp - I don't use it. The few times I have used it have been fine though. TLDR: I think soundcloud is the best source for finding new artists and music, but the platform from a UX and technical standpoint is shitty.

edoceo 11y ago

I saw this once, c2002. Wish I could remember the name

demolished23 11y ago

like this? https://clyp.it/ https://clyp.it/

humbleMouse 11y ago
I will check this out when I am at home not blocked by my company firewall.