When you make your track downloadable, this allows your listeners to download your track in the same format you uploaded it in, without any additional transcoding. Make sure to check the resulting stream in the rare case where more headroom is required.

We recommend that you leave between -0.5 and -1 dBFS of headroom to prevent artifacts like clipping during transcoding. These codecs are highly optimized, but they can increase peak levels, which can cause clipping. As part of that process, we resample and transcode it to a high-performance codec. We want to preserve your work, that’s why we recommend you upload uncompressed or lossless audio files to ensure that the transcoding process results in the best possible quality. For a full list of support codecs and containers, check our supported file formats.

If your file exceeds these criteria, please split it into separate uploads. We also support a large variety of lossy formats, including OGG, MP2, MP3, AAC, AMR, and WMA. We recommend you upload in a lossless format like WAV, FLAC, AIFF, or ALAC.

The problem isn’t your speakers or software: it could be a result of the uploading process. Sometimes, when listening to your track you may find that the sound quality does not meet your expectations. If you’re having trouble with the quality of your uploads on SoundCloud, we have some suggestions to improve your experience.

Download wav files on soundcloud