Mastering is currently limited to songs. At this time, we don't support mastering for DJ Mixes (you actually want normalization) or Podcasts.

Ready to get started? Head over to Mastering on SoundCloud, powered by Dolby.

Copyright Considerations

For your content to be eligible for mastering, you must own 100% of the rights in all parts of that content.  

Your track is scanned by our content ID system after mastering for content that has been delivered by rights-holders for copyright protection.  If a match is detected, your content will be blocked.  In other words, mastering content created by someone else runs the risk of having that track removed from your account.

You can avoid these blocks by mastering sounds that you have created yourself.  You can read more about copyright here.

File Formats

While SoundCloud accepts more audio formats than any other platform, mastering is limited to WAV, FLAC, or MP3 formats with a max sample rate of 88200hz. However, for the highest fidelity masters, we recommend a 24-bit lossless format.

Currently, we are not able to accept AIFF files uploaded straight from e.g. GarageBand or Logic Pro. Make sure to export your tracks in another format, e.g., WAV, and it should work just fine! 
 

Track Length

Mastering is currently limited to tracks under 10 min in length. If you're working on a long orchestra piece or just have a jam session that's a bit longer, drop us a note and give us a sense for what you're trying to accomplish, and we'll consider it!