Difference between revisions of "Publishing Live Performance Audio to Soundcloud"

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This Wiki article will guide you through the steps of uploading a Live at KDHX session to our Soundcloud channel at http://soundcloud.com/kdhx

• Accurate spelling is critical for both artist name and song titles. It is generally safe to assume that titles given on the release form will not be exactly accurate. Use Google to double check spellings of both artist and song titles.
• Interviews should not be posted in conjunction with songs recorded in our studio session, and will be published separately in podcast form with expressed permission of the content director. Please refer questions from hosts accordingly.
• Do not include short introductions to songs by either the host or the artist as a separate track - songs only, in the order performed or as directed by the artist or host.

CONVERT TO 320 KBPS MP3

• Prior to uploading, convert each song to 320 kbps MP3s using iTunes. To help with locating your mp3s, fill in the Artist and/or Album information in iTunes using Apple A (select all) and Apple I (get info) and fill in according to the diagram below.

UPLOAD AND NAME FILES

• Log in to Soundcloud If you do not know the user name and password, contact coco(at)kdhx(dot)org.
• Click Upload and Send. Then choose files.
• Browse for the folder that has your mp3s, sort by name, which will list them starting with 1 [song title].mp3.

• Type "Apple (Command) A" to select all the mp3s and type Return or click Select in the lower right.
• Your upload should begin with the first mp3 and going to the last. If they are out of order you can rearrange them by clicking and dragging on the arrows icon.
• As they are uploading, add this info to each: [Artist] "Song Name" Live at KDHX Month/Day/Year (with numerical values for date). Do not include unnecessary zeros in front of month or day.

• Use standard AP Style capitalization for song titles. First and last word in title are always capitalized. Prepositions (of, to, in, on, for) and articles (a, the) that are 3 letters or less are not capitalized. Examples: "Son of a Preacher Man," "Stairway to Heaven," "I Love You More Than Words Can Say," "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," and "This Is the End."

• You may wish to copy the text for the first song field you filled in and paste into the rest; that way you only need to change the Song Name for the remaining tracks.

File:Soundcloud2.jpg

FILL OUT SET INFO

• Title: [Artist]: Live at KDHX [Month/Day/Year] - use numerical values for the date here

• Description should be in this format - you may copy and paste this text from below:

[Artist] performs live at 88.1 KDHX in St. Louis. Recorded [Month, Day, Year (spelled out)]. Sound by [Your Name and Asst's Name]. 

Discover more great music at http://kdhx.org.

• Permalink will be automatically created. Review it for cleanliness - remove or add to hanging letters if it makes it more useful as a link.
• The rest of the info should appear in the format pictured below.

• Artwork: Upload the KDHX logo as the "new artwork" image, which should be stored on the desktop or you may download it here

*Tags should begin with adding the genre added according to the information provided in the Smartsheet Master List pre session (see below).  No other tags are necessary at this time.

FILL OUT MORE INFO

• Click on the "METADATA" tab
• Leave "Buy link" and "Buy link title" fields unaltered.
• For Record label, enter "KDHX"
• For Original release date, put in actual date of session: Year-Month-Day (with numerals as indicated by the field)
• Click Save

REVIEW and SAVE

• DOUBLE CHECK YOUR SPELLING on song titles and artist name.
• Listen to the session audio to make sure it's correct - start and clicking through random parts to verify quality. If you need to edit a track, go to the KDHX logo and choose playlists or profile to find your songs and sets. Click the Edit link (pencil) on the set to make alterations.

• Click the share link and review the automatically generated URL for the playlist. If it is complete, copy it into the clipboard for use in the next step. If it has truncated info, clean it up.
  

For example, if the playlist URL for Matt Wilson's Christmas Tree-O generates the playlist link: 
https://soundcloud.com/kdhx/sets/matt-wilsons-christmas-tre 
change it to something complete, such as: 
https://soundcloud.com/kdhx/sets/matt-wilsons-christmas-tree-o-live-at-kdhx-121715 or 
https://soundcloud.com/kdhx/sets/matt-wilsons-christmas-tree-o-at-kdhx-121715 

Click Edit pencil) for the playlist to make alterations.

PUBLISHING FOLLOW UP

As soon as the SoundCloud session is posted, our web page for the session will be created and the band/management will be notified for cross posting and social media seeding. Please be sure to inform music director Nick Acquisto via a Smartsheet discussion post that the playlist is ready. To do this, go to the Live In-Studio Master List, click on the Discussion icon for the session's row (see below), obtain the playlist link for the new SoundCloud set, paste the link into a discussion comment mentioning that it has been published, then send an e-mail of the comment or full discussion including Nick in the message. (cc yourself to be sure it was sent)

PUBLISHING PARAMETERS

(Not intended for engineers - move this section to kdhx.org website publishers section)

Adjust height parameter (approximately 25-30 pixels per track). Depending on length of the set title, you may need to add 15-20 to these numbers:

9 or more tracks: 450

8: 425

7: 400

6: 380

5: 350

4: 325

3: 300

2: 280

Use this color for set: e10a0d