Link Your Account Once and Your Tracks Stay in Sync
If your audio already lives on SoundCloud, you can now connect the account to your actor website once and have your tracks appear here automatically. Upload there, and it shows up here.
Why bother connecting rather than embedding
You could always paste an embed code, and plenty of people did. The problem with an embed is that it is a snapshot. Add a new demo and you have to remember to come back and paste a new one, which nobody does, so a lot of voice sites are quietly advertising a demo from three years ago.
A connection does not go stale. It also means your track titles, durations and artwork come across correctly rather than being retyped, and it means the player matches your site's design instead of arriving in somebody else's colors.
What comes across
- Your public tracks, with titles and durations.
- Your playlists, which map onto the audio playlist categories.
- Artwork, used as the track image where a design shows one.
Private and unlisted tracks stay private. We only read what is already public, which is worth saying plainly because it is the first question people ask.
Setting it up
One button in your integrations settings, one approval on SoundCloud's side, done. You are not handing over a password: the connection uses a token that you can revoke from either end at any time, and revoking it simply stops the sync rather than removing anything from your site.
If you do not use SoundCloud
You do not need it. Direct upload works, and for many voice actors it is the better answer because there is no third party who can change their terms, rate-limit your player or go out of business. The connection exists because a large number of voice actors already have their whole catalog there and re-uploading it is a tedious afternoon.
A known issue, since fixed
Some early connections dropped after a short period and had to be re-authorized. That was our fault rather than SoundCloud's, and it is fixed. The write-up is in longer SoundCloud sessions.
Where audio fits on an actor site
For a screen actor, audio is supporting material and belongs below the reel. For a voice actor it is the entire product and belongs at the top, on a design built for it such as VoiceNow. Our general piece on integrating audio and video covers the balance.
Not set up yet? Create a free actor website and connect your audio in the first sitting.
