July 24, 2013 archive

Jul 24

TDYR #024 – SoundCloud’s Crashing iOS App Is A Reminder To Have Multiple Tools

Today was frustrating in that the SoundCloud app on iOS kept crashing when I tried to upload a recording. It turns out that this is a known issue and a fix has been submitted to the app store: http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/1228230-i-m-having-problems-with-my-iphone-ipad-app But this occurrence reminded me that if you want to be creating content you can't rely on only one tool. Thankfully, I also have the Hindenburg Field Recorder (HFR) app on my iPhone which had no problem uploading to SoundCloud. Now, it's NOT a free app. In fact at $29.99 it's one of the more expensive that I have on my iPhone - but it is excellent for recording and editing audio. More info is at: http://hindenburgsystems.com/products/hindenburg-field-recorder I was using the SoundCloud iOS app because it was easy and convenient, but this crashing may inadvertently cause me to switch to using HFR that much more.