Building the future of intelligent audio curation

The Sound Library Podcast

Technology EN ↓ 6 episodes

The audio companion to Parla Music's mission to revolutionize how people organize, categorize, and access their sound. From software development to user experience, we explore what it takes to make every piece of audio content perfectly organized and effortlessly accessible. Visit us: https://www.parlamusic.com/ soundlibrary.substack.com

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Building the future of intelligent audio curation

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MemoKit: The API iOS Really Needs 28.12.2025 12:51

In today’s episode, we dig into a problem that’s both technical and philosophical: why iOS still doesn’t offer a real API for Voice Memos — and why that matters more than you might think. Inspired by a Sound Library deep-dive, we explore the limitations developers face when building apps that organize and manage user recordings. For years, third-party developers have been able to build rich apps a...

Sound Library App— Rediscovering Your Life, One Recording at a Time 14.12.2025 11:11

We all have it — a phone full of voice clips: half-finished song ideas, random thoughts scribbled in audio, laughter from a cousin’s birthday, the hum of a city street, or even a fleeting moment worth holding on to. But when every file shows up as “New Recording 1898,” those precious fragments become buried memories lost in the noise. That’s exactly the problem the team behind Sound Library set ou...

Voice Memos: A Love Story Gone Wrong 03.12.2025 10:16

You know that feeling when you’re frantically scrolling through 400 voice memos trying to find your kid’s first laugh? Or that song idea from 3am that you KNOW you recorded somewhere? We all use Apple’s Voice Memos the same way: capture everything, organize nothing, panic later. It’s become our accidental diary—filled with baby babbles, song snippets, grandma’s stories, and random genius thoughts...

When Apple Forgot Its Own Rules: The Photos App Redesign Debate 23.11.2025 14:56

Apple has always been the gold standard for interface design, but something strange happened with the iOS 18 Photos app redesign. The clean, intuitive four-tab structure of iOS 17—Library, Albums, For You, and Search—was replaced with an endless scroll of algorithmically generated content. Typography became harder to read, search got buried behind extra taps, and AI-generated collections blurred t...

Si algo funciona, ¿pa’ qué cambiarlo? Parte 1. - Edición en Audio 13.11.2025 14:02

Bienvenido a la versión en audio de nuestra última publicación del blog. En este episodio, profundizamos en uno de los rediseños más controversiales de 2024: Apple Fotos en iOS 18 y iOS 26. ¿Qué pasa cuando tomas una app querida y funcional, en la que millones confían como su archivo personal de recuerdos… y la reinventas? Apple Fotos en iOS 17 no era espectacular, pero funcionaba. Era una máquina...

If it Ain't Broke. Part 1. - Audio Edition 11.11.2025 12:14

Welcome to the audio version of our latest blog post! In this episode, we’re diving into one of the most controversial redesigns of 2024: Apple Photos in iOS 18 and iOS26. What happens when you take a beloved, functional app that millions rely on as their personal memory archive—and reinvent it? Apple Photos on iOS 17 wasn’t flashy, but it worked. It was a time machine, not a social network. A pla...