SoundCloud is a platform with over 4 million users that allows sharing of all kinds of audio like music, samples and recordings. It has a large social network of audio creators and developers can access the audio through its API with just a few lines of code. Developers can build apps that stream, embed and interact with audio on SoundCloud through its RESTful API, Widget API and other tools.

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2. What is SoundCloud?
Your sounds from anywhere to everywhere
Lots and lots of sounds
All kinds of audio – Music, samples, loops, recordings
Over 4 million users
Lots of activity
A platform open for hacking
100s of developers, 1000s of registered apps
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3. Social Sounds
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4. Hacking
Three lines of code to share any audio
One line to stream audio
Great search tools
Streaming, oEmbed, widgets, players
Machine tags
Huge social graph of audio creators
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5. developers.soundcloud.com
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6. RESTful API
> http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/2
<track>
<sharing>public</sharing>
<tag-list>electric,beats</tag-list>
<streamable type="boolean">true</streamable>
<bpm type="float">120.0</bpm>
<license>cc-by-nc-sa</license>
<waveform-url>
http://waveforms.soundcloud.com/KcoNolQWb1bB_m.png
</waveform-url>
<stream-url>
http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/2/stream
</stream-url>
</track>
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7. Uploading with the ruby gem
client = Soundcloud.new({
:client_id => YOUR_CLIENT_ID,
:client_secret => YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET,
:refresh_token => SOME_REFRESH_TOKEN
})
track = client.post('/tracks', :track => {
:title => 'a new track',
:asset_data => File.new('audio.mp3')
})
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8. Connect with SoundCloud
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9. Custom Player API
$('a.sc-player').scPlayer();
http://github.com/soundcloud/soundcloud-custom-player
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10. Widget API
soundcloud.addEventListener('onPlayerReady', function
(player, data) {
console.log('player ready');
});
http://github.com/soundcloud/Widget-JS-API
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11. oEmbed API
http://soundcloud.com/oembed?url=track-url
http://github.com/soundcloud/api/wiki/oEmbed-API
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12. Hacks
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13. iElectribe Gorillaz Edition
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14. Radio Free
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15. iRig Recorder
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16. developers.soundcloud.com
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17. Prize
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18. http://snd.sc/hackdaysf
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19. Thanks!
eric@soundcloud.com
twitter.com/ericw
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20. We’re hiring :)
soundcloud.com/jobs
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