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A Customizable SoundCloud Player Built on the Web Audio API and d3

Shown by elsbree on Apr 15, 2014. Click the card to turn it over.

93points

62comments

#301of 2,272 in 2014

Top 14%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

8 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 11 critical, out of 45 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.

Design: 2 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 against

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Clean, minimal, beautiful UI
From 3 comments
- This is a beautiful player, and fast too. Thanks for open sourcing it. Great job!
  dalur on HN
- Really clean UI, maybe add a repeat button or integrate hotkeys likes soundcloud
  jOuel on HN
- Mixture of Webaudio API with D3 is awesome , liked the themes as well .. good work :)
  shamsulbuddy on HN
Fast performance
From 1 comment
- This is a beautiful player, and fast too. Thanks for open sourcing it. Great job!
  dalur on HN

No volume control
From 4 comments
- Looks really nice. Am I blind or is there no volume control? Is there a reason you chose to exclude it?
  graedus on HN
- Not seeing an obvious way to change the volume.
  joshmn on HN
- I'd like to add my own feedback. I believe volume control is an essential feature of a music player, even more so than play and pause. You'll find that many users of web apps…
  usea on HN
- Just put it next to the timeline. The lack of a volume control on is a huge annoyance with the existing Soundcloud embeds, and it was the first thing I looked for. We put it…
  anigbrowl on HN
High CPU usage
From 1 comment
- This is really neat looking, but 50% CPU usage is a bit much. Admittedly, I'm on an older Core 2 Duo desktop, but still, I don't even remember Winamp visualizations taking this…
  heywire on HN
Does not work on Linux or Firefox
From 3 comments
- The screenshots I saw on github look great but it's a complete no-go on Firefox 24.10 on linux.
  harrystone on HN
- Not working for me on Chromium 33.0.1750.152 Ubuntu 13.10, stuck loading forever.
  danoprey on HN
- Nice work, Tim! Just a heads up: the D3 visualization doesn't seem to be working in FF28 on Win 7.
  rbaud on HN

Add volume control
From 3 comments
- Looks really nice. Am I blind or is there no volume control? Is there a reason you chose to exclude it?
  graedus on HN
- I'd like to add my own feedback. I believe volume control is an essential feature of a music player, even more so than play and pause. You'll find that many users of web apps…
  usea on HN
- Just put it next to the timeline. The lack of a volume control on is a huge annoyance with the existing Soundcloud embeds, and it was the first thing I looked for. We put it…
  anigbrowl on HN
Support non-SoundCloud sources
From 2 comments
- Hi Tim, ToneDen looks really cool. I love the look of the live-frequency line. I wish to incorporate aspects of the player on (http://spawnsong.com), will this work for…
  pooMonger on HN
- This player is really nice, but is there a compelling reason to tie the API to soundcloud instead of having the usual player setup where the caller feeds it a tracklist…
  hamburglar on HN
Add repeat button and keyboard hotkeys
From 1 comment
- Really clean UI, maybe add a repeat button or integrate hotkeys likes soundcloud
  jOuel on HN

Will it work with non-SoundCloud audio sources?
From 1 comment
- Hi Tim, ToneDen looks really cool. I love the look of the live-frequency line. I wish to incorporate aspects of the player on (http://spawnsong.com), will this work for…
  pooMonger on HN
Does SoundCloud API terms allow this?
From 1 comment
- What does the SoundCloud API terms say about this? I thought it was like YouTube where you are required to at least show their embedded version when using it.
  Kiro on HN

SoundCloud embeds
From 1 comment
- Just put it next to the timeline. The lack of a volume control on is a huge annoyance with the existing Soundcloud embeds, and it was the first thing I looked for. We put it…
  anigbrowl on HN
YouTube and Vimeo players
From 1 comment
- It's unfair to just say "Hey look. Youtube and Vimeo with billions of dollars and decades of experience between them decided to put a volume control. You should too." But…
  keehun on HN