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Show HN: My weekend project using the Soundcloud API
- tmandarano 14y agoLove it.
- j45 14y agoThis is great, I've wanted something like this for a long time, wish I could upvote it a hundred times ;) If you don't mind doing a blog post on how you found and picked all the music it would be interesting to see how this came together!
- ryanio 14y agoI'm a college student with a bit too much time this summer. Thought of this site on a plane ride a few months ago and finally decided to put it together, let me know what you think! Should be great coding music.
- chrischen 14y agoDo you know any other sources of coding music?
- wylie 14y agohttp://console.fm http://console.fm (Disclaimer: I'm friends with the founders) http://hypem.com http://hypem.com
- tkahn6 14y agoConsole.fm is great. Thanks.
- danielhlockard 14y agoLooks like console.fm crashed... I got a 502 bad gateway. MOAR BACKENDS NOW!
- alexkiwi 14y agoIt's fixed now, you can always try the iOS app too.
- ryanio 14y agoMy favorite is definitely Trance Around the World http://trancearoundtheworld.com http://trancearoundtheworld.com -- I actually themed the music on this site to kind of fit in a similar flow, I always feel like a productivity robot when listening to TATW
- hnriot 14y agoThanks for this link - that's a great music source, reminds me of FriskyRadio
- brianlovin 14y agoTATW is the only thing I can listen to when doing work...it just pulls you in.
- samstave 14y agoThe UI is HORRENDOUS though... Love the music/idea - but jesus, kill that page with fire.
- wickedchicken 14y agohttp://di.fm/ http://di.fm/ http://hybridized.org/ http://hybridized.org/ http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com/mix-directory/ http://astrangelyisolatedplace.com/mix-directory/
- engtech 14y agoI used to have all the mixes from hybridized.org Gray Area and Digital Witchcraft were fantastic
- yurifury 14y agoI enjoy the few tracks on http://musicforprogramming.net/ http://musicforprogramming.net/ , though it's not for everyone.
- mehulkar 14y agoI listen to the "Coding Soundtrack" playlist on Spotify by James Dennis and there's also a programming music room on turntable that I can't remember the name of.
- ihuman 14y agoThe name of the room is also Coding Soundtrack.
- chrislloyd 14y agohttp://mixture.fm http://mixture.fm
- processing 14y agohttp://ex.fm http://ex.fm limbiq frequencies http://tunein.com/radio/Limbik-Frequencies-s2225/ http://tunein.com/radio/Limbik-Frequencies-s2225/
- highace 14y agohttp://www.trance.fm/play/progressive192.wvx http://www.trance.fm/play/progressive192.wvx First thing that goes on when I sit down at the computer. Suits me perfectly for hacking away.
- wging 14y agoDoes "gimme the next one cap'n" just advance to the next song, or is there some Pandora-type 'I hate this song, never play it' thing going on? Presumably the former but thought I'd ask. Also, the insertion of extra text into my copy of "gimme the next one cap'n" was annoying, though I see its utility.
- grimgrin 14y agoAll of the music comes from two json objects, one is 'fast' and the other is 'faster'. Clicking "the last one was sweet" goes back a song, and "gimme the next one cap'n" goes forward a song, from whatever list you're currently playing (fast or faster).
- brianbreslin 14y agoRyan if you'd like an internship hacking on stuff, let me know.
- j45 14y agoI'm going to see how long I can leave it running before/if I tire of it
- nodrama 14y agovery nice. That's what I want: something you just start and be done with it. Choosing what track to play next just breaks my focus.
- josscrowcroft 14y agoFantastic. If this something you could write about or open-source? I'd love to mashup a version for jazz, soul. funk, etc.
- Robin_Message 14y agoThis looks great, but unfortunately it doesn't actually play for me. Soundcloud works fine for me (Chromium on Ubuntu), any reason why it wouldn't play?
- paulnelligan 14y agoNo offence, but it's a bit rubbish. How this got 174 upvotes is beyond me. Anyway, Here's my weekend project on the SC api, which we won the Amsterdam Music Hack day SC api prize with: http://soundfluence.com http://soundfluence.com
- cellis 14y agoGood stuff man, I like what I hear so far! What type of algorithms are you using to choose what to play?
- dracoli 14y agobeen looking for something like this! Needs more collections and more options!
- virgil_disgr4ce 14y agoI would kill for a "no vocals" option. Trance vocals make me want to jump out of a window.
- seagreen 14y ago"No vocals" would be especially nice for coding. EDIT: P.S. I've been using it all evening and I love the site. Thanks Ryan!
- Trufa 14y agoI think the concept is very minimalist on purpose, for something more complete, maybe you will enjoy something like 8tracks...
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- jessedhillon 14y agoCan you explain what it is? From what I can tell, there is a "Fast" playlist and a "Faster" playlist of music (which you've selected) to listen to when working, because the songs are upbeat I presume. So the play button plays the music, and do the Fast/Faster buttons switch between the two lists? Or is that not it at all?
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- thegyppo 14y agoI'm assuming this is BPM, if you want something a bit harder. IMO needs an option for ambient/downtempo stuff I personally find it hard to get stuff done to dance music.
- j45 14y agoYou might like somafm.com, they have some great channels including beat blender, among others. Ad free too.
- rglover 14y agoIf you're looking for ambient/slower tracks I would check out Ghostly Discovery: http://ghostly.com/discovery/play/ http://ghostly.com/discovery/play/ cool interface and great music.
- stevencorona 14y agoLove it. Would love a way to play it outside of the browser. I guess I could pop it open in a Fluid window, though.
- huge_asshole 14y agothis music is terrible. good job in getting it done though
- bahularora 14y agoreally ? I am liking what I am hearing.
- lwm 14y agoexactly my thoughts.
- Trufa 14y agoI like the minimalist design but I think a volume slider would be nice!
- AnthonyJoseph 14y agoDo one for mashups similar to Kap Slap's spring break mix, and you can have my first born.
- sekm 14y agoThe interface is nice and I like the responsiveness of it all. Could you briefly describe the technology/infrastructure stack you used?
- johnnyg 14y agoI'm not sure if you just happened to hit some good songs or what, but I like this a good deal, am using it this evening and plan on doing so in future. My tired old play lists thank you. :-)
- DeepDuh 14y agoI like the idea, not so much the music though. My recommendation for getting work done music: soma.fm.
- armenarmen 14y agoI had this same idea! Great job! I look forward to using it!
- mikeleeorg 14y agoI'm more a fan of rock and metal, but I dig the Fast & Faster functionality. It would be awesome to have that for a rock & metal playlist: hard rock -> heavy metal -> thrash metal -> speed metal And for this genre, even Hard & Harder functionality. Hells yea.
- bstar77 14y agoI'm surprised at how little Rock/Metal music is represented on Soundcloud. I have several songs I recorded years ago that get virtually no views on Soundcloud, most likely because they are tagged as rock/metal tracks. Seems like these bands are more content with MySpace than experimenting on Soundcloud.
- why-el 14y agoA feature to save the songs will be great. I know that I can go back to SoundCloud when clicking on a song but its a hassle so far. So how about adding a small profile? Otherwise excellent idea.
- whalesalad 14y agoThis is a cool project, but so far none of the music does it for me. My personal collection is a combination of the following: http://soundcloud.com/kapslap/ http://soundcloud.com/kapslap/ http://soundcloud.com/3lau/ http://soundcloud.com/3lau/ http://soundcloud.com/r3hab/ http://soundcloud.com/r3hab/ http://soundcloud.com/morganpage/ http://soundcloud.com/morganpage/ All #winning. It's also great for running. There are also tons of free podcasts online. Above & Beyond's Trance Around the World is fantastic (2 hours, weekly, it's priceless). 3LAU does one. Last but CERTAINLY not least, Morgan Page puts out some sick beats. He's also really into clean energy lately, he just picked up a Tesla and is getting all kinds of solar panels installed on his house. Morgan Page also does a weekly podcast which I love. Again, don't mean to degrade the original post I just wanted to pipe in some of the stuff that really helps me get in the zone and jam :)
- treelovinhippie 14y agoMight want to fix your like button. I had to click again to confirm posting to my wall (not sure if new Facebook feature or because you don't have any Facebook meta tags on the site)
- chrislloyd 14y agoThis is awesome! If you're in San Francisco (or next time you're here) I owe you a beer.
- adrianwaj 14y agoIf it chose well based on existing SC favorites it could be great.
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- dpe82 14y agoconsole.fm (500 Startups) is based on the same idea. Good stuff.
- blackhole 14y agoThis sadly doesn't make me want to code, it makes me want to compose music. Curses!
- nrmehta 14y agoNice work. Definitely going to use this.
- samstave 14y agoDear god; PLEASE MAKE AN ELECTROSWING version/channel. Like one that plays through Parov Stelar, Caravan Palace etc... This is awesome! This is the next Pandora Just noticed: REQUIRES a volume slider. Also a Download link.
- medell 14y ago+1 for Parov Stelar & Belleruche. Check out 8tracks for some ElectroSwing playlists.
- samstave 14y agoHave a link to a good playlist?
- simba-hiiipower 14y agoshameless act of self promotion, but i threw this together a while back: http://8tracks.com/simba-hiiipower/swing-swing http://8tracks.com/simba-hiiipower/swing-swing a mix of mostly ‘mainstream’ (if there is such a thing) electro-swing tracks i like to groove to.
- samstave 14y agoSICK Channel! Where are you? Do you play out? I am in SFBay and really need to get out and see some live electroswing. We used to dance at top of the mark in SF - I'd really like to help organize an electroswing party at that venue! EDIT: I see you're in DC... Email me your contact info: sstave at gmail dot com -- If I succeed in organizing an electroswing party in SF - your presence will be required.
- simba-hiiipower 14y agohaha, that sounds totally awesome! and yeah I’m hoping to make it out to the SF area in the near future; would definitely be down if it works out.
- ajtaylor 14y agoNice work! I'd love to see the addition of a volume control. With my headphones, even at the lowest volume level above mute, the music is still louder than I'd like. This seems to be a common issue for me with a lot of the embedded music players.
- webjunkie 14y agoSame issue for me! Unusable without volume control.
- bahularora 14y agonice work!! cool weekend project to do.
- sown 14y agoWhere do you get the music from?
- mmcdan 14y agoGreat Job. I viewed this just because I like seeing what people on HN are working on. Then 1 hour later, I realized that the music was still playing and I was in a state of flow with the work I was doing. This surprised me because I don't normally enjoy this type of music. Definitely put "slow", "medium" categories on there. Also, maybe filter out the songs that do those jarring breakbeats since those break the state of flow.
- bert2002 14y agovery nice, but need a version without Flash.
- perlpimp 14y agoGreat pickmeup for this morning, in Moscow, Russia. Thanks!
- baruch 14y agoI've used soundcloud for the past few weeks for background programming music and the main issue I had was the need to find the next artist with enough songs for the next session. Thanks for saving me time!
- seven800 14y agoWhat would be cool is if this hooked into your github account or similar and was able to measure what effect music actually has on productivity (assuming a causal relationship).
- BaconJuice 14y agothis is great! Thank you. Have a lot of work to get done today, this is going to help :)
- jmcejuela 14y agoLove it. I was looking recently for music for work.
- PaulHoule 14y agoIt doesn't support IE 9. Fail. I remember when it was fashionable for "enterprises" to make IE-only sites circa 2000. Now it's fashionable for "startups" to make sites that don't work with IE. It's every bit as short-sighted. If you use the right DOCTYPE, IE 9 complies with standards well. It's a decent web browser, and very fast for day-to-day browsing. The only thing wrong with it is I occasionally run into sites like this run by people who discriminate against IE users. I don't like Firefox for most browsing because it's got numerous problems that never get confronted. I don't like the browser from another web conglomerate because I don't want to share my usage data with a company that will ultimately use it to put me (and you!) out of business.
- srehnborg 14y agoAwesome! Have my background music for the day!
- fernholz 14y agoI want the ability to choose genre - Trance is ok sometimes, but I like to be able to switch it up. Should be an easy adjustment. Check the input, sanitize, pass to your javascript api call.
- killnine 14y agoI'd also like to help. Open source? I want to be able to SC "heart" the song and have it synced to my profile's 'Likes'
- atomaka 14y agoAny chance of a favicon that isn't pure black?
- jmcejuela 14y agoBtw, why does not the ex.fm plugin show?
- yummies 14y agoit would be great (and probably trivially easy) if it included a button to add the song to your soundcloud faves.