I had a look at the Soundcloud developer's documentation. It appears that t=
he waveform that's displayed is just an image, and I assume it's created ju=
st after you upload a sound file. I think one can download this image, but =
it's not clear if you can replace it with one you've created yourself.
If you could then it would be relatively simply to replace it with a sonogr=
am display, but I doubt you can. I've posted a question about it on their f=
orum, just in case.
If not, then judging by other developers' attempts to make cosmetic changes=
to the waveform, the alternative is to display the desired image on one's =
own website, and somehow use Soundcloud to do the streaming of the audio. Y=
ou'd have to program the moving cursor yourself, I'd say. It seems some dev=
elopers are desperate to change the colour of the waveform.
If that's what you have to do then I think I'd rather try to manipulate it =
onto a YouTube video.
I'd say that the owners of Soundcloud could probably offer the choice of a =
sonogram with just a few lines of code if they can get hold of a program to=
create the images for them. I imagine licensing might be their biggest dif=
ficulty. Perhaps if enough of us requested it then they'd do it.
Good idea changing the subject line to match the topic, Dan.
Peter Shute
From: =
.com] On Behalf Of Dan Dugan
Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2012 2:08 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Nature recordists group
Peter Shute wrote:
> I like the 24 hour display. I've been thinking a system like SoundCloud m=
ight be more useful for nature recordings if it displayed sonograms instead=
of wave forms. Displaying them vertically might be more useful too, so tha=
t the comments can all be displayed alongside the relevant section.
Amen to that! To me, a sonogram is hugely more valuable than a waveform dis=
play for any purpose, nature, speech, music.
> If no such system exists, I wonder if Sonic Visualiser output could be ma=
nipulated into a scrolling movie file with scrolling comments for upload to=
YouTube.
I note that SoundCloud is an open system and they encourage developers to w=
rite apps that interface with their database.
-Dan
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