Ever wanted to include a recorded song with you post, but don't want to record a video ? Well now you can !
In this short HOWTO I'm going to provide the needed information to post your music here in the Row.
First you need a SoundCloud account, SoundCloud is considered to be the YouTube for Music. (at the moment we only support SoundCloud).
You can sign-up for a soundcloud account at : http://www.soundcloud.com
Creating a basic account is free and allow you to create 3 sets (playlists) and 120 upload minutes. You can also go for a premium account which gives you more features but that's not needed for sharing music here.
If you have a SC account you can continue here :
1. Upload your song to SC (set it as public), you can do this from your browser or a desktop program that allows uploads (at the moment they have an uploader they call SCUP)
2. Go to YOU -> TRACKS
3. Lookup the song you want to share and select share
4. Highlight the text at the "Get the link" field (for example : http://soundcloud.com/patrick-kox/tm...ettin-on-the-1)
5. Paste the link in your post
make sure the URL is not set as a link in Vbulletin (it's underlined if it is), if it IS link highlight the entire URL and click the unlink button (globe with a red X)
6. Highlight the link and click on the SC button. ()
7. Done.
Before you submit your post you can use the "Preview Post" button to check if it's all working.
Now, some important things to know :
- Do NOT link to a playlist (set) since that doesn't work correctly
- If you are an advanced user you can use the BB code instead of the SC button. ([ SC]your link[ /SC] without the spaces).
- If you do not see the SC buctton (when posting a reply for example) use the BB code or click the "Go Advanced" button.
A posted song should look like this :
http://soundcloud.com/patrick-kox/tmbg-lesson-05-gettin-on-the-1
I now also added code for SoundCloud Playlists/sets.
For example here is the Bassment Rows Group set :
I did not include this as a button to avoid confusion with the one song code.
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