SoundCloud.com - A Simple Social Audio Tool

SoundCloud.com is an audio platform that enables anyone to upload, record, promote and share their originally-created sounds across the internet, in a simple, accessible and feature-rich way. From sample to symphony and soundbite to soliloquy, SoundCloud allows sound creators anywhere to instantly record audio on the site or via mobile applications and share them publicly or privately; to embed sound across websites, social networks and blogs and receive feedback from the community.

SoundCloud's open platform also supports a wide range of applications built on the SoundCloud API, enabling everything from mobile voice recording, online mastering, digital distribution to Facebook artist profiles and iPad music making. SoundCloud offers free accounts to amateur creators, with more advanced users able to upgrade to premium accounts for advanced features like statistics, controlled distribution and custom branding.

This web application holds endless possibilities in the arena of online education. I gave SoundCloud a try by recording a mini-lecture for my students about an minimally invasive cardiovascular procedure called Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS).

Check it out:

[soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/24317110" iframe="true" /]

Here is the image referred to in the recording:

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="316"] Intravascular Ultrasound Image Courtesy of Volcano Corp.[/caption]

Try it yourself at SoundCloud.com .