Audio widget: play a mix or track on your page
The audio widget puts a player right on your page: visitors listen to your mix or track without leaving it. You can add it to any page – profile, venue, crew, event series and event. It can be added by the page’s owner and by its admins and moderators.
Which links work
- SoundCloud – a public track or a set (playlist).
- hearthis.at – a track.
- Mixcloud – a set.
- Spotify – a track, an album or a playlist.
- Bandcamp – a track or an album.
- Apple Music – a song, an album or a playlist.
The link has to lead to that one item, not to a profile or an overview.
How to add an audio widget
- Tap “Edit” in the bar of your page, then “Add widget” or one of the “Widget” buttons between the tiles.
- In the “Media” group choose the “Audio” tile. “Add audio” opens.
- On the platform, copy the address of the track or set, best via “Share › Copy link” or from the browser’s address bar.
- Paste it into the “Link” field – or tap “Paste from clipboard”. EDM Hub checks the link and shows, for example, “Detected: SoundCloud · set”.
- Optional: enter a heading under “General”, such as “My latest mix”.
- Check the player under “Preview” and tap “Insert”.
- Tap “Save” in the bar at the top. Only then does everyone see the widget.
If you paste a YouTube or Instagram link here, EDM Hub notices and creates the tile as a video or social post. “Apply as another type” takes you back to the choice.
One link is enough – platform, kind and preview follow from it.
What visitors see
Visitors see the platform’s player with your heading. EDM Hub only loads players from other platforms once the visitor has allowed them on their device – in the “Content from other platforms” notice or in the settings under “Privacy & data”. Until then the player’s place shows, for example, “SoundCloud content is blocked” with the link “Enable in settings”.
Bandcamp always appears as a link card that leads to Bandcamp, because the Bandcamp player needs a number that isn’t in the link. EDM Hub fetches the hearthis.at player when you save the page; until then, or if hearthis.at doesn’t know the track, a link card appears as well.
This is how the audio widget looks on the page.
When the link is refused
- “We do not know short links.” – EDM Hub cannot resolve short links from apps (for example from SoundCloud, Spotify or Apple Music). Open the link in a browser and copy the full address.
- “We cannot embed this site.” – The site is none of the platforms above. For other sites there is the Links widget.
- “That is a link from SoundCloud, this needs a track or a set.” – This or similar, depending on the platform: the link leads, for example, to a profile instead of a track. Open the track or set itself and copy its address.
- The player reports an error – The content is private, deleted or blocked in your country. Check it on the platform.
- You see no player yourself – You haven’t allowed the platform on your device. The window offers a button such as “Allow SoundCloud embeds on this device”; you undo it in Settings › Privacy & data.