curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

 npm install play

  var play = require('play').Play();

  // play with a callback
  play.sound('./wavs/sfx/intro.wav', function(){

    // these are all "fire and forget", no callback
    play.sound('./wavs/sfx/alarm.wav');
    play.sound('./wavs/sfx/crinkle.wav');
    play.sound('./wavs/sfx/flush.wav');
    play.sound('./wavs/sfx/ding.wav');
    
  });

  //If you want to know when the player has defintely started playing
  play.on('play', function (valid) {
    console.log('I just started playing!');
  });
  play.sound('./wavs/sfx/ding.wav');

  //If you want to know if this can't play for some reason
  play.on('error', function () {
    console.log('I can't play!');
  });

 cd examples
 node demo.js

  <embed id = "hat" autostart = "false" src = "./wavs/drums/tick.wav"/>
  <embed id = "snare" autostart = "false" src = "./wavs/drums/snare.wav"/>
  <embed id = "kick" autostart = "false" src = "./wavs/drums/kick.wav"/>

  // If you want raw access to the player (via stdin)

  // require and stuff happened here
  var play = require('play').Play();
  var player = false;

  // Force it to use mplayer (can be anything else)
  play.usePlayer('mplayer');
  play.on('play', function () {
    player = play.player;
  });

  play.sound('./somelonglongsong.wav');