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Sonic Oracle update: nearly 3 million artists, works with any Tidal/Qobuz connected setup

For those who still don't know Sonic Oracle: it's a music discovery tool for Tidal and Qobuz. You type in an artist, pick a depth (Essential, Balanced, or Adventurous), and it builds a permanent playlist of connected artists saved directly to your library. Not a station. Permanent playlists based on what listeners with similar taste enjoy.

The database now covers nearly 3 million artists across 44+ sub-genres.

Every playlist lands in your Tidal or Qobuz library, which means any hardware with Tidal Connect or Qobuz Connect picks it up instantly. Roon, Audirvana, Aurender, dCS, Lumin, Naim, Linn, Bluesound, WiiM, and everything else. Create a playlist on your phone, hit play on your streamer.

Today we hit 100 paid subscribers. To celebrate that and Memorial Day weekend, I'm offering 10% off the lifetime plan through Monday midnight. Use code MEMORIAL100 at checkout. Lifetime goes from $29.99 to $26.99.

Free to try at https://sonicoracle.music/. Three playlists, no credit card needed.

Alessandro

panyc77
soix
11,230 posts
 

Stupid question — if I’m using my iPad with Qobuz and a playlist is added does it use my iPad’s memory?  

panyc77 OP
45 posts
 

Not a stupid question. No, the playlist streams from Qobuz's servers. It doesn't download anything to your iPad unless you specifically choose to download it for offline listening. It works the same as any other playlist in your Qobuz library.

Alessandro

kenrus
64 posts
 

I’ve used Sonic Oracle for several weeks now. I like it a lot. It’s sort of a poor man’s Roon. You type in the name of an artist and Sonic Oracle instantly gives a list of related artists, some I’ve never heard of which is great, whose songs can be delivered in a playlist. When you’re ready you punch another button and you get a playlist of between 25 and 75 songs delivered directly to, in my case Qobuz, your streaming service through which it can go to Roon. A lot of the songs I get are either completely new to me or songs I haven’t thought about for a long time. From there you can, if you want to, go to the album which contains any given song. 
 

I definitely recommend it. 
 

Ken

panyc77 OP
45 posts
 

"Poor man's Roon" made me laugh. At $29.99 lifetime, I'll take it.

In all seriousness though, Sonic Oracle does things Roon doesn't. Roon shows you a short list of similar artists you probably already know. Sonic Oracle finds up to 25 artists connected to your taste, many you've never heard of, and builds a permanent playlist in your library. Roon's radio creates a station that disappears when it's done. Sonic Oracle playlists stay forever. And nothing in Roon comes close to Adventurous mode.

The best part is they work together. Sonic Oracle fills your library. Roon plays it.

Glad it's working well for you, Ken.

Alessandro

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