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I built what Tidal and Qobuz won't. And people are loving it.

50 days ago I launched Sonic Oracle. One developer, zero marketing budget. 150+ people are paying for it.

I built it because I was tired of the same recommendations everywhere. Tidal's "Fans Also Like" stays surface-level. Qobuz barely has discovery at all. Radio stations disappear when they're done. "Similar Artists" gives you the same ten names you already know.

Sonic Oracle fills the gap. You type in an artist, pick a depth, and it builds a permanent playlist of connected artists saved directly to your Tidal or Qobuz library. Roon, Audirvana, Aurender, dCS, Lumin, Naim, Linn, McIntosh, everything picks it up. About 5-6 hours of music you've never heard, created in under a minute.

No AI. No label deals pushing promoted content into your results. Every recommendation comes from real listener behavior. Every artist is a real person with a real discography.

There's a depth setting going from safe picks all the way to deep cuts no streaming platform would ever surface. That's where it gets interesting.

Thanks to the feedback from communities like this one, the app keeps getting better. New features ship every week based on what users ask for. 

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

Alessandro

panyc77
panyc77 OP
71 posts
 

Good question.

There's no track count setting right now, and here's why: the number of tracks depends on how many strong artist connections the engine finds for your seed. Some artists have deeper connection networks than others, so playlist sizes vary naturally.

You have full control in two places:

Before creating the playlist, swap out or delete any artist from the results. Fewer artists means fewer tracks.

After the playlist is created, it's permanently saved in your library. Edit it however you want. Remove tracks, reorder, trim it to a specific length. It's yours.

The depth dial also affects this indirectly. Essential tends to produce tighter playlists, Adventurous casts a wider net.

Appreciate the feedback. If enough people ask for a track limit, I'll look into it 

 

Alessandra 

jimindfw
3 posts
 

Cool little app. Easy to use. Great playlists. Just a couple of suggestions:

1) would be great to be able to add more than one artist to train the playlist (eg, Steely Dan + Toto would give much different suggestions than Steely Dan + Donald Fagan)

2) train by song(s) (eg, “Thunder Road” + “The River” would give very different results than “Dancing in the Dark” + “Pink Cadillac”)

panyc77 OP
71 posts
 

Thanks for the kind words, and great suggestions.

Both ideas are on my radar. Multi-artist seeding (blending two artist profiles to narrow the results) and track-based discovery (seeding from specific songs instead of an artist's full catalog) would each take the playlists in a very different direction. You're right, Steely Dan + Toto is a completely different signal than Steely Dan + Donald Fagen.

No timeline to share yet, but these are the kinds of features I'm thinking about. Feedback like yours helps me prioritize.

Alessandro 

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timothy468
88 posts
 

I am all in - for $30 I feel that this sort of app needs support (almost no matter what).

I shall now spend far too much time exploring it!

Tim

buickwilson
5 posts
 

Glad this thread came up on my feed as I wasn't aware of this app. Super easy to link to my Qobuz account, created a playlist in seconds and loving the mix that is streaming to my Nagra Streamer.  So many times I just want type in an artist or genre depending on my mood and have a quick playlist created... Instant lifetime purchase. Thanks for you work, and looking forward to the evolution..

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