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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
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mclinnguy
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That is really, really slick.

The odd issue I always had is those radio algorithms were always Country focussed, doesn’t matter if Roon, Qobuz, Squeeze or Slacker in the car, I enter for example: Bachman-Turner Overdrive and the radio just chooses other Canadian bands, not a similar music style but based on which country the band is from? Who programmed that? I have yet to try this with your program, but I hope it doesn’t do the same. 

edit: Well I can see that it does not discriminate against other countries! BTO discovery generated and out of the 17 similar suggested bands only 2 are Canadian- the rest being US or UK. Nice!

Thanks @panyc77 one more lifetime subscription - $43 CDN sent

panyc77 OP
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@mclinnguy 

Another lifetime from Audiogon. And $43 CDN means he's Canadian, which means the geographic bias complaint is personal.

Thank you for the lifetime sub.

The country bias you're describing is exactly the kind of thing taste affinity avoids. Sonic Oracle doesn't look at where a band is from. It follows what real listeners do. If thousands of people who love Bachman-Turner Overdrive also love ZZ Top, Foghat, and Thin Lizzy, the engine surfaces those connections regardless of geography.

Give BTO a try on Balanced or Adventurous and let me know what comes back. No Canadian filter in sight.

Alessandro

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mclinnguy
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Give BTO a try on Balanced or Adventurous and let me know what comes back. No Canadian filter in sight.

You posted too quickly wink Beat me to my edit. 

The country bias you're describing is exactly the kind of thing taste affinity avoids. Sonic Oracle doesn't look at where a band is from. It follows what real listeners do.

Awesome! 

 

panyc77 OP
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Thank you !

dbb
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How does Sonic Oracle handle classical?

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