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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
 

@Casey

Thanks for your support 

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dcfis
9 posts
 

Any plans for filling in a whole existing playlist? 

panyc77 OP
71 posts
 

Right now the Oracle creates a fresh playlist each time, but adding tracks to an existing one is definitely on my radar. Could you tell me a bit more about how you'd use it? For example, would you want to keep growing the same playlist over multiple discoveries, or more like "here's my playlist, find me more like this"?

That context helps me build it the right way.

 

Alessandro

scp
70 posts
 

I signed up last night. My main genre is blues...not  real popular...and I like to listen to new recordings....or new to me. Your ap is exactly what I needed. I use Tidal and the suggestions are limited. I found myself ...listening to online radio stations and when I found something I liked...I switched to Tidal and search. 

I like the idea of a new playlist every day. I can like and build my own playlist needed.

Not sure if possible...but if there was a way to only include well recorded tracks..it would be cool...or only bring up 24 bit tracks..I know it doesnt guarantee a well recorded track...and I know a lot of 16 bit tracks are well recorded. Just talking about what I would think is cool. 

 

Thanks for the ap..so far I am hooked.

 

 

panyc77 OP
71 posts
 

@ scp
Really glad it's working for you, especially with blues. That's exactly the use case I built this for.

The 24-bit filter idea is interesting, I'm noting it. No promises, but it's the kind of thing worth thinking about.

Try moving the Adventure dial around. Blues is a genre where pushing it higher can surface some real gems.

Alessandro

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