Launching today
Sonic Oracle discovers artists your streaming app will never find. Permanent playlists built from real listener behavior for Qobuz, Tidal, and YouTube Music. 10M+ artist database, three depth levels (Essential, Balanced, Adventurous). No AI, no promoted content. $9.99/yr or $29.99 lifetime
I use this with my Qobuz account. It has been great for building out playlists in genres I am not familiar with, which I use at work. I like that it uses listener data to find connections and is not promoting someone because it's being paid to or it's cheaper for the vendor.
@darkmagess This is one of my favorite use cases. Genre & Decade Discovery was built for exactly this. If you need a work playlist in a genre you don't know well, pick the genre, pick a decade, and let the engine do the rest. No promoted content, no label deals pushing certain artists to the top. What genres have you been exploring?
This is the way playlists should be made with Qobuz. So quick and easy to have playlists made, and easily editable after generating them just as if you created them yourself from scratch if a few tracks are not to ones liking. I have discovered enough new wonderful songs and artists on the first day I used Sonic Oracle I consider the $30 (US) lifetime membership already paid for! Going forward the ability to state the time length of the playlist, or number of tracks desired by the playlist would be my suggestion to make this great app even better.
@scott_watson1 This made my day. Knowing the lifetime paid for itself on your first session is the best feedback I've received.
Playlist length control is a great suggestion. Right now every search returns up to 75 tracks, but letting you set the number or a target time is something I'm noting down. Feature requests like this are how the engine keeps getting better.
What artists did you start with? Curious what led to the discoveries
Hey Product Hunt. I'm Alessandro, solo developer from Italy.
I built Sonic Oracle because every streaming app recommends the same 50 artists. "Similar Artists" gives you names you already know. Radio stations disappear when they're done.
Sonic Oracle maps connections real music lovers have already proven. You type in an artist, pick a depth, and it builds a permanent playlist saved to your Tidal or Qobuz library.
The Essential stage is genre-pure: Miles Davis Essential returns only trumpet players. Ramones Essential returns only punk. Adventurous crosses genre lines and goes where no streaming platform will take you.
10M+ artists. No AI. No label deals. 250+ paying users in two months with zero marketing budget.
Happy to answer anything about the build, the engine, or the growth
Downloaded this and it works great. Easy to use and love being able to quickly make playlists and have them show up in my Qobuz instantly. For $30/lifetime subscription, ya can't beat it. Highly recommended.
@david_seltzer Thanks David. Glad the Qobuz integration is working well for you. Have you tried the Adventurous depth? It goes places Qobuz would never take you on its own
I'm really enjoying Sonic Oracle so far. I've discovered a lot of artists that never showed up in my usual streaming recommendations. Specially the adventurous mode has led me to some nice finds.
Highly recommended for music discovery enthusiasts.
@joao_correia5 Thanks Joao. Adventurous is my favorite too. What's the best find it's given you so far?
@panyc77 As a Qobuz user, my favorite part is the recommendations algorithm overall. Qobuz has excellent sound quality but its discovery and recommendation features are more limited than some other streaming platforms. Sonic Oracle fills that gap IMO :)
@joao_correia5 That's exactly why I built it. Qobuz has the best sound quality in streaming but discovery has never been its strength. No streaming platform's has. Sonic Oracle is designed to work alongside your streamer, not replace it. Have you tried the Adventurous depth? It crosses genre lines in ways no streaming app's built-in recommendations ever would
Very nice tool to find new music and get a playlist based on a specific artist as a starting point. Well worth the reasonable price.
@carbides Thanks Marc. The price stays where it is. No VC money, no pressure to raise it. What artist did you start with?