Soundflavor DJ Latest News

New Soundflavor website, DJ, and Facebook app!

2007-06-25T15:04:00.000-07:00

We are excited to announce a number of new goodies from Soundflavor.

First, we have overhauled our website, Soundflavor.com. Highlights include:

Create your own profile page, and share your iTunes playlists
Discover playlists that sound like yours
Make and save “quick playlists” based on artists or songs
Post playlists to MySpace, other websites, or your blog
Get to know people with similar musical tastes along the way

Soundflavor DJ users: log in to Soundflavor.com using the same email address and password that you use with Soundflavor DJ.

We have also released Soundflavor DJ 1.30, a major upgrade to DJ that integrates with Soundflavor.com.

Use Soundflavor DJ 1.30 to quickly make great playlists from your iTunes library. With two mouse-clicks, share them with friends via Soundflavor.com. Download playlists from the website to your desktop, and play them back using iTunes. As you use it, Soundflavor DJ will give you free songs that sound like the music you listen to, conveniently downloaded into iTunes.

We’ve fixed dozens of bugs that were reported since our last release of Soundflavor DJ, so we strongly recommend that you upgrade now. Please note that Soundflavor DJ works best with the latest version of iTunes.

Finally, attention Facebook users: Soundflavor is now on Facebook. Our Facebook app helps you get free MP3’s that sound like your artists or songs you like, and to pick songs to put on your Facebook profile page. Check us out at http://apps.facebook.com/soundflavor

More updates coming soon. In the meantime, please email us to know what you think -– we listen!

Soundflavor DJ 1.21 available for download

2007-02-27T11:05:00.000-08:00

Soundflavor DJ 1.21 is now available for download.

This version fixes several bugs that have been reported in the past several weeks, including a variety of crashing problems, minor glitches with Windows Vista, and various issues with running Soundflavor DJ on computers with multiple displays.

While this isn't a mandatory upgrade, if you encounter problems with sampling clips from playlists you have downloaded from PlayStrips, pick up the new build -- it should fix your problems.

As always, let us know what you think by emailing us at sfdj@soundflavor.com

Please stay tuned -- we have several surprises in store for you in the coming weeks!

Soundflavor is for Lovers

2007-02-13T17:02:00.000-08:00

Just in time for Valentine's Day, we have put together a showcase of great romantic PlayStrips to share with the one(s) you love.

Click here to check them out. Copy them to your MySpace page, website, or blog as-is, or make your own with Soundflavor DJ. Enjoy!

Here's a teaser:

Soundflavor DJ 1.2 - now with 20,000 FREE songs!

2007-01-23T13:44:00.000-08:00

The latest version of Soundflavor DJ gives you FREE songs that are similar to the music you’re listening to, by great bands that you may not have heard of.

As you listen to songs or playlists from your iTunes library, Soundflavor DJ will pick and download songs for you that match the sound of your music. The more you listen, the more free songs you’ll get!

Free songs are automatically added to your iTunes library, and saved in a special playlist called “Free Songs from Soundflavor.” You can turn this feature off (or on!) at any time.

We’re launching with a library of 20,000 free songs, and we expect the list to grow rapidly in the coming months.

In addition to adding support for free music, we have fixed dozens of bugs including several long-standing crashing issues.

Download your copy of Soundflavor DJ 1.2 today.

As always, please email your thoughts to sfdj@soundflavor.com – we listen!

New Soundflavor DJ fixes bugs in "post playlist"

2007-01-03T16:52:00.000-08:00

We've posted an updated version of Soundflavor DJ that addresses a couple of bugs related to posting playlists to MySpace.

Please let us know if you run into any problems with our playlist widget: sfdj@soundflavor.com

Soundflavor DJ 1.1 is here!

2006-12-28T19:22:00.000-08:00

We're very excited to announce the arrival of Soundflavor DJ 1.1.

With version 1.1, you can now post your favorite playlists to your MySpace page, blog, or website using our new playlist widget. Let the world see (and hear) your best work!

Here's an example:

From the Action Menu, click “Post Playlist” and select the playlist you would like to embed in a widget. You can select a horizontal or vertical design, pick your color scheme, and change the number of album covers displayed.

From your widget, other people will hear clips from your playlist and can download your playlist directly into Soundflavor DJ.

We have added a number of frequently requested features. For example, the new build allows you to hear clips for songs that you do not own as they pass through the PlayStream. We have also upgraded the quality of our clips -- they're crystal clear now.

Beyond that, we've created a much simpler (and faster) installer, made several improvements to our recommendation algorithm, and fixed dozens of issues reported by our users.

We hope you enjoy the new version. Please let us know what you think! sfdj@soundflavor.com

Fixes and things

2006-12-01T14:38:00.000-08:00

We just released version 1.05 for your downloading pleasure.

The latest version includes background scanning of iTunes AAC files (yay!), support for various DPI modes (those users who use "large fonts" on Windows will be happy now), various tweaks to our song recommendations, and a couple of dozen fixes for speed and stability. Grab it now while it's hot!

For those of you with Macs, please rest assured that we are working on a version for the Mac (honest -- we're not just saying that). We'll be announcing a way for you to monitor our progress on the Mac version shortly.

Launch Party

2006-10-10T14:28:00.000-07:00

On October 3rd, we celebrated the launch of Soundflavor DJ at Slide -- a new speakeasy in San Francisco. We were joined by 350 friends, family members, investors, industry analysts, reporters, and other Bay Area hipsters for a night of great food, drinks, and music courtesy of The Hot Toddies and various guest DJs. A few photos from the event (courtesy of Misha Vladimirskiy):

See more in the photo gallery.

Soundflavor DJ 1.0, iTunes Edition ships!

2006-10-04T14:16:00.000-07:00

The Soundflavor team has always been focused on providing the best music recommendation products available anywhere. Until now, though, we have mainly created products for commercial licensees in the music industry.

Today, after countless long days and late nights, we are proud to bring you our first product designed for everyone: Soundflavor DJ, your personal DJ for iTunes! It is currently available for Windows, although a Mac version is coming (along with support for other players beyond iTunes).

We created Soundflavor DJ in partnership with Adaptive Path, the geniuses who have also worked with other well-known companies such as Blogger, Flickr, and BitTorrent. It is the first in a series of products we have designed with them, each with the goal of making it easier for you to enjoy more of the music that you love.

Many months ago, we showed them the Soundflavor Recommendation Engine, our advanced song-level music search and recommendation technology, and asked them to help us find a way to take the pain out of digital music. We wanted to help music fans-like you-spend less time hunting through their music libraries, trying to find the "right" song to play; create great playlists without the work; and shop for music according to their tastes.

Together, we came up with a simple design for Soundflavor DJ. It looks a lot like a physical device-such as an iPod-so it's easy to figure out how to use it. It works as a companion to iTunes, so you don't need to reimport your music into yet another piece of software. We cooked up a number of new ideas-such as the PlayStream, "Cherry Picks," and the Flavorizer, all of which make it easy and fun to spend more time rediscovering your music collection, and suggesting songs and concerts that you might want to check out based on your tastes. Check the download page for a complete walkthrough of Soundflavor DJ.

While we are pleased with the first version, we want Soundflavor DJ to be a product that you will use every day. We would love your help. Run into a bug, or think of a cool feature idea that you would like to see in a future version? Please let us know - we listen! You can reach us at sfdj@soundflavor.com.