Maroofy
AI
music similarity search
SHOW HN2023
753points
427comments
#14of 3,109 in 2023
Top 1%of 2023 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
67 positive, 97 neutral or asking, 33 mixed, 98 critical, out of 295 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Performance: 16 for, 40 againstIdea: 30 for, 18 againstExecution: 5 for, 35 againstDesign: 8 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Finds similar-sounding tracks and surfaces new music
From 3 comments
I've never commented on HN before, but I feel compelled. Congrats, you get my first. I've been using your site for 10 minutes and already added song after song to my library. I'm…
ojo-rojo on HNThis is actually great, one of the most promising recommendation algorithms I've come across. I love that it's working by sound. So often eg Spotify will insist I check out other…
AlecSchueler on HNWow, these songs were impressively similar to my queries. I would love for a interpolation playlist feature, where I put in 2 different songs (from say, classic rock and EDM),…
goldemerald on HN
Clean, fast interface
From 2 comments
Everything loads instantly. Plays almost instantly. And it really seems to find very similar style/beat/music. Interface is clean. I am not sure if intentional, but the loading…
bombela on HNI find it disheartening that the comments are loaded with people saying how bad it is. The interface is awesome, the ability to have search results pop up and offer suggestions…
chrisgd on HN
Objections
Matches often superficial, e.g. drum or tempo only
From 3 comments
Interesting, I put in a bunch of my favourite songs and found nothing I liked. The songs seem to be over matching on drum beat and tempo so there is a similarity to the song I…
Ensorceled on HNI entered "Spiro - The Vapourer", a brilliant dance music inspired instrumental folk piece with intense, layered melodies. It recommended "Buzz Cazon - Sentimental Attitude". I…
vintermann on HNSolid work, but this only reinforces my belief that music recommendations is an area that is not (yet) cracked by AI. You can find similar songs with great accuracy, sure, but…
paxys on HN
Duplicate and remastered versions dominate results
From 3 comments
Can you do some deduping? A lot of the matches are just the same song appearing on multiple albums or single vs. album version.
sthatipamala on HNExciting to see AI used this way. My main feedback is I'd look at incorporating other factors to rank results, not purely how similar it sounds. Audiophiles might prefer a pure…
mmahemoff on HNInteresting. Some feedback 1. Please add match score 2. Group and fold duplicates 3. Add the year with the sort feature - to identify rip offs
johnx123-up on HN
Search broken or flaky in Firefox and under load
From 3 comments
Search doesn't work in a recent Firefox on Windows - typing anything in the search box shows the "Loading..." dropout below it and then nothing happens. This generates no network…
huhtenberg on HNThe homepage is an empty page with just one search box in the middle. It does not work in firefox.
orange8 on HNThe search seems to be down? I'm not getting any results back in the dropdown.
politelemon on HN
Requests
Playlist support and export
From 3 comments
Noted! A lot of people have asked for a playlist support, definitely shipping that soon!
subtech on HNPlaylists coming very soon!
subtech on HNFantastic tool, thanks for making it! As others said, it would be a nice option to export it as a playlist for Spotify/Apple/Youtube or a .txt file with "Artist - Track name" in…
nightkall on HN
Deduplicate results
From 2 comments
Can you do some deduping? A lot of the matches are just the same song appearing on multiple albums or single vs. album version.
sthatipamala on HNInteresting. Some feedback 1. Please add match score 2. Group and fold duplicates 3. Add the year with the sort feature - to identify rip offs
johnx123-up on HN
Autoplay previews
From 2 comments
Fantastic tool, thanks for making it! As others said, it would be a nice option to export it as a playlist for Spotify/Apple/Youtube or a .txt file with "Artist - Track name" in…
nightkall on HNAutoplay coming!
subtech on HN
Questions
How the audio for 120M songs was obtained from iTunes
From 4 comments
How did you get access to 120,000,000 songs from iTunes? Not just the listing, but the actual audio.
snow_mac on HNHow did you scrape the audio of 120M songs? That sounds expensive?
winrid on HNHow the hell do you even get access to the entire iTunes catalog?
paxys on HNFinding sources for input data is something I struggle with when building deep learning models. Out of curiosity, how did you go about programmatically accessing the music files…
toomanyrichies on HN
Legality of the approach
From 1 comment
I have been wanting to do similar things. But, shied away because I wasn't in the mood to find out if this sort of thing was legal or not. Can someone here who knows this space…
haha69 on HN
Alternatives named
Spotify radio
From 2 comments
Tried few recommendations and can definitely use an alternative for Spotify radio. Seems like you are dodging the question of data access and I am not sure why. Even running an…
rohith2506 on HNThis is actually great, one of the most promising recommendation algorithms I've come across. I love that it's working by sound. So often eg Spotify will insist I check out other…
AlecSchueler on HN
Pandora
From 1 comment
Pandora?
jaimex2 on HN
Shazam
From 1 comment
Is this similar to how Shazam operates? I suppose there's more filtering and denoising going on with mic input.
paulkon on HN