VirtualDJ might be a bit more popular than avant.fm. We know about 5 links to it since March 2021 and only 4 links to avant.fm. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
To "live DJ" there's the extremely famous https://virtualdj.com/ To create prerecorded DJ sets https://www.mixmeister.com/ Been using both for at least 10 years, love them both. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
Not open source, but free for "home use" https://virtualdj.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago
I started with Virtual DJ to get used to the software latency (I came from turntables) and get my muscle memory on button locations (which is why I stayed with the same brand). VDJ has every feature you need. The software is free to use without a controller from virtualdj.com. Source: over 1 year ago
A lot of the places that do it from scratch I notice use https://virtualdj.com/. Source: almost 2 years ago
DJ software, like VirtualDJ will have features that are more conducive to what you're trying to do, like live looping functions that help you lock the loop to the beat. It's also cheaper (free for non-commercial use without a hardware controller) than QLab, and it's cross-platform (QLab is Mac-only, if that matters). Source: about 2 years ago
Ignore the major labels, there is a vibrant world of new music being released on indie labels! http://avant.fm. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago
Tl;dr: crapshoot as to whether you get featured, but worth it if you do. My personal experience with it was positive. I posted my site on PH over the summer (plug: https://avant.fm, a customizable feed of new releases from the best indie music labels). After a couple weeks it was featured for a day. Not sure how that happened, but someone with some pull "hunted" it I guess. About 30 other sites were featured that... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Super cool. Would love a "has lyrics" feature (for my player, https://avant.fm). Always wonder how hard that would be. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
> 3. Discovery is not a viable product I guess define viable? The future has got to hold more ways to interact with music than the main apps of Spotify, Apple Music, etc., which push music in a very specific, generic way. Mostly around top 40, opaque personalizations, algorithms and “algotorial”. We’re never getting back to a place where your identity is defined by which record store you go to. But... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
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