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solstice_outcry
Hitmaker
December 7, 2019

Fix Track Mix/Track Radio

  • December 7, 2019
  • 20 replies
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So excited you finally have released this, but I have recommendations to make it competitive with other services versions. 

  • When choosing track mix, the user generally wants to hear the song they used to generate the mix. It would be good practice to test this feature with that in mind for premium or hifi subscribers. 
  • Track mix is used primarily for music discovery. The idea of track mix is to hear more of what the user likes but hasn’t heard. From my short time with the feature, it very frequently will play 3-4 songs from the artist which seeded the mix. Causing the user to skip tracks that could have been avoided by not playing the seeded artist for ~3-4 tracks into the mix. This could greatly be improved with a global feature of having a slider where one side is “artist only” and the other “discovery”. The middle would act as a mix between the two. 
  • On a more general note that feels almost silly to put, is that the mixes aren’t very accurate to the track that was chosen to create the mix. A lot of times it’ll play something not even remotely close from another genre. I understand this is the hardest part to overcome and will actively be worked on as time goes on. I do look forward to see where it goes. 

Thank you for doing all that you do!

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    Roadie
    jabcka
    Roadie
    December 17, 2019

    Your algorithm is not working.

    No relation between the song I hear to your recommendations .

    Please refine.

    Thanks

      Rudi
      Ultimate Superstar
      Rudi
      Ultimate Superstar
      December 17, 2019

      Thanks for sharing all these comments with us, @Saraceno @solstice_outcry. Really good and constructive feedback, will be passing on to our devs and product managers :thumbsup_tone2:

      Roadie
      jabcka
      Roadie
      December 18, 2019

      Any news? Answer? Something?

      Rudi
      Ultimate Superstar
      Rudi
      Ultimate Superstar
      December 19, 2019

      Thanks for your feedback @jabcka. Duly noted :wink:

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      hpguru
      Ultimate Superstar
      November 4, 2020

      Fix trackmixes and artistmixes.

      Any underground songs or bands, hard dance or metal, anything really. Rappers.

      It can play all or in between commercial pop songs.

      It seems like you do not have enough information. Radio is main to discover.

      Should be working. Now I avoid listening trackmixes and artistmixes.

        Rudi
        Ultimate Superstar
        Rudi
        Ultimate Superstar
        November 5, 2020

        We've got that feedback from you already @hpguru thank you! :relaxed:

        Ultimate Superstar
        hpguru
        Ultimate Superstar
        November 5, 2020

        We've got that feedback from you already @hpguru thank you! :relaxed:

        Yes, there’s plenty, but it seems like I must avoid trackmixes because it plays ordinary pop songs.

        I understand that I may be within 1% listening hard dance underground, but radio is not impressed.

        Also tried metal music, and same thing.

        I can confirm, like many, if you listen something outside radio stuff, FLOW and daily is usually best.

          Roadie
          Robert Saric
          Roadie
          April 13, 2021

          Why is “Launch Track mix” not fixed yet?
          The topic is 1 year old already.

          When launching a mix from a track, I would expect that the selected/originating track is played first and that the mix is populated by other tracks of the same genre/type/mood/likeness compared to that originating track.
          And in case the selected track is already playing, don’t start it over, just create a new mix with it as first and playing and fill the mix after it.

            Ultimate Superstar
            hpguru
            Ultimate Superstar
            April 13, 2021

            Why is “Launch Track mix” not fixed yet?
            The topic is 1 year old already.

            When launching a mix from a track, I would expect that the selected/originating track is played first and that the mix is populated by other tracks of the same genre/type/mood/likeness compared to that originating track.
            And in case the selected track is already playing, don’t start it over, just create a new mix with it as first and playing and fill the mix after it.

            It may or may not be fixed this year, Deezer is improving it all big this year.

            Some features I think they could/will start from the scratch.

            I need all these things too, so I’d write to person who can directly talk with teams. Thanks.

              Roadie
              Robert Saric
              Roadie
              August 22, 2022

              Seems to be fixed now. I’ve several times recently used the “Launch Track mix” and it always started the mix with the selected song. Finally :)

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