Radio Paradise

At this point, it's a fairly basic algorithm that matches keys (when possible) and controls how often an artist is repeated. That's about it. We have some more sophisticated options in mind as part of our DJ Tools project (more about that here).

Soooo...my ratings do not change the frequency of playing, i.e. 10's are no more played than 7's? I've seen people say, "I gave it a 10 to hear it more often." I've always thought (correctly, I'm sure) that does not change the frequency of a curated mix, but was not sure about My Favorites. BTW 63% of my 3408 songs are 8's.

William

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Location: Eureka!
Gender: Male

Posted: Oct 2, 2022 - 12:09pm

islander wrote:

I've wondered how song selection works when playing favorites. I get some very nice sets regularly and I'd be surprised if they were all random.

KurtfromLaQuinta

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Location: Really deep in the heart of South California
Gender: Male

Posted: Oct 1, 2022 - 9:26pm
islander wrote: I've had some odd segues and some really strange coincidence/psychic playlist stuff. A couple that have made me look around and wonder who's watching.

buddy

Location: Rocky Mountains
Gender: Male

Posted: Sep 30, 2022 - 8:16am
islander wrote: I've wondered how song selection works when playing favorites. I get some very nice sets regularly and I'd be surprised if they were all random. I rate all the songs in My Favorites a 10. Not sure what that does in setting up 'sets' but I love the channel being such an eclectic blend of songs I like. I listen to it probably 75% of the time.

islander

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Location: Seattle
Gender: Male

Posted: Sep 29, 2022 - 6:35pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I almost never listen to anything but the main feed. BUT

I assume songs are tagged with things like BPM, key(?), instrumentation on the intro/outro, hard/cold ending or fade... with enough tags a robot could do a passable job, I think.

I've also noticed Apple Music does a decent job of this sometimesâtoo often to be totally random, I think, but we could just be one step away from the tinfoil hat club.

I've had some odd segues and some really strange coincidence/psychic playlist stuff. A couple that have made me look around and wonder who's watching.

ScottFromWyoming

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Location: Powell
Gender: Male

Posted: Sep 29, 2022 - 10:52am

islander wrote:

I've wondered how song selection works when playing favorites. I get some very nice sets regularly and I'd be surprised if they were all random.

islander

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Location: Seattle
Gender: Male

Posted: Sep 29, 2022 - 9:04am
I've wondered how song selection works when playing favorites. I get some very nice sets regularly and I'd be surprised if they were all random.

dischuckin

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Location: dry shippys wa
Gender: Male

Posted: Sep 29, 2022 - 8:19am
there is a minimum of songs rated to have a favorites playlist (100 i think)... yep: https://radioparadise.com/acco...

ScottFromWyoming

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Location: Powell
Gender: Male

Posted: Sep 28, 2022 - 4:30pm
junewinberg wrote: Can I use my rated songs to create a playlist? Well you can tell it to play your "Favorites" and set that to a minimum rating of 7,8,...

junewinberg

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Location: Paradise, CA

Posted: Sep 28, 2022 - 11:06am
Can I use my rated songs to create a playlist?