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Anyone remember turntable.fm? I know a bunch of replacements popped up, but nothing seemed to capture the same kind of magic...

by Reedx 7y ago

aantix 7y ago
After turntable.fm closed they briefly did Turntable Live. Which was the coolest online concert experience I ever had. I recorded a session. But sadly, not the system audio. But you can get a feel for the experience. https://youtu.be/08SvwB9S53U https://youtu.be/08SvwB9S53U
MivLives 7y ago
Yes, I actually helped make a clone of it for my final college project. Since then the cocnept has sort of died. I'm a little surprised it's not something that Spotify did more with. I know they have a colistening feature but I have yet to have anyone want to attempt that. As far as I can tell you need to link up by Facebook to even attempt that.
- rdlw 7y ago
  You can colisten to somebody's Spotify through Discord. Sadly it's a pretty obscure feature no one uses much, but it's worked well the couple of times I've tried it.
  - lenocinor 7y ago
    I've used it some back when it was first introduced. Some people were just not ever able to sync with the stream sometimes, and also it was a bummer asking everyone to sign up for Spotify Premium to be able to listen. I don't know if it's better now but I personally would not recommend it to others.
  - MivLives 7y ago
    It's not as easy as dropping a link in a server and saying, hey come checkout my turntable room. I know that some voice chats have a music bot that works similarly for youtube though.
crisnoble 7y ago
https://plug.dj/ https://plug.dj/
- Linkd 7y ago
  plug.dj is the closest to turntable, in that they use embedded youtube/vimeo videos synced between all the users in the room. Completely offloading their biggest cost (media storage/bw) into public video platforms -- genius.
  - carb 7y ago
    I would honestly recommend jqbx.fm instead if you have a spotify premium account. plug.dj goes through constant ownership changes, prolonged site closures, and suffers from over gamification+monetization. JQBX is a much cleaner experience with much better support for mobile / streaming on different devices that are connected to your Spotify account.
lintroller 7y ago
jqbx.fm uses only Spotify but has web, mac, android, and ios apps to sync Spotify listening.
rzzzt 7y ago
Earport.fm was something similar around 2014, but with YouTube videos.
ericwood 7y ago
The closest I've come is auxparty.com; the Spotify integration is great and being able to pull from your own playlists makes queuing tracks a lot easier.

Anyone remember turntable.fm? I know a bunch of replacements popped up, but nothing seemed to capture the same kind of magic...

by Reedx 7y ago

Anyone remember turntable.fm? I know a bunch of replacements popped up, but nothing seemed to capture the same kind of magic...

aantix 7y ago

After turntable.fm closed they briefly did Turntable Live. Which was the coolest online concert experience I ever had. I recorded a session. But sadly, not the system audio. But you can get a feel for the experience. https://youtu.be/08SvwB9S53U https://youtu.be/08SvwB9S53U

MivLives 7y ago

Yes, I actually helped make a clone of it for my final college project. Since then the cocnept has sort of died. I'm a little surprised it's not something that Spotify did more with. I know they have a colistening feature but I have yet to have anyone want to attempt that. As far as I can tell you need to link up by Facebook to even attempt that.

rdlw 7y ago
You can colisten to somebody's Spotify through Discord. Sadly it's a pretty obscure feature no one uses much, but it's worked well the couple of times I've tried it.
- lenocinor 7y ago
  I've used it some back when it was first introduced. Some people were just not ever able to sync with the stream sometimes, and also it was a bummer asking everyone to sign up for Spotify Premium to be able to listen. I don't know if it's better now but I personally would not recommend it to others.
- MivLives 7y ago
  It's not as easy as dropping a link in a server and saying, hey come checkout my turntable room. I know that some voice chats have a music bot that works similarly for youtube though.

crisnoble 7y ago

https://plug.dj/ https://plug.dj/

Linkd 7y ago
plug.dj is the closest to turntable, in that they use embedded youtube/vimeo videos synced between all the users in the room. Completely offloading their biggest cost (media storage/bw) into public video platforms -- genius.
- carb 7y ago
  I would honestly recommend jqbx.fm instead if you have a spotify premium account. plug.dj goes through constant ownership changes, prolonged site closures, and suffers from over gamification+monetization. JQBX is a much cleaner experience with much better support for mobile / streaming on different devices that are connected to your Spotify account.

lintroller 7y ago

jqbx.fm uses only Spotify but has web, mac, android, and ios apps to sync Spotify listening.

rzzzt 7y ago

Earport.fm was something similar around 2014, but with YouTube videos.

ericwood 7y ago

The closest I've come is auxparty.com; the Spotify integration is great and being able to pull from your own playlists makes queuing tracks a lot easier.