Erik on product management and such
Introducing tinytunes DJ
TLDR: https://dj.t-tunes.com/
The past few months I've been working on a couple of lightweight music apps that run within the constraints of the browser, and focus on providing (hopefully) a delightful music experience.
The first project I've launched is tinytunes DJ (just in time for NYE parties!), a minimal DJ deck that runs in your browser, on your laptop, your phone, and your tablet.
The absolute essentials of a good DJ set are a great track list and smooth transitions (crossfade) between the tracks. tinytunes does all of that and a bit more too. For free, in any browser, with any tracks from YouTube or songs on your device.
Plus, you can use it as your lightweight music player, because it plays YouTube tracks even in the background and when your phone is locked.
A quick overview below:
## ADD TRACKS
From local library or from YouTube.
## PLAY
Control two decks, playlists, cue, sync and crossfader. tinytunes DJ has configurable keyboard mappings, UI hints and visual feedback so you can get a tactile feel by using the keyboard controls.
## RECORD
Record combined audio output, track list and timings.
## SHARE
Every mix is shareable, listenable, and likeable. Each recorded mix has its own page and URL, and shows the track lists and when which song was played, etc. Peeps can give you feedback in the form of likes and comments.
## BONUS: Music Player
Toggle AUTOPLAY ON on the deck/queue and tinytunes becomes a music player. You can then create playlists and tinytunes will automatically play the next track in the background, even YouTube playlists running in the background on your phone work (depending on your browser, settings, and OS. Edge works perfectly on Android).
Coming soon is cloud sync for local tracks (YouTube tracks and playlists already sync across devices), so your music collection is available anywhere, as well as support for MIDI controllers, and a cue channel. I'll probably add featured mixes (most listened to mixes that have been recorded on tinytunes DJ) as well.
Try it out and let me know what you think. Looking forward to bug reports, UX improvement ideas, feature requests etc. And if you don't want to DJ you can try using it as your music player.
PS. If you want to stay updated you can simply create an account and you will automatically get a lifetime 'Medium' account and occasional emails when I launch the above features.
Check out tinytunes DJ: https://dj.t-tunes.com/