Releases

Sampler Pads & DJ Ident Generator

• 8-pad sampler with one-shot, loop, and hold playback modes — lives in the mixer panel
• Sampler crate overlay — fetch samples from Suno, SoundCloud, Spotify, Udio or upload WAV/MP3 files
• DJ Ident generator — type your DJ name, pick a phrase, choose voice style (radio/hype/deep/echo), add effects, generates your custom drop
• Persistent storage — all samples, uploads, idents, and pad assignments saved in browser (IndexedDB + localStorage), no login required
• Per-pad volume, BPM sync, playback progress bars, LED indicators
• Keyboard shortcuts — Q/W/E/R for pads 1-4, A/S/D/F for pads 5-8
• STOP ALL panic button kills all playing pads instantly
• Auto-sync on transition — incoming deck BPM automatically matches active deck
• Crossfader repositioned directly below transition buttons

Vinyl Animations & Global Mute

• Flying vinyl — clicking a crate track launches the disc out, hovers above the turntable, then gravity-drops onto the platter with bounce
• Cascade animation — fetching a playlist pops vinyls from the URL bar one by one into the crate, orderly left-to-right, pixel-perfect landing
• Track loads in parallel with animations so loading time feels intentional
• Global MUTE button in header — toggles master audio output with red LED indicator
• Click turntable to play/pause — tap the platter to toggle playback, drag to scratch
• Per-deck status indicator — STANDBY/LOADING/READY with LED replaces generic LOADED badge and header status
• Scratch on idle decks — drag the platter to scratch even when paused, scratch position follows waveform seek
• Improved click vs scratch detection — mouseDown only records start position, scratch mode activates on actual drag movement, click without drag toggles play/pause
• Auto-sync on transition — incoming deck BPM automatically matches the active deck before any transition fires
• Crossfader repositioned directly below transition buttons for tighter workflow
• Mobile header compact icons — MUTE (speaker icon), AUTO (outline button), GUIDE (compass), HELP (?), DONATE (heart)

iOS Polish & Smart Prefetch

• Smart audio prefetch — all tracks in crate are downloaded into browser cache in the background after playlist fetch, so subsequent deck loads are near-instant
• Replaced unreliable <link rel="prefetch"> hints with actual fetch() calls that guarantee caching
• Staggered prefetch (800ms apart) to avoid hammering the proxy while still loading quickly
• Fixed emoji arrows on iOS Safari — Unicode symbols now render as plain text glyphs using U+FE0E text presentation selector

Performance & Loading UX

• Visual loading indicator — spinning ring on turntable platter and pulsing vinyl in crate when loading a track
• Play button shows LOADING state with amber LED while track downloads
• Prevents double-click loading — vinyl disabled during active load
• Edge runtime for audio proxy and playlist API — near-zero cold start for faster response
• Audio prefetch — tracks pre-download into browser cache after playlist load for faster deck loading
• 30-second timeout on audio proxy and playlist fetches to prevent infinite hangs
• 24-hour CDN cache on proxied audio for instant repeat loads
• GTM Mission Control dashboard at /gtm with GA4 integration, mobile-responsive layout

Background Audio & Waveform Seek

• Clickable waveform — tap anywhere on the waveform to seek seamlessly without interrupting playback
• Background audio playback — music continues when phone is locked or browser is backgrounded
• Lock screen controls — play/pause from iOS/Android lock screen via Media Session API
• iOS silent mode support via audioSession API (Safari 17.4+)

Universal Link Support

• Suno share links (suno.com/s/...) now auto-detect songs, playlists, and hooks
• Suno profile pages (@username) — load all of an artist's public songs
• Suno hooks — extract audio from short-form video posts
• Udio playlists — full playlist loading via API
• Udio creator profiles — load a creator's public library
• Fixed Suno song parser for escaped JSON in RSC payloads

Onboarding & Vinyl Scratching

• First-time user onboarding — "Drop the Needle" interactive spotlight tour
• GUIDE button to restart onboarding anytime
• Onboarding UX improvements — action hints and NEXT button on every step
• Realistic turntable scratching with angular tracking and smooth resume
• Vinyl scratch sound effect with FM synthesis
• Mobile-responsive investor deck

Pro DJ Features & Effects

• Effects rack — reverb, delay, flanger, phaser, bitcrusher, distortion per deck
• Loop controls — set loop in/out points, auto-loop by beat count
• Hot cues — 4 cue points per deck with color coding
• Beat jump — skip forward/backward by beat increments
• SFX pad bank — riser, drop, siren, laser, airhorn, rewind, scratch, vinyl stop
• Mix recording — capture live sets as WAV files
• Key detection — auto-detect musical key of loaded tracks
• VU meters — real-time level monitoring with segmented LED bars
• Udio integration — load tracks from udio.com
• SoundCloud short link support (on.soundcloud.com)
• Master volume control
• SFX FM synthesis engine upgrades

Design Overhaul & SEO

• Complete UI/UX overhaul — retro-futuristic silver theme
• Responsive layout — mobile tab view with persistent play controls
• Crossfader animation with real-time visual feedback
• OG image and Twitter card for social sharing
• Retro orange vinyl favicon (SVG)
• JSON-LD structured data for search engines
• Sitemap and robots.txt

Initial Launch

• Dual deck turntable interface with real-time BPM sync
• Suno playlist and song URL loading
• SoundCloud playlist and track support
• Spotify 30-second preview support
• 3-band EQ per deck (low, mid, high)
• Low-pass filter per deck
• 6 transition types — cut, fade, echo out, filter sweep, backspin, stutter
• Auto-mix mode with configurable transition type
• Crossfader with visual feedback
• Real-time waveform display via WaveSurfer.js
• BPM auto-detection via web-audio-beat-detector
• CORS audio proxy with domain allowlist
• Crate management — add, remove, clear, duplicate tracks
• Deployed on Vercel with auto-deploys from master