[HN Gopher] Show HN: Pulse 2.0 - Live co-listening rooms where a...
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       Show HN: Pulse 2.0 - Live co-listening rooms where anyone can be a
       DJ
        
       I wanted to listen to music with friends who live far away. Not
       "watch a YouTube video together" - actually share what I'm hearing
       in real-time, like we're in the same room.  Pulse is what came out
       of that. Anyone can host a live audio stream from their browser tab
       or system audio. Listeners join, music recognition identifies
       tracks automatically, and there's chat with 7TV emotes. No account
       required - you get an anonymous code and you're in.  We're running
       demo rooms that stream NTS Radio and SomaFM 24/7 (indie project,
       not affiliated - we backlink to the original stations). There's
       also a "Money For Nothing 24/7" room if you want to loop that Dire
       Straits instrumental forever.  Think of it as co-listening
       infrastructure. Bedroom DJs, listening parties, or just sharing
       your current vibe.
        
       Author : 473999
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2025-11-28 18:39 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | 473999 wrote:
       | Stack: LiveKit (WebRTC), Next.js, Node.js, Neon Postgres, AudD
       | for music recognition.
       | 
       | What's new in 2.0:
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       | Stream from browser tab or system audio (BlackHole/VB-Cable)
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       | Music recognition with automatic deduplication and "winner
       | selection"
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       | 24/7 demo rooms (NTS Radio, SomaFM, and yes... Money For Nothing
       | on loop)
       | 
       | See Lobby rooms from inside a room
       | 
       | Push-to-talk overlay for hosts
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       | Automatically add emotes dropping 7tv.app link in the emoji popup
       | in the chat
       | 
       | Happy to answer any questions! PS. Audio can be shared only by
       | desktop at the moment. Not mobile
        
       | phyzome wrote:
       | People running a Sandstorm server might be interested in an app
       | in the same vein called Groove Basin. But it's a single shared
       | stream, and you upload tracks to a library and play queue (rather
       | than streaming from one person's own computer).
        
       | brazukadev wrote:
       | neat!
        
       | dsp_person wrote:
       | I clicked everything on the page but couldn't figure out how to
       | join a room. Clicking a room card no worky. I can however view
       | song history
        
         | 473999 wrote:
         | what browser / device are you using? this is not something I
         | encountered when trying with a few different ones :/
        
           | 01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote:
           | Might be the same issue for me, Firefox 137.0 on Linux.
           | 
           | When I click on a room, the URL changes, indicating I might
           | have joined the room, but I don't get any audio. No audio
           | icon on the tab. Can't hear anything.
           | 
           | Console says "WebRTC: ICE failed, add a TURN server and see
           | about:webrtc for more details"
           | 
           | I don't have WebRTC specifically disabled that I recall, I
           | thought I've taken video calls in this Firefox before. Hope
           | this report helps!
        
       | eichin wrote:
       | Heh, anyone remember MixApp (2008ish?) (streaming your own mp3s
       | to chatrooms, this decade you could probably rebuild it on top of
       | tailscale, it was more shaped like that than modern streaming...)
        
         | spidersouris wrote:
         | And plug.dj!
        
       | herunan wrote:
       | This is cool! Just hosted a stream but there were a few
       | bugs/issues.
       | 
       | 1. Streamed via Blackhole and music was constantly slowing down
       | for me, not sure if listeners had similar experience. 2. Couldn't
       | unmute my mic so you could hear me breathing in the bg at times.
       | 3. If I refreshed the page I couldn't go back to hosting my room.
       | How can I do this? 4. If I blocked my mic all music stopped and
       | re-adding it wouldn't go back to streaming.
        
         | 473999 wrote:
         | Thank you for reporting these, we'll look into them and be
         | back.
        
       | nitroedge wrote:
       | really awesome, going to leave it running in a tab probably til
       | 2026
        
       | Eduard wrote:
       | I see the marquee with "host a room" and arrows pointing up.
       | 
       | But I don't see a button or anything to actually host a room.
       | 
       | I can only join rooms.
       | 
       | Using Android Chrome.
        
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