![]() This doesn’t mean that allowing a user’s experience to regress is acceptable, of course. When it comes to release, we always favour pushing new code as early as possible. This helps us to focus on improvements that our users really want, and avoid wasted development time. We start at the product design phase, defining clear user stories at the earliest possible opportunity, and then stick with them throughout the development cycle. To keep everybody satisfied, we have little choice but to aim to release features and improvements frequently, despite our small team size. The Mixlr community has over 45,000 monthly active broadcasters and millions of monthly listeners. This is the first rule of the Agile manifesto, but arguably the most important - and even more so when you’ve got a small team, and a big user base. Here are five principles that we’ve found particularly valuable over that time. Since we started Mixlr over five years ago, we’ve experimented with a lot of different approaches to development. If you enjoy this post, you might enjoy being part of our team too. ![]() 5 development principles we strive for at Mixlr.Through the big and small changes, we are grateful for your support and patience.Īnd, as we said, we are truly excited to head into the future with you. Some will be a considerable change - don’t worry, we will keep you posted and guide you gently through Mixlr’s transformation. Some changes are small tweaks, you may not even notice. Product updates will be released in steady waves, and not all at once. Your audio content and your brand come first.īroadly speaking, we are giving you the steering wheel (rightfully so) while Mixlr powers the engine. When it comes to your audience, we want to put you - not Mixlr - front and center. Here, you’ll soon be able to showcase your live audio events, your recorded content and your brand. We’re moving away from the Livepage as you know it and instead, we’re building you a channel that is yours to customize as you wish. This is where you’ll shine.Your audience-facing channel. Wherever you are, whichever app you’re using, it’ll be made simple and consistent. Or broadcasting on the go, from the football pitch to the wild outdoors. We want to provide you with the same effortless live streaming experience, whether you’re at the studio, stadium, or dining table. You’ll soon be seeing the same user experience across all Mixlr for Creators apps. So, what is? What’s headed your way in the coming months New features coming soon Unison between your Mixlr for Creators appsĮxpect to come across improvements to your creator’s toolset on desktop, Android, and iOS. Resolutely audio-first, building a product for you, and making it simple to use - none of that is changing. Leave all that with us and save your focus for creating your content. You’ll never have to worry about servers, bitrates, formats, and encoders. Third, we remain committed to keeping it simple. We make money by building a great product and charging for it, not by collecting masses of data and selling it. Your audience is yours, and your data - all yours. Second, we are adamant about building the product for our creators and their audience. We set out to build the future of audio, and here we are, steady on our course and loving it. And there is still so much untapped potential. It is more accessible (in many ways) for both creators and audience members. Our expertise, focus, and passion have always been and will always be audio.Īudio is world-building and unlocks the power of imagination. We’ve been in this game for over ten years (endlessly grateful for our decade-long audio makers) and we’ve never wavered. ![]() It’s finally broken free from video’s long shadow! And it is being appreciated as the standalone and standout format that it is.īut make no mistake, audio is not just a trend for us. Our heartbeat at Mixlr.įrom podcasts to meditation apps, we have seen audio go through game-changing growth. What’s never changingįirst, that’s audio. (Yep, this includes your recorded content too)īut first, we want to assure you of what will stay the same, well into our future. Over the next while, you’ll notice a gradual rollout of product changes, each built to serve you and your audio better. Whether you’ve been on-air with Mixlr since day one or you are new to live audio - we’re so excited to continue our journey with you as we build the future of audio □
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