Please be aware that the information on this page is very outdated!
This page contains continually updated information on how to navigate and use this sites features on desktops, laptops and mobile devices. Background playback on desktops and laptops running Chrome or Firefox works best with the LIST PLAYER.
Channels (navigation menu)
Any selected channel (category) shows available tracks in a paged format. Ultrafunk will automatically continue to play music across pages until it runs out of tracks when Autoplay is ON (default), see more details below.
All – Shows all tracks across all channels in newest to oldest publish date order (homepage / default).
Shuffle – Shuffle mode shows and plays tracks in random order without repeating any tracks, to reshuffle, just tap or click on Shuffle again. Shuffle is context aware, see below for each type of Shuffle mode. The playback Shuffle button and the Shuffle menu item behave identically.
Shuffle All – Shows all tracks across all channels in random order. Shuffle All is the default mode when the front page is shown.
Shuffle Channel – Shows all tracks for the current / selected Channel in random order, for example – Shuffle: Disco.
Shuffle Artist – Shows all tracks for the current / selected Artist in random order, for example – Shuffle: James Brown.
Instrumental, Vocal […] Rock, Soul – Shows all tracks for the specific channel (category) in newest to oldest publish date order.
Playback controls and keyboard shortcuts
You can use the top navigation menu playback buttons and the keyboard shortcuts listed below to control playback, or you can click on any playback controls in the embedded media players from YouTube and SoundCloud. Either way, Ultrafunk will sync playback status and continue playing automatically from any selected track.
Space – Toggle Play / Pause. When playing, Ultrafunk will automatically continue to play music until it runs out of tracks in the selected Channel.
Arrow Left – Go to the previous track or seek to the start of the current track.
Shift + Arrow Left – Go to the previous page or track.
Arrow Right – Go to the next track.
Shift + Arrow Right – Go to the next page or track.
[icon] – Track to Track Crossfade – Crossfade from the currently playing track to the icon-clicked track. The two tracks will be seamlessly faded / mixed into each other. Fade length and fade curve can be adjusted on the settings page. This icon is only visible when Autoplay is OFF (see below).
Backquote (‘|’) – Scroll to (show) the currently playing track. A click or tap on the Artist and Title or the Track Thumbnail in the top navigation menu (to the left of the playback controls) will do the same.
F – Toggle current track full screen ON / OFF. A double click or double tap on the Artist and Title or the Track Thumbnail in the top navigation menu (to the left of the playback controls) will do the same.
M – Toggle volume mute ON / OFF.
X – Toggle Auto Crossfade ON / OFF when Autoplay is enabled (see below). When Auto Crossfade is ON, the current tracks ending will be seamlessly faded / mixed into the next (upcoming) tracks beginning. Fade length and fade curve can be adjusted on the settings page.
Shift + A – Toggle Autoplay ON / OFF when playback controls are visible in the site header. Autoplay can also be turned ON or OFF using the site footer link. When Autoplay is OFF (aka DJ Mode), the Play / Pause button and the track progress bar turns blue, and Ultrafunk will stop playback when the currently playing track ends. The Play / Pause button will also start to blink in 1 second intervals when there is X seconds left (this and other related parameters can be adjusted using the settings page).
Site controls and keyboard shortcuts
[icon] – Share track / Play On – Shows a modal dialog with options for sharing the track link or playing the track on any of the following music streaming services: Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal or YouTube Music. This icon is only visible when Autoplay is ON (see above).
C – Toggle header Channel menu visibility.
S – Show and focus the site header search input field, escape (Esc key) will close it.
Shift + L – Toggle track layout: List, 2 or 3 / 4 Column (default) track layout.
Shift + T – Toggle site theme: Light, Dark or Automatic (default) theme.
List Player and Gallery Player
The List Player only supports YouTube tracks, SoundCloud tracks will be automatically skipped over. SoundCloud tracks must be played using the Gallery Player or by clicking / tapping on the track Artist + Title text link in the List Player. To toggle between the Gallery and List players, please use the PLAYER = GALLERY / LIST setting in the sites footer area when using any of the players.
Playback and Site settings
All Ultrafunk settings can be found here, more information coming soon…
To clear all (reset to default) Ultrafunk settings, follow this link.
Premium tracks
Unfortunately, not all tracks on Ultrafunk can be played for free, a few tracks require a YouTube subscription, either YouTube Premium or YouTube Music. These premium tracks are mixed in with all the free tracks and will be skipped over if you don’t have a subscription.
If you already have one of these YouTube subscriptions, the premium tracks should automatically work like any other free track on Ultrafunk. If not, you are probably not logged in to your YouTube account, please sign in first, then try to play the tracks again.
Disclaimer: Ultrafunk is not affiliated or associated with YouTube / Google or SoundCloud in any way.
Promotional / Promo tracks
Some of the songs on Ultrafunk are promotional / promo tracks, this means that the full original tracks are not available for playback, but their quality is so high that they are included anyway for easier discovery.
Promo tracks can be shorter in length, fade in after the track has begun or fade out before the track has ended compared to the original, so if you like any of them, please seek out the full original versions, Google or any other search engine will probably do the trick.
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