Setting Up Your Soundstage
Anya lets you turn your Discord server into a high-quality music space in just a few seconds. There are no complicated settings or installations to worry about. Once you invite Anya, the bot is ready to connect and play music directly in your voice channels. Unlike other bots that stay in channels doing nothing and lagging your server, Anya joins dynamically and streams only when people are actually listening, which keeps your server running fast and lag-free.
Step 1: Invite Anya to Your Server
First, click the invite button on our homepage to add Anya to your server list. This opens a secure authorization link from Discord. During the invitation, make sure to keep the default permission options checked. Anya needs standard channel viewing and voice connection permissions to read your commands and play music in your channels without any issues.
Think of this as Discord's secure key card. Instead of sharing any passwords, Discord just asks: "Can Anya join your server and send messages?" You click authorize, and the bot joins safely.
Step 2: Connect and Start Playing
After Anya joins your server, hop into any voice channel. Keep in mind that Anya won't join or stream music into an empty room. Type the play command followed by a song name or paste a direct Spotify or SoundCloud link. Anya will connect to our streaming servers, join your voice channel immediately, and start playing high-fidelity music for everyone.
This is the high-performance hardware that plays the actual music. Instead of loading the song on your own device or computer, Anya uses a dedicated music server to stream audio cleanly without lag or buffering.
Step 3: Prefix vs Slash Commands
Anya supports two different ways to run commands. You can use traditional Prefix Commands (like typing ?play) or modern Slash Commands (like typing /play). Slash Commands are recommended because Discord automatically shows you a list of options and commands as you type, making it much easier to use.
Think of it like an auto-complete search box. When you type /, Discord lists all available commands in a menu, so you don't have to memorize command names or spellings.
Show Basic Commands
Managing Your Music Queue
Controlling your music session is simple and straight-forward. When you search for a song, Anya adds it to a live queue. Everyone in the voice channel can add songs to this list, creating a shared playlist for your hangout space. Whether you are gaming with friends, studying, or hosting a party, you can adjust how this queue works on the fly.
Think of it as a collaborative waiting list. The songs play one after another in the order they were added, so everyone gets a turn to listen to their favorite tracks.
Controlling the Session Flow
If a song comes on that doesn't fit the mood, you can skip it instantly. If you find a track you love, you can loop it, or loop the entire queue to repeat your playlist in the background. You can also shuffle the queue to mix up the order and keep the music selection random and fun.
Autoplay and Queue Options
If you don't want to keep manually adding songs, just turn on Autoplay. When your queue runs out of songs, Anya automatically finds and queues similar music based on what you were listening to. You can also skip ahead by jumping directly to any song number in the queue, or remove specific songs to keep your playlist clean.
Show Playback Commands
Controlling Voice Channel Chaos
In public servers or busy channels, music playback can get chaotic. Without any restrictions, multiple members might constantly fight over the bot, skipping songs halfway through, turning the volume all the way up, or clearing the queue to tease others. To prevent these interruptions and keep your music sessions peaceful, we created DJ Mode.
Why You Need DJ Mode
DJ Mode locks music controls (like skip, pause, volume, and filters) to users who have a specific DJ role. Regular members can still request and add songs to the queue, but only your moderators, hosts, or designated DJs can change the player settings or skip tracks. This keeps your server events structured and free from trolls.
Turn this on when hosting public events like karaoke, podcasts, or music quiz nights. It ensures that random users cannot disrupt the music while allowing them to suggest new songs.
Server-Wide Settings
Along with DJ Mode, server admins can change the default bot prefix to avoid conflicts with other bots, set a default server language to translate Anya's messages, or turn off the interactive buttons on player messages to keep text channels clean.
Show Config Commands
Acoustic Filters & Equalizers
Different moments call for different audio vibes. Anya has real-time audio filters that change how your music sounds, letting you match the mood of your voice channel instantly.
Think of it like the equalizer settings on your car stereo. It adjusts specific sound ranges, turning up the deep bass beats or sharpening voices so they sound crisp.
Gaming & Parties: Bassboost & Nightcore
Hosting an intense gaming night or a party? Turn on the Bassboost filter to add a deep, punchy low-frequency kick to your beats. If you want to speed things up for an energetic anime-mix or hyper-pop session, the Nightcore filter speeds up the playback speed and raises the pitch for an intense, high-energy vibe.
Lo-Fi Chill & Dreamscapes: Vaporwave & 8D
When it is time to wind down, study, or chill, the Vaporwave filter slows down the tempo and shifts the pitch, creating a dreamy lo-fi lounge sound. You can also try 8D surround, which moves the audio back and forth between your left and right headphone channels to wrap the sound around you.
Show Filter Commands
Visual Server Management
Discord text commands are quick, but managing a large community is much easier when you can see everything. That is why Anya has a dedicated Web Dashboard, giving you a clean visual control panel to customize the bot for your server.
Why Use the Dashboard?
Instead of memorizing prefixes and command syntaxes, the dashboard lets you change settings with simple clicks. You can select your DJ roles from dropdown menus, edit custom greeting messages, change prefixes instantly, and toggle music control buttons on and off.
Secure Discord Login
Logging in is safe and secure. By signing in with your Discord account using standard OAuth2 authentication, Anya checks your server roles. Only servers where you have 'Manage Server' permissions will show up, keeping your server settings safe and private.
Absolutely. We use Discord's official secure login system (OAuth2). This means you never share your Discord password with us. Discord just verifies your identity and tells us which servers you manage so we can load them.
Community Rewards & Spotify Sync
Listening to music is better together. Anya rewards members who hang out in your server's voice channels with a built-in Listening Levels and XP system.
Listener XP & Profile Cards
The more time users spend listening to music in voice channels with others, the more experience points (XP) they earn. Over time, they level up and display their dedication on a beautiful, custom listener profile card. This card shows their level, total minutes listened, and favorite requested tracks, making voice channels a fun hangout space.
XP stands for "Experience Points". Think of it as a fun reward score for listening to music with friends. The longer you hang out and stream music in VC, the higher your score climbs, showing everyone that you are a top music fan in the server.
Personal Spotify Integration
Tired of searching for tracks one-by-one? You can link your Spotify account securely. Once connected, Anya imports your personal taste, letting you play your Spotify Liked Songs, private playlists, and customized mixes instantly with simple shortcut commands.
Show Profiles Commands
Resolving Audio Lags & Permissions
Even with great hosting servers, Discord voice connections can sometimes crackle, lag, or stop playing. These issues are usually very easy to fix in a few seconds.
Fixing Audio Crackle & Lag
Audio lag is almost always caused by network routing delays between Discord's servers and Anya's music nodes. If your music starts crackling, go to your Discord channel settings and switch the Voice Region to a different location. This refreshes the connection routing instantly and fixes voice lags.
Think of it like choosing a different highway. If the default highway has heavy traffic or is too long, the music will lag. Switching the voice region selects a closer, faster highway for your voice data, fixing audio stutter immediately.
Permission Settings
If Anya is in your server but doesn't join voice channels or respond to commands, double-check permissions. Anya needs 'View Channel', 'Send Messages', and 'Connect' permissions in the text and voice channels you are using. If you forget your custom prefix, just tag the bot in chat to see the active prefix.