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CitizenDJ – Make music using free audio and video from the Library of Congress

266 pointsby mindcrime9 months ago

11 comments

diggan9 months ago
Love it that they didn&#x27;t only chop everything, analyzed it and offered people to download single items, but put a sequencer there as well as offering bulk downloads (basically sample packs). That you can filter by note + pitch is awesome too! Will be fun to play around with.<p>I&#x27;d love to have a volume slider though, because it does get a bit loud when dragging the mouse, so I don&#x27;t have to turn down everything. Or even better, if every clip was also adjusted by perceived loudness (with a on&#x2F;off toggle).<p>Edit: The following &quot;end-of-residency retrospective&quot; article was excellent too: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov&#x2F;retro&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov&#x2F;retro&#x2F;</a>
beefoo9 months ago
Creator of Citizen DJ here. I made this project almost 5 years ago during my residency at the Library of Congress. I had such a great experience, I actually work at the Library now. I am happy to answer any questions about any aspects of the project!
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sfryxell9 months ago
This is fantastic. I&#x27;ve got two samplers that I&#x27;ve just started building a sample library for (Korg Drumlogue and Teenage Engineering&#x27;s KO II) This is exactly the kind of tool that will help me find interesting sounds. Great job.
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maroonblazer9 months ago
This is fantastic.<p>My only qualm is in &quot;browse&quot; mode, I wish the clips were slightly longer. Or that holding down the mouse&#x2F;trackpad kept playing the clip. As of now, and unless I&#x27;m doing it wrong, the clips are so short you only get the vaguest sense of their content.<p>That aside, really great work.
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learningmore9 months ago
This is very, very cool. I’ve always wanted to use federal recordings, and this makes it really easy. I wonder how developed the filters are.
Y_Y9 months ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov&#x2F;loc-variety-stage&#x2F;remix&#x2F;?b=82&amp;i=2018620420&amp;s=92485&amp;d=mpc&amp;p=90hI16" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov&#x2F;loc-variety-stage&#x2F;remix&#x2F;?b=8...</a><p>This is a very cool tool. Remind&#x27;s me of Peez&#x27;s beats from Very Bad Wizards.
ano-ther9 months ago
Excellent!<p>Is there an explanation of how the 4 samples are chosen in remix mode and is there a way to change them individually?
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croisillon9 months ago
my little brother made this over 20 years ago: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;poudoum.free.fr&#x2F;Stupid.mp3" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;poudoum.free.fr&#x2F;Stupid.mp3</a>
elialbert9 months ago
so cool congrats
ssalka9 months ago
Is building this a reasonable expenditure of tax dollars?
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tantalor9 months ago
I might remove the &quot;Jews&quot; filter that&#x27;s weird
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