Do you know that many (terrestrial) radio stations do not play songs at their exact recorded speed?<p>Most are sped up a little (single-digit percentage), so they can fit more songs (or more commercials) in each hour.<p>I wonder what sort of time distortion the matching algorithm can handle?
Apparently very few of you read the article...<p>It's a smart way for a rapper to market his music. I chuckled as I watched the video, and learned about a rapper I hadn't heard of before.<p>Harmless fun.
On this topic I guess. I recently used shazamm (or the other one) and it - in addition to finding the song - showed me the lyrics in real time, highlighting the current line in the song. Really impressive.
<p><pre><code> Why? Why? Why the fuck?
Nerdie homes must make a buck.
Have a need? Scratch that itch.
Take a break to hack that bitch.
People hurt & need more meds,
Hacker rather show his creds.
Breakthrus needed by a sage,
But iphone apps r all the rage.
Enterprise really sucks
Hackers never get those bucks.
Web apps used to be the hack
But mobile's got a "craftsman's" back.
Analysis!
Paralysis!
Algorithms!
Distillation!
Interpretation!
Compilation!
Deployment to the cloud.
Disruption now allowed.
Users need a good solution
But all they get is more polution.
Something no one ever needed.
HN front page: he succeeded.
Nerdie homes must make a buck.
Why? Why? Why the fuck?</code></pre>
Cute! It's pretty much the same as the Cassius app from a few years back (<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/cassius-i-3-u-so/id399394777" rel="nofollow">https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/cassius-i-3-u-so/id399394777</a>), but syncing to external audio instead. A nontrivial extension, but still very similar from the user's perspective.<p>Now, if the app was able to lipsync to any tune, that would be more impressive. It's certainly doable, see e.g. Tony Ezzat's "Mary 101" system from 10 years back: <a href="http://people.csail.mit.edu/tonebone/research/mary101/" rel="nofollow">http://people.csail.mit.edu/tonebone/research/mary101/</a>
Cool! On the topic of tech and music: here's an app that lets you play your favorite YouTube music videos and SoundCloud songs by voice: <a href="http://youtu.be/cyS4TlBkTns" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/cyS4TlBkTns</a>
Is this a "me, too" kind of thing? Or is it different than Sound Hound or Shazam in some way?<p>Edit: ah, now I see. It syncs up video, not just scrolling text lyrics.