audio identification (ancient thread bumped by spammer, not by xNiMiNx)

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is there somewhere on the web a site which is able to id a certain song out of a given sample ( f.e. as mp3 ) ? i've heard that but i can't remember really ...

any info ?

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I know of techniques that can do this - fingerprinting i believe its called. I did research it a while back but i'v forgot the finer details. It basically works by comparing the spectral image of a sample with a snap shot which is kept on record. It sounds like bollocks but apparently it can identify any record with in ten paces. There's also water marking which involves imbedding a signal into the file which can be called upon later to identify the origin of the file. Both methods are effective but have their flaws too.

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The first big one i remember hearing about was Shazam, i think its still just an android app. Theres new ones, you upload a chunk of a song, itll search its database.

The tech is there, how good the databases are, is a different question.

Try to upload a song by one of the major record companies onto youtube, youll get an email within a minute or two telling you that youve uploaded a copywrit song.

Just google 'song identify' and youll come across a lot of them, but again, how good their databases are is up in the air. I would guess since Shazam has been around a while, theyd have a good database by now.

Most, you can upload a short part, others claim to be able to ident a song by you humming or whistling it?

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I have Shazam and Soundcloud on my iPhone and they do an amazing job.
Once I was looking up a standard classical piece and it have me the exact version of both the conductor and orchestra/pianist playing it.

Plus you can even hum or whistle the tune. Truely amazing!
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Damn, i got tricked by a spammer :( And i was trying to point to anything besides what they linked.

Sorry to all, and especially to the mod who had to clean up the mess, but thank you for pointing out it wasnt me.

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