Posts Tagged tristan

We swing both ways

Posted by Paul in code, fun, Music, remix, The Echo Nest on June 7, 2010

Perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions about Tristan’s Swinger is whether it can be used to ‘Un-swing’ a song. Can you take a song that already swings and straighten it out? Indeed, the answer is yes – we can swing both ways – but it is harder to unswing than it is to swing. Ammon on Happy Blog, the Happy Blog has given de-swinging a go with some success with his de-swinging of Revolution #1. Read his post and have a listen at Taking the swing out of songs. I can’t wait for the day when we can turn on the TV to watch and listen to MTV-Unswung.

Ammon, MTV, remix, the happy blog, the swinger, tristan

Sweet Child O’Mine – Vienna Style

Posted by Paul in Music, remix, research, The Echo Nest on May 24, 2010

I was wondering how far one could go with the time-stretching stuff and still make something musical. Here’s an attempt to turn a rock anthem into a waltz. It is a bit rough in a few places, especially the beginning – but I think it settles into a pretty nice groove.

guns n'roses, remix, sweet child o' mine, tristan, waltz

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The Swinger

Posted by Paul in Music, remix, The Echo Nest on May 21, 2010

[tweetmeme source= ‘plamere’ only_single=false] One of my favorite hacks at last weekend’s Music Hack Day is Tristan’s Swinger. The Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any song and makes it swing. It does this be taking each beat and time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half. It has quite a magical effect. Some examples:

Every Breath You Take