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Re: Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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Post by jjcm »

Pretty interesting. I used to be heavily into the mashup scene, even going so far as to make mashup.fm (another turntable/plug.dj clone). Here's some of my favorite classical mashups alongside the rave.dj version:

Thomas the Tank Engine vs Biggie Smalls

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfiUYij5UE

Rave.dj: https://rave.dj/XUBqv8IsZPVZMQ

This was the easiest as it's just a vocal track laid onto a beat, but it really jumps the tracks around a ton, seemingly randomly. It at least doesn't jump mid-measure though and fits with the beat.

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Modest Mouth (Modest Mouse vs Smashmouth)

Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEmJH7JsKgM

Rave.dj: https://rave.dj/gUb_lU_PrHBdKA

The Neil C original is a classic, and really fits two songs together that don't belong near each other. Rave plays the intros in sequential order, with vocals overlapping all over. They really need a central channel filter to see if they can pop the vocals out from the instrumentals. This is really a tuesday-surprise lunchroom casserole of a mashup, with a rather abrupt ending.

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Korn vs Taylor Swift

Original: https://soundcloud.com/user-490703809/we-are-coming-undone-k...

Rave.dj: https://rave.dj/usdGtcmoNJeItg

This one really works because of some of the more complex editing on Isosine's part. The rave one is a disaster. Feels like you're standing in between two parties that are blasting two jams, that just happened to have their drops/choruses line up.

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Kanye West vs The Beatles

Original: http://mashup.fm/media/Hey_Jude_We_Major_More_Popular_than_J...

Rave.dj: https://rave.dj/ZcRpPLK6QZEvZA

This is a personal favorite, and I think it works because of how long the Hey Jude intro is. It really means you forget about Kanye completely until he jumps in. It works because of how slow of a buildup Hey Jude is. The Rave version has no nuance here. They speed up Hey Jude, up-pitching it in the process and making it sound like Raffi or some other child entertainer. They down pitch Kanye, making him seem like some gangsta thug. It really doesn't work at all.

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I really want this to become better, but I feel like it needs to be trained more tricks (vocal separation for one) to really be worth it. Also minor QOL improvement would be to allow you to preview tracks before you add them to the mix. Hard to find one that's a good audio only rip of a song sometimes.

Re: Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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Post by 11235813213455 »

jjcm wrote: post #11

Pretty interesting. I used to be heavily into the mashup scene, even going so far as to make mashup.fm (another turntable/plug.dj clone). Here's some of my favorite classical mashups alongside the rave.dj version: Thomas the Tank Engine vs Biggie Smalls Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETfiUYij5UE Rave.dj: https://rave.dj/XUBqv8IsZPVZMQ This was the easiest as it's just a vocal track laid onto a beat, but it…

My favorite mashup: Prodigy vs Enya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5knIIyKpSK4

rave.dj's version isn't great https://rave.dj/N22l-_WXbqseJQ

Re: Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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Post by ehsankia »

paraschopra wrote: post #10

This is how well thought out products look like. - Really simple and intuitive start. I created my first mashup within first 2 minutes and at all times knew exactly what I was doing - Inbuilt virality. People will show off their produced mixes to their friends and on social media. - Actually solves a pain point. How many of us have tried mixing songs and gave up? This gives a sense of creativity while taking care of…

Not only that, but the small things like mashing up the song title and album art truly make this a quality product.

Here is my first try: Disclosure - Bang That + The XX - On Hold = Hold That

https://rave.dj/1F1p4ZS9ipWmYA

Re: Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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Post by jgtrosh »

ehsankia wrote: post #13
paraschopra wrote: post #10

This is how well thought out products look like. - Really simple and intuitive start. I created my first mashup within first 2 minutes and at all times knew exactly what I was doing - Inbuilt virality. People will show off their produced mixes to their friends and on social media. - Actually solves a pain point. How many of us have tried mixing songs and gave up? This gives a sense of creativity while taking care of…

Not only that, but the small things like mashing up the song title and album art truly make this a quality product. Here is my first try: Disclosure - Bang That + The XX - On Hold = Hold That https://rave.dj/1F1p4ZS9ipWmYA

Thanks, that was very enjoyable and I think it would fit right in a world-class DJ mix.

Re: Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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Post by m00dy »

mburst wrote: post #9

Seems to be pretty awesome. I tested out two instrumental bits in Hardwell - Spaceman and SHM - Greyhound and found that the algorithm had some issues with the low end clashing on mixing between the songs https://rave.dj/qP-eYlelx75GjQ Though it leveled out after a few seconds. Would love to know more about how it works!

Definitely. I'm so curious.

Re: Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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Post by paraschopra »

ehsankia wrote: post #13
paraschopra wrote: post #10

This is how well thought out products look like. - Really simple and intuitive start. I created my first mashup within first 2 minutes and at all times knew exactly what I was doing - Inbuilt virality. People will show off their produced mixes to their friends and on social media. - Actually solves a pain point. How many of us have tried mixing songs and gave up? This gives a sense of creativity while taking care of…

Not only that, but the small things like mashing up the song title and album art truly make this a quality product. Here is my first try: Disclosure - Bang That + The XX - On Hold = Hold That https://rave.dj/1F1p4ZS9ipWmYA

The mix is pretty awesome!

Re: Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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Post by jerrre »

paraschopra wrote: post #10

This is how well thought out products look like. - Really simple and intuitive start. I created my first mashup within first 2 minutes and at all times knew exactly what I was doing - Inbuilt virality. People will show off their produced mixes to their friends and on social media. - Actually solves a pain point. How many of us have tried mixing songs and gave up? This gives a sense of creativity while taking care of…

> Even though I don't know how they'll monetize this, it seems a really well thought out product.

Depending on how you define product, this is a major show stopper. I'd say a product can't be called well thought out, if it doesn't have monetization thought out from the start. Although there is always advertizing, I guess..

But very nice tool/toy nonetheless!

Re: Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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Post by imdsm »

ehsankia wrote: post #13
paraschopra wrote: post #10

This is how well thought out products look like. - Really simple and intuitive start. I created my first mashup within first 2 minutes and at all times knew exactly what I was doing - Inbuilt virality. People will show off their produced mixes to their friends and on social media. - Actually solves a pain point. How many of us have tried mixing songs and gave up? This gives a sense of creativity while taking care of…

Not only that, but the small things like mashing up the song title and album art truly make this a quality product. Here is my first try: Disclosure - Bang That + The XX - On Hold = Hold That https://rave.dj/1F1p4ZS9ipWmYA

I tried to give it a challenge, mixing two completely different genres of music – medieval with rap. Amazingly the medieval tune followed the beat of the rap song.

https://rave.dj/h3o1s4nrg5d2sQ

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