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Rave.dj – an artificially intelligent mash-up machine

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

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post #60

Turn Down for What seems to go well with a lot of songs: https://rave.dj/cBQ8koXg_09blA

Because it's one of the rare electronic songs that became popular whose speed is ~100 BPM (BPM = beats per minute in this case). That makes it compatible with a lot of pop and hip hop songs. Add to that the fact that it contains almost no lyrics (while pop songs contain almost no low frequencies) and you have a match.

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

#64

At great risk of sounding haughty, as someone who's perhaps a bit more into the DJing scene than what's probably the average HN user, all of these sound horrible. Beat matching is the easiest part of DJing, and that's about all that this tool does, so I don't think it's solving any DJing problems specifically. One thing that it does do is take away the turntable GUI (or hardware) and replace it with a two-field uploa…

It would be pretty trivial to add key-matching to this thing but like you say that wouldn't come close to everything a good dj or live band is doing during a performance with an audience.

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

#66
post #45

Just one side note, that moving background is giving me motion sickness :) But I am gonna probably spend a lot of time, making mixes...

Yes, this background video makes for a terrible experience. I know it looks cool and startupy (at least it did in 2015) but this trend has to stop.

Ended up hiding it with an ad blocker rule.

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

#67

At great risk of sounding haughty, as someone who's perhaps a bit more into the DJing scene than what's probably the average HN user, all of these sound horrible. Beat matching is the easiest part of DJing, and that's about all that this tool does, so I don't think it's solving any DJing problems specifically. One thing that it does do is take away the turntable GUI (or hardware) and replace it with a two-field uploa…

please take a look at mixes of many songs instead of mashups, that's a lot more relevant to what you are looking for in this product:

https://www.rave.dj/iOfKQXFw3TxTWA

https://rave.dj/7_laQmBqX-ZWjA

https://rave.dj/Im9bExHRkftbXg

They try to only play relevant portions of songs, includes many other DJ rules that Mashups of 2 songs do not.

I'd argue that mixes in their current form could replace a DJ at a small bar patio.

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

#70
And a surprisingly successful merger of Cutty Ranks and Abba with the awesome title of "Limb Queen"

https://rave.dj/Mgv2ZGiuYfNnow

I giggled all the way through it. A bit of better volume balancing where the two songs overlap and I'd play that at a party with no regrets...

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