I just tried this on my Pixel. I tried humming the synth part to Just What I Needed. It was stuck on "still working" for a whole minute because it couldn't distinguish my humming from the faint background noise outside my apartment. After trying 3 times I just gave up.
Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
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Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#52I gotta say, as dumb as this sounds, there is almost nothing more satisfying than having an unidentified song stuck in your head and then after hours/days/years figuring out what it is. Vivid memory from when I was in middle school (before internet search was common) having a song tune stuck in my head for years that I couldn’t identify. Finally years later I heard it on the radio randomly and it was like scratching…
You’re gonna love this: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2h8bx
That was great, thanks
Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#53As with most Google Search features, it seems to have been degraded/nerfed over the years (as has competitor Shazam). I'm starting to think it's purposeful and on account of limited compute: devote a lot on launch to convince people of its quality, then gradually lower resources devoted to it. As long as 90% of searches - the ones for the most popular songs - work, the complaints from the subset of the 10% that don't won't rise to the level of requiring attention.
Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#54SoundHound has had this for ages
I remember using a feature like this on Google Play Music ~7 years ago. It worked quite well
Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#55This is so nice, if only it worked it would be even better.
Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#56Midomi has been doing this since 2005.
Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#57SoundHound has had this feature for yonks. I remember humming the Portal ending song to it in like 2012 and getting correct hits.
Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#58Songs get stuck in your head because you can’t remember the ending, e.g.
I’m a Barbie Gi-
To get a song out of your head, design an ending that resolves.
The rest is left as an exercise to the reader.
Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#59Re: Song stuck in your head? Just hum to search (2020)
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
You’re gonna love this: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2h8bx
What I believe to be the greatest podcast episode of all time.
The ending ruins it for me. The fun mystical journey was actually just a distraction from walled gardens ruining the web.