Good point about the name match. I know if there were such a service I would probably use it; when we were in San Antonio I was always calling up KSYM to say what was the name of that song?
Dana Jim Davis writes: > I really don't know what the criteria is... but there are a LOT of songs > with that same name (even if you forget covers). I would hope that that's > not the only way. > > There is technology on the horizon that might help however. For example it > should be very possible to obtain a small audio "signature" of decent > recordings: perhaps a profile of the highs, lows; louds and pauses. > > There's a company right now, for example, that claims if you're listening to > a song (in a club or on the radio) you can call their number on your cell > phone and (after paying a fee I think) let the phone "listen" to the song - > the service will then return the name and artist of the song and let you buy > the album. > > It doesn't seem like it would be hard to extend that kind of technology to > identification of digital audio for library management purposes. In fact I > would guess it might be easier (since the cell phone system would obviously > have to deal with ambient noise and such) > > In this case I think the fact that "Laura's Theme" has been on SO MANY > albums may play into it. Collections, compilations, retrospectives, stage > renditions, etc 0 it may just assume (based on the name) that this is a > version (and the many versions mean there's many different lengths to play > match). > > In this case it comes up as "Laura's Theme" by the Boston Pops. Hey - I > like the Pops... ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:49 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Games Soundtracks > > > > ah, ok. I thought perhaps you weren't familiar with the Dr. Zhivago one. > > There are a lot of different versions of it so it is possible that one of > > them is the same length. But wouldn't the name match be enough? > > > > Dana > > > > Jim Davis writes: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:28 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: Games Soundtracks > > > > > > > > Lara's Theme *is* from Dr Zhivago... it may be used in that game but > > it > > > > first came out with that movie. My mother played it a lot at the time. > > > > > > No - this is a completely different song. They do share the name, but > > are > > > NOT the same songs (in the game Laura is the lead character's dead wife: > > > here theme is a somber acoustic guitar solo that turns in a bass > > pounding > > > alternative folkish anthem). > > > > > > My guess is that they might (tho' I doubt it) be the same length and > > that's > > > why WM 9 keeps insisting, but they are not the same song. > > > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
