‘Shazam’ App Doubles As Lip-Synch Detector
November 24, 2009 · Print This Article
The New York Times Gadgetwise blog has found an interesting use for Shazam’s iPhone app — detecting lip-synchers. It turns out that true live performances will turn up as unrecognizable when you attempt to identify them with ‘Shazam.’
The app takes the snippets of a song that you record, digitizes them, and creates a type of numerical signature based on the rhythm and melody. In a true live performance, a drummer won’t hit the snare on the same millisecond he did while recording, and the vocalist will miss that high note by at least a few cents. These differences might be totally unnoticeable to the human ear, but a personal will catch even the tiniest variation.
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