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Maybe I don't understand. Is this a joke? Is it not already perfectly possible to edit a song and make it fit your playlist? And how would streaming the audio f

by catern 10y ago

Maybe I don't understand. Is this a joke? Is it not already perfectly possible to edit a song and make it fit your playlist? And how would streaming the audio from a binary be a disincentive for piracy, except inasmuch as on-demand streaming is more convenient than piracy?

et1337 10y ago
Sure you can edit a finished, mixed song, but it takes a lot of skill, and realistically no one's going to do it without stems. If a song is an executable, it can expose user-friendly adjustable parameters. So one song could have infinite variations. A pirate could record one of those variations and share it, but that's much less valuable than the executable / stems.
- wallacoloo 10y ago
  What kind of adjustable parameters? I'll admit I'm intrigued by the prospect of songs that vary slightly on each play-through (e.g. slightly different drum fills, different solos, etc), but I suspect this is distinct from what you're suggesting. I'm also of the belief that piracy of digital arts is largely a cultural thing & that attempts to prevent it by force will never be more than marginally successful at best. That said, I have zero evidence to back it up. It's something I'd like to investigate, but I don't know how.
  - jack1243star 10y ago
    An example would be dynamic soundtracks in games, which can change during gameplay. (New Doom, FTL, etc.)
- rzzzt 10y ago
  Around 10 years ago, Digimpro came out with something similar; they introduced a custom audio format and a standalone player that let you change playback parameters and switch between alternative tracks: http://web.archive.org/web/20051215034341/http://www.digimpro.com/about.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20051215034341/http://www.digimpr... Don't know what happened to their technology later on.
djsumdog 10y ago
I totally read it as a joke. Wait...it's..it's not a joke? I'm so confused.

by catern 10y ago

et1337 10y ago

Sure you can edit a finished, mixed song, but it takes a lot of skill, and realistically no one's going to do it without stems. If a song is an executable, it can expose user-friendly adjustable parameters. So one song could have infinite variations. A pirate could record one of those variations and share it, but that's much less valuable than the executable / stems.

wallacoloo 10y ago
What kind of adjustable parameters? I'll admit I'm intrigued by the prospect of songs that vary slightly on each play-through (e.g. slightly different drum fills, different solos, etc), but I suspect this is distinct from what you're suggesting. I'm also of the belief that piracy of digital arts is largely a cultural thing & that attempts to prevent it by force will never be more than marginally successful at best. That said, I have zero evidence to back it up. It's something I'd like to investigate, but I don't know how.
- jack1243star 10y ago
  An example would be dynamic soundtracks in games, which can change during gameplay. (New Doom, FTL, etc.)
rzzzt 10y ago
Around 10 years ago, Digimpro came out with something similar; they introduced a custom audio format and a standalone player that let you change playback parameters and switch between alternative tracks: http://web.archive.org/web/20051215034341/http://www.digimpro.com/about.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20051215034341/http://www.digimpr... Don't know what happened to their technology later on.

djsumdog 10y ago

I totally read it as a joke. Wait...it's..it's not a joke? I'm so confused.