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Probably the only time anything related to Justin Bieber will be on HN

93 points by obiefernandez 16y ago

edkennedy 16y ago
As someone commented on SoundCloud, this is the first time anything on SoundCloud has gone viral. 450K hits and rising. I hope for many others!!!
- BoppreH 16y ago
  I remember an "infinite" (1 hour long) music on soundcloud being quite popular too. Maybe James Brown, I don't remember clearly.
obiefernandez 16y ago
The software referenced in the description Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch is truly cool. Turns any sound/music into a texture http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/ http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/ My gut says this might be the beginning of a new fad.
- steveklabnik 16y ago
  One of the comments on the song says, "I love the smell of a new genre in the morning."
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  I couldn't compile paulstretch under Linux but got it working via WINE and wrote up what I did - http://alicious.com/2010/paul-stretch-download/ http://alicious.com/2010/paul-stretch-download/, also made a short sample of my own making available and linked to a CDN copy of the track in question.
- rbxbx 16y ago
  I've been using paulstretch for years, works a treat on spazzy jpop for pad samples :D edit: though, I am tempted to downvote for bringing bieber to HN. :X
- elblanco 16y ago
  I just spent the entire evening chilling out to ambient stretches of some of my favorite tunes. Thanks for the link!
- GrowWebs 16y ago
  Radiolab featured Beethovens' 9th symphony slowed down to fill up 24 hours in 2007. It's the first part of the episode. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/07/15 http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/07/15
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cjlars 16y ago
Daft Punk used this sort of extreme time stretching in the opening of their Alive tour in 2007. They used (I think) the stretching algorithm in Ableton Live to cut one of their hooks down to 1/10 speed or so before slowly bring it back up to normal. You can listen below (about one minute in). http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1138681157301244564# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1138681157301244564...
- warfangle 16y ago
  BT used this kind of time stretching on one of the tracks on This Binary Universe. I don't recall which one, but he took the entire drum stem for the song and compressed it (rather than stretching it) to run in some special ratio to the length of the song. Sounds fantastic.
hngryhppos 16y ago
That does sound like Sigur Ros! Oh my god. I really like this song.
smcl 16y ago
Rob Beschizza points out that "speeding up Sigur Ros," however "does not result in Biebage": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6YC0zy1IYY&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6YC0zy1IYY&feature=playe...
- aristus 16y ago
  Sounds like Booby McFerrin doing a rock opera.
- matthew-wegner 16y ago
  I discovered that seeking through Sigur Ros on my car's CD player sounds pretty awesome (the skippy sound is how it seeks): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/173540/Misc/sr_cd_seek.mp3 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/173540/Misc/sr_cd_seek.mp3 And the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMDfJEkQDs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMDfJEkQDs
Vivtek 16y ago
Ha. I told my daughter about this this morning - she hadn't heard about it. I give it 2-to-1 odds she would have heard about it by this evening. That there's a meme a-borning. Brilliant. (Also I'm always happy when I see something before she does; it mildly confuses her. I alluded to Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog last month and she said, "What? You've heard of that?" Child. Of course I've heard of it.)
- siculars 16y ago
  "Child." I love it! Oh how they think they know everything and have a monopoly on that information.
mikedmiked 16y ago
I just 8x slowed down Daft Punk - Aerodynamic (Using the tool mentioned in obiefernandez's post). I liked it a lot so I have uploaded it here, for whoever wants a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRFwzub7yGc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRFwzub7yGc
- mortenjorck 16y ago
  Godspeed you! Daft Emperor
mahmud 16y ago
I don't get it. What exactly is going on? Am I looking for a picture or sound?
- patio11 16y ago
  If you use software to severely stretch a bubblegum pop sound from a teen heartthrob, you get atmospheric music which is by turns haunting and vaguely spiritual. Some of it puts me in the mood of Gregorian chants or my mental image of the music they describe in sci-fi books to demonstrate that the Buddhists-in-space aliens are better than humans.
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  - sliverstorm 16y ago
    Try some Gregorian chants run through the extender
adg 16y ago
The first few minutes sounds like a collaboration between Brian Eno and Deerhunter. Very ambient and atmospheric.
edo 16y ago
Check out: http://slowitup.com http://slowitup.com. Every day I hope to collect and curate the best slowed down songs submitted by readers. Should be online within the hour. Inspired by and dedicated to the awesome Reddit sub-topic (http://www.reddit.com/r/slowitup http://www.reddit.com/r/slowitup)
eru 16y ago
Having never heard of Justin Bieber, I just tried listening to the original track. Bland.

93 points by obiefernandez 16y ago

As someone commented on SoundCloud, this is the first time anything on SoundCloud has gone viral. 450K hits and rising. I hope for many others!!!

BoppreH 16y ago
I remember an "infinite" (1 hour long) music on soundcloud being quite popular too. Maybe James Brown, I don't remember clearly.

obiefernandez 16y ago

The software referenced in the description Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch is truly cool. Turns any sound/music into a texture http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/ http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/ My gut says this might be the beginning of a new fad.

steveklabnik 16y ago
One of the comments on the song says, "I love the smell of a new genre in the morning."
pbhjpbhj 16y ago
I couldn't compile paulstretch under Linux but got it working via WINE and wrote up what I did - http://alicious.com/2010/paul-stretch-download/ http://alicious.com/2010/paul-stretch-download/, also made a short sample of my own making available and linked to a CDN copy of the track in question.
rbxbx 16y ago
I've been using paulstretch for years, works a treat on spazzy jpop for pad samples :D edit: though, I am tempted to downvote for bringing bieber to HN. :X
elblanco 16y ago
I just spent the entire evening chilling out to ambient stretches of some of my favorite tunes. Thanks for the link!
GrowWebs 16y ago
Radiolab featured Beethovens' 9th symphony slowed down to fill up 24 hours in 2007. It's the first part of the episode. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/07/15 http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2007/07/15

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cjlars 16y ago

Daft Punk used this sort of extreme time stretching in the opening of their Alive tour in 2007. They used (I think) the stretching algorithm in Ableton Live to cut one of their hooks down to 1/10 speed or so before slowly bring it back up to normal. You can listen below (about one minute in). http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1138681157301244564# http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1138681157301244564...

warfangle 16y ago
BT used this kind of time stretching on one of the tracks on This Binary Universe. I don't recall which one, but he took the entire drum stem for the song and compressed it (rather than stretching it) to run in some special ratio to the length of the song. Sounds fantastic.

hngryhppos 16y ago

That does sound like Sigur Ros! Oh my god. I really like this song.

smcl 16y ago

Rob Beschizza points out that "speeding up Sigur Ros," however "does not result in Biebage": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6YC0zy1IYY&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6YC0zy1IYY&feature=playe...

aristus 16y ago
Sounds like Booby McFerrin doing a rock opera.
matthew-wegner 16y ago
I discovered that seeking through Sigur Ros on my car's CD player sounds pretty awesome (the skippy sound is how it seeks): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/173540/Misc/sr_cd_seek.mp3 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/173540/Misc/sr_cd_seek.mp3 And the original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMDfJEkQDs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWMDfJEkQDs

Vivtek 16y ago

Ha. I told my daughter about this this morning - she hadn't heard about it. I give it 2-to-1 odds she would have heard about it by this evening. That there's a meme a-borning. Brilliant. (Also I'm always happy when I see something before she does; it mildly confuses her. I alluded to Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog last month and she said, "What? You've heard of that?" Child. Of course I've heard of it.)

siculars 16y ago
"Child." I love it! Oh how they think they know everything and have a monopoly on that information.

mikedmiked 16y ago

I just 8x slowed down Daft Punk - Aerodynamic (Using the tool mentioned in obiefernandez's post). I liked it a lot so I have uploaded it here, for whoever wants a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRFwzub7yGc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRFwzub7yGc

mortenjorck 16y ago
Godspeed you! Daft Emperor

mahmud 16y ago

I don't get it. What exactly is going on? Am I looking for a picture or sound?

patio11 16y ago
If you use software to severely stretch a bubblegum pop sound from a teen heartthrob, you get atmospheric music which is by turns haunting and vaguely spiritual. Some of it puts me in the mood of Gregorian chants or my mental image of the music they describe in sci-fi books to demonstrate that the Buddhists-in-space aliens are better than humans.
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- sliverstorm 16y ago
  Try some Gregorian chants run through the extender

adg 16y ago

The first few minutes sounds like a collaboration between Brian Eno and Deerhunter. Very ambient and atmospheric.

edo 16y ago

Check out: http://slowitup.com http://slowitup.com. Every day I hope to collect and curate the best slowed down songs submitted by readers. Should be online within the hour. Inspired by and dedicated to the awesome Reddit sub-topic (http://www.reddit.com/r/slowitup http://www.reddit.com/r/slowitup)

eru 16y ago

Having never heard of Justin Bieber, I just tried listening to the original track. Bland.