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If you like Instrumentals, Try this

12 points by rokhayakebe 18y ago

huhtenberg 18y ago
Is it supposed to look like this ? http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8422/instrumental.png http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8422/instrumental.png
- dhimes 18y ago
  That actually looks horrible on my box--the original link is much nicer.
- axod 18y ago
  That's about 50% better than it looks here (Safari).
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swombat 18y ago
Wtf is this? How did it get 7 votes?
- rokhayakebe 18y ago
  It simply lets you find instrumentals and create a playlist. You cannot truly appreciate it until you create a playlist and Play All. Instrumentals are easy when you work. Now the site looks/acts crappy because selfishly it was created just for myself a few months back, but I thought a handful of others may find it useful.
  - swombat 18y ago
    Ok, a few things... 1) Maybe I'm failing to understand the meaning of "instrumentals", but the two times I actually clicked "play" on one of those songs, I heard songs which a) had electric/electronic instruments (e.g. electric guitar and synths) - so "instrumental" does not mean "acoustic", and b) had voices (the first a rock tune, the second a rap song). So what is an "instrumental"? 2) I'm not trying to be harsh, but there's a difference between "looks/acts crappy" and "is unusable". Unfortunately this site appears to be the latter. The design is currently so bad that it's hard to be even tempted to interact with it - let alone consider using it properly...
    - rokhayakebe 18y ago
      Thank you and you are far from being harsh. Instrumental, here, means the version of any song without the lyrics. The reason why some songs will come with lyrics is because the filtering is not done properly yet. For example search for "Coldplay" and click play on one of titles, you will hear the music and not the voice. It is useful, but just not to everyone. I will take some time and create a better design.
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peregrine 18y ago
Looks like its not handling the extra pressure well.
sounddust 18y ago
This site apparently takes whatever you search for, feeds it into youtube, appending the word "instrumental" to the query, then returns the results. When you play a clip, it just plays the clip from youtube, except it's using its own flash player with no video.
- rokhayakebe 18y ago
  That is it Sounddust. That is how it makes it a lot easier to find and listen to instrumentals. That was its sole purpose.
  - sounddust 18y ago
    I had no idea there was so much instrumental content on Youtube. It would be cool if you also sourced from one of those mp3 search engine-type sites (like Songza)
    - rokhayakebe 18y ago
      You would be surprise how many verticals you could find within Youtube.

12 points by rokhayakebe 18y ago

Is it supposed to look like this ? http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8422/instrumental.png http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8422/instrumental.png

dhimes 18y ago
That actually looks horrible on my box--the original link is much nicer.
axod 18y ago
That's about 50% better than it looks here (Safari).

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swombat 18y ago

Wtf is this? How did it get 7 votes?

rokhayakebe 18y ago
It simply lets you find instrumentals and create a playlist. You cannot truly appreciate it until you create a playlist and Play All. Instrumentals are easy when you work. Now the site looks/acts crappy because selfishly it was created just for myself a few months back, but I thought a handful of others may find it useful.
- swombat 18y ago
  Ok, a few things... 1) Maybe I'm failing to understand the meaning of "instrumentals", but the two times I actually clicked "play" on one of those songs, I heard songs which a) had electric/electronic instruments (e.g. electric guitar and synths) - so "instrumental" does not mean "acoustic", and b) had voices (the first a rock tune, the second a rap song). So what is an "instrumental"? 2) I'm not trying to be harsh, but there's a difference between "looks/acts crappy" and "is unusable". Unfortunately this site appears to be the latter. The design is currently so bad that it's hard to be even tempted to interact with it - let alone consider using it properly...
  - rokhayakebe 18y ago
    Thank you and you are far from being harsh. Instrumental, here, means the version of any song without the lyrics. The reason why some songs will come with lyrics is because the filtering is not done properly yet. For example search for "Coldplay" and click play on one of titles, you will hear the music and not the voice. It is useful, but just not to everyone. I will take some time and create a better design.

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peregrine 18y ago

Looks like its not handling the extra pressure well.

sounddust 18y ago

This site apparently takes whatever you search for, feeds it into youtube, appending the word "instrumental" to the query, then returns the results. When you play a clip, it just plays the clip from youtube, except it's using its own flash player with no video.

rokhayakebe 18y ago
That is it Sounddust. That is how it makes it a lot easier to find and listen to instrumentals. That was its sole purpose.
- sounddust 18y ago
  I had no idea there was so much instrumental content on Youtube. It would be cool if you also sourced from one of those mp3 search engine-type sites (like Songza)
  - rokhayakebe 18y ago
    You would be surprise how many verticals you could find within Youtube.