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Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch

80 points by tomkwok 12y ago

pwenzel 12y ago
For a sample work created by Paul's Sound Stretch, check out The Ambient Dishwasher, by low light mixes: https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/the-ambient-dishwasher/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/the-ambient-dishwasher/
- yellowapple 12y ago
  That's easily the most beautiful thing I've ever heard, just barely edging out the paulstretch'd U Smile.
  - CamperBob2 12y ago
    Check out Vangelis, Dead Can Dance, old-school Enya (The Celts soundtrack comes to mind), if you liked this.
    - robhack 12y ago
      Also, Loreena McKennitt's Book of Secrets
    - yellowapple 12y ago
      I already have almost-full discographies of all except for Dead Can Dance (who I hadn't heard of before). Thanks for the tip!
  - JonnieCache 12y ago
    This will interest you strongly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76:14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76:14
dr_bloodmoney 12y ago
If you're curious here's some stuff I did a few years ago using it: https://soundcloud.com/medicinewheel https://soundcloud.com/medicinewheel The interest thing about this app is that it allows you to pull material from almost anywhere and make it sonically interesting. The first track I made was sourced from 2 seconds of Love is a Battlefield and a few seconds from an anti-depressant commercial. The fun part of this app is trying to turn the most mundane sounds into something interesting.
bch 12y ago
Wow -- this[0] really reminds me of this[1]. [0] http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/20x.ogg http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/20x.ogg [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpMNXEY_tio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpMNXEY_tio
david-given 12y ago
You can't mention PaulStretch without linking to Justin Biebier's totally amazing ambient orchestral piece, U Smile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QspuCt1FM9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QspuCt1FM9M I'm not even kidding. It's superb. Put it on, turn the lights out, imagine yourself on an alien beach, and feel the stress drift away...
corysama 12y ago
Arguably what brought PaulStretch into the public eye was this 800% slow-down of "U Smile" that made Justin Beiber sound like Sigur Ros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bidHnEekXpE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bidHnEekXpE Interview with the creator: http://www.ew.com/article/2010/08/18/justin-bieber-u-smile-slow http://www.ew.com/article/2010/08/18/justin-bieber-u-smile-s...
nosuchthing 12y ago
Time-stretching audio algorithms are really fun. Paulstrech algo: http://www.paulnasca.com/algorithms-created-by-me#TOC-PaulStretch-extreme-sound-stretching-algorithm http://www.paulnasca.com/algorithms-created-by-me#TOC-PaulSt... Ableton live has similar algorithms built in for audio time stretching, but Paulstrech goes a step further and integrates a large spacey reverb that smooths out the abrasiveness of the low resolution playback at extreme modifications.
Daiz 12y ago
The author's homepage lists a bunch of interesting things where the software has been used and mentioned[1]. Personally I found it quite fitting on the Dredd 3D soundtrack on a song that it plays when people are using a drug called Slo-Mo, which slows the user's perception of time to 1% of normal. [1] http://www.paulnasca.com/open-source-projects#TOC-Paul-s-Extreme-Sound-Stretch http://www.paulnasca.com/open-source-projects#TOC-Paul-s-Ext...
jcpst 12y ago
This is very cool, I'll need to spend some time playing with it. I used abuse an old Powerbook's CPU by using Logic's Time Machine at the maxium settings and clicking through the all the warnings that it might harm the processor, and repeat several times. I made a whole album doing that: https://josephpost.bandcamp.com/ https://josephpost.bandcamp.com/
staypuft 12y ago
Paulstretch is now included as an effect in Audacity.
jedanbik 12y ago
I loved what this software package did for Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights (36 minutes long, so grab a seat): http://youtu.be/fsXhtJ9BTJA http://youtu.be/fsXhtJ9BTJA For reference, this is the original version: http://youtu.be/BW3gKKiTvjs http://youtu.be/BW3gKKiTvjs
fredfoobar42 12y ago
Damn, I ran DEVO's "Mongoloid" through that and got a Godspeed You! Black Emperor song.

80 points by tomkwok 12y ago

For a sample work created by Paul's Sound Stretch, check out The Ambient Dishwasher, by low light mixes: https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/the-ambient-dishwasher/ https://www.mixcloud.com/lowlight/the-ambient-dishwasher/

yellowapple 12y ago
That's easily the most beautiful thing I've ever heard, just barely edging out the paulstretch'd U Smile.
- CamperBob2 12y ago
  Check out Vangelis, Dead Can Dance, old-school Enya (The Celts soundtrack comes to mind), if you liked this.
  - robhack 12y ago
    Also, Loreena McKennitt's Book of Secrets
  - yellowapple 12y ago
    I already have almost-full discographies of all except for Dead Can Dance (who I hadn't heard of before). Thanks for the tip!
- JonnieCache 12y ago
  This will interest you strongly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76:14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76:14

dr_bloodmoney 12y ago

If you're curious here's some stuff I did a few years ago using it: https://soundcloud.com/medicinewheel https://soundcloud.com/medicinewheel The interest thing about this app is that it allows you to pull material from almost anywhere and make it sonically interesting. The first track I made was sourced from 2 seconds of Love is a Battlefield and a few seconds from an anti-depressant commercial. The fun part of this app is trying to turn the most mundane sounds into something interesting.

bch 12y ago

Wow -- this[0] really reminds me of this[1]. [0] http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/20x.ogg http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/20x.ogg [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpMNXEY_tio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpMNXEY_tio

david-given 12y ago

You can't mention PaulStretch without linking to Justin Biebier's totally amazing ambient orchestral piece, U Smile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QspuCt1FM9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QspuCt1FM9M I'm not even kidding. It's superb. Put it on, turn the lights out, imagine yourself on an alien beach, and feel the stress drift away...

corysama 12y ago

Arguably what brought PaulStretch into the public eye was this 800% slow-down of "U Smile" that made Justin Beiber sound like Sigur Ros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bidHnEekXpE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bidHnEekXpE Interview with the creator: http://www.ew.com/article/2010/08/18/justin-bieber-u-smile-slow http://www.ew.com/article/2010/08/18/justin-bieber-u-smile-s...

nosuchthing 12y ago

Time-stretching audio algorithms are really fun. Paulstrech algo: http://www.paulnasca.com/algorithms-created-by-me#TOC-PaulStretch-extreme-sound-stretching-algorithm http://www.paulnasca.com/algorithms-created-by-me#TOC-PaulSt... Ableton live has similar algorithms built in for audio time stretching, but Paulstrech goes a step further and integrates a large spacey reverb that smooths out the abrasiveness of the low resolution playback at extreme modifications.

Daiz 12y ago

The author's homepage lists a bunch of interesting things where the software has been used and mentioned[1]. Personally I found it quite fitting on the Dredd 3D soundtrack on a song that it plays when people are using a drug called Slo-Mo, which slows the user's perception of time to 1% of normal. [1] http://www.paulnasca.com/open-source-projects#TOC-Paul-s-Extreme-Sound-Stretch http://www.paulnasca.com/open-source-projects#TOC-Paul-s-Ext...

jcpst 12y ago

This is very cool, I'll need to spend some time playing with it. I used abuse an old Powerbook's CPU by using Logic's Time Machine at the maxium settings and clicking through the all the warnings that it might harm the processor, and repeat several times. I made a whole album doing that: https://josephpost.bandcamp.com/ https://josephpost.bandcamp.com/

staypuft 12y ago

Paulstretch is now included as an effect in Audacity.

jedanbik 12y ago

I loved what this software package did for Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights (36 minutes long, so grab a seat): http://youtu.be/fsXhtJ9BTJA http://youtu.be/fsXhtJ9BTJA For reference, this is the original version: http://youtu.be/BW3gKKiTvjs http://youtu.be/BW3gKKiTvjs

fredfoobar42 12y ago

Damn, I ran DEVO's "Mongoloid" through that and got a Godspeed You! Black Emperor song.