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24 May 2010

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing: "The Swinger is a bit of python code that takes any song and makes it swing. It does this by taking each beat and time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half." Some of the examples are pretty hilarious.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 04:52 | 10 comments

I love what they've done with Sweet Child of Mine.

posted by Senyar 24 May | 05:26

Ah ha ha ha... somebody in the comments did it with Rick James' "Super Freak." This is so wonderful.

posted by BoringPostcards 24 May | 06:48

This is really cool - not to mention, it's a fantastic illustration of what "Swinging" a song really is. I can't tell you how long it took me to grasp that idea when I started swing dancing. And it's infectious - as goofy as some of these sound, I found it almost impossible not to tap my foot involuntarily. Especially on "Money for Nothing." You want to move!

posted by Miko 24 May | 07:29

That's pretty freaky!

posted by richat 24 May | 08:21

I'm still having some trouble getting it to work on my machine. At least I'm able to add more cowbell.

posted by Obscure Reference 24 May | 10:09

I've had Daft Punk's "Around the World" chronically stuck in my head for the past month, and this last weekend, it was being played everywhere.

I notice there's a swinged version too...

posted by fuq 24 May | 12:06

Amazing! Don't Stop Believin is espeicially good. Is the source code available anywhere?

posted by matthewr 24 May | 17:51

source code

posted by BoringPostcards 24 May | 18:16

There are instructions in the thread for installing the echonest API which you need to run swinger.py.

posted by Obscure Reference 24 May | 20:34

Amazing! Enter Sandman is just brilliant.

posted by TheophileEscargot 25 May | 06:04

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