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17 Aug 2010, 11:11 pm

This isn't a joke, this is incredible. Seriously, listen to it right now.

http://gawker.com/5614940/how-to-make-justin-bieber-sound-incredible-slow-him-down-800-percent


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17 Aug 2010, 11:17 pm

At first, I thought the title said "ambien god" and thought it'd be a fun little piece about his fall into prescription med abuse. Shame.


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18 Aug 2010, 12:01 am

it's actually pretty good when slowed down. but would any track produce similar results when you stretch/slow it down so drastically?



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18 Aug 2010, 6:03 am

buryuntime wrote:
it's actually pretty good when slowed down. but would any track produce similar results when you stretch/slow it down so drastically?


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18 Aug 2010, 7:12 am

8O That is... absolutely incredible. It's so relaxing. It's making me want to fall asleep.



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18 Aug 2010, 7:30 am

I just tried this in three browsers and it does not play.

Anyways, if you mess around with any song it sounds weird. I once played a rap song backwards and it sounded like aliens.



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18 Aug 2010, 10:33 am

It sounds almost scary that does.
I like it


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18 Aug 2010, 10:43 am

Had to see what all the fuss was about, so I used the download link. It does sound rather weird. I'm gonna see what happens when I slow down other songs 800% now.

*opens Audacity*



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18 Aug 2010, 11:33 am

I think it's also cool how the tempo alteration reveals the inherent generic quality of teeny-pop harmony. American Idol, for instance, just confirmed to me that hits are no longer "crafted," but "manufactured." Same goes for artists who sing them.

But it's a neat idea. You can do the same thing with Absynth and it's much more interesting.



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18 Aug 2010, 1:24 pm

I'm playing around with the software right now. Some of the sounds are like something you'd hear in a slow motion death scene in a film or something, I imagine someone being shot and someone's going "waaait nooooooo!" and bending down towards them :lol:


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18 Aug 2010, 6:31 pm

I like the sound, but a lot of that has to do with the program used to stretch it. I was using other programs to stretch the same songs and they just sounded rubbish.

http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/ Windows and Linux source code

http://music.cornwarning.com/2009/04/29 ... -download/ - Mac OS X

The Justin Bieber is no fluke; a lot of stuff sounds very similar when stretched using that particular program. My favourite is probably "Misirlou", which rather than being Sigur Rós-esque, sounds worthy of Glenn Branca.

http://music.joshmillard.com/mp3/Josh_M ... ouslow.mp3



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18 Aug 2010, 7:17 pm

MONKEY wrote:
I'm playing around with the software right now. Some of the sounds are like something you'd hear in a slow motion death scene in a film or something, I imagine someone being shot and someone's going "waaait nooooooo!" and bending down towards them :lol:


Haha nice. I personally imagined the Planet Earth documentaries, or perhaps the best battles from Braveheart or Lord of the Rings.


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