[vorbis-dev] beats/mixing (was: Metadata, file signatures, and extentions)

[Scott Manley]

> I want to be able to store the location of beats.  If I could do this, I
> figure I could create software that would be better than any human DJ at
> mixing.  
> 
> You could calculate the Beats Per Minute at the end of a song, randomly
> select another song within a set range different from the current one, and
> modify the speed of play of the two so that they match, fade the next song
> in, fade the 1st song out, then restore the 2nd song's speed to what it
> originally was.  Flawlessly, never ever missing a beat.  
> 
> Then put in a real time playlist editor that continuously selects the next
> song randomly, or will allow you to queue up selections.
> 
> 
> So how difficult would it be ?

I was looking at this a while ago too, it generally requires user intervention to initially setup the beatmarkers correctly, but - yes I would like to encode mixing  and cuing information into a track.

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