Synctify – Sync a music drop with a time in the real world
66 points by lukew3 1 year ago | 28 comments- brysonreece 1 year agoI really don’t understand the confusion in this thread; it was immediately apparent to me what the purpose of this tool was after reading the headline, the UI elements are sensible and intuitive, it’s use case is unique and sound (no pun intended). Great job OP, a pretty cool project to have under one’s own belt.
- Meekro 1 year agoI've read the website and all the comments and I'm still totally lost. Guess that means I'm not the target audience? To me a "music drop" is when someone releases a highly anticipated new song.
- genewitch 1 year agothat's "Dropping a new track"; a "drop" in a song is the part where the music stops and then comes back with more energy/whatever.
example (tongue in cheek) https://youtu.be/CJzfTZlEl40?t=38 drop is at 0:41-0:43
- noduerme 1 year agoLifelong musician - I thought from the title that it meant dropping a track on spotify at a specific release time. (I imagined, like, putting out one song from a new album at midnight every night). Most people I know would call this a "break", as in the build-up to where the beat breaks. Probably a generational thing.
- Meekro 1 year agoThanks, I learned a new thing!
- noduerme 1 year ago
- puetzk 1 year agoThe (beat) "drop" is genre term for a buildup of tension, sharp pause, and then suddenly resuming at greater intensity/tempo. Usually associated with EDM/dubstep.
E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db5f-A-vSyw (drop at 0:45 seconds in the video, thought the countdown to New years that takes up most of the stage should make that obvious anyway)....
Thought it's certainly not a new thing - plenty of classical music has similar moments, e.g. the 3rd movement to Beethoven's 5th symphony: https://youtu.be/xAQFJ1YpFaI?t=279 ("drop" at 5:05 when the horns blast their way in...)
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- atoav 1 year agoThe drop within a song is what happens after a build up.
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- lukew3 1 year agoHello, I created Synctify to help you sync the drop in a song with the start of the new year or any other noteworthy or casual event. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
- fantasybroker 1 year agoHi. I like the concept but could not figure out what this app does before I read your comment. I am familiar with the concept of a "drop" in modern music but didn't immediately associate it with the feature. An example or a more detailed description could be helpful.
- karmakaze 1 year agoReally cool idea. One second is a long time. A drop being synchronized within a 0.5 second of an event can be a bit of a miss.
Would it be possible to make this more precise?
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- somehnguy 1 year agoSeems to be broken atm - I tried a few songs and it fails to load them. The Spotify API responds with a 403 "User not registered in the Developer Dashboard"
- pimlottc 1 year agoI don’t understand what the times mean exactly, e.g.
0:34 ———- 2:16- lukew3 1 year agoThe timestamp when the "drop" or target moment occurs is at 0:34. The duration of the song is 2:16
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- jungleexhibit 1 year agoCool to see someone created this finally, have been manually calculating start times for syncing a drop for a long time. Hope you get it back online soon!
- euniceee3 1 year agoI was expecting a visualization of a drop of water that syncs up with the music by loading two instances of the same song. One to play, the other do analyze.
- getrolled 1 year agoDoesn't seem to be working for me. Kind of just a blank screen when I paste in a link.
- lukew3 1 year agoDo you have javascript disabled?
- getrolled 1 year agoNope. Using latest chrome. Click activate and it doesn’t do anything. No picture where there should be one and an empty drop down.
- lukew3 1 year agoBizarre. The dropdown should show a list of devices Spotify is open on, and should throw an error if no devices found but activate is clicked. Does the rest of the metadata load right? Maybe the link you pasted wasn't what was expected. Your link has to come from clicking Share->Copy Song Link on Spotify.
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- kushie 1 year agoi thought this was going to sync lyrics containing a specific time to that time in real life
- nvr219 1 year agoVery cool
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