[HN Gopher] Synctify - Sync a music drop with a time in the real...
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Synctify - Sync a music drop with a time in the real world
Author : lukew3
Score : 37 points
Date : 2023-12-31 15:05 UTC (7 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (synctify.app)
(TXT) w3m dump (synctify.app)
| lukew3 wrote:
| Hello, 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 wrote:
| Hi. 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.
| lukew3 wrote:
| Thanks, that's helpful. I'll probably call it a moment
| instead of a drop in future descriptions.
| NOWHERE_ wrote:
| Honestly, drop is the better word. I read the title with
| drop and understood what it meant, but I wouldn't have if
| you called it moment.
| fantasybroker wrote:
| Contextually I like the word "drop" more too. Saying
| that, I might want to sync a moment in time with a
| particular Yann Tiersen's piano phrase that's hardly a
| drop, more like a favorite bit that I want to hear right
| when the clock strikes midnight.
| karmakaze wrote:
| Really 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?
| euniceee3 wrote:
| I 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 wrote:
| Doesn't seem to be working for me. Kind of just a blank screen
| when I paste in a link.
| lukew3 wrote:
| Do you have javascript disabled?
| getrolled wrote:
| Nope. Using latest chrome. Click activate and it doesn't do
| anything. No picture where there should be one and an empty
| drop down.
| lukew3 wrote:
| Bizarre. 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.
| thepablohansen wrote:
| I ran into the same issue out of nowhere with my Spotify
| app a few months ago- after hitting around 300 users.
| Apparently, Spotify has a limit [0] on their API quota
| for auth (around 25 users or so in theory), but don't
| feature the limit very prominently in their
| documentation.
|
| Have you requested and obtained a quota extension? I gave
| up on my app altogether after a couple of weeks and
| seeing in their documentation "[this] review process can
| take up to six weeks."
|
| 0. https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-
| api/concepts...
| lukew3 wrote:
| Oh no, I didn't know about this. It looks like Spotify
| hasn't authorized anybody but me and I would have to add
| every user I want to add individually. I don't think that
| anybody has been able to use this app. If anybody really
| wants to try it out you can DM me on X
| https://twitter.com/thelukew3 or follow me there and I'll
| post an update when it's fixed. Maybe I'll relaunch next
| year. Thanks for the help.
| nvr219 wrote:
| Very cool
| kushie wrote:
| i thought this was going to sync lyrics containing a specific
| time to that time in real life
| pimlottc wrote:
| I don't understand what the times mean exactly, e.g.
| 0:34 ------- 2:16
| lukew3 wrote:
| The timestamp when the "drop" or target moment occurs is at
| 0:34. The duration of the song is 2:16
| brysonreece wrote:
| I 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 wrote:
| I'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 wrote:
| that'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
| Meekro wrote:
| Thanks, I learned a new thing!
| atoav wrote:
| The drop within a song is what happens after a build up.
| puetzk wrote:
| The (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...)
| somehnguy wrote:
| Seems 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"
|
| https://i.imgur.com/bDdl0yz.png
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