Song ID service

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:56 am

Does anyone know of any online services where say you can upload a short mp3 clip of a song that you want ID'd then it will analyze the clip and return the song name or at least a list of possible hits? I'm surprised nothing like this has become mainstream yet. The best resource so far is posting the sound clip in a forum and asking.

Matija · Post by **Matija** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:36 am

Try Picard: http://musicbrainz.org

Not online, but overall a great thing.

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:52 am

I think that only works with complete songs. What I was thinking of was more like recording a short clip with my mp3 player and then going home and looking up the song. Sometimes I'm out on the street and I hear a song I like say from someone's radio or whatever and I want to ID it. I'd take my recording device and record a short snippet of it.

CraftyChicken · Post by **CraftyChicken** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:36 am

I have this problem all the time. What I do, if I can remember the lyrics, is simply type them into google + the keyword 'lyrics.'

Or, checkout metrolyrics.com, lyricstime.com, or any of the plethora of other lyrics sites out there.

And sometimes, if you happen to know the approx. time + radio station, you can usually go to their website and view their play list. From there it's a snap to just lookup the song playing around the time you heard it.

And if all else fails, nothing beats a good post in a related newsgroup.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:37 am

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Identify ... 5313.shtml

Identify songs with TrackID on your W850i

in the UK we use this:

http://www.shazam.com/music/portal/temp ... gging.html

mr. poopyhead · Post by **mr. poopyhead** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:21 pm

widowmaker wrote:Does anyone know of any online services where say you can upload a short mp3 clip of a song that you want ID'd then it will analyze the clip and return the song name or at least a list of possible hits? I'm surprised nothing like this has become mainstream yet. The best resource so far is posting the sound clip in a forum and asking.

ta-da!
http://www.sonyericsson.com/product/trackid/
powered by gracenote (now owned by sony...)
http://www.gracenote.com/business_solut ... bileMusic/

i'll never use it though... the data rates for rogers wireless are stupidly expensive...

widowmaker · Post by **widowmaker** » Wed May 28, 2008 1:10 pm

Ok, maybe I should have included the vital word "FREE"

. I've heard of these phone services but I'd prefer not to buy a new phone/plan/etc.

Melluk · Post by **Melluk** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:39 pm

I think i read on this forum that there are sites where you send in a part of a song or a recording of yourself humming/whistling/singing a tune and get ID suggestions.

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