HFU HF Underground

General Category => General Radio Discussion => Topic started by: hsmith77 on February 21, 2013, 0138 UTC

Title: Tunatic music identification software
Post by: hsmith77 on February 21, 2013, 0138 UTC

Has anyone used this software? Is it safe to download ? Input appreciated.

Title: Re: Tunatic music identification software
Post by: ChrisLobdell on February 21, 2013, 1642 UTC

Hi Harry,
Is this software for a smartphone app or a computer? I've never heard of it, but I'm very happy with Shazam on my iphone... you might google for reviews on it.

Title: Re: Tunatic music identification software
Post by: hsmith77 on February 21, 2013, 1934 UTC

This is for a computer . Windows supported . i don't have a smartphone maybe its time to get one . I saw how shazam works . One day my son in law was here and the question came up about what song a pirate was playing. Out came the phone and instantly we knew the title . I got to wondering if such a program exists for a desktop . Thus this query.

Title: Re: Tunatic music identification software
Post by: DimBulb on February 21, 2013, 2235 UTC

I used Tunatic for a while but later switched to Shazam which is better at ID'ing tunes buried in noise - it also seems to have a more extensive database.  If you already have your radio's audio connected to a line input on your sound card give it a try.

Title: Re: Tunatic music identification software
Post by: Andrew Yoder on February 23, 2013, 1252 UTC

I use Brain, connected to the Ears input system with some help from Google & YouTube. I've discovered that both Brain's hardware and software interface are incomplete and error prone. Also, neither Brain's hardware nor software are upgradable. And I sometimes do get viruses

Title: Re: Tunatic music identification software
Post by: Kilokat7 on February 27, 2013, 1051 UTC

I tried Tunatic last year.  I liked the lightweight interface but found it had trouble ID'ing a lot of songs, even when noise wasn't a problem.  I've now switched to using Soundhound on my PC (an Android app like Shazam).  I'm able to run Soundhound on my PC by using the Bluestacks app player.  See: http://www.bluestacks.com/

This works very well for me since I run the SDR on the same machine.  Audio from the SDR is fed into Soundhound via Bluestacks (it just worked for me, no special audio configuring was needed).  Sometimes when it locks onto a song it will sync and display the lyrics in real time - very cool!  For whatever reason, I have not been able to get Shazam to work correctly with Bluestacks, but Soundhound works just as well IMHO.

(http://amdxer.com/misc/Soundhound-SDR.jpg)