[JBI]

On 6/4/19 6:32 PM, geoff wrote:
On 5/06/2019 10:05 AM, JBI wrote:
On 6/4/19 4:56 PM, geoff wrote:
On 5/06/2019 7:36 AM, JBI wrote:
Long story short, I have a bunch of songs I recorded off of an
Italian radio station.Â* I really like the music, but had no idea of
the name of the songs.Â* Now I don't have a smart phone or tablet, so
I can't use apps to help ID songs.Â* What I have done is use both
audiotag.info and midomi.com, along with watzatsong.com so far, but
results, even with all of these, have been limited.Â* I've actually
had the best results from midomi.Â* Nothing from audiotag.

Overall, the results have been disappointing with perhaps 20% of the
songs identified.Â* I have my audio output from the speakers
channeled into the mic so I was able to use midomi (this was so I
could play the MP3's instead of trying to sing or hum).Â* I also have
MP3's from the radio station that I recorded.

So, what are some recommendations here for better results?Â* I run a
Linux desktop online, but I can fire up Win 10.Â* I understand
there's Cordana or something that might be able to help ID the
songs.Â* Is it worth the trouble over what I have tried so far?

I think one of the reasons I'm having trouble is because, when a
song has been discovered, it has mostly been and instrumental done
by an Italian composer/ artist.Â* Much of what I am looking for are
instrumentals of popular songs.Â* There is also techno/ new age,
which none of the music recognition sites seem to recognize very well.

Anyway, any help would be welcome.Â* I have referred some people to
the watzatsong page where I posted most of what I am looking for and
I could here at request.

Thanks in advance.

Maybe move into the current millennium and get a cheap smartphone.
Shazam has always worked for me, but admittedly not with Italian pop
as the focus.

You might just find that, apart from making or receiving phone and
text calls, there are many other useful applications for audio,
musical, and technically-interested users.

geoff

Thanks, but no thanks (regarding smartphone).Â* Well, I just tried
something called Musixmatch on Win 10.Â* Besides jumping through sign
ups with Microsoft, I don't understand it.Â* Looks like I'm supposed to
add lyrics or some such thing, not what I am looking for.Â* I also
fired up Cordana and she didn't recognize any songs, assuming I was
doing it correctly (can she hear what's being played on Media Player
or am I supposed to hold the mic up to the speaker?).Â* Then I read
that Cordana no longer recognizes songs, so who knows.Â* Just started
and about to call it quits.Â* There's no guarantee that even with a
smartphone that I would get the songs ID.Â* I *think* this Musixmatch I
tried is supposed to have the most comprehensive lyrical database.Â* It
seemed to say something about downloading unknown songs as I played
them, but presented nothing.Â* So who knows.


Maybe post a link to a sample song and I'll give it a try.

Shazam analyses the actual melody (+ ???) rather than needing lyrics.

geoff

I've had a little bit better luck tonight. Since many of the samples I
recorded were noisy (since they came from essentially a weak to fair
radio signal), I've had to apply a fair amount of noise reduction. Even
so, there's still artifacts here and there and since the station
broadcasts in USB (upper sideband), there's very little bass left. I've
been playing and replaying parts of songs that had the least amount of
noise and sometimes I've been having success. The watzasong site was
fluky today and even my postings just disappeared. I'll recheck again
tomorrow and post the link if my stuff reappears by then.

I have a question. Is there a term for an orchestra where there's
singing but no actual singing of lyrics versus an orchestra where
there's definite singing of lyrics? The reason I ask is because one of
the "hits" the Midomi site came up with was Gladiator Now We Are Free
song. This is correct, but the version isn't quite right. I am looking
for an orchestral version with choir (as in the movie) except the choir
is indistinct and not speaking lyrics throughout the song. There is a
version of it available, but I haven't found it so far. The radio
station I was referring to plays that version. With the right terms, I
could research Google and Youtube to perhaps find the correct version.
So far, no luck. Thanks in advance.