Zelfs de Dire Straits kunnen swingen
Een nieuw scriptje maakt van elk nummer, hoe traag en zeurderig ook, een swingende song.
Een Amerikaanse programmeur heeft een Python-script geschreven waarmee elk liedje kan swingen, zelfs trage rockklassiekers. De programmacode van Swinger past onder meer de beats in het liedje zo aan dat het eerste deel wordt uitgerekt en het tweede deel wordt ingekrompen. Zo worden popliedjes met 4/4-maat meer richting 6/8 opgepept.
Zelfs Stings Every Breath You Take en Guns n Roses Sweet Child O'Mine swingen nu de pan uit. Een paar fraaie voorbeelden van Swinger in actie staan in de Flash-spelers van Sound Cloud hieronder:
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Metallica - Enter Sandman <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="100%" height="81" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="src" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fplamere%2Fswinging-sandman&&color=ff7700"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fplamere%2Fswinging-sandman&&color=ff7700" allowscriptaccess="always"></object>
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="100%" height="81" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="src" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fteejay%2Fmoney-for-nothing-swing-version&&color=ff7700"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fteejay%2Fmoney-for-nothing-swing-version&&color=ff7700" allowscriptaccess="always"></object>
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