In the book I'm reading (This Is Your Brain on Music), the author claims that in a study people could identify popular songs based on short slices just a tenth of a second long and I wanted to test that out. So here are five tiny slices (about a fifth of a second) of some famous trance songs. See if you can identify the song each one is taken from:
Originally posted by twilightki : It feels like something you'd listen to at 4 in the morning, or listen to in your car while you're going in a tunnel.
Sep-28-2007 16:37
MrJiveBoJingles
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: U.S.
Hmm, that's odd. They play fine in Windows Media Player. I'll try using a different encoder...
Sep-28-2007 16:38
MrJiveBoJingles
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: U.S.
Actually, here are the WAV files, which should play fine:
They're also quick to download, being extremely short.
Sep-28-2007 16:40
Push2005
Sidechain'd
Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Belgium
I don't recognise 4 of the 5 samples. The second one rings a bell but that's it. Either I've never heard the others; or the author of your book is wrong. I'm curious if others can identify this easily...
Sep-28-2007 17:00
MrJiveBoJingles
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: U.S.
quote:
Originally posted by Push2005
I don't recognise 4 of the 5 samples. The second one rings a bell but that's it. Either I've never heard the others; or the author of your book is wrong. I'm curious if others can identify this easily...
The second one is probably the most famous out of all of them.
It's quite possible you've never heard the others. They are all very well known, but there is a lot of trance out there, of course.
By the way, you can click here to read the answers.
Sep-28-2007 17:08
daphunky1
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Sask, Canada
You should've picked more popular samples. I've listened to a lot of trance, but don't know those tracks very well.
Sep-28-2007 18:29
ballmouse
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: USA
I need more than .1 of a second.
Sep-28-2007 20:19
Jarvmeister
Building a fire......
Registered: May 2001
Location: Trancentral
I only got the sencond one. Age of love I reckon.
I can often recognise a track from the tiniest of snippets, so i agree with your book.
Sep-28-2007 23:55
montana
dub come save me
Registered: Mar 2003
Location: södertälje. sweden
2 is age of love
4 is albion - air
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Sep-29-2007 00:42
IpLaYWiTLiGhTs
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Only 2 and 5 sounded familiar and I guessed both of them right.
This really irritates me. Hearing such a short sample of a song from years ago can trigger a track title or experience, but I can't remember simple terms that I've been studying constantly all week for my exams .
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Sep-29-2007 04:12
isoterra
hi
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Nottingham, UK
quote:
Originally posted by montana
2 is age of love
4 is albion - air
i got these two as well. i guess there's no way of knowing how well this works without picking tracks people *definitely* know...
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