Show HN: Mofi – Content-aware fill for audio to change a song to any duration
This is neat, I have wondered if anything of this nature existed, in the past, as a child of the 80s&#x2F;90s attempting to master the art of the perfect mixtape… 30 minutes a side down to the second the tape runs out, would be a win.<p>But for today’s music, shortening the 2010s&#x2F;2020 already shorter lengths would mean a song might not be more than a minute in length. On average, full unedited tracks today end up being a bit shorter than they used to be, solely due to the economics of streaming. Rather than paying for the content second by second, it is done by paying per track play. The result is a lot of 2 minute tracks, which were produced with the “verse” parts getting jammed together into the “chorus” with no break in vocals, which also uses pitch adjustments, “the “bridge” is an afterthought that is terrible, or more recently, nonexistent……… Instrumental solo? Anyone? Bueller?<p>Music is no longer anticipated, budgeted for, and purchased on launch day with great fanfare. We have grown accustomed to the idea that we should have everything available at our fingertips, and as a consequence of this we get exactly what we pay for.