March 28, 2006

Remixing (Mediated) Reality: Scrambled Hackz

Scrambled Hackz imports source audio and video (the demos use music videos), breaks them down, analyzes them, and reconstructs new audio. It's hard to explain briefly, but the designer has put together a relatively detailed description and demo in video format (.wmv, .mov, and YouTube versions available). Apparently soon available in a GPL version.

Gramophone records, magnetic tapes, vinyl records, digital samplers and computers have already liberated the samples long ago. But still - to infringe copyrights - one has to decide which sample one actually wants to steal. One has to arduously load audio files into sample editors or sequencers. One has to cut, copy, paste and arrange. All that takes precious creative energy and a lot of time.

Enough of that!

Copyright infringements have never been easier than with sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ!

[via metafilter.com]

Posted by johndanseven at March 28, 2006 12:49 PM