DOES WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN

November 10, 2009 11:38 AM

two youtube videos and a motherfucking crossfader
posted by boo_radley (80 comments total)

What
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 11:42 AM on November 10 [3 favorites]

I'm afraid to click the 'motherfucking' tag...
posted by ZaneJ. at 11:43 AM on November 10

K, not afraid anymore.
posted by ZaneJ. at 11:43 AM on November 10 [1 favorite]

This is very, very fun.
posted by whimsicalnymph at 11:43 AM on November 10

This is infinity times better if you click the "PARTY" button in the lower lefthand corner. I'm just sayin'.
posted by dersins at 11:44 AM on November 10 [5 favorites]

Tin, on side, does, what says.
posted by eriko at 11:46 AM on November 10

You have found a marijuana-enhancement device. Good for you!
posted by The Whelk at 11:49 AM on November 10 [9 favorites]

I like the Record button.
posted by mrgrimm at 12:00 PM on November 10 [1 favorite]

Badgers and Communism? Pfft.

Jimmy Savile and Danzig.
posted by Sova at 12:04 PM on November 10

YAY

Is the narrator on the right-hand video Paul Frees? "The snowflake is melting!"
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 12:09 PM on November 10

I just learned a new form of awesome, thank you!
posted by DreamerFi at 12:10 PM on November 10

Now everyone's a Kutiman (kindanotreally).
posted by prinado at 12:14 PM on November 10 [3 favorites]

JIMMY SOMERVILLE VERSUS TASMANIAN DEVILS
posted by Greg Nog at 12:19 PM on November 10 [1 favorite]

badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger,
badger, badger, badger, badger,
Castro, Castro...
posted by not_on_display at 12:20 PM on November 10 [6 favorites]

Actually, this thing is great. It seems like all house parties these days end up with at least a couple of hours of a free-for-all youtube DJing, and previously that's involved a little bit of nifty window swapping in order to "mix" from one tune to another.
posted by iivix at 12:27 PM on November 10

Amazingly addictive
posted by Mark Lee at 12:27 PM on November 10

You can pull up the same video twice - say, the badger one - and play them offset a little and get a nice, seizure-inducing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" kind of thing going.

what?
posted by sidereal at 12:30 PM on November 10

You can pull up the same video twice - say, the badger one - and play them offset a little and get a nice, seizure-inducing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" kind of thing going.

Welcome, my friend, to beat juggling 101.
posted by filthy light thief at 12:35 PM on November 10

GRAR, no way to cue or control pitch. How am I supposed to beatmatch?

this is awesome
posted by hellojed at 12:37 PM on November 10

I don't say this often, but I have to say it now: Whoever created this has too much time on their hands.
posted by msali at 12:38 PM on November 10

This needs a pair of turntables, as well. I guess you could play with the seekbars, but it can't scratch, and where's the human touch there?
posted by mccarty.tim at 12:38 PM on November 10

PEANUT BUTTER BADGER TIME
posted by EarBucket at 12:40 PM on November 10 [14 favorites]

Does anyone else find it a little ironic that Where It's At has embedding disallowed and won't work with the site?
posted by Rhomboid at 12:53 PM on November 10

I have a machine at my house that does this. Sometimes, I take my machine somewhere, hook it up to a couple other machines and make people watch.

However, I don't have a PARTY button. Where can I get one? My life will not be complete unless I can push a button that spontaneously causes small woodland creatures to joyously boogie all around me with wild and reckless abandon while I mix, crossfade, and noodle about. I mean, there is a goddamn breakdancing hedgehog. CHAINLESS.
posted by louche mustachio at 12:57 PM on November 10

Man I gotta say Beck's starting to look like Gary Oldman.
posted by boo_radley at 12:58 PM on November 10

It doesn't do what it says on the tin. I thought it was going to visually layer the two videos and allow crossfading between them, not just the audio tracks. Meh!
posted by oulipian at 1:09 PM on November 10

You're reading the tin incorrectly.
posted by boo_radley at 1:18 PM on November 10

There is the theory of the Möbius...
posted by bobo123 at 1:24 PM on November 10 [9 favorites]

Man I gotta say Beck's starting to look like Gary Oldman.

Beck has been played by Gary Oldman all along.
posted by The World Famous at 1:48 PM on November 10 [2 favorites]

I do not understand why they stopped at two videos and one crossfader, aside from the n^2 problem.

What would one call an n-way crossfader?
posted by enkiwa at 2:04 PM on November 10

"You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers."
posted by EarBucket at 2:10 PM on November 10 [1 favorite]

What would one call an n-way crossfader?

A touchpad.
posted by The World Famous at 2:10 PM on November 10

You're going to want the slider all the way to the right for this one.
posted by EarBucket at 2:18 PM on November 10 [21 favorites]

Welcome, my friend, to beat juggling 101.

Sweet!
posted by sidereal at 2:29 PM on November 10

EarBucket: "You're going to want the slider all the way to the right for this one."

THIS IS BEST THING.
posted by boo_radley at 2:42 PM on November 10 [8 favorites]

PEANUT BUTTER BADGER TIME

I was having a kind of crappy day until I played with this, and now I am happy again!
posted by davejay at 2:45 PM on November 10 [2 favorites]

I'd always wanted a cross-fader for youtube doubler... plus a record feature? Awesome.
posted by codacorolla at 2:46 PM on November 10

Slider in the middle: Mushroom, mushroom, peanut butter, peanut butter, badger, badger badger, jelly...
posted by Cranberry at 2:47 PM on November 10

You're going to want the slider all the way to the right for this one

Okay, what's three levels better than happy? Giggling uncontrollably, that's what.
posted by davejay at 2:47 PM on November 10 [1 favorite]

I've wanted this for years. For this. Slider left.
posted by darksasami at 2:50 PM on November 10 [5 favorites]

That badger video is what I imagine crystal meth to be like.
posted by longsleeves at 2:51 PM on November 10 [1 favorite]

I saw 'tube' and 'crossfader' and got all excited for a minute ..
posted by krinklyfig at 3:49 PM on November 10

SMACK IN THE MIDDLE
posted by oulipian at 4:00 PM on November 10 [5 favorites]

Will HTML5's VIDEO element allow for something more interesting than an audiotrack fader?
posted by unmake at 4:05 PM on November 10

That is fun shit.
Some of you are mixing some weird shit too. Earbucket, that works really well. Gotta say.

But it lead me to the creator, Ha 'greetings trainspotters', jake elliott's site.


That was even more interesting.

A hella post, I may add. Cheers.
posted by alicesshoe at 4:13 PM on November 10

And I admit I want to play with this, but I'm still working on my technique in Traktor Pro, so this will have to wait a bit ...
posted by krinklyfig at 4:16 PM on November 10

Slayer 'raining blood' and john denver 'leaving on a jet plane' has never sounded so good - thanx youtube apis...
posted by mctsonic at 4:28 PM on November 10

Dammit. YouTube kills the audio track in the right-hand video when I try to play these.
posted by ardgedee at 4:43 PM on November 10

My contribution - slider to the right.
posted by brain_drain at 4:56 PM on November 10 [7 favorites]

ardgedee: "Dammit. YouTube kills the audio track in the right-hand video when I try to play these."

CROSSFADER.
posted by boo_radley at 4:57 PM on November 10 [2 favorites]

seriously, if you don't want to use the crossfader why not just use Youtube Doubler?
posted by flatluigi at 5:00 PM on November 10

Give this creepy Kodacolor ad as much extra creepiness as you want.
posted by CrunchyFrog at 5:01 PM on November 10 [3 favorites]

ok, this is pretty sweet.
posted by Lutoslawski at 5:10 PM on November 10

excelllllent.
posted by squasha at 6:01 PM on November 10

"Oro Mo Bhaidin" vs. Henyrk Górecki (suggested crossfader position: 30% from left)
Sigur Rós vs. Henyrk Górecki (to taste; excellent amateur visuals in left pane)

Sigur Rós vs. In B-Flat, Mallets (10%)
Sigur Rós vs. Boards Of Canada (15%)
Sigur Rós (diff. track!) vs. My Bloody Valentine (50%)
Bach vs. Sinead O'Connor (80%)

Nora the Piano Cat vs. Florence Foster Jenkins (40%)
Bach vs. Bachmann (75%)
Charlie Bit Me vs. Charlie the Unicorn (40%)

We live in amazing times.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:20 PM on November 10 [7 favorites]

Henyrk Henryk
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:24 PM on November 10

My creations so far:

"Under Mi Sleng Teng" vs. some girl playing "Build Me Up Buttercup" on ukulele: http://bit.ly/1BYm06
"Avril 14th" vs. "Maple Leaf Rag": http://bit.ly/2Sqzmt
Various clips of Masonna (not Madonna, Masonna, the harsh noise psycho from Japan) vs. Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time": http://bit.ly/1YtWCf
posted by DecemberBoy at 6:56 PM on November 10

I came back to fave this again.
posted by sidereal at 7:06 PM on November 10

Rudimentary Peni vs. Blind Lemon Jefferson: http://bit.ly/2gLRE
If you start these just right, they sync pretty well, surprisingly enough.
posted by DecemberBoy at 7:08 PM on November 10

PEANUT BUTTER BADGER TIME

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE
posted by randomination at 7:56 PM on November 10

Bach vs. Sinead O'Connor

Holy shit, that's amazing.
posted by EarBucket at 8:00 PM on November 10

Samuel Beckett vs. Martin Arnold (slider at 50%)
posted by oulipian at 8:11 PM on November 10

A minor vs. C major

Any good examples of relative minor combos?
posted by HeroZero at 8:41 PM on November 10 [1 favorite]

You're going to want the slider all the way to the right for this one.

Oh god I just


this justifies everything that is wrong with the universe. This just makes everything ok. Oh god
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 9:13 PM on November 10

I have to admit this is entertaining, and fun to mess with mixing and fading. Thanks!
posted by Upon Further Review at 9:14 PM on November 10

EBN VS EBN. mostly to the right.
posted by boo_radley at 10:11 PM on November 10

And the goddamn obvious thing to do.
posted by boo_radley at 10:16 PM on November 10

PEANUT BUTTER BADGER TIME and SMACK IN THE MIDDLE and Nora the Piano Cat vs. Florence Foster Jenkins: Side splitting.

"Oro Mo Bhaidin" vs. Henyrk Górecki: Unbearable.

Bach vs. Sinead O'Connor and EBN v EBN: Pretty cool.

I have a serious case of cognitive dissonance now . . .
posted by bearwife at 11:08 PM on November 10

Philip Glass vs. the Credit Crisis
posted by benzenedream at 11:31 PM on November 10

Space: 1969
posted by Harry at 3:53 AM on November 11

Invaders in Flying Saucers (Must Die)
posted by Harry at 4:01 AM on November 11 [1 favorite]

Couldn't sleep. I don't know enough about music to know whether some of these actually work or not, but, well, they were fun to find.

C# maj + Bb min
D maj + B min <>Eb maj + C min
E maj + C# min
F maj + D min (includes nifty animation of Bach Toccata and Fugue)
F# maj + Eb min
G maj + E min Disturbing/Hilarious
Ab maj + F min
A maj + F# min (rock out)
Bb maj + G min
B maj + Ab min
posted by HeroZero at 4:03 AM on November 11 [4 favorites]

Well, somehow I messed that up. The D maj + B min is based on Pachabel's canon, which is perfectly suited for this tomfoolery.
posted by HeroZero at 4:04 AM on November 11

This is too much fun.

Laura Palmer Chainsaw Massacre.
posted by Harry at 4:30 AM on November 11 [3 favorites]

This is too much fun.

Laura Palmer Chainsaw Massacre.


I wish i had as many sockpuppets as dortmunder, so i could give this the amount of favorites it deserves.
posted by dubold at 6:18 AM on November 11

S-S-SCREW YOU! I ONLY LISTEN TO DOUBLE MUSIC!
posted by kcds at 6:29 AM on November 11 [2 favorites]

God dammit, I don't know what happened with that last post. Can I get a do-over? Once again, slider left.
posted by darksasami at 8:47 AM on November 11 [2 favorites]

darksasami - that makes so much more sense and tastes like awesome.
posted by Deathalicious at 9:39 AM on November 11

This is making my sick day at home 1000x better.

Now if only there was an official Housequake video that I could mash up with Hollaback Girl, but I can't, cause Prince is bitchy about his stuff.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 9:54 AM on November 11

DecemberBoy: "57"Under Mi Sleng Teng" vs. some girl playing "Build Me Up Buttercup" on ukulele: http://bit.ly/1BYm06"

Yes. But: "some girl"!?

That, it turns out, is Julia Nunes, who also does Accidentally In Love, Survivor and Mr. Brightside on ukulele (and the occasional overrated song as well), and is thus clearly awesome.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 5:30 PM on November 11