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<p>Mvd7793: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1192<br /> | date = March 29, 2013<br /> | title = Humming<br /> | image = humming.png<br /> | titletext = I'm so bad at carrying a tune, those 'find a song by humming its melody' websites throw an HTTP 406 error as soon as I start to hum.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> Services like {{w|MusicBrainz}} can detect a recorded song's {{w|acoustic fingerprint}} and match it with an existing song. This lets them identify the title and artist of an unnamed recorded musical extract. In this comic, [[Megan]] hacks the acoustic fingerprint database to add her own entry with a message to [[Cueball]], in which she asks him to buy cat food.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan is humming a tune.]<br /> :Cueball: Hey.<br /> :Cueball: What's that?<br /> <br /> :[Megan is still humming the same tune.]<br /> :Cueball: What are you hummming?<br /> :Cueball: Should I know the tune?<br /> :Cueball: ...Hmm...<br /> <br /> :[Cueball gets out his phone and opens up a music recognition program.]<br /> :Phone: Identify song recorded.<br /> :Phone: &gt;Live [beta]<br /> <br /> :Phone: Identifiying...<br /> <br /> :[A zoom in on the phone screen. An album cover with a picture of Megan on it.]<br /> :Positive match:<br /> :''Check it out!''<br /> :By I hacked the audio fingerprint database<br /> :Feat. MEEEEEE<br /> :Track: We're out of cat food (pick some up?)<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Music]]</div>

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