> I really should read more about how Shazam's algorithm works, because it feels like magic.
https://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/papers/Wang03-shazam.pdf
Also, if you’re more visual, algorithm inventor Avery Wang delivered an accessible and detailed lecture at DAFx several years back:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YVTnj3OIhwI
I found it especially insightful because he started from the beginning and traced the thought process as the algorithm developed and became more sophisticated.
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Also, if you’re more visual, algorithm inventor Avery Wang delivered an accessible and detailed lecture at DAFx several years back:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YVTnj3OIhwI
I found it especially insightful because he started from the beginning and traced the thought process as the algorithm developed and became more sophisticated.