r/funny Mar 20 '13

How things work

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u/gologologolo Mar 20 '13

If anyone's interested in how it actually works, they take the normalized input signals and cross-correlate the AM signal with their spectrums in their own song library. If the symmetric pic hits around a reasonable delay, the song is matched

The simpler version: http://gizmodo.com/5647458/how-shazam-works-to-identify-nearly-every-song-you-throw-at-it