Samplette generates random music videos from YouTube with the intention of diversifying the user's musical tastes. To that end, Samplette is a music discovery tool akin to to crate digging. The difference is that there are no actual crates when using Samplette. Traditional crate digging requires manual effort to identify and locate physical vinyl copies of music, whereas Samplette allows the user to generate a music video from YouTube with the click of a button.
Music producers will go to their local thrift shop or record shop and search for the perfect record. This is a great way to discover new music, but it has limitations. Most importantly, you are limited to the library available at the shop itself. YouTube has a vast library that makes it possible to find music videos that would never exist at the physical record or thrift shop.
Traditional crate digging is a carefully crafted art and takes a rigorous approach. But Samplette makes it possible to start digging in no time.
Each music video has metadata available to the user. The metadata includes artist, release, year, channel, views, key, time, tempo, genre, style, region, label, and copyright. All this information is available for the user to understand the origins and makeup of the music video. The metadata is visable to the left of the YouTube player. For smaller screens, users must click the "Metadata" button or press the "A" hotkey to view the metadata.
The available filters for users include genre, style, region, key, time, tempo, views, and year. Be on the lookout for any new filters that may be added in the near future! To use these filters, simply click the "Filters" button to the left of the "Random" button or press the "S" hotkey. Once clicked, a modal window will open in which you can select your filters.
For example, if you want to search for Icelandic jazz, simply choose Iceland from the "Region" dropdown and then select "Jazz" from the "Genre" dropdown. You can even specify a cetain style in the "Style" dropdown if your selected genre is too broad. Jazz styles available include Acid Jazz, Avant-garde jazz, Cape Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Dark Jazz, Free Jazz, and Future Jazz. Such a diverse collection!
There is a "Tap for tempo" button available to the user if tempo metadata is not available. This button will display the tempo each time it is clicked or the "F" hotkey is pressed. Try to be as accurate as possible when doing this!
There is a "Copy link" button available to the user to view the music video in YouTube directly. This button will copy the url to the music video each time it is clicked or the "C" hotkey is pressed.
Samplette is able to analyze music videos and present recommendations to users with accounts. These recommendations can be seen in the "For you" playlist. To access the "For you" playlist users must click the "For you" button below the music video playlist or press the "Q" hotkey. Be sure to favorite anything that piques your interest!
Check out the trending music videos in the "Trending" playlist! To access the "Trending" playlist users must click the "Trending" button below the music video playlist or press the "W" hotkey. Certainly some gems will appear here!
Save your favorite music videos for later by clicking the star button next to the music video. Access your favorites in the "Favorites" playlist. To access the "Favorites" playlist users must click the "Favorites" button below the music video playlist or press the "E" hotkey.
Have a question or some feedback you'd like to share? Simply click the "Contact us" button in the top right-hand corner of the screen! Here you can send us a message and we will reply as soon as possible. Thank you so much and enjoy turning the tables on crate digging here at Samplette!
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