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by XMPPwocky 804 days ago
if you patch out the CRC check in the binary with

echo -ne "\x90\x90" | dd if=/dev/stdin of=tsac bs=1 seek=23914 conv=notrunc

you can corrupt the compressed files with very interesting results: https://meow.social/@mimir/112238998609778334

the fast mode (you don't have to patch the binary for this one, it seems to not do the CRC check?) and the normal (non-fast) mode sound different, but both quite interesting

4 comments

That’s incredible, especially the second one that kind of creates a new song. I guess that’s the danger when it’s based on a generative model.
I like how it degrades in such an analog way
Reminds me of what it sounds like to tune an old FM radio
Does anyone know how I would recreate this effect with 2 mp3s acting as 2 radio stations? I have tried fading in samples of static but it doesnt feel the same.
The design is very human.
Really? it sounds super tinny and digital, more like when Neo is first pulled out of the matrix.
It’s breaking into Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex (which is another piece of contemporary Eurodance in the same vein).
Note that the second one is actually a mix of different parts/songs.
The voices in my head speak in MP3 to MIDI...
The first track's corruption sounds to me a bit like the intro to "Knuckles" by The Presets.
I can clearly hear Cotton Eye Joe in the second sample!