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by G_o_D 50 days ago
Out of curiosity is it possible to prevent shazam like app from detecting maybe by adding noise or any technique ?
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Not unless your noise is louder at certain dominant frequencies than the source. The article gives examples, but the algorithm basically throws away everything except frequency peaks, in order to make the lookups faster.
Producers/DJs manage this one by just not releasing their music or edits for ages if ever.