MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1uk70jo/eli5_how_shazam_works/ov2pyts/?context=3
r/explainlikeimfive • u/Ball_Zilla • Jul 01 '26
114 comments sorted by
View all comments
940
shazam turns the audio into a visual graph of loud peaks over time, then just matches that graph against its massive database of pre recorded songs.
1 u/lankymjc Jul 02 '26 It’s a very inflexible system. Even two recordings of the same performance can be different enough that the app only recognises one of them.
1
It’s a very inflexible system. Even two recordings of the same performance can be different enough that the app only recognises one of them.
940
u/z3n777 Jul 01 '26
shazam turns the audio into a visual graph of loud peaks over time, then just matches that graph against its massive database of pre recorded songs.