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596 points yunusabd | 2 comments | 20 Oct 24 07:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

I feel like it was inevitable, with the recent buzz around NotebookLM. I'm just surprised that it hasn't been done yet.
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TekMol ◴[21 Oct 24 06:14 UTC] No.41901149[source]▶
Why is it that some people can accept - even like - music behind a voice that tells something?

I strongly dislike it. It makes it harder to listen to the voice.

Am I the only one?

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yunusabd ◴[21 Oct 24 06:57 UTC] No.41901411[source]▶
Thanks for the feedback, looks like you're not the only one. Personally I enjoy it, but I can understand that some might find it distracting.

I just need to figure out a way to implement a toggle for the music, while also playing nicely with the playback speed etc.

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1. johnneville ◴[21 Oct 24 09:37 UTC] No.41902301[source]▶
the music is more distracting at higher speeds for me and i usually listen at 1.5x when walking or at the gym. you could have the music be a separate audio track where the playback speed doesnt impact it and the toggle plays it simultaneously with the vocal track or not.
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2. yunusabd ◴[21 Oct 24 11:11 UTC] No.41902893[source]▶
The issue is that the voice track will be shorter than the music track if you speed it up. So you'll have the music playing until the end, but the voice track ending before that. It's definitely possible, just a bit more complex to implement. Maybe when I have the feature to mute the music, I can just mute the music when the speed is changed?