Anyone try the Sync Match app?

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  • #47427
    adrien23
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    Wanted to see if anyone signed for the Sync Match app that the sync my music guy just released yesterday?Supposedly it tracks placements on TV and allows you to upload your music to see which Libraries are the best fit for your genre.

    Sounds interesting, but want to know if anyone tried it and can report on how accurate the data is? Thanks!

    #47429
    Alan
    Participant

    Bump

    #47437
    MattColligan
    Participant

    I just signed up to try it out. I’ll keep you posted!

    #47438
    Tunesmith
    Participant

    I signed up a few days ago. I find it very useful..the matches (to libraries) are excellent along with the reference track matches and how well they have done in sync. It is very informative as to where your tracks stand with what is getting synced.
    I submitted a playlist with 2 songs to a very successful library (matched) and they have downloaded the playlist. I signed up with pro account.

    #47439
    Tunesmith
    Participant

    What does bump mean?

    #47440
    MattColligan
    Participant

    I uploaded a track and I’m a bit skeptical about the accuracy of the tags, although it’s a subjective process by nature. With that said, it’s pretty easy to use. I’m going to pitch to the recommended library and see what happens.

    #47443
    Art Munson
    Keymaster

    @Tunesmith Bump is generally used to add a reply to a newly created topic. This will “bump” a reply to the most recent reply category.

    #47459
    Sanktifyd
    Participant

    I just tried the – “subscribed” for 1 month

    I see it as two things

    1. Help with defining metadata and creating titles (TagMatch)
    2. Cross-reference song signatures with a database

    For #1, I already created my own tagger using ChatGPT (I created a custom GPT) so I compared it with that. I basically used data from a popular product library to give the GPT references. I then set my prompt and now I just pass some song metadata like song key, instruments used, and a screenshot of whatever metadata I get from SourceAudio’s AI tagger or Cyanite.ai. From there it gives me suggested track titles, suggested scenes, track description, and suggested show genres. Looks like they are doing something similar, just not as accurate. For example, one track I uploaded is an instrumental, and it said there were male vocals. On a scale from 1-10, I’ll give it a 4.

    For #2, this was more my interest – the database. Based on what I uploaded (4 tracks), the Extreme Music library typically bubbled up to the top. My guess is I could have figured this out simply by knowing most of my tracks cues are the hip-hop/pop genre and doing research on MLR. Also, just from an analytics standpoint, I have no idea where they are getting their data and if it is comprehensive, so the fact that Extreme Music bubbled up as a good match for my style could just be a by-product of skewed data. Same goes for information on what is popular right now. That is only pertinent if the data is comprehensive. If not, it will be skewed as well, so you have to treat the information as directional at best. Still, I found this part of the service the most valuable. Maybe a 6 out of 10?

    Overall, the database part was the most valuable to me, but it is also the most static so it doesn’t lend itself to a subscription IMO. The tagger makes sense as a subscription, but it would get pricey based on how they charge. For example, I paid $15 to be able to tag 5 songs.

    Just my take. I applaud the effort.

    Oh, something that I thought was kinda odd – they don’t want you to use a professional email to sign-up. I have never seen that before. I’ve seen it the other way around (to NOT use Gmail or Yahoo), but not this. It seemed fishy and I almost didn’t sign up, but I wanted to try it. My assumption is that they are having issues with their emails being treated like SPAM and the free services typically give more latitude to allow emails to come through.

    #47467
    adrien23
    Participant

    Thanks so much! This has been a very helpful review of the app. You summarize my question perfectly: how much data is being gathered and does it represent enough of the TV space to give meaningful insights? I saw that they just added 10 more channels so now there’s 20 channels being tracked.

    Certainly doesn’t capture the majority of TV channels, but probably does give enough insights to show some trends to follow.

    I’ll sign up and post my experience soon!

    #47476
    adrien23
    Participant

    So I signed up and can report on my experience with the app:

    Overall it’s a pretty useful piece of software. Granted that the data is only pulling from 20 channels right now, being able to see and hear the tracks that get placed and know which Library supplied them all in one place is something I’ve never seen before. Being able to hear the tracks that got placed in my specific genres is really handy. For example all of the tracks on the app in my genre were much more uptempo and upbeat than mine. Gives me some instant feedback on what to start doing with my music.

    The tagging model worked pretty well for the few tracks I uploaded. Got the broad genre and moods right. The only thing it didn’t get right was that it said one of my tracks had vocals when it did not. But that didn’t seem to matter for the library matches and tracks it delivered me.

    Overall it’s a keeper for me. Hopefully they add more data in the coming months to give even better insights.

    #47487
    WalterP
    Participant

    I would wait a few months to sign up. The idea is fabulous, the implementation isn’t remotely there. What do I mean? How about saying my instrumental song features a deep male voice? How about calling a song with deep bass ‘n drums, horns, organ, electric guitar, and electric piano “folk country?”

    Additionally, the contact information isn’t any more insider than what you’d find yourself, like info@atwarnerchappell or help@extrememusic.

    All that said, I sense Jesse really means well and in addition to making money off us genuinely wants to help us make some, too.

    The app is definitely going through some teething pains. It could be great, but I’d give it a month or two to shake out more.

    #47488
    sweetersongs
    Participant

    I tried it and though it wasn’t as useful for what I wanted which was to see what libraries were being used on some specific shows I thought overall it was very good and useful and Jesse does a great job when it comes to information for instrumental music and libraries.

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