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The Sweetness Of The Open Source Pop Star

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 27, 2012

He even apologizes for not being able to fit every single source video in, and calls out viralogist Tay Zonday’s cover for special (non-inclusion) mention.

On a technical level, Gotye even shares the details of his toolkit, “I used KeepVid.com to download the YouTube videos, Ableton Live for audio stretching, pitch-shifting and the initial video editing, and Adobe’s After Effects to put the final video together.”

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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