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But the name is a bit misleading. I have the same 0.25x - 2x speed range on Youtube anyhow. What it adds is the looping capability. So this is rather LoopTube then…",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},"21392352","tinyhouse","Very cool! I installed a youtube looper in my browser that allows me to loop on selected time frames. But it's not very friendly so I will definitely check this out.",{"value":60,"source":49,"evidence":61},"Musicians learning songs by ear",[62,66],{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"21392069","reggieband","Reminds me of a simplified Soundslice[1]. I believe soundslice was started by Adrian Holovaty, one of the originators of the Django web framework. For what it is worth, learning…",{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"21394898","akdor1154","Damnit I have wanted to make exactly this, you beat me to it. 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