shazam like feature in ios app?

Question

I would like to write an app that allows users to identify songs by putting the mic next to a speaker and listen to the song for a few seconds... so exactly what Shazam does.

Is there any framework or library or service I can use out there to accomplish that in iOS?

Answer 1

You need an API which you can query. An example uf such an API is Gracenote You could also have a look at Musicbrainz

Answer 2

Yes you can have a look at the echoprint library developed by echonest here They provide a c++ library to compute the audio fingerprint which can be used under iOS. They also give the ios example!