Google BeatBox: Beat it, Mr. DJ. Here comes Google Translate! - DJ TechTools

Google BeatBox

Written by Ean Golden on December 1st, 2010 30 Comments

Why mess with a mic when searching for your next creative drum sample- instead turn to the page that already does everything for you and “Google it”
Yes, from the servers of the company that made us dumb- and then smart again- comes a new hack that is seriously fun and going seriously viral.  A quirky interpretation of German speech means that letter combos like: “pv zk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk” come out sounding just like a beatbox.
It all came from Reddit, with the following instructions:

1) Go to Google Translate
2) Set the translator to translate German to German
3) Copy + paste the following into the translate box: pv zk pv pv zk pv zk kz zk pv pv pv zk pv zk zk pzk pzk pvzkpkzvpvzk kkkkkk bsch
4) Click “listen”
5) Be amazed :)

Then came the follow ups!

An instrument list:

zk = suspended cymbal

bschk = snare

pv = brush

bk = bass

tk = flam1

vk = roll tap

kt = flam2

kttp = flam tap

krp = hi hat tap

pv = short roll

th = better hi hat

thp, ds = instant rimshot.

and just a few of the many variations on a theme

The Latin Version
Technocopter
Helicopter
Dubstep
Rewind!
Russian
And Finally, CDM pointed out that its on it sway to becoming a meme