Original author(s) | Microsoft Research |
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Developer(s) | Microsoft Research |
Stable release | 1.03
/ September 2012 |
Written in | C# and C++ |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Platform | .NET Framework |
Size | 100MB download |
Available in | English |
Type | Music Software |
License | Proprietary |
Website | Songsmith |
Microsoft Research Songsmith is a musical accompaniment application for Microsoft Windows, launched in early 2009. Songsmith immediately generates a musical accompaniment after a voice is recorded. The user can adjust tempo, genre (such as pop, R&B, hip-hop, rock, jazz, or reggae), and overall mood (e.g. to make it happy, sad, jazzy, etc.). [1]
The software was developed by a team at Microsoft Research, led by researchers Dan Morris and Sumit Basu. [2] [3] [4] The product began as a research project called MySong, conducted at Microsoft Research in collaboration with a University of Washington student, Ian Simon, in the summer of 2007. Songsmith is the second commercial project from Microsoft's Microsoft Research, after AutoCollage. [5]
Morris and Basu starred in an infomercial [6] that became a viral video. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The video was featured on the Australian ABC TV program The Gruen Transfer as a competitor for the Worst Ad Ever. [13]
The release of the software spawned an internet meme where the vocal tracks of popular songs are fed into the program. [14]
Once it was out in the wild, it was ripped to shreds by merciless YouTube video-makers showing exactly how badly the software worked with well-known songs, like Queen's 'We Will Rock You'.
Original author(s) | Microsoft Research |
---|---|
Developer(s) | Microsoft Research |
Stable release | 1.03
/ September 2012 |
Written in | C# and C++ |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Platform | .NET Framework |
Size | 100MB download |
Available in | English |
Type | Music Software |
License | Proprietary |
Website | Songsmith |
Microsoft Research Songsmith is a musical accompaniment application for Microsoft Windows, launched in early 2009. Songsmith immediately generates a musical accompaniment after a voice is recorded. The user can adjust tempo, genre (such as pop, R&B, hip-hop, rock, jazz, or reggae), and overall mood (e.g. to make it happy, sad, jazzy, etc.). [1]
The software was developed by a team at Microsoft Research, led by researchers Dan Morris and Sumit Basu. [2] [3] [4] The product began as a research project called MySong, conducted at Microsoft Research in collaboration with a University of Washington student, Ian Simon, in the summer of 2007. Songsmith is the second commercial project from Microsoft's Microsoft Research, after AutoCollage. [5]
Morris and Basu starred in an infomercial [6] that became a viral video. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The video was featured on the Australian ABC TV program The Gruen Transfer as a competitor for the Worst Ad Ever. [13]
The release of the software spawned an internet meme where the vocal tracks of popular songs are fed into the program. [14]
Once it was out in the wild, it was ripped to shreds by merciless YouTube video-makers showing exactly how badly the software worked with well-known songs, like Queen's 'We Will Rock You'.