Microsoft Songsmith Mac
As the 'I'm a PC' and 'Get a Mac' ad campaigns continue to battle, Microsoft appears to have presented a MacBook Pro in an online promotion for its Songsmith software. The notebook is cleverly disguised with flower stickers, including a decal placed over the Apple logo, although part of the fruit's. 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.). Jun 02, 2011 Microsoft Research Songsmith Whether you’re a musical novice looking to make a jingle to send to a friend, an aspiring songwriter looking to give it a first try, or an experienced musician looking for an innovative new “scratchpad” to spark new ideas, Songsmith can help you get going.
Jan 16, 2009 Schonfeld reports, “Besides just being painful to watch (see for yourself below), the laptop she is using to show her Dad how to use Songsmith is a Mac!” Microsoft’s Songsmith promotional video.
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 Songsmith Mac Free
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]
Microsoft remote desktop server for mac. 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]Definition of writing.
The release of the software spawned an internet meme where the vocal tracks of popular songs are fed into the program.[14]
References[edit]
- ^Microsoft Research Songsmith
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- ^Erica Sadun (2009-01-18). 'A Look at Microsoft Songsmith'. Ars Technica.
- ^Todd Bishop (2009-01-08). 'Demo: Microsoft's new Songsmith gives singers an algorithmic band'. Puget Sound Business Journal.
- ^Long Zheng (2009-01-08). 'Microsoft Research announces Songsmith, make-your-own-song-from-vocals software'. istartedsomething.com.
- ^Joseph Tartakoff (2009-01-13). 'Video: Microsoft sings about its Songsmith software'. Seattle Post Intelligencer.
- ^'Microsoft Songsmith Commercial is Excruciatingly Hilarious'. Escapist Magazine. 2009-01-14.
- ^'Nothing can prepare you for the Microsoft Songsmith commercial'. Videogum. 2009-01-12. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
- ^Aarti Nagraj (2009-01-15). 'The beauty of bad ads'. Kipp Report.
- ^Andrew Winistorfer (2009-01-12). 'Songsmith painful in too many ways to count'. Prefix Magazine.
- ^Todd Bishop (2009-01-14). 'Microsoft Songsmith video: Charming or painful? Or both?'. Puget Sound Business Journal.
- ^Yardena Arar (2009-01-08). 'At CES, Microsoft Introduces the Unexpected: Songwriting Software'. PC World.
- ^Microsoft Songsmith ABC TV - The Gruen Transfer - Worst Ads on TV
- ^'7 Ad Campaigns That Prove Microsoft Was Never Good at This'. 2010-09-04. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
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'.