Can’t sing, but you love karaoke? That probably defines most karaoke performers. Why must WE adjust our pitch to match the music? Why can’t the music adjust to match our horrible singing?
A problem that hasn’t been solved until now with Microsoft’s Songsmith (free to try, $29.95 to buy). The reverse karaoke software program allows you to sing a song about anything, and then listening to your off key warblings the software program will build a song around it, in one of the selected styles.
Check out the hokey video Microsoft Research created or watch Robert Scoble’s interview during CES.
This news item is for the Spark Minute week of 1/12/09 which can be heard daily on Green 960 and 910 KNEW in San Francisco, CA.
