Comments on: Review: Wii Music http://flagrantdisregard.com/review-wii-music/ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:08:51 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://flagrantdisregard.com/review-wii-music/#comment-396410 John Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:49:36 +0000 http://flagrantdisregard.com/?p=1791#comment-396410 I don't think Songsmith is horrible. The ad was low budget, obviously---I read somewhere that the development team financed it themselves because it's not an official MS product. But as a software <em>toy</em> (as opposed to a <em>game</em> which implies goal-focused play or a <em>tool</em>)... if it gets people singing and having fun... that's Good. Plus, the underlying technology is very interesting: software that analyzes singing and detects pitch and tempo. With some evolutionary improvements in the quality of the musical output, I predict entire pop music albums produced by one singer and one producer---no band required (and the singer doesn't have to be able to sing either). Pop music is already most of the way there. Which is why I don't listen to much pop music. ;-) But it's interesting tech anyway. I don’t think Songsmith is horrible. The ad was low budget, obviously—I read somewhere that the development team financed it themselves because it’s not an official MS product. But as a software toy (as opposed to a game which implies goal-focused play or a tool)… if it gets people singing and having fun… that’s Good.

Plus, the underlying technology is very interesting: software that analyzes singing and detects pitch and tempo. With some evolutionary improvements in the quality of the musical output, I predict entire pop music albums produced by one singer and one producer—no band required (and the singer doesn’t have to be able to sing either). Pop music is already most of the way there. Which is why I don’t listen to much pop music. ;-) But it’s interesting tech anyway.

]]> By: Curly http://flagrantdisregard.com/review-wii-music/#comment-396407 Curly Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:26:09 +0000 http://flagrantdisregard.com/?p=1791#comment-396407 I blogged about <a href="http://curly15.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/microsoft-songsmith/" rel="nofollow">Songsmith</a> too today, it's horrible, but amusing. I blogged about Songsmith too today, it’s horrible, but amusing.

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