Features
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License:
Free to try; $29.95 to buy
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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
25,226
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
6 hours active compilation
- Date Added:
January 08, 2009
Publisher's description of Songsmith
From Microsoft Research:Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer's voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC's microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music videos.
Songwriters can use Songsmith as an "intelligent scratchpad" to work with new melodies, quickly turning your scratch recordings of new ideas into richer, deeper explorations. Musicians can also play instruments right into Songsmith, instead of singing.
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Version: Songsmith 1.0.1
"It creates a band background to the tune you sing"
Pros: Easy to use, it has a "wow!" factor built in, cool features to change band style, fast response times, wide selection of band styles (a total of 30, from hip hop to country, jazz, etc.), it is fun to use. For 25 euros, a lot of value for the money.
Cons: Chord recognition does not work very well for melodies that have even a bit of complexity in them, retakes of inserts are not possible, no MP3 export, some band styles have cheesy sounds and too artificial playing styles
Summary: This is a fun product. It is a great toy for anyone who wants to explore composing and singing. You just sing a tune and the software plays it back to you with a band on the background. It is really easy to use.
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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Songsmith 1.0.1
"Won't install on Windows 7 :("
Pros: Sounds really cool
Cons: Won't install on Windows 7 beta
Summary: There is a hotfix for the WPF sub-system of the .NET 3.0 framework that is too lamely written to install on Win7 (it thinks that the OS is not supported because it is > 6.x). The installer for Songsmith is also lame in that it won't install with... read more >>
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Songsmith 1.0.1
Pros: This is a great way of seeing which chords should underline a guitar melody, and you can select how many chords per bar (1/2, 1, and 2). You can then record your songs uses the chord suggestions.
Cons: The samples aren't too bad, but still has a "Midi" feel. Excellent concept; so it is understandable that like the chord accompaniment on a keyboard, it has limitations. My suggestions is to use this as a "guide", and re-record everything later.
Summary: Although I never conducted an all-out search for this type of program, the closest I have have gotten was Guitar Pro 5's "scale finder" that suggested what key the song was in. SongSmith is great in that you can sing, or in my case, play your guita... read more >>
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