Songsmith 1.0.1

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• Price: Free to try (6 hours active compilation); $29.95 to buy
• Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
• Date added: January 08, 2009
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• 4 stars

  Version: Songsmith 1.0.1

  "Right Dang Cool"

  by TheHugh on July 20, 2009

  Pros: If you can come up with a tune in your head and sing it to a beat, you can export the 4 track MIDI accompianment to MIDI. Drop that in SONAR for example, nudge some notes around and assign synths. You can create some very useful audio.

  Cons: Not enough free music types. If you want more, Garritan will sell them to you for more than SongSmith costs.

  Summary: I think this same engine was in Microsofts PhotoStory. Anyway, It's a great shortcut for low talent musicians like me.

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• 4 stars

  Version: Songsmith 1.0.1

  "It creates a band background to the tune you sing"

  by dr_groove on January 19, 2009

  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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• 2 stars

  0 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Songsmith 1.0.1

  "Won't install on Windows 7 :("

  by larryboy01 on January 13, 2009

  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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• 5 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Songsmith 1.0.1

  "Great For Guitarists!!!"

  by w27y on January 9, 2009

  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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