I have no idea how I never heard of this until now.
Microsoft Songsmith is an application that automatically makes music. You sing into the mic, and it procedurally generates a melody to match, all by itself.
That's cool and all, but here's what's awesome: People are taking the vocal tracks from popular songs and running that through the software, creating some amazing (or amazingly hilarious) creations in the process!
Here are a whole bunch of the best ones I've heard so far:
Eye of the Tiger as a ballad:
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
How about Ozzy Osbourne as a Polka! Vocals start at about 0:40:
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
I heard it thtough the grapevine:
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
I think this is my favorite one: 'Take On Me' works hilariously well as a Big Band song! It's a little muddled until the first refrain, then it's awesome.:
YouTube - Take On Me - A-Ha vs Songsmith
And a crapton more awesome ones:
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Buddy Holly" by Weezer
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Roxanne" by The Police
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Hotel California" by The Eagles
Yes they suck musically, but the technology and entertainment value make up for it.![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
Microsoft Songsmith is an application that automatically makes music. You sing into the mic, and it procedurally generates a melody to match, all by itself.
That's cool and all, but here's what's awesome: People are taking the vocal tracks from popular songs and running that through the software, creating some amazing (or amazingly hilarious) creations in the process!
Here are a whole bunch of the best ones I've heard so far:
Eye of the Tiger as a ballad:
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
How about Ozzy Osbourne as a Polka! Vocals start at about 0:40:
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne
I heard it thtough the grapevine:
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
I think this is my favorite one: 'Take On Me' works hilariously well as a Big Band song! It's a little muddled until the first refrain, then it's awesome.:
YouTube - Take On Me - A-Ha vs Songsmith
And a crapton more awesome ones:
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Buddy Holly" by Weezer
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Roxanne" by The Police
YouTube - Classic Hits by Microsoft Songsmith: "Hotel California" by The Eagles
Yes they suck musically, but the technology and entertainment value make up for it.
![Smile :) :)](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
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