SwordBreaker Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10135749-2.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody Curious to what you guys think of this nifty program. I haven't tried it out yet, but it claims that the tune will be created for you based on your singing. You can choose from various types of genres, and micro-transaction for more samples and shit is integrated in addition to the defaults. There's an example in the page, and the results are pretty cool. Price is attractive as well. Overall, this could be nifty for those who want some inspiration in case they're stuck with their own works or something. Wonder if anyone in OCR will find this helpful enough to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 There was a thread about this in ReMixing back when the program was in alpha. Both Bluefox and Nicholestien posted in it. It was fun. http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15595 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyne Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 There was a thread about this in ReMixing back when the program was in alpha. Both Bluefox and Nicholestien posted in it. It was fun.http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15595 Ugh, did you have to bring "him" up? Yeah well, I'm checking out the program's web page. But based on your singing? Sounds kind of gimmicky to me. Yeah well, we'll see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I just tried it with a few SNES and NES chiptunes with muted channels. Most didn't work that well, but this SMW track worked suprising well. http://jmr.sitesled.com/Bahahaha.mp3 ... Probably the funniest thing I've ever done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overflow Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I just tried it with a few SNES and NES chiptunes with muted channels. Most didn't work that well, but this SMW track worked suprising well.http://jmr.sitesled.com/Bahahaha.mp3 ... Probably the funniest thing I've ever done. You should try to submit this on OCR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't even make it to the panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 http://jmr.sitesled.com/Bahahaha.mp3 Obvious midi rip, no heavy metal guitar riffs, not even a basic techno beat. Completely fails to meet all OCR standards. No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 you forgot that all direct references to the original material were sampled from the original material itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Obvious midi rip, no heavy metal guitar riffs, not even a basic techno beat. Completely fails to meet all OCR standards.No. I have a feeling that this would be the more likely response.Also, http://jmr.sitesled.com/ok-i-think-i'm-having-too-much-fun-with-this.mp3 (at least the generated backing track in the last one actually had some resemblance to the original. this one would be completely unrecognizable if you removed the lead.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 http://jmr.sitesled.com/ok-i-think-i'm-having-too-much-fun-with-this.mp3Source tune? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Source tune?Dr. Mario theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overflow Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Also, http://jmr.sitesled.com/ok-i-think-i'm-having-too-much-fun-with-this.mp3 (at least the generated backing track in the last one actually had some resemblance to the original. this one would be completely unrecognizable if you removed the lead.) Ow, that hurts to listen to. BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT AWESOME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm guessing, based upon the file name, that it may or may not be from Dr. Mario. But I am totally illiterate, so take that into consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Ah. It's been so long since I've played that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 1 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 This looks...mildly amusing. Maybe people will start using this instead of stealing OCR songs Here's hoping that they try and bring it out in Australia; preferably physical copies. Although I'll likely be waiting a while, from the looks of things. I also noted M$'s statement that they don't intend to make a music software suite or anything. Based on this statement, I'm not going to be surprised if they make their own version of guitar hero/rock band. Or Audiosurf. (AudioBand? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I also noted M$'s statement that they don't intend to make a music software suite or anything.Wonder how smart (or dumb) this decision is. Windows Movie Maker is somewhat popular, and it's a Microsoft product. I think it would have been a smarter move to make a program that could actually make music and simply incorporate the features of Songsmith into this program.Oh well. They never seem to do anything right. Even if they did do it, they'd probably mess it up (Microsoft: "What's a VST?") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 This looks...mildly amusing. That's my impression as well. I've only using it for a little over an hour and the novelty has already worn off. I don't see myself ever using it seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moseph Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 That's my impression as well. I've only using it for a little over an hour and the novelty has already worn off. I don't see myself ever using it seriously. I guess the problem is that while what it does is impressive on some level, from a musical perspective it's still so basic that it's only useful to those without much musical knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electronic Samurai Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 http://music.metafilter.com/2943/Runnin-With-The-Songsmith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 http://music.metafilter.com/2943/Runnin-With-The-Songsmith so uh, how do I listen to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electronic Samurai Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hmm, should be there near the top of the post. Do you have Flash 9 installed? I will search for an alternate source. Something this unholy cannot go unheard. EDIT: Here's an alternate link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 oh, turns out the school computers suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal cannon Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I present MEGAMAN 3 IF WRITTEN BY MICROSOFT First track: Hardman Likes The Soft Merengue #2: Snakeman Night Fever #threeve: Proto In Tha Club (this one was particularly hard to make sound OK) #4ive: Do The Sparkman Twist! hahahaha I can't believe I actually did this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 I present MEGAMAN 3 IF WRITTEN BY MICROSOFTFirst track: Hardman Likes The Soft Merengue #2: Snakeman Night Fever #threeve: Proto In Tha Club (this one was particularly hard to make sound OK) #4ive: Do The Sparkman Twist! hahahaha I can't believe I actually did this. so...uhh, how much work did you really do (aside from stripping the main melody from the original tracks)? (they sound not so bad I guess, but I've never heard the originals) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimal cannon Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Isolate and record lead track. Manually waveform edit so that they are at an even BPM (nsf stuff is always a little off). Upload to ipod Run Ipod into recording interface. Try to press play at the exact correct moment when the click track tells you to start, it only takes like 50 tries for each song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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