MS has made an application that helps you become an artist! Yup, that's right. Just sing to the beat and the application will come up with the music.

http://research.microsoft.com/ ... dmond/projects/songsmith/

Watch the commercial here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E

Some examples, using the a capella version of existing songs:
Soulja boy
Eminem
Notorsomething BIG
Radiohead
The Police
Oasis
The Beatles
The Doobie bros.
Metallica
Survivor

edit: more!!
Queen - we will salsa you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22AWPW5s4EA
Metallica - Ride the Lightning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2cZFbv2l8
ACDC - thunderstruck http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kv1IAG74D4
Rick Astley - .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVMfpne6aEc

more edit:
Ozzie osbourne - crazy train http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFZvLprEIpw
Eagles - hotel california http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itsT9zgWRoM

Kill it fire, it's just horrible. Firstly the commercial is the most horrible and cheesiest thing I've ever seen, secondly, what is the purpose of this thing, or the people who come up with shit like this, people who use it, or people who can come up with a commercial horrid as that!


Aaarrrgghhh.

No I'm not a musician being afraid my superb talents are lost when computers now can make music, I just feel sorry for anyone who think this thing can make any. I'd say I know nothing about music, but I think that thing isn't even good for a toy for children.

/rant over :P

Oh, some CR people believe the laptop on the commercial is a Mac... I don't know, but guess that's the best part of that commercial.

Lmaooo! Thats some kiddie stuff
This is for really beginners i think. When i was a beginner i started from Audition 2.0 and Absynth ... Dude, lmao ... Havnt saw anything like this before

Nice laptop shes got...

The ad is obviously intended to be comical, if they'd done it seriously it would have been rubbish anyway.
My favourite is Billy Idol's White Wedding.

Best ever Metallica songsmith... Extra points for quality animation

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v= ... Nueu0&feature=related

The Cheeky Girls have been using this for years..It can really suck the music out of those examples very effectively.

Shocking stuff

Ahahaha that was hilarious, Crazy Train was just too funny! I don't know if M$ intended this as cheap entertainment, but that's how I'll interpret it!! There is literally no way I can take this songsmith thing seriously, which I'm glad

Is this what lerts meant by computers making music instead of people?

EDIT: Black Metal Songsmith!

I saw this last week. White Wedding and Eye of the Tiger are the wins.

Obama speech + Songsmith

There's a few more interesting chord changes in there due to the fact that he's not singing.

MC Obama! Very good!