2009/02/8
Microsoft Songsmith
fakalin pointed me to this product from MSR. I was actually sort of aware of this during my stint at MSR, via overheard hallway conversations, but didn’t know it was going to be released as a product.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/
So I downloaded it to see what’s up. It has been called the reverse Karaoke program. It has only been released a month and it appears there are already a handful of parodies of well known songs. There is one that turned a rap by Eminem into bluegrass (stupid vulgar song, but anyway):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ScVTBg2vxk
(Read the article)
