even the music in their ad sux...can microsoft stick to business apps and not try to dabble in the arts...it's embarrassing- who thought of this crap anyway?
You would have to pay me to get me to install this program on my computer, and then you would have to pay me even more money to use it. And then you'd have to pay me again to stop me from immediately deleting it.
I downloaded this to try it out, and it is interesting in that it does a very good job of detecting the proper key. I guess people could use this as a sketchbook type of thing, because there's no way in hell you could ever make an actual demo with it. The song "styles" are from PG Music, which makes the equally cheesy Band in a Box software. It turns any song, even a song that is supposed to be heavy metal, into awful 1940s polka.
you're kidding right??? this is neither a spoof or from 1987? THIS is what Microsoft is spending it's $ developing??? WINDOWS you fools!!! Fix WINDOWS!!! For the love of GOD PLEASE FIX WINDOWS!!! And for the love of the rest of us PLEASE DON'T RELEASE THIS!!!
Oh, yeah... People love to just randomly make up new songs from scratch and sing them. Yeah. That sounds like almost everyone I know! And inventing lyrics on the fly is SO EASY!!1!
In yet another pale immitation of an Apple Product (Garage band, maybe?), Microsoft corners the market on things nobody wants. I suppose that this MIGHT appeal to the Karyoke crowd, but then again, people aren't usually drunk in a crowd when they make a decision to buy some software. I can see a script for a "Napoleon Dynomite" sequel with this software playing a major role.....wow...
So songsmith purposely creates a crappy 1995 MIDI piano-sounding song to go along with a song that the beautiful and talented woman already wrote? Awesome! Tens of people will buy this.
all these songs sound alike, i have a mac so i can't download it, but it seems like with garageband there are muck more choices/creative things to do with it. if anyone has songsmith plz correct me if i am wrong.
I have a mac and garageband (and songsmith did a giant piss poor job in trying to imitate garageband), but garageband not only has more choices and there is more creativity, but it doesnt sound like they took the cound files directly from a casio keyboard from 1985. At least Apple has pride. I just cant imagine Ballmer seeing these commercials and saying: YES! That is marketing genius! Quick, get that out and circulating as fast as possible! I want people to know that that was my company!
Like I said above, I have GarageBand, but have not used it yet. I wonder if GarageBand can do this also. If so, I would appreciate some feedback on it. Thanks.
No opinion about Garageband (not familiar), but does it also find a chord progression to match a melody, that you come up with? I was surprised to see how badly Yamaha's XGWorks does that. I mean it's useless! ;-)
Note that you can choose the style yourself in Songsmith, that's up to you: what Songsmith does is pick the chords that match your melody. Garageband is an awesome program and does many things but does not do that.
Whats the name of the chick?! Give her her own YT channel and maybe she can get a real job instead of being a corporate shill for microsuck. I'm serious, what's her name?
El oh el. You're hilarious(ly ignorant). Don't own, and will never buy, an iMac, iPhone, iFridge or whatever piece of junk the appleheads come up with next christmas season. It's cute that you randomly think of Steve Jobs' peen though. Good luck with that.
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The genius of Microsoft advertising is that they know people will think this is a joke.. resulting in millions of downloads for people try out and show off to their friends on Youtube. But when they find out that people's lives are being destroyed, it will no longer be funny anymore. Enjoy your 15 minutes of youtube fame Mr. Songsmith. and this crapbox of bad Midi that sounds like Wesley Willis' keyboard.. The part I don't understand is the Microsoft "Research" part.
It might be a fun idea but what if you can't sing? Also I think that people who actually can sing in tune can write their own music as well. Furthermore these ads are REALLY lame to the point were they get laughable. If I were Microsoft I would fire the people responsible for this garbage.
i think it's more the other way around. they use their research department to get publicity. i'm sure the guys who worked on the original technology must feel like dancing monkeys on a fair.
Im' not shure about it, but, isn't the guy that plays Lisa's (Lisa... any ringbells besides the MacBook Pro she uses?:P) dad actually one of the developers from this ridiculous app? At least that's what one of the videos, the one where he does a demostration, makes me think
Happy, and Jazzy eh? So yeah, music can be described with other adjectives too. Are you planning on adding other ones in future versions? I might consider getting it then!
Like how about a $50 dollar upgrade for an Angry slider!
It's not a fake, folks, that's her real voice (she's an awesome singer!) with no auto-tune cleanup. Songsmith came up with the chords - you can actually download the .songsmith file for this song from our site and try it for yourself!
We decided that this clip was so good (yes, she's a greeeeaaaat singer) that it should circulate on its own, and that this would make the perfect 1-minute promo clip.
Actually , this video tricks you. Microsoft uses real voice with the real singer for the campaign. hahaha.
rilham2new 3 months ago
beautiful melody
deneusaap 7 months ago
StarrraRaRARARAra
Reagusmage 9 months ago
way to go microsoft, now nobody will ever even bother to learn how to play music. Way to fuckin go.
JeremiahJenkems 10 months ago 2
@JeremiahJenkems
I don't think you'll have to worry about that.
MormonJezus 7 months ago
so kewl.
Fygar000Pooka 11 months ago
I just died a little inside
fluffycommander 1 year ago 2
So lame, I think a small part of me just had a spasm.
CrystalJupiter 1 year ago 2
Fake tan much?
nokenwari 1 year ago 3
I could be, a StaArararArararaa
That was an awfully air gasping "Star"
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Its very "I Say a Little Prayer" :D
Lexigiggles 1 year ago
if you get a +90 score you get a email from sony BMG, lol
Marill42 1 year ago
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Lexigiggles 1 year ago
She makes coffee at a BAR? No wonder she is not a star. She won't be getting any tips being that retarded.
AdamKaoru 1 year ago
i'd eat her out.
i bet she's moans good.
mstrchldrn 1 year ago
M$ Suxx, Linux FTW
Yeah, I know im trollin'
Exdozolie 1 year ago
Let's see what happens if the vocals aren't auto-tuned first.
karlhouseknecht 1 year ago
I'll make her good cup of coffee the morning after.
licosky 2 years ago
you can make better shit on a keyboard at beginner lvl lmfaooo
laurencefrazer 2 years ago
0:39 definitely Melodyne :D
isboggs 2 years ago
I think the only way that wasn't Melodyne is if the doll singing it is actually a robot. lol
Dimbo 2 years ago
She hosts the Windows 7 demo.
8394147 2 years ago
Cute girl/woman with a great voice.
If she sings professionally I would like to listen to songs by her band. She sounds a little like iiO's vocalist.
SteelPineTree 2 years ago
damn why can't i escape this video?
SnoocheeBoochees 2 years ago
these cups of coffee... ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY!!!
daniel262b 2 years ago 4
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sawmaster2 2 years ago
Is auto-tune included?
mentalsyzygy 2 years ago
Did you guy notice she's in the original video too?
Corollaboi 2 years ago
i noticed
SnoocheeBoochees 2 years ago 2
for some reason i have played this over 5 times now
SnoocheeBoochees 2 years ago 4
so funny. i watched it like 20 times now. its allways worth a look if you want something really crazy to laugh at. ..
bleepgeeks 2 years ago
she should lessons from theo tams
dramsong 2 years ago
She ended on a half cadence.
Corollaboi 2 years ago 2
Fail.
kingkral 2 years ago
her voice sounds like it has been changed by a melodyne-vocoder but i like her singing.
Strate2 3 years ago
I'd hit it
PingPong85 3 years ago 7
this is a really great product! excellent work guys!
brunotg 3 years ago
FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
gjermund89 3 years ago 2
she's got the best voice out of all the actors so far. songsmith still blows
bonsushi 3 years ago 6
BUT INSIDE I DREAM THAT I COULD BE A STAR
jeffreymax2 3 years ago 27
You don't have to come up with new Microsoft jokes... Microsoft do it themselves!
MatzeManiac 3 years ago 39
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
ladams00 3 years ago 4
RAAAAAAAAAAAGE
pigeonfingers 3 years ago 2
Ughh....so....bad... It seems like a fine premise I suppose. It's like they're trying to oversimplify songwriting. O_o'
HenryNavarre 3 years ago
the girls voice is preety calming...
Lolmuffin123 3 years ago 5
"I thought a needed just a song/but now I'm sucking dong/ songsmith ruined my chances at that part"
zaj30 3 years ago
even the music in their ad sux...can microsoft stick to business apps and not try to dabble in the arts...it's embarrassing- who thought of this crap anyway?
raknyc65 3 years ago
Apple, when they started to cut into Microsoft's market share.
n8phin 3 years ago
2girls1cup ahah
Freakguitarman 3 years ago 2
I'd hit that
suction 3 years ago 4
Just Coming!!
jeffery3 3 years ago
And if that doesn't work,there's always StripSmith (tm).
forwhomthebelltolls 3 years ago 8
DUUDDEE IM GONNA SELL ALL MY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MUSIC EQUIPMENT FOR THIS OHHH YEAAA ...... then ill kill myself
wadebuck 3 years ago 2
WHERE'S THE RESOLUTION!?
blueminerva 3 years ago
shitsmith?
InuvikPhil 3 years ago 2
shit
Polybun 3 years ago
Bwaaa-hahahahahahaaa! Bitch needs to spend some time away from the tanning bed, and please let's kill Antares Autotune for good.
pazmusik 3 years ago
I think this is how Mike Skinner made his last album.
stribs 3 years ago 2
Just coming!
God I cringe at all these ads.
TheMellish 3 years ago
STEPHEN!
upyourego 3 years ago
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aleximostitch 3 years ago
Just coming!
aleximostitch 3 years ago
JUST COMING!!!
lockbuster64 3 years ago
What a waste. 15 seconds of dead space on a one-minute video. Shocking!
triso666 3 years ago
She looks like Obama Girl. LOL! Nice voice!
johnnyjohnson 3 years ago
You would have to pay me to get me to install this program on my computer, and then you would have to pay me even more money to use it. And then you'd have to pay me again to stop me from immediately deleting it.
787Bisurdaddy 3 years ago 4
Microsoft... the Greatest thing to happen to Apple.
jmillerdesign 3 years ago 3
good job microsoft, for fucking with people once again!
after seeing this ad i am 100% sure my next computer will be a mac.
SlimKD 3 years ago 4
Geez its only 30 dollars, what are you homeless or something?
eva091 3 years ago
30 dollars for that?
I wouldn't pay even 5.
Maybe 1, or it they put some cd's in cereal boxes like prizes I might consider buying that cereal.
multypersonality 3 years ago 3
if someone sold u a piece of sh*t for 30$ u`d buy it?
SlimKD 3 years ago
porn star more like
Spaceboy492 3 years ago 2
Does William Hung have a copy of this??
dandoentertainment 3 years ago 3
Like a trip to hell...the horrors!!!
Bokaj01 3 years ago 2
I downloaded this to try it out, and it is interesting in that it does a very good job of detecting the proper key. I guess people could use this as a sketchbook type of thing, because there's no way in hell you could ever make an actual demo with it. The song "styles" are from PG Music, which makes the equally cheesy Band in a Box software. It turns any song, even a song that is supposed to be heavy metal, into awful 1940s polka.
stmon99 3 years ago 8
Dear lord...
arrowtos 3 years ago
we've reviewed songsmith, and done our own trial of it singing the ting tings on our channel!!
Enttvonline 3 years ago
It's too bad Wesley Willis isn't around to see this.
feinstein1 3 years ago 2
Haha, this is awful!
ReistRock 3 years ago 2
It has begun. Millions and millions of retards who think they can sing because of this shitty gimmick software. Prepare yourselves.
maddingo12 3 years ago 5
My thoughts exactly.
scubascissors 3 years ago
I'm getting a better mic :)
andreasbalzer1988 3 years ago
no self-respecting person would ever purchase or use this software seriously
ecnetsixe 3 years ago 6
She can make my cup of coffee any day.
swift17 3 years ago 5
shes hot at least
g00dsir555 3 years ago
learn how to play a fucking instrument, lazy bastards! this sort of thing will always be and sound crappy!
johanneshaukur 3 years ago 5
yo dis song sux dix, fuk microsoft bsd 4 lyfe
dreadite 3 years ago
no wonder everyone is buying a mac
jcampbell84 3 years ago 4
I have GarageBand. Can GarageBand do this, I wonder? If so, is it better, and how so?
chevyyyyyyy 3 years ago
Get that part?? Are you joking the only thing that songsmith will do for you is get you riticuled
Johnsubject 3 years ago
riticuled
magichatdetective 3 years ago 2
"everyone has a song inside"?
No, everyone has crap inside and i guess some people poo out their mouth. And now those people make poo in song!
vicgalli 3 years ago 3
you're kidding right??? this is neither a spoof or from 1987? THIS is what Microsoft is spending it's $ developing??? WINDOWS you fools!!! Fix WINDOWS!!! For the love of GOD PLEASE FIX WINDOWS!!! And for the love of the rest of us PLEASE DON'T RELEASE THIS!!!
lauwersp 3 years ago 4
What is critically broken about Windows? It's not like it's the same team working on both products.
kopaka649 3 years ago 2
fuck you microsoft!
harmony000 3 years ago
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CioloXXL 3 years ago
Oh, yeah... People love to just randomly make up new songs from scratch and sing them. Yeah. That sounds like almost everyone I know! And inventing lyrics on the fly is SO EASY!!1!
KHLV 3 years ago
well you don't have to "invent" on the fly :) you can "write them beforehand". it'll still work.
jigargosha 3 years ago
Yeah sorry girl, you're not going to be a star. Internet legend maybe, but not a star.
katfive 3 years ago 2
In yet another pale immitation of an Apple Product (Garage band, maybe?), Microsoft corners the market on things nobody wants. I suppose that this MIGHT appeal to the Karyoke crowd, but then again, people aren't usually drunk in a crowd when they make a decision to buy some software. I can see a script for a "Napoleon Dynomite" sequel with this software playing a major role.....wow...
Jazzdug77 3 years ago 2
So songsmith purposely creates a crappy 1995 MIDI piano-sounding song to go along with a song that the beautiful and talented woman already wrote? Awesome! Tens of people will buy this.
HansomArdvark 3 years ago
Everyday i roll a doobie and la la lee la la..
GodsReflex 3 years ago 2
If they're trying to make me never make music with Garageband or any other computer program, then they succeeded.
contourman 3 years ago
what
a bad
ad.
theres a new song for ya.
shahriarefire 3 years ago
The chick is hot.
mod50 3 years ago 3
You are this generation's next profound thinker; a real innovator and mover of ideas.
intelligentape84 3 years ago
I am going to test that program too... The ad is crappy, but the soft sounds interesting.
It obviously does not replace real singers. It just doesnt sound the same.
BUT, I will probably have fun making some music. OR I can make songs for my loved one... LOL
jackbauerduels 3 years ago
Did she win any Oscars for her star acting performance in a Songsmith commercial?
R1PPA 3 years ago
lol
ichs0 3 years ago
this is horrible please make it stop
chilidoggingfool 3 years ago
though i have to say she has a decent voice, she just needs to put it to use
atepope2 3 years ago 2
why the fuck does she make such wierd faces and move her head like that?
atepope2 3 years ago
no.
siiseli92 3 years ago
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xTROJANxX 3 years ago
Interesting her voice reminded me some of Felicia Day in Dr Horrible
tarasis 3 years ago
same here
AussieBoyX 3 years ago
songsmith is actually pretty fun. download the demo just to play around with, it's free.
rockbass 3 years ago
#I'd like to sing a song about,
How Microsoft are s--t.
I'd sing about where the s--tness ends,
but there's no end to it.#
Neltron 3 years ago
Too bad you have no reason to hate Microsoft.
Zetanor 3 years ago
after reading all these comments - I refer back to my earlier comment, "is this a joke?"
chalbgewachs 3 years ago
all these songs sound alike, i have a mac so i can't download it, but it seems like with garageband there are muck more choices/creative things to do with it. if anyone has songsmith plz correct me if i am wrong.
animATEer 3 years ago 2
you are wrong.
green14m 3 years ago 3
I have a mac and garageband (and songsmith did a giant piss poor job in trying to imitate garageband), but garageband not only has more choices and there is more creativity, but it doesnt sound like they took the cound files directly from a casio keyboard from 1985. At least Apple has pride. I just cant imagine Ballmer seeing these commercials and saying: YES! That is marketing genius! Quick, get that out and circulating as fast as possible! I want people to know that that was my company!
vicgalli 3 years ago 2
Hi vicgalli,
Like I said above, I have GarageBand, but have not used it yet. I wonder if GarageBand can do this also. If so, I would appreciate some feedback on it. Thanks.
chevyyyyyyy 3 years ago
Garageband can do everything Songsmith can and More. Except in garageband you can pick the background music yourself which i think is better.
quiksilver712 3 years ago
No opinion about Garageband (not familiar), but does it also find a chord progression to match a melody, that you come up with? I was surprised to see how badly Yamaha's XGWorks does that. I mean it's useless! ;-)
(Songsmith seems to manage somehow)
clothearednincompoop 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure it does, I haven't used Garageband enough to know for sure.
quiksilver712 3 years ago
Note that you can choose the style yourself in Songsmith, that's up to you: what Songsmith does is pick the chords that match your melody. Garageband is an awesome program and does many things but does not do that.
songsmithvideos 3 years ago
If this could export midi i know artists would use it alooot more. =)
flashportalnet 3 years ago
You *can* export MIDI - just go to the export song dialog.
songsmithvideos 3 years ago
Thats cute.
Tried to install it, i needed SP2 lol fail
flashportalnet 3 years ago
steve jobs is dying because of fags like u.
magichatdetective 3 years ago
that made me laff
kudos! ;-)
suction 3 years ago
Whats the name of the chick?! Give her her own YT channel and maybe she can get a real job instead of being a corporate shill for microsuck. I'm serious, what's her name?
gladitsnotme 3 years ago
Is it hard to type with Steve Jobs' penis shoved down your throat?
justabeardo 3 years ago 6
El oh el. You're hilarious(ly ignorant). Don't own, and will never buy, an iMac, iPhone, iFridge or whatever piece of junk the appleheads come up with next christmas season. It's cute that you randomly think of Steve Jobs' peen though. Good luck with that.
gladitsnotme 3 years ago
pssshhhh, have fun with your zune
atepope2 3 years ago
Don't own a zune either, nice try!
Keep em coming boys, who knew this video would bring the lulz for so long?!
gladitsnotme 3 years ago
i liked teh voice...
but the music in the background was annoying XD
wertcc 3 years ago
idiotic XD if you sing that well at singing, no need for Microshit XD
AeternaWow 3 years ago
after american idol we present you american songsmith
myrmexaw20 3 years ago
it can only get better ;)
alphawinger 3 years ago
from the vicarious to the virtual.
defdeezy 3 years ago
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The genius of Microsoft advertising is that they know people will think this is a joke.. resulting in millions of downloads for people try out and show off to their friends on Youtube. But when they find out that people's lives are being destroyed, it will no longer be funny anymore. Enjoy your 15 minutes of youtube fame Mr. Songsmith. and this crapbox of bad Midi that sounds like Wesley Willis' keyboard.. The part I don't understand is the Microsoft "Research" part.
spaceagedevice 3 years ago
is this a joke?
chalbgewachs 3 years ago
I'd like to know to.
waylay00 3 years ago
So that is how high school musical came to be.
I wonder how long Microsoft can continue to deliver this kind of quality without going down.
Maybe they should exclusively produce game consoles, that is where i think they do some things right.
alizta 3 years ago 2
hahaha
High school musical. nice
sk8erpnkmt369 3 years ago
hey that was too funny when you guys did that... what made you guys wanna do something like that haha ... well you made me luahg hahaha lol
Chick6517 3 years ago
wtf were they thinking.
Kerpunk909 3 years ago
Her voice is nice, the midi in the background is crap, makes the song worse.
ikemkrueger 3 years ago 7
It might be a fun idea but what if you can't sing? Also I think that people who actually can sing in tune can write their own music as well. Furthermore these ads are REALLY lame to the point were they get laughable. If I were Microsoft I would fire the people responsible for this garbage.
BSTCREW 3 years ago
i think it's more the other way around. they use their research department to get publicity. i'm sure the guys who worked on the original technology must feel like dancing monkeys on a fair.
paniq303 3 years ago
Im' not shure about it, but, isn't the guy that plays Lisa's (Lisa... any ringbells besides the MacBook Pro she uses?:P) dad actually one of the developers from this ridiculous app? At least that's what one of the videos, the one where he does a demostration, makes me think
oscarexcan 3 years ago
Happy, and Jazzy eh? So yeah, music can be described with other adjectives too. Are you planning on adding other ones in future versions? I might consider getting it then!
Like how about a $50 dollar upgrade for an Angry slider!
AdamVoreis 3 years ago 3
LOL! That was funny.
gbacani 3 years ago
so this is microsoft research. what a bunch of dorks.
catalinaguerrero 3 years ago
Kanye West will use this on his next CD I heard
25threehiphop 3 years ago 10
this might be an awesome piece of technology, but thanks for all the retarded youtube videos that will show up because of this. :(
reddor 3 years ago 2
so funny comment. lmao. :D
ikemkrueger 3 years ago
she's too hot. i must have her and her vocal chords.
rstaake 3 years ago
fntasctic!
FlappyDraws 3 years ago 2
the music songsmith makes is about as lame as the background music in cheap porn flicks.
jetteva 3 years ago
It's not a fake, folks, that's her real voice (she's an awesome singer!) with no auto-tune cleanup. Songsmith came up with the chords - you can actually download the .songsmith file for this song from our site and try it for yourself!
songsmithvideos 3 years ago
So why was she cut from the main ad? She really is a good singer.
bugmuncher 3 years ago 5
We decided that this clip was so good (yes, she's a greeeeaaaat singer) that it should circulate on its own, and that this would make the perfect 1-minute promo clip.
songsmithvideos 3 years ago
If this wasn't fake, it could quite possibly the worst idea since the square wheel!
LOL nice one!
rashergtfbi 3 years ago
Is Microsoft only hiring the mentally disabled now?
TeddyLeper 3 years ago
song smith doesnt have ultra auto tune so, forget it gal.
qkslvrrx8 3 years ago 6
If only I had a song to describe just how wonderful her voice is...
boroughbaby 3 years ago 5
Yes yes, the power of Auto-Tune.
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DevinThomas 3 years ago 3
oh you can be a star alright. in my pants!
psychofreud 3 years ago 11