Article: Microsoft Research Helps Novice Musicians Discover Their Inner Songwriters.

Songsmith software automatically composes accompaniment music for whatever tune a singer belts, hums or whistles into a microphone, regardless of skill level.

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bruce Springsteen has the E Street Band. For Johnny Cash it was the Tennessee Three. But there are countless aspiring musicians without their own backup band or technical training in writing music. Today at 2009 International CES, Microsoft Research released Songsmith, a new software program that generates musical accompaniment to match whatever a person sings. The software application makes it easy for everyone to create original music just by using their voice, ...

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