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Too bad this is being done with AI instead of tracks, because you get that awful squelch effect which does not sound like karaoke at all. You'd think every song available as an Apple Music master has the potential to drop the vocal track, but yet they went this way. Shame.
I think that is more of a licensing issue — I don’t think Apple has access to the original tracks, and it is doubtful most artists would want that.
 
hmmmm
I selected "apple sing"
toggled
toggles
toggle
hmm
John Cougar "aint that Americca
Toggle "karaoke
this can out:

There's a bank man positioning a bank mat
In the only bank in this suburban neighborhood
He's gotta sign up were the customers can see
To wipe your feet, there is an additional fee

And there's a bank woman
belittlin’ a po man in the back office
Cleanin' up the evenin' loanee
And po’ man looks at her and says, hey darlin'
I can remember when you gave out a free clock

Oh, but ain't that bank of America
For you and fee
Ain't that bank of Bank of America
Hidden fees to see, baby
Ain't that Bank of America
Home of the fee, yeah
Little foreclosed houses
For you and me,
Oooh, yeah
For you and me

Well, there's a young man in a t-shirt
Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station
He's got greasy hair, greasy smile
He says, Lord this must be my destination
'Cause they told me when I was younger
Said boy, you're gonna VOTE for a president
But just like everything else
Those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went

Oh, but ain't that Bank America

kinda cool eh?
©˙mbair2022
 
The amount of snark when apple does something fun amazes me. If you don't like it or think it is stupid don't use it. smh...
It makes logical sense imo, if Apple is spending resources on something users don't like, they feel like Apple is wasting resources. I think a lot of people think like this. Especially if they are already frustrated with Apple and have been waiting for Apple to do something they want for a while, after spending a bunch of time & money on Apple products.

There's only so few major companies making phones so there ends up being a lot of users who don't quite fit into either molds too well. These are the users that feel the most frustrated.

Me personally, I'm good, I'm just lucky Apple does a lot of stuff I like!
 
Can’t wait to start recording myself with a Bebe Rexha song, but sounding like Roseanne Barr.
 
And? Because I would guess not. Apple has been adamant about holding back features from CarPlay.

It works…but to be clear, lyrics were never available on CarPlay.

I have always mounted my phone next to my screen (vent mount) and liked having music control on my phone so I can have full Maps view on the CarPlay screen.

The lyrics view works on the phone as well as the new Sing mic control so the song plays through CarPlay with the reduced vocal volume.
 
This will suck if it’s only available for certain songs with no way of knowing which ones. Hopefully it’s available for older songs and songs they know are popular karaoke songs.
 
Why is this feature being made such a big deal? You would think with the coverage of this feature that it was some ground breaking iOS feature. It's a feature that you can literally get from an app at any time. I think we've heard all we need to hear about this one moving forward.
Which apps offer this right now?
 
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Why is this feature being made such a big deal? You would think with the coverage of this feature that it was some ground breaking iOS feature. It's a feature that you can literally get from an app at any time. I think we've heard all we need to hear about this one moving forward.

Ah... the spokesman for everyone here.
 
Well you tend to get snark when Apple works on complete frivolous features like this while releasing a bug ridden mess like iOS16.

Snark is the result of people perpetually unhappy needing a wee bit of attention and power that's otherwise lacking in their lives. Sadly, it's a temporary fix, that needs to be replenished daily.
 
You guys seriously underestimate how popular karaoke still is in Asian countries. And it should be popular again in the West too imo, singing with friends is fun.
Which guys? I missed all the serious underestimating.
This guy spent more time at KTV in Taipei then almost anywhere else. Similar in Japan. Heck, we had a private 10 passenger tour van that drove us around the island and even it had a karaoke set up. I think karaoke popularity in certain Asian countries is no secret.
 
Well you tend to get snark when Apple works on complete frivolous features like this while releasing a bug ridden mess like iOS16.

I'm stunned it took 13 comments to get here. I can't believe the pile of crap the shipping iOS 16 was, and more importantly, has remained.

Biggest issue - while they're off playing with karaoke on premium Apple Music plans, I need to hit anything requiring the mic in CarPlay (Siri / Apple Maps / Google Maps / Speech-To-Text) two or three times to get it to work. It NEVER enables the mic on the first try anymore. Love that feature. Super safe while driving. Extra convenient.

We can have fun when the work is done. Apple needs to hear that... The fun karaoke crap is interesting, but would be far more interesting if the core of iOS 16 wasn't utter garbage.

/Salty
 
The cool thing about this is that there's lots of songs that I'm like "I wish there was an instrumental version of this". This is the closest I'll get to getting my wish.
 
I don't get the "Sing" part of the Sing feature if there's no microphone input? This isn't karaoke, it's just a singalong with the vocals removed?
 
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