If Microsoft copies GarageBand

[Cinematographer]

… how ugly do you thing it will look like?

Check out Songsmith here.

 

[Tallest Skil]

"Happy" slider...

This is disgusting.

 

[Blue Velvet]

You've all got to watch this video from Microsoft. A special prize for those who can make it all the way to the end.

 

[Dr. Noob]

Nope, couldn't do it. That's just painful.

 

[Tallest Skil]

You've all got to watch this video from Microsoft. A special prize for those who can make it all the way to the end.

I LOVE the MacBook with a flower sticker over the Apple logo.

 

[Michael CM1]

Wouldn't the title be "Carport Orchestra?"

 

[fleshman03]

You've all got to watch this video from Microsoft. A special prize for those who can make it all the way to the end.

Is it really from M$?

two points of interest:
1) "So it's from Microsoft. It's pretty easy to use, huh?"
2) they use a MBP

 

[Zmmyt]

this is a joke, right?

 

[zelmo]

Now I know what REM was singing about. It's the end of the world as we know it.
Granted, the software is kinda cool in a lame Disney way, but those infofilms are horrible, just horrible.

 

[dukebound85]

You've all got to watch this video from Microsoft. A special prize for those who can make it all the way to the end.

is this like a sesame street episode?????

 

[diazj3]

You've all got to watch this video from Microsoft. A special prize for those who can make it all the way to the end.

I made it to the end (I feel really sick though)... what did I win?

Please don't tell me I won a Songsmith Family Pack... but a way to block those images from my memory would be nice now.

Seriously, what a terrible ad & product!

 

[beaner454]

In Concept

In concept this is actually a great idea.

However, in execution-what the Hell were they thinking? It looks awful, the music it "creates" sounds like midi file you'd find on a Geocities site from 15 years ago, and it doesn't have any of the polish of Garageband '04...

 

[Blue Velvet]

I made it to the end (I feel really sick though)... what did I win?

 

[nick9191]

Microsoft officially have the worst marketing department of any company on earth.

 

[diazj3]

Delicious.... Thanks! I still wonder if watching that was worth it... plus I also watched the Seinfeld-Gates saga some months ago... I wish I could turn back time and avoid the whole thing - MS does have the worst marketing dept ever. Do they have the "where do you want to go" slogan? I guess the answer is: AWAY FROM MICROSOFT.

 

[j26]

You've all got to watch this video from Microsoft. A special prize for those who can make it all the way to the end.

wtf

 

[Cinematographer]

Thanks for the link, Blue Velvet. But there should be some kind of warning, I think. I barely survived this video. I had to gnaw one of my arms off.

 

[Santa Rosa]

Microsoft Corporation, Delivering you another WTF.

That should be there new slogan.

EDIT: This is the link to the store. They are selling this for $30!! Then you have iLife for $79. I know what I would choose.

 

[Theophany]

Wow the last time this much hurt came out of my screen was when I watched those ads of Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. WTF.

 

[iParis]

You've all got to watch this video from Microsoft. A special prize for those who can make it all the way to the end.

Couldn't do it. The music horrible. And they're discriminating that beautiful MBP

Is it really from M$?

two points of interest:
1) "So it's from Microsoft. It's pretty easy to use, huh?"
2) they use a MBP

Except for Copysoft's products aren't easy to use.
You'll probably need a good amount of ram to run it since their current OS takes at least 2GB to run smoothly.
Just like M$ todo that.

 

[Fonzijr1964]

i tried to stick to it but with 30 sec left it was either shoot myself or stop watching

 

[Cinematographer]

Here's another one. But this one is much much less completely pathetic.

 

[beaner454]

Anyone see that some guy tried putting the vocals for Runnin' With The Devil into Singstar?

http://i.gizmodo.com/5129613/david-lee-roth-%2B-microsoft-songsmith--pure-horror

 

[Dmac77]

You've all got to watch this video from Microsoft. A special prize for those who can make it all the way to the end.

Where's my cookie, and the Xanax to help me recover from that experience?

Don

EDIT:

Is this real?

 

[rainydays]

Seems like a pretty cool app if it works well. Microsoft Research has always had interesting projects going.

I don't understand why some would call it a copy GarageBand. The only thing they have in common is that they are music software.
I would rather call it a Band-in-a-box copy if anything.

They got some pretty cool technology back in the 90s when they bought Blue Ribbon Soundworks (makers of Bars & Pipes for the Amiga). Wouldn't surprise me if some of that was used in this app.