Name That Tune
Ever waste precious corporate hours trying to name a song stuck in your head? Those of you with private offices, here's an online solution (cubicles, you'll have to wait 'til you get home -- unless your office is cool with karaoke). Head to Midomi (via Whitney), plug in a mic, and hum, whistle, or sing away. The site will process your tone deaf stabs at melody and offer a playable list of commercial tracks and user-generated samples of songs that match your tune. We tried "Hey Jude" (in under a minute) and our efforts at "na na naahing" were validated by the software's impressive ear (as was "Superstitious"; that's right, we can swing Stevie). With only two million tracks licensed for use so far, you can't expect much luck with indie tunes; so our attempt at Arcade Fire's "Crown Of Love" obviously yielded false positives. But #1 on that list?
That site may have artificial intelligence, but it's got a real sense of humor.
Posted at 10:00 AM
If you can't use a microphone, you can use www.songtapper.com . It's usually pretty good at figuring stuff out, you just do the rhythm of the song on your space bar.
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Everytime i look at that, it makes me laugh.
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Cool! I've got to check this out.
Thanks.
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