Music From Vocals With Microsoft’s MySong
Microsoft’s MySong software allows people that are not musically inclined to still be musicians. The software listens to a vocal melody, then automatically selects the best chords to go with the song. The software is engaged by singing into a microphone connected to your computer.
“Microsoft researchers Ian Simon, Dan Morris and Summit Basu created the MySong prototype using a Hidden Markov Model and a musical database to figure out what chords will sound best with the vocals. Once the chords are generated, singers can make adjustments to the musical style using a couple of simple sliders in the user interface.”
