Microsoft has released a plethora of easy to use PC programs, many that I’ve used myself. Yet one of their new ‘fun, easy to use’ programs has had one of the worse PR treatments I’ve seen since Ball Breaker…
Welcome to Microsoft Research’s Songsmith.



That, my good people, was just the promotional video that Microsoft attempted to inject into the internet. Of course, it was immediately rejected and ridiculed. Right down to the fake movie preview green screen at the beginning. The program itself I’ve heard isn’t so bad. If I could get my hands on it, I would probably tear it apart being a user of more difficult programs like Sony’s Vocaloid series. For now we’ll focus on what people have done with it.

One man, azz100c has done something genius. He’s taken the vocal tracks from some famous hits such as Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” and Ozzy Osborne’s “Crazy Train” and put it through Songsmith. Here’s what came out of it:



So overall, it appears that the only good that comes out of Songsmith is fake polka music set to popular songs. Even though people have said it's fun to use, lets hope Reh Dogg never gets his hands on a copy of this program. Imagine... "Why Must I Cry - 'Heavy Metal Version'"
I rate this program an ‘S’ too… for Sumthin’ Awful.

Here's the demo download for those who want to try it out.
And here's some more opinions and videos about Songsmith.