I had better luck. It recognized me singing “Danny Boy.” But failed on the
other two James Taylor songs. I will try this some more though. I have been
searching for a few songs that I can’t remember the artist’s name and that makes
it hard to find on iTunes.
New
startup Midomi, a voice-based music search
engine with a social network bolted on, launched earlier today. If you have a
microphone connected to your computer, just sing or hum a few seconds of any
song. In theory, Midomi will return a link to the original song for partial
playback or purchase, and will also return results from other users whoíve
recorded themselves singing that song.Iíve been testing this all morning. And I cannot come up with a single match.
Not one. I think that my voice is to blame, though, as others testing it seem
to have good results. In my last attempt I tried to sing part of Amazing Grace
since itís fairly slow and they use it in the demo video to
explain how the site works. My top match came back as a user clip
rapping part of a Notorious B.I.G. song. I swear I am not making this up.The social network aspect to this is what will make it popular, and the
search engine will help people group songs that they all sing and compare. Users
have a profile page and can add friends, fans, etc. Others rate their
recordings. kSolo
(acquired by Fox) and SingShot
have dabbled in this space successfully.
