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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:50 am
by LeifonMars
beatpoet wrote:i have no doubt that it boots but it is funny that they couldn't find a PC laptop suitable for the M$ ad ...
I wonder if the ad team did it on purpose: can't help thinking that it's an odd mistake not to notice that a tiny bit of the leaf is sticking out from underneath the sticker.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:51 am
by djfm
its gotta be a joke
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:52 am
by nebulae
^I'm willing to bet there was no ad department
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:54 am
by eco
... 3:15
Re: Ableton meets its match?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:56 am
by kb420
If I were a moderator on this forum, I would ban you for life for posting that link.
My ears are still bleeding.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:56 am
by sherman
Bahaha! I thought the funniest thing was that they tried to hide the Apple logo on her MBP with a ghey purple flower sticker
Nice work MS, could have used a Dell or something
As for the software... Anyone wanna buy a used copy of Live 7? Can see I won't be needing it any more for my music needs...
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:03 am
by vicz
....seriously though, if it exports MIDI files it could potentially be useful
Yeah, in GUANTANAMO BAY
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:07 am
by bosonHavoc
ya think they will make a trance patch?
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:17 am
by beatpoet
crumhorn wrote:Everyone is so keen to hate microsoft that they are missing the important thing here.
OK the add is dreadful and the "music" coming out of the thing is dreadful as well. But I can see what they are trying to do and from a music software technology point of view I think this is the first product of it's type.
It actually listens to what you sing and follows it in real time. As far as I know this is ground breaking technology. Unless you know of something else that does that. This seems like an entirely new technology in it's infancy to me. The application of AI technology to create a computerised accompanist.
OK you can go back to taking the piss now.
I don't think it does it in realtime. The person has to sing to the drumbeat and chose the 'style' so it just analyses the melody then works out the key and whacks in a few chords in that key in the rhythm of the style chosen. Autotune has been analysing things like that for years. Prob only works on major keys based on the input root. Fun for kids, moms and pops but it doesn't go any further really.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:20 am
by beatpoet
LeifonMars wrote:beatpoet wrote:i have no doubt that it boots but it is funny that they couldn't find a PC laptop suitable for the M$ ad ...
I wonder if the ad team did it on purpose: can't help thinking that it's an odd mistake not to notice that a tiny bit of the leaf is sticking out from underneath the sticker.
Didn't even notice the leaf, it was obviously a Macbook Pro anyway no matter how many stickers they stuck on it.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:30 am
by beatpoet
bosonHavoc wrote:ya think they will make a trance patch?
That is probably one possible appilication,
If they can make it change the cutoff, resonance and filter envelopes to taste it would probably make the best tarnce ever.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:36 am
by beatpoet
Actually I've just watched this in full
it has to be a pisstake
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:50 am
by jonny72
That has to be one of the worst ads ever, the result of geeks trying to do cool and totally misunderstanding the concept. You'd have thought with all their money Microsoft could hire some cool people to put them straight.
The software does look pretty good though. Anything that is simple to use and gets people who aren't musical making songs and singing can only be a good thing. Don't bash it just because its Microsoft.[/code]
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:05 am
by Sibanger
"I don't want to wriiiiite anoooother boring loooove song"
I've seen that guy somewhere before..........
OMG it's Nebulae!
After watching the whole thing, I think I'm going to kill myself.
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:06 am
by nebulae
^ I wish I was that thin...
now the huge desi nose, I could leave...