Apple Music Is Getting a Karaoke Mode (theverge.com) 11
Apple on Tuesday announced Apple Music Sing, a karaoke experience that will be built right into the Apple Music app. The Verge reports: With Apple Music Sing, you'll be able to follow along with Apple Music's real-time lyrics and adjust the volume of the vocals so that you can better hear your singing voice. There are a few features designed to make it easier to sing with others, too. Background vocals can appear independently of main vocals, according to Apple, and there will be a duet view as well if you want to sing along with a friend. Apple will have more than 50 "dedicated companion playlists" featuring karaoke-ready songs that you can pick from. Apple Music Sing is launching "later this month" for Apple Music subscribers.
Which version? (Score:2)
Is this on Apple iMusic or Apple iMusic Pro? And is it an additional monthly fee to Steve Jobs?
They didn't have to spend a dime (Score:3)
My friend always switches to Karaoke mode when he has his headphones on, and the bus driver would not start the bus if he continued his solo effort. Literally My Way Or The Highway. True story.
If I had to pick (Score:5, Funny)
If scientists were able to cure only cancer OR karaoke, I'm not sure which one I'd pick.
Re: (Score:2)
There are free online services that can convert a normal recording into karaoke using AI, i.e. separate the music and the vocals. It works amazingly well for most songs.
It's a bit of a revolution for karaoke. Before we had AI most of the karaoke versions were reproductions, literally just MIDI files. It was rare for a vocal free mix to become available.
The only issue with the AI method is that it separates all the vocals, and often you just want the lead removed and the backing singers preserved.
Uh uh uh (Score:2)
My Way my way or the highway (Score:2)
Broken Platform - more features are the solution? (Score:2)
Joy (Score:2)
No sarc - this will make people happy.
It's nice to see Apple not acting depressed for a change.