Name that Tune
I’ve always thought it would be really cool if you could hum into a search engine and it could recognize the song. I also really doubted it would ever happen.
Wrong again. midomi (beta) is a search engine based on a database of user-submitted recordings (just register and start singing). You hum or sing into your computer’s mic and it tries to give you back recordings of other folks singing the same song.
I heard that some who’ve tried it couldn’t get a match, but after playing with it last night, my whole family was able to make it work. It seems that the more a song has been recorded into its database, the greater the chances it’ll be able to match you up (makes sense).
Try Beatles tunes, or Happy Birthday.
Frankly, I can’t yet see the benefits of this beyond what’s the name of the song that goes… But it’s fun, and I think the technology’s pretty out of this world.