Microsoft Songsmith Commercial

Duker91 · 2M views · 2009-01-08 · 4:17

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Overview

A promotional commercial for Microsoft Songsmith, software that generates backing music from a vocal recording. The ad became widely known for its awkwardness.

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HN cites it as an infamous example of terrible advertising, though a few mention how big a splash it made in 2009.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2009–2020

Topics

Arts & entertainment (other)Tech company stories & documentaries Music theory, synthesis & production

What people said

skuthus · 2020-06 · Criticism
Also, to follow up, the introduction campaign for Songsmith is one of the worst things I've ever seen [VIDEO]
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spoppy · 2019-11 · Reference
Do you mean SongSmith? That wasn't 1990s, more like 2009, but made quite a splash at the time with their famous video commercial. [LINK] [VIDEO]
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k-mcgrady · 2013-05 · Criticism
The commercial for Songsmith was one of the worst things I'd ever seen: [VIDEO] I really wish your comment hadn't reminded me of it :)
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