US Patent:
20090314154, Dec 24, 2009
Inventors:
Christopher Esaki - Redmond WA, US
Keiichi Yano - Tokyo, JP
Assignee:
MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA
International Classification:
G10H 1/40
Abstract:
The vocal track of any song provided by a user may be isolated and data based on the vocal track, such as pitch, rhythm, and/or duration, may be generated. The data may be used in a game in which the user may sing into a microphone and may try to match their singing as closely as possible to that of the vocal track. Feedback may be provided to the user at as to how the user's singing compares with respect to the vocal track based on the on the pitch, rhythm, and/or duration.