Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Rock Band Voice Engine Tricked By Something Called a "Musical Instrument"





On one hand, what's happening here is very simple: Rock Band's singing feature just senses pitch, not words, so it's perfectly reasonable that a flute—or indeed almost any instrument—could do the trick. On the other? This is art.



The musical cosmos have been tilted out of balance for quite a while now, violently thrown askew sometime between when the first fake guitar rolled off an assembly line in China and the first time a child recognized the Beatles on the radio as "that song from my Xbox!"

Today, as we watch a young lady with a flute totally pass for a Very Serious Yelling Man with a facial tattoo, it feels like, in some small way, order has been restored.


5 comments:

BlueJackets9 said...

Have you seen that South Park where the kid can air play his video guitar? That one was cool. I've got a question for Kelly. Have you Played that new Mario Bros. for the Wii, and if so, do you recomend it?

mykl said...

I don't watch south park very often but that scene where the kid air plays the song on the play ground made me laugh harder than most anything I have seen.

I for one plan to pick up NSMBW ASAP IYKWIM

Dee Dee said...

When does NSMBW come out??

mykl said...

Sunday November 15, 2009 (aka 2 days from now)

Kelroy said...

I like the new Mario a lot (got it early because of my job). I'd recommend it, especially if you have people to play with.