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To: Mike M2 who wrote (164302)5/7/2002 10:10:53 AM
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Killer Ap for Analog Devices

Technology for Perfect-Pitch Karaoke
Tue Apr 2,11:18 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Some might call it Japan's biggest victory against noise pollution since pop duo Pink Lady split up two decades ago.


Karaoke sound systems provider Taito Corp said on Tuesday it had teamed up with a U.S. professor and chipmaker Analog Devices Inc on technology that could give even the most tone-deaf crooner perfect pitch.

Using the "Csound" computer music language pioneered years ago by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (news - web sites) professor Barry Vercoe, Taito will market a system this summer that adjusts sing-along music automatically to the pitch and tempo best-suited to an individual singer.

"This is sound synthesis on software that until now was only used in experiments and research," said Hidehito Kitamura, who headed up Taito's development of the new system.

Eventually, he said, Taito may use the technology to reconfigure a singer's errant tones to the proper pitch, without otherwise altering the sound.

"We'll be moving from one new feature to the next."

That could be good news for the millions of regular patrons at Japan's karaoke bars -- both those who dread the inevitable pressure to sing even if they can't carry a tune, and those who have to listen to them.
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