The article linked above, from Salon, says the same thing. Perhaps read it before you comment? It goes into some good detail (with links) about what Blackley is planning on doing next, too.
Early versions will adjust the pitch, future versions will go beyond that! Just think, someday I can "sing" the words along with the music, and due to their nifty software it will sound exactly as if I had the CD in....
Wait, if it sounds the same, why not just put in the CD? Doesn't this whole thing take some of the point out of it? I mean, bad singing included, that's the fun of Karaoke... laughing at people who try to sing along but suck...
So say the game had been labeled as highly addictive... if I saw something like that on the side of a game box I'd chalk it up to Marketing hype. "XXXXX is highly addictive, and may lead to loss of sleep and a decline in your social life". Um, marketing to geeks they'd read that and think "No change there, cool!"
Come on... This is like saying D&D leads to increased suicide rates, wheras studies like this seem to indicate that people playing D&D have a lesser chance of commiting suicide.
It's all nonsense, but in the sensationalist american life, anything you can blame for your troubles is a great target for a lawsuit.
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The article linked above, from Salon, says the same thing. Perhaps read it before you comment? It goes into some good detail (with links) about what Blackley is planning on doing next, too.
I checked through my Boy Scouts of America handbook thoroughly, and I can't find anything in it about the RIAA or MP3's. Odd.
Early versions will adjust the pitch, future versions will go beyond that! Just think, someday I can "sing" the words along with the music, and due to their nifty software it will sound exactly as if I had the CD in.... Wait, if it sounds the same, why not just put in the CD? Doesn't this whole thing take some of the point out of it? I mean, bad singing included, that's the fun of Karaoke... laughing at people who try to sing along but suck...
Come on... This is like saying D&D leads to increased suicide rates, wheras studies like this seem to indicate that people playing D&D have a lesser chance of commiting suicide.
It's all nonsense, but in the sensationalist american life, anything you can blame for your troubles is a great target for a lawsuit.