{"id":235,"date":"2009-10-20T22:35:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T12:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sketharaman.com\/blog\/?p=235"},"modified":"2009-11-01T19:14:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T09:14:33","slug":"midomi-does-a-shazam-for-live-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sketharaman.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/20\/midomi-does-a-shazam-for-live-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Midomi Does A Shazam For Live Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

Midomi recognizes live music \u2013 even if you and I hum it! And, given my modest\u00a0singing\u00a0capabilities, it seems to be doing a good job of this!!<\/p>\n

Available on PC and iPhone, Midomi records ten or more seconds of the song you hum and gets back within seconds with a list of guesses.<\/p>\n

I began my test drive of Midomi\u00a0by\u00a0humming the opening bars of Stairway To Heaven<\/strong> by Led Zeppellin. Midomi got it right.<\/p>\n

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Encouraged by this success, I hummed the opening bars of a few more songs selected from the list of my favorite songs<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>one after the other. Here are the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0#<\/strong><\/td>\nTrack<\/strong><\/td>\nArtist<\/strong><\/td>\nGenre<\/strong><\/td>\nMIDOMI Result<\/strong><\/p>\n

Round 1<\/em><\/td>\n

MIDOMI Result<\/strong><\/p>\n

Round 2<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2.<\/td>\nCan’t Find My Way Home<\/strong><\/td>\nBlind Faith<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\nChildren of Sanchez<\/strong><\/td>\nChuck Mangione<\/td>\nJazz<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\nLand Of Make Believe<\/strong><\/td>\nChuck Mangione<\/td>\nJazz<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\nTake Five<\/strong><\/td>\nDave Brubeck<\/td>\nJazz<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\nFrom The Beginning<\/strong><\/td>\nELP<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\nTake A Pebble<\/strong><\/td>\nELP<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\nThick As A Brick<\/strong><\/td>\nJethro Tull<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>\nDun Ringill<\/strong><\/td>\nJethro Tull<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/td>\nOne White Duck<\/strong><\/td>\nJethro Tull<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/td>\nSkating Away<\/strong><\/td>\nJethro Tull<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nFAIL<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/td>\nMoonchild<\/strong><\/td>\nKing Crimson<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.<\/td>\nStairway To Heaven<\/strong><\/td>\nLed Zeppelin<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.<\/td>\nI Love New York<\/strong><\/td>\nMadonna<\/td>\nPop<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23.<\/td>\nDark Side Of The Moon<\/strong><\/td>\nPink Floyd<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24.<\/td>\nWish You Were Here<\/strong><\/td>\nPink Floyd<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.<\/td>\nBehind Blue Eyes<\/strong><\/td>\nWHO<\/td>\nRock<\/td>\nPASS<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\nPASS RATE<\/strong><\/td>\n37.5%<\/strong><\/td>\nPASS = 6; FAIL = 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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When I noticed many PASS results after\u00a0 a series of FAILs, I started wondering if Midomi was able to \u201ctrain\u201d itself to understand my voice better over a period of time. This was\u00a0evidently not the case since the results didn\u2019t change when I made a second attempt with a few songs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While a 37.5% PASS rate might not be worth writing home about, the following facts should be borne in mind before judging Midomi. Midomi is a newly launched service still in BETA and its recognition rate is likely to improve over time as it accumulates a larger collection of songs; besides, the ability of Midomi to recognize a song https:\/\/klonopinshop.com<\/a> depends very much on how well you hum it\u00a0–\u00a0 I may be humming what I think is Jethro Tull\u2019s Thick As A Brick<\/strong>, others may not agree, so\u00a0Midomi can\u2019t be faulted for getting it wrong!<\/p>\n

Midomi reminded me of Shazam, a UK-based mobile phone based service that\u00a0recognized recorded music when I tried it a few years ago.\u00a0 In a blog\u00a0post<\/a><\/strong> at the time, I\u2019d written about how Shazam had correctly recognized Gift of Roses<\/strong> by Jethro Tull. Just for comparison, I tried humming this song\u00a0on Midomi – it failed to recognize it.<\/p>\n

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It has to be noted that, then, as well as now, Shazam recognizes only recorded music.\u00a0Unlike Midomi, Shazam doesn\u2019t recognize\u00a0live music let alone songs hummed by you and me.<\/p>\n

Let me offer a couple of suggestions for Midomi.<\/p>\n

After failing to recognize a song,\u00a0Midomi should ask the singer to issue\u00a0a PASS \/ FAIL verdict immediately. In case of FAIL results, if Midomi asks the singer to enter the correct song details right then, it will be able to enrich its collection much faster than through its present method of calling users for a separate recording. As noted earlier, a rich collection of pre-recognized songs is a critical success factor for Midomi going forward as it seeks to improve its recognition rate.<\/p>\n

When Midomi correctly guesses a song, it should issue a badge of recognition (pun intended!), which you could wear with pride to silence your critics (spouse \/ parents \/ children \/ friends) who keep accusing you of mutilating songs you believe you’ve hummed correctly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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