Microsoft Songsmith Alternatives
Microsoft Songsmith is described as 'Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Microsoft Songsmith for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and iPad. The best alternative is Impro-Visor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Microsoft Songsmith are Band-in-a-Box, Busker, MMA and ChordPulse.
Impro-Visor
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Music Production App
65 alternatives to Impro-Visor- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Impro-Visor (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes.
Band-in-a-Box
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
- Music Production App
63 alternatives to Band-in-a-Box- Mac
- Windows
Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program. You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band.
Band-in-a-Box Features
Busker
Is this a good alternative?YesNo52 alternatives to Busker- Paid • Proprietary
- Music Production App
- Windows
Busker is a complete set of tools to create musical arrangements from sheet music (chords + melody staff). It uses Yamaha compatible styles (thousands can be downloaded for free) for auto-accompaniment.
MMA
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Music Production App
8 alternatives to MMA- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
“MMA—Musical MIDI Accompaniment” is an accompaniment generator. It creates MIDI tracks for a soloist to perform over from a user supplied file containing chords and MMA directives.
MMA Features
ChordPulse
Is this a good alternative?YesNo10 alternatives to ChordPulse- Freemium • Proprietary
- Music Production App
- Windows
ChordPulse is a handy backing band software for music practice, inspiration, improvisation, and pure fun with music. Play and sing along with ChordPulse. Use it as a full accompaniment, a drum machine with bass, a metronome with chords, and more.
ChordPulse Features
A chord sequencer with 300+ great sounding styles. Allows you to create chord progressions and backing tracks in minutes.
Ludwig
Is this a good alternative?YesNo6 alternatives to Ludwig- Paid • Proprietary
- Music Production App
- Windows
The music software Ludwig automatically arranges your songs with a few clicks. Accompanying parts fit the melody well. Automatic Chords. Pop, Rock, Jazz, Country, Classic.
Modacity
Is this a good alternative?YesNo- Freemium • Proprietary
- Music Production App
7 alternatives to Modacity- iPhone
- iPad
Are you a practice-savvy musician? Get the perfect music practice app to help you organize, focus, and track your practice progress.
Described as chord sequencer it lets you quickly create chord progressions, play them in many styles, transpose, adjust tempo, change instruments. Great for practicing. I used it for improving my scales on guitar and I have to tell it is amazing.
ChordPad Features
Groovyband Live!
Is this a good alternative?YesNo8 alternatives to Groovyband Live!- Paid • Proprietary
- Music Production App
- Windows
Groovyband Live! is a realtime arranger software that runs on any Windows PC (tablet, laptop, desktop), interfaces with MIDI input devices (keyboards, pedal board, control surfaces) and produces a live stream of MIDI events to drive a suitable sound generator.
Groovyband Live! Features