Smuleon Thursday unveiledGlee for iPad and iPhone , an app created in partnership with the hit Fox television series of the same name . Glee follows in the majestic tradition of other musically - theme Smule apps like Ocarina , Leaf Trombone , I Am T - Pain , and the iPad - only Magic Piano .
Smule Centennial State - founding father Dr. Ge Wang toldMacworldthat Glee is the most technologically advanced app the company has volunteer yet . The app let you let the cat out of the bag along karaoke - trend to original performances from the goggle box show—“You Keep Me hang On , ” “ Somebody to Love , ” “ Lean on Me”—with lyric poem expose on - blind as the app show you .
But the magical part is that , as you sing , Smule car - corrects your pitch and automatically adds multipart harmonies , so that you sound just like the ( over - work on ) attractive the great unwashed who talk on the show . This is n’t the I Am T - Pain app ’s car - tune , though , say Wang : “ It ’s not auto - melodic line ; it ’s our own technology . All the pitch - correction and live harmonisation was custom - developed ” for Glee .
In rightful Smule fashion , not only can you portion out recordings with ally ( via Facebook , Twitter , or e - post ) , you’re able to also join forces with friend and strangers alike . The in - app world get you listen in on recordings made by Glee - singers around the world , add your own vocals and resubmitting them for others to determine out .
Smule plans to tally fresh songs to the app each week as they appear on the television show . Because of headway issues , not every vocal sung on the show will make it into the app . There ’s also a technical challenge : Smule engineers must painstakingly encode each eminence and its proper harmonies throughout the song in order for the app to work its magic .
And Glee ’s finish really is magic . Quoting Wang again : “ Our missionary work has always been to enable masses to make music , and connect to each other through euphony . Glee is not just for player and singers , it ’s for anyone who likes music … People who normally might feel shy about singing , we desire them to put themselves out there and just sing . ” you’re able to see one of Smule ’s engineers manifest that harum-scarum coming to singingin this YouTube video .
Glee is a universal app for iPhones and iPads . It costs $ 3 and requires iPhone OS 3.1 or afterward .
