I don’t really like stuff put out by Microsoft (I know, I know, sorry), but is their new service ‘Songsmith’ going to be able to contribute to mashups (video above)? I have written about mash-ups before here.

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 videos.

With it, you can add acapella versions and replace them with cheap Casio sounds instead. Yipee! Call me crazy or old fashioned but I think GarageBand is much better. (Songsmith examples below.)

What do you think? Just let me take out the cotton from my ears first. Haven’t you all been waiting for this? Ouch.