The Gregory Brothers' First-Ever App Turns Speech to Song

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Brenna Ehrlich
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The Gregory Brothers' First-Ever App Turns Speech to Song
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Songify [iTunes link] -- which was created by music application makers, Khush -- is an extremely simple iOS application that turns speech into song.

Open the app and you'll be greeted with a Shazam-like disc, which you can tap to record. Just speak into the phone -- anything you like -- tap the disc to stop recording, and the app creates an auto-tuned song with your words. You can create songs in a variety of styles -- The Gregory Brothers supplied beats from hits like "Bed Intruder," "Winning" and "Double Rainbow," and Khush supplemented those tunes with a variety of musical style packs. Users can share finished songs on Twitter, Facebook and via email, and check out other users' jams via a leaderboard in-app.

"This is the next level for democratizing this for our fans," says Michael Gregory. "Because they're always asking us, 'How can I do this, too? Like when I see a Double Rainbow, I want to scream out in joy, but that won't make it into a song. How do I do that?' So now we're able to interact with them and give them the opportunity to do that."

T-Pain (oh, progenitor of the ever-popular I Am T-Pain app) recently announced that he was done with auto-tune. Looks like The Gregory Brothers can officially snatch up that fallen mantle now that they have an app of their very own.

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