Cited on HN 5 times, 2009–2020, never outright recommendedscore 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN cites it as an infamous example of terrible advertising, though a few mention how big a splash it made in 2009.
A promotional commercial for Microsoft Songsmith, software that generates backing music from a vocal recording. The ad became widely known for its awkwardness.
This is a much better promotional tool for songsmith than that 'internal' video microsoft put out a few weeks ago. [this video] this is actually appearing to be a pretty amazing product.
Songsmith promo compared favorably to Microsoft's internal video.
Microsoft has a long history of terrible advertising. Here's ballmer in a tacky suit selling windows 1.0: [link] Windows 386 (second half, bear with it): [link] Songsmith: [this video] And of course, the absolute worst: [link]
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