<s>
Songs2See	B-Application
is	O
an	O
application	O
for	O
music	O
learning	O
,	O
practice	O
and	O
gaming	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Fraunhofer	O
Institute	O
for	O
Digital	O
Media	O
Technology	O
in	O
Ilmenau	O
-	O
Germany	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
Songquito	O
UG	O
(	O
haftungsbeschränkt	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
advantages	O
of	O
Songs2See	B-Application
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
play	O
their	O
own	O
musical	O
instruments	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
microphone	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
a	O
game	B-Device
controller	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
musical	O
exercise	O
content	O
simply	O
by	O
importing	O
audio	O
files	O
and	O
using	O
all	O
the	O
analysis	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Game	O
is	O
an	O
application	O
where	O
a	O
selected	O
music	O
piece	O
can	O
be	O
practiced	O
in	O
a	O
gaming	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songs2See	B-Application
is	O
delivered	O
with	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
popular	O
songs	O
and	O
instrument	O
specific	O
practice	O
material	O
for	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
using	O
the	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Different	O
options	O
can	O
be	O
modified	O
in	O
the	O
Songs2See	B-Application
game	O
,	O
including	O
performance	O
loops	O
,	O
learning	O
mode	O
,	O
note	O
names	O
,	O
left-hand	O
mode	O
for	O
guitar	O
and	O
bass	O
players	O
,	O
microphone	O
set	O
up	O
,	O
game	O
delay	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Editor	O
is	O
an	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
personal	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
create	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
starting	O
from	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
format	O
files	O
and	O
audio	O
material	O
:	O
WAV	O
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
MIDI	O
and	O
MusicXML	O
are	O
currently	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Editor	O
analysis	O
options	O
include	O
automatic	O
main	O
melody	O
transcription	O
,	O
beat	O
and	O
key	O
analysis	O
,	O
solo	O
and	O
backing	O
track	O
creation	O
,	O
different	O
instrument	O
transposition	O
,	O
efficient	O
and	O
easy	O
editing	O
of	O
results	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
analysis	O
options	O
are	O
direct	O
research	O
results	O
from	O
the	O
Music	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Retrieval	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Editor	O
session	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
for	O
the	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Game	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
independent	O
flash-based	O
application	O
available	O
both	O
as	O
desktop	O
or	O
web	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Songs2See	B-Application
Editor	O
is	O
currently	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Songs2See	B-Application
project	O
started	O
in	O
2010	O
as	O
a	O
collaboration	O
between	O
the	O
Fraunhofer	O
Institute	O
for	O
Digital	O
Media	O
Technology	O
and	O
European	O
partners	O
as	O
Grieg	O
Music	O
Education	O
,	O
Tampere	O
University	O
,	O
Kids	O
Interactive	O
GmbH	O
and	O
Sweets	O
for	O
Brains	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
conclusion	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
Songquito	O
UG	O
(	O
haftungsbeschränkt	O
)	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
commercialization	O
,	O
distribution	O
and	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
Songs2See	B-Application
.	O
</s>
