Mobility Site Minute

Mobilitysite Contests

Mobility Site Videos

Mobilitysite Polls

Mobilitysite Reviews

Home » Software

Anyone Use MusicID on their Tilt?

Posted by Doug Smith on March 12, 2008 – 6:50 pm  Share
closeThis post was published 1 year 8 months 10 days ago.
It\'s is possible that the information within this article is now out of date or updated.

The other day I was removing some data on my Tilt and I came across a program under the \Program Files\MusicID folder.  I launched this "MusicID," and activated a trial for a program that allows you to use your Tilt to identify a song that is playing.  I had originally overlooked this program since I never go into the default "AT&T Music" under Start > Programs on the Tilt.  I saw a similar feature on another phone for Verizon, and being a bit of a musichead, I found the concept appealing.  When I discovered I could potentially do this on my Tilt, I was very intrigued.

The keyword here is:  "potentially."

Read more about my experience after the break.

Simply launch MusicID, select the option "ID Song!" and put your Tilt up to the speaker where the song is playing.

image

The application will listen for about 10-20 seconds of music, and then begin analyzing the track.

image

It is as this stage that MusicID will make a connection through either WiFi or EDGE to the service the application uses to determine the song.  Then it returns the track information along with the option to buy it.

My biggest problem has been getting MusicID to work reliably.  I could only initially get it to successfully ID a song through WiFi, not EDGE.  And I only got two songs identified (both Cake songs… try to restrain your laughter).  I have tried since then using numerous songs and genres, and have not gotten MusicID to work again.  Resetting my device has not helped.  And this is on day two of my trial.

This is a shame, as I would love to subscribe and use this feature.  How successful have you been in using MusicID?  How often do you find yourself using it, and have you continued to use it?  Let us know!

Post to Twitter Post to Yahoo Buzz Post to Delicious Post to Digg Post to Facebook Post to Ping.fm Post to StumbleUpon


Related Posts




You can also participate in other conversation in our active forums with 200,000 other Members. It only takes 2 minutes to sign up one time for free in the forums.

  • Dude
    I just used it yesterday at starbucks outside because I was curious about the song and it found it easy and was amaze it found the artist because I never heard of them
  • Just to follow up on my article: I wound up subscribing, just to see if my results would be better. And they were. When I subscribed it downloaded a cab to my Tilt and installed MusicID again. It may have been an updated version, I don't know. However, this one successfully ID'd two songs on the radio, and helped me rediscover a band from my teenage years (Social Distortion). So far, it's a much better experience.
  • Oops, forgot to respond to Jonathan.

    Si, hablo espanol. Mi padres son de Puerto Rico tambien.

    Indifference, do you have a cooked ROM? Because it's installed by default on the Tilt.
  • I might subscribe for a month and see how I make out. It's only $3.99 anyway. Why not?

    Thanks for all the feedback!
  • Jonathan
    Hola Julio! dime que hablas espanol.... Te hablo desde Puerto Rico!
  • Josh
    I just tried it, and it successfully recognized "Hey, Johnny Park!" by the Foo Fighters. Of course, I put it right next to the speaker in my dead-silent office...
  • Indifference
    I don't even have the MusicID software installed. I can think of some times it would have been useful. Maybe I'll put it on.
  • Type1fan
    I have been using this app every since I bought my Tilt and, in the right environment (not too much background noise) have found it to be extremely reliable.

    The only issue I have with it, and it's a small one, is that it doesn't work with the touchscreen. Seemed sort of odd that an app that came on a touchscreen phone doesn't work with it but it's easy enough to navigate using the directional pad.
  • helixtimestwo
    It's a cool app, but isn't 100% reliable. The subscription is $4 per month and has around 4million songs in its catalog, but not everything, most notably classical music.

    I was curious if they have to pay some sort of licensing fees to record companies...that might explain why the catalog isn't as complete.

    ATT also has a per-use fee for MusicID (.99). They send you a text shortly after and don't charge if it can't ID the song.

    Not sure how valuable the service is in the real world but definitely brings some "oohs" and "ahhs" whenever I demo it...
blog comments powered by Disqus