XBox Lets You Go Clubbing at Home
written by: Dale Alan Mayrose on 5/13/2003 2:34:00 PM
Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of
XBox Music Mixer which allows you to use slide shows, pictures, set 2D and 3D visuals, and play movies while listening to music from loaded from your computer all from the comfort or your own living room.
E3 had a rocking start as
XBox VP J Allard, who is also an amateur DJ, introduced the initial crowd to
XBox's audio and visual capabilities. Using
Xbox Music Mixer, scheduled for release this fall, Allard turned a normally bland
XBox press briefing into a huge party complete with blastin' tunes and hypnotizing visuals.
(The following is taken verbatum from the press release)
- Players can share digital photos and music stored on the PC, sing Karaoke, view digital slide shows set to music, experience CD playback, store music, enhance a party with 2-D and 3-D visualizers, and more.
- Xbox Music Mixer, which will hit retail shelves with a microphone, offers a Karaoke feature allowing players to sing several of today’s popular Karaoke songs , such as the B-52’s “Love Shack” or Jimmy Eats World’s “The Middle”.
In addition, you can insert your favorite CD and sing along when Mixer strips out the vocals. And the brave at heart can actually record their performance and play back for friends, or include it in their Xbox game soundtracks.
- Xbox Music Mixer can help set the tone for any party by providing 2-D and 3-D background visuals of rave scenes, or interactive electronic visuals. Players can even use an hour of stock video footage to create their own compelling visuals.
- Xbox Music Mixer allows you to download photos, movies and music from the PC to the Xbox and set the slide shows to your favorite tunes.
