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There are very few things that are as maddening as hearing a song on the radio and not being able to recall the name of the artist or the title of the track itself. But now you don’t have to worry.
The App Store has numerous options that answer such nagging questions right in your pocket. One such app is the much-admired Shazam, which can identify music tracks playing anywhere near your iPhone. Midomi Music Identifier and Search from Melodis pulls off the same deed, only with a few more tools than Shazam has at its disposal.
Midomi can listen to a song an accurately identify it, whether it’s playing on the radio, or your humming it into your iPhone.
Midomi uses the Sound2Sound search engine to accurately identify music. It can listen to a song being played on the radio and recognize it. But it can also identify songs that you sing or hum. You can speak a song’s title or an artist’s name into the iPhone’s built-in mic and Midomi will find it. The app also includes a text field where you can type to search.
Even if there is no internet connection, the search will be saved and marked as pending under the history tab until you can connect with a network again. Midomi lets you bookmark your searches and share the songs you find through Twitter, Facebook, or e-mail.
Once Midomi has identified a song the information is flooded. The song title and artist name appears at the top of the screen, along with a 30-second preview clip and a quick link to download it through iTunes on the fly. Just below that, there will be several links to YouTube, where you can watch music videos from within the app.
Midomi’s results page also features a tab that will launch a Google search for the song’s lyrics.
The information about artist and album is available via the info tabs. Tapping the artist info tab will bring up photos, top songs, a discography listing all of that artist’s albums, similar artists, and even a biography. The album info tab gives you access to an album review along with an ordered track list of all the songs on the album, complete with 30-second previews.
Midomi provides the user with a simple and attractive interface, so that it is easy to use the app. The accuracy with which it identifies songs is very impressive. Even with relatively doubtful songs, Midomi cracks it.
At $5, the app is inexpensive, but it’s definitely worth the price.
Midomi Music Identifier and Search is compatible with any iPhone and iPod touch running the iPhone 2.x software update.
