Singing Coach Unlimited review:5 stars (Bravo!) - I have taken professional singing lessons before, but I still found areas I can improve in using the pitch tracking features in Singing Coach. I enjoyed the lessons and the witty characters. But mainly I like to just jump in and use the cutting edge technology to watch my voice as I sing songs. With the import from midi feature you can practice any song you (or one of your friends) can play on a midi keyboard in addition to the ones Carry a Tune has on line. I wish I had used this back in high-school while practicing for competitions! I could have practiced all the contest music while visually checking myself against the pitch tracking line.
Singing Coach is very responsive; I can even see how wide and how fast my vibrato is while I am singing. The microphone provided in the package records well and I can now use it for chatting online when I'm not singing or working.

Bravo, Singing Coach Unlimited!
5 stars (Amazing!) - Wow I never thought that I could walk into a store and buy a piece of software that got my computer to teach me how to sing. But wow one does actually exist. This is one solid piece of software that really makes a difference.

I heard someone call it a "vocal Coach in a box." Boy where they right on the head with that one. There is no way I could afford vocal coaching for all three of my children so this is a great subsitute.

It gave them all the basic tools they need to learn about how to sing and it gives them a ton of ways of practicing and improving their skills. Lots of songs to choose from and really no end to the skills they can gain.2 stars (Caution) - This could definitely be something to buy for your children, but be warned: It's very buggy. Expect glitches in the voice recordings analysis. Some notes don't even register in the software when hummed to (which is a very important part of learning a new song).

The cartoon characters are fun, but there is no way to turn them off in the lesson mode. In lesson mode the characters talk, demonstrate the lesson, and then it's your turn to practice. There is no way to bypass the first two steps, which means that you must listen to their entire dialog every time you want to repeat a practice lesson. This gets _very_ annoying when you've repeated a lesson for the 15th time.

The music editor/composer is a nice thing to have, especially for teachers. There are many software glitches here too. The editor is very unintuitive, and has no easy way to copy and paste parts of your composition. This makes creating drills and other practice lessons extremely tedious. Also, the undo and redo operations are very buggy: use at your own risk.
Singing Coach Unlimited Features:
Computer software (programs)
Hobby Hobbies
Personal Improvement
Self Help
Music
Instrument Instruction (Instruments)
CD
20-lesson singing tutorial with real-time pitch recognition technology
Automatically adjusts songs to specific vocal range; sheet music view
Edit songs or compose new songs with compose mode
Learn to sing with proper breathing and posture; measure performance
Imports MIDI's; microphone headset included

Singing Coach Unlimited is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 79.99USD.