Many of us have had at least once in our lives that we have in our head a song with its melody and yet we do not know its name or the author who interprets it.
If we hear it in the head then we already have a little hint to use, Well, we could simply hum its melody for a friend of ours to tell us what the name of that song is. If we do not have a friend nearby, we could use certain tools that will help us to recognize these songs, only needing the active microphone so that our humming is heard by the computer.
Recommended tools to identify unknown songs
When talking about tools as alternatives that can help us identify an unknown song We are referring primarily to those that we could use from the Internet browser or those that can be installed on a personal computer. If we are guided by the former (an online application) we will have to allow the respective proposal to use the necessary resources to be able to activate voice recognition through the microphone. Most of the applications that we will find are free, of which we will list a few that you can use at any time.
1 Midomi
The first alternative that we are going to mention at this moment has the name of «Midomi»And you can run it only with your Internet browser. Once you go to its official URL, you will find a button very similar to the one we will place below.
When you press it, a pop-up window will appear asking you permission to activate the microphone input and thus, recognize what you are going to hum at that moment. The effectiveness of this tool is quite high, which will offer you a different number of results and among which you will surely find the song you were trying to identify.
2.Shazam
Another alternative that we could use comes from the hand of «Shazam«, Which quickly became popular as one of the Android apps most used by those who needed to recognize songs. Right now you can use it on a personal computer but only on operating systems ranging from Windows 8.1 onwards.
This is because this alternative (Shazam) funites like "modern apps" and therefore, it will appear only in the tile area of this Microsoft operating system.
3. MusicXmatch
Another alternative that you can also use to identify unknown songs has the name «musiXmatch«, Which also has a version for personal computers although, only with Windows 8.1 operating systems like the proposal we mentioned above.
The interface is very similar to the capture that we have placed in the upper part, where the user only has to touch (or click) the button and start humming the song they want to identify.
4.AudioTag
If you are tired of humming or you're just not that good at it, you may want to try "AudioTag", which works in a completely different way than the above-mentioned proposals.
This is because the tool will help you import the song (in supported formats) to its interface to search its database of approximately 15 million alternatives. Undoubtedly, this becomes an option for those who, on the other hand, want to know the name of the author of said song and also his name, in case it is not registered with the real one.
5.WatZatSong
A last alternative that we are going to recommend for now has the name «WatZatSong«, Which brings together part of the functions of the tools that we mentioned above.
If you pay attention to the capture that we have placed at the top you will be able to realize it. Here you can choose to "hum" with the option that will help you record the sound, or you can also upload a music file that you may have saved on your computer; a few additional options are at the bottom of this application, which will help you identify the song you are trying to find much faster. For example, you can define the type of music genre as well as the language spoken or sung.