SensMe is a proprietary music mood and tempo detection system created by Sony Corporation[1] and employed in numerous Sony branded products, including in some Walkman digital music players, the Media Go application, the PlayStation Portable, and Sony Ericsson and Sony Xperia handsets. It is named Omakase Channel (おまかせチャンネル) in Japan.[2]
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Other names | Omakase Channel |
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Developer(s) | Sony Corporation |
Initial release | 2007 |
Platform | Sony Walkman Sony Ericsson and Sony Xperia Media Go PlayStation Portable |
Type | Mood detection software for music data. |
License | Proprietary |
The function also appears as 12 Tone Analysis released with the VAIO Music Box software, for compatible Vaio notebooks.[3][4]
Method
editSensMe works by using a twelve tone analysis of all the user's music individually, computing track information based on the mood and tempo of the tracks, and then outputting them for the user to play these automatically generated playlists. Initially (on Sony Ericsson devices), the software would use a dual axis map which all the analyzed tracks are plotted into,[5] allowing the user to navigate to an area of the map to play a playlist or an individual track.[6][7] In later devices, including Walkman DAPs and the PSP, the analyzed tracks are categorised into 12 "channels" that is navigable in a list,[8] with names such as Lounge, Upbeat, Emotional, and others.[9]
Compatible products
editSensMe debuted on the Sony Ericsson W910i phone in 2007.[10]
PlayStation Portable
editSensMe was made available on the PlayStation Portable as of system software version 6.10.[11] It can be downloaded via the XMB or by using a computer.[12] The application features twelve channels by which music is categorized. These include Favorites, Newly Added, Dance, Extreme, Lounge, Emotional, Mellow, Upbeat, Relax, Energetic, Morning/Day/Night/Midnight, and Shuffle All.
- Version history
Version Release date (UTC) |
Description |
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1.50 March 31, 2010 |
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1.01 October 22, 2009 |
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1.00 October 1, 2009 |
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Walkman players
editThe NWZ-S730/S630 was the first Walkman series with SensMe.[13]
- A Series
- NWZ-A860
- NWZ-A10
- NW-A20
- NW-A30
- NW-A40
- NW-A50
- E Series
- NWZ-E450[14]
- NWZ-E350
- NW-E050
- NWZ-E460
- NW-E060
- NWZ-E570/E470
- NWZ-E580
- NW-E080
- F Series
- NWZ-F800
- NWZ-F880
- S Series
- NWZ-S730/S630
- NWZ-S750[15]
- NWZ-S760
- NW-S770
- NW-S780
- NW-S10
- WM1 Series
- NW-WM1
- Z Series
- NWZ-Z1000
- ZX Series
- NWZ-ZX1
- NW-ZX2
- NW-ZX100
- NW-ZX300
Sony Ericsson handsets
edit- Aino
- elm
- W380
- W508
- W518a
- W595
- W705
- W715
- W760
- W890i
- W902
- W910i
- W980
- W995
- Xperia X10
- Xperia Neo
- Xperia Play
- Xperia Ray
- Zylo (W20i) Archived 2011-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
Sony Xperia handsets
editMiscellaneous
edit- Media Go application
- Music Center for PC application (as 12 Tone Analysis)[16]
- Sony HAP-Z1ES Audio HDD player
- Sony Xplod car audio and navigation systems (selected models)[17]
- Sony Tablet
- Sony Xperia Tablet (selected models)