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The drum and some of the synth parts for when my band plays gigs aren't "performed" by a human. Although I've done the programming, there was very little playing or performance involved. Most of it involved dragging "notes" around on a grid until I got the parts I wanted. Also most of the programmed synth parts are pretty complex but have lots of repetition. From previous experience we would struggle to find a keyboard player with the required technical ability to play them, regardless of the fact that on their own the parts are rather boring. IMO it's far better to hand these off to a machine that won't complain about them, and doesn't take up lots of additional room on stage or in the band transport.

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I like Hi Beams but they are expensive so I swapped to Mark Bass Advanced "Soft Touch" rounds for, err, roundwound needs and it turned out I like them a lot more.

It's the concept which I find insulting, I didn't mean you were personally being insulting to me directly. Sorry for the ambiguity.

Don't do that. The title of this thread is "AI in music", so let's keep it relevant? And no, I have never used ChatGPT. I have no desire to either. I've got a brain, and despite what my frequent word salad spewed around here might suggest, it's reasonably competent at times

AI for finding a cure for cancer is good. AI for replacing people's jobs, absolutely not good. As far as music goes, we survived Synths, so we can get through this. IMO the bigger problem is that younger kids don't see live music as a thing. It's as interesting to them as golf. They have their songs on Spotify, playing on their phones, it's musical wallpaper. My musical career has gone from cutting edge to historical. 90% of the music I get asked to play is from the 20th Century. When AI has its own programs on Radio 4 I'll start getting annoyed.

All for live music being performed by real people. But, if you limit ANY "actual performance" to humans, what does that imply for, in order of artificality, to the following: 1. guitarists and bass players using pedals? 2. keys players playing the horn section on their keys, doing away with the need for eg a trumpet or sax player for the occasional song (although won't be anything like as good IMO!)? 3. bands using backing tracks? 4. bands replacing drummers entirely with drum synths? 5. solo artists replacing entire bands with backing tracks? 6. DJs playing recorded music with no need for any live musicians? [7. Jukeboxes replacing DJs? - just for completeness that's obviously not live 😅] Fwiw when we play live we're at level 1.

I’ve used tinytone and the results were quite good but not perfect – really quite expensive too. Tinytone and Jack’s instrument repair services (two branches of the same organisation I think) have been unresponsive in the recent past. I’m just waiting for two guards from Earl Pilanz now. I’ll be back with more when they arrive. Very easy process and all facilitated with enthusiasm by Brian - he seems very good to work with for custom guards and turnaround is very reasonable

Autobahn — Kraftwerk

I completely get that but it might be difficult to assemble a bunch of humans talented enough to perform the song especially locally !

UA Luna. ✌️

That's exactly how I feel about Ashdown. I'd always played Trace Elliot then went to Ashdown as soon as the company started. I've bought a few pre-owned heads over the years but that complexity you refer to has always driven me away. Now I'm tempted to buy a new UK ABM600 and find the time and patience to make it work for me.

What amp do you use to drive the Monza with from the Bassrig please?

I don't mind the idea of the use of AI to actually help to shape a sound, but when it comes to any actual performance aspect, it should come from a human.

Yeah I know. What are the key features that are missing in garageband but have in Logic Pro? Can't I just use Logic Pro directly instead of upgrading later?

Their new years eve gig at Barrowlands,in the early eighties, is one of my all-time favourite live performances...would have loved to have been there.

But it isn't necessarily. The satisfaction of producing a professional sounding song using AI as a tool for me has been just as good as sitting for hours with a guitar or bass to come up with a single element of a track. You are mastering a new and different craft if you are using it to do more than just writing a prompt to produce a funny song about basschat. I have spent days on a single as yet unfinished song using AI so it isn't just here's a sentence and out pops a masterpiece.

Where do you find these 😆 Looks amazing !

Wishing you all the very best.

Yep .. my favourite flanger & I’ve tried quite a few .. still got it