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I did notice the sloppy tuning on this record and was surprised by it. And then I thought, well you know - it’s almost refreshing given how locked into the North/South East/West grid everything is. 😉

True! Killing vibrato or creating unnatural vibrato is the worst part of it. It actually has young singers copying the sound of their idols singing straight tone and doing mechanical moves in their replication without the software. That’s unfortunate but happening regardless.

Sure, to care about these things is to be deeply invested in music, a student of music making. Educated, trained, experienced Musicians are musicians’ greatest fans and greatest critics.

Most people have to be taught to differentiate between pitches. Human beings have a WIDE span of familiarity and ability in this regard. There are people who have difficulty (at least at first) of recognizing the difference between pitch and volume, the difference between a higher and lower pitch, the difference between a M2 and a M7. Between a tritone and a P4. The quality of a 3 note chord. Of a 4 note chord, etc. etc. And then you have people with perfect pitch who just have to learn to give names to what they already hear. I suppose it’s a surprise for those that find hearing pitch easy to discover that others’ perception of pitch can be so drastically different than one’s own. At the same time, how can the testimony of two people who are witnesses to an accident be so different?

It’s an effect when used that way. It’s cool, would you want it to be your signature sound and be on every recording you ever make? Frampton surely didn’t want to use the talk box on everything. But that’s what we’re getting with every vocal on every record in all popular styles.

people who don't play instruments typically don't listen actively. they don't know and most likely don't care about what the players are trying to achieve (to be in tune, to be in time, to be in a pocket, etc.). but, a lot of listeners can recognize what he shows at 2:39 (the C chord in and out of tune). however, during a song it may pass by fairly quickly, and the audience is listening to the singer predominantly or the band as a whole, and they won't notice what experienced players are bothered by. there's nothing wrong with Rick other than that A. he has perfect pitch and B. he cares, deeply. those two facts are almost a curse. 2:39 - the chord is in tune or it's not. ironically, just about every act in popular music is using pitch and time correction on their songs. so clearly they must feel the audience is capable of noticing their flaws. but are they? perhaps the problem there is they push artists who aren't ready to perform out expecting them to have careers. and then the people who don't need it are pressured to do the same so as not to seem less than. that's a crappy trend that has sucked the humanity out of pop.

Primrose Hill · James McCartney Primrose Hill ℗ 2024 James McCartney Released on: 2024-04-12 Composer, Writer: James McCartney Composer, Writer: Sean Ono Lennon

I was just reading what Taylor takes in on a show where she sells out an 80,000 seat stadium. But also the money that goes out. Whew. It’s expensive and everyone wants a piece of that pie.

The established artists did succeed in the business model as it has been. It’s unfortunate that their income from recorded music is not what it once was. Their income from live shows is significantly better (but so are the expenses). Should an AI recording miraculously become a hit, the owners will figure out how to present it live to earn on it. Holograms, light shows and the like. But, how will they front the money for a tour? They’ll need a corporate backer.

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I just gave Piano2Notes a spin with their free test. Here is what I fed it. I also told it that it was in the key of A, 4/4 time and "classical" because the only options were classical or pop. Here is the result (first 20 seconds of music are free).

Any software that is capable of picking out notes from a recording should be capable of exporting a MIDI file that you can open in notation software. The issue has always been accuracy. Most software is dumb regarding this like, what key are we in, what was the player’s intention with this imperfectly played rhythmic figure, is this a time signature change, is this swing and should I just draw 8ths and mark it swing, is this a purposeful rit. or rall. - where does it begin and end and where are the bars now? Software generally sucks at this. Can AI learn to be a professional transcriber and copyist? Maybe - the simpler the music is the easier it is for software. Chord.ai on iPad is ok. Not perfect by any means. It can find bar lines and give chord names to harmonies it hears. Sometimes it’s right and sometimes it’s just wrong. I don’t have the paid version so I am not sure if it can notate out melodies. I know Melodyne can. Anyway, I’d be well impressed to see AI perfectly chart out any reasonably complex piece of music as a human could.

Oh no! If I make a spreadsheet it’s going to be at least as long! Dangit, thanks allot, Max. 😉

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