Not only does this dummy down the educational part of things, it helps put those neighborhood music stores we love out of business. Who needs to buy (and learn how to play) instruments if you can click a mouse and have a computer play them for you?

Yes. Band in a Box does this. BUT, most of us (if I may consider myself in this group) old skool users play instruments and use the tools to AUGMENT what we do, not BECOME it. Geeze I just dropped $500 on a Kurweil keyboard to have it here to use like a sketch artist would have tablets all over the house to rough sketch ideas. All of that is lost on "microwave music" software like this new product.

As big of a fan as I am of BIAB/RB for what it does for ME, it is far too often used as a shortcut to avoid waiting in the line that is music education. And that is sad on many level. The sheer joy of learning is lost on this generation.

I griped out loud here at home the whole time I was putting together that Life Is Hard video. Things like "Man this is really time consuming." and "The help module of this software is insanely weak!" and often turned to the web to see videos about how to do something. That was followed by a sense of accomplishment as I figured out what I was trying to do. 50 hours went into making that 14 minute video, but when it was done, the sense of accomplishment I felt was worth every second. I can now say I am somewhat proficient in Vegas Pro. I can do accurate cuts and fades. I can do side by side video. I know how to detach audio from video, insert stills into videos, stretch those stills for as long as I need them to run... It was truly a great learning experience and if we do it again next year (Herbstock!) I will shoot with more cameras, ask people to shoot video and send it to me so I can use the best stuff. I went from "WHY did I say I'd do the video??" to "NEXT year here's what I am going to do."

"Do it for me" software denies us that joy.

Last edited by eddie1261; 06/04/22 06:10 AM.