If we're talking Windows operating system then +++ AutoHotKey +++ may prove helpful. What I can't determine is if it will start working on a desktop, open a program, work from within a program and repeat.
I had some fun moments with them and nice conversations with the people, but their model really can't bear the administrative burden of having to manage and keep track of millions and millions of people whose music isn't being used. The explosion of AI music has certainly made a dent in ways in which I don't think we can even process yet. People are now turning out full-blown productions in a matter of minutes with no musical knowledge or skill whatsoever. It's a completely new environment where no one has to actually know anything, they don't have to have ever lived or had a real emotion or a real story to tell, because the art of storytelling music is evaporating and being replaced by noise. It's no longer necessary to learn how to write, or struggle with improving your lyrics, finding something interesting to say, or learn anything all about music and song construction. Tha t's disappearing rapidly. If 2 billion people are posting three bad songs on your platform everyday that took them 2 minutes to write how in the world are you supposed to find your way through the trash and handle the paperwork burden. It's not possible. Music used to be a very special thing. I used to respect music so much and I had so much respect for the artists who created it and produced it and wrote it and played it. I have zero respect for what's being done in the industry today, and that people would have the audacity to say that they wrote these things. Music doesn't feel special to me anymore, not the way that it used to. It feels hopelessly polluted. To me the loss is overwhelming. The Domino's are falling.
Well, you are certainly spot on in your observations! I will say, from a wannabe singer/songwriter perspective, successful music careers have been mostly gone for a lot longer than AI. Incredibly talented folks never got their lucky break as record companies picked the handful who got to be a star and the 99.999% who never even got to try. From a listener perspective, AI is clearly something awful as it is poisoning the entire music ecosystem.
Mike my 2017 iMac IS a 27" 5K with 64GB of Ram with the 3TB Fusion Drive, still with 2TB available, but that's probably the bottleneck. Still a great computer, but we ALL get old and slow down a little. So its still more than capable to use as a standalone proper computer and still a good 5K monitor with Luna Display.
I'll add to Mike's endorsement that I upgraded to Melodyne Studio in 2017 and have received free updates since. Their instructional videos are short and laser-focused, too. Awesome company and product...
Dear Bass Thumper, I provided examples of other scammers - the scale is different but the premise is the same. With all your flag waving, progress or be damned worship of folk who've made significant strides in many fields, (yet at significant cost to others, through nefarious means or who are in other ways very compromised people), you are, in essence, echoing "The American Way" which has always been propaganda for the very rich. Ronny & Elon are two clear & obvious examples of empowered liars who manipulate huge numbers of people into believing they were/are possessors of the keys to a better future, (have a look at how Musk is fudging figures for the Space X share release). Reagan did it because his strings were manipulated by his masters and Musk for the money. Edison the infamous "borrower": a patent clerk who raided patent applications, misfiled them and submitted is own copies. Bell the Scottish Canadian adopted American who had a patented submitted on the same day as Gray but through the favour & influence of his financial backers was processed earlier and therefore has the fame. Ford who in the Battle of the Overpass had his striking workers shot & killed, the famous antiSemite: "...convicted Hitler Youth leader Baldur von Schirach who, in his role as Gauleiter of Vienna, deported 65,000 Jews to camps in Poland, stated:"The decisive anti-Semitic book I was reading and the book that influenced my comrades was ... that book by Henry Ford, The International Jew. I read it and became anti-Semitic. The book made a great influence on me and my friends because we saw in Henry Ford the representative of success and also the representative of a progressive social policy", Morse obtained a patent on the electric telegraph in the USA AFTER two British fellows had done so in the UK. He was, like so many famous Americans, someone who obtained the fame because of where was lived and the financial power of his backers. You see, Bass Thumper, like so many people in the world I know quite a bit about American history because it has had an huge influence on the rest of the world. Those seen as charlatans in the wider world are often seen as revolutionary industrialists etc. in the United States. Your current president is the perfect example. It's your education system that causes this disparity...most nations favour their own and America takes that to the nth degree...of course. There is an axiom we in education often use: "open your eyes and ask questions". Naturally I made that up. How about "You're either with us or against us!|" or "Shut up, worm!"? Similar in meaning & intention to your engineering aphorism .
Another brilliant song from you, Ron. Love the chord structure and mix, plus I think the guitar fills are really effective and excellent. I suspect that a lot of songwriters will relate to the theme: I don't think about it at all, but I'll still write a song about it!
Thanks, Chay. Yeah, the part near the end where the narrator realizes that "she just gets better..." kills me every time. Certainly an understandable predicament, even if not directly relatable. Appreciate the compliment on the fills. They were a lot of fun! The chord progressions are among the simplest and most repetitive I've posted, but the melody, lyrics and arrangement keep it interesting. I sometimes overcomplicate the music just because I can, and this song is a reminder to me that a good song doesn't always HAVE to...
My hack, cause I've experienced what you described, is to just, (AND my Music Theory is WEAK) is to write it as E7#5, which is a 4 note vs a 3 note Aug which would not include the 7?
Augmented chords are two major 3rds on top of each other. Adding another takes you to the octave. 1 3 #5 8 and so on...
You are surely an apprentice i can learn from, Ken. i always thought "wistful" was waltz's first name. Good mix. The lows may be a bit overpowering, yet still add good depth to the overall sound. This song sounds great in your, er my headphones. Also sounds good on the Klipsch speakers. A beautiful feel and lovely vocal.
Thanks Babu. I'd kept those lows as I wanted something that sounded like a diesel powered blimp flying low over my home, don't ask me why.
I think this shows excellent taste in arrangement and mixing, and is really nice to listen to. The Suno voice is excellent, and it's good that it has some dynamics
You can watch Joe and many other characters on this Mr. Rogers retrospective which includes many musical guests
Mr. Rogers now has his own YouTube channel so you can watch any episode you want or maybe share it https://youtube.com/@misterrogersneighborhood?feature=shared
Okay, thanks Andrew. I see. Anyway, it's a shame that I can't use the F10 shortcut to toggle the loop button on the fly, after selecting a region (section of measures) in the Chord Sheet. Also, even though I can use the alternative of pressing L followed by the number of measures I want to loop and then Enter, it's not ideal because the active measure display often gets out of sync. No, it's a real oversight and a crucial feature for a program like Biab. I demand that this Loop button become a toggle button that can be toggled on and off using the F10 shortcut on the fly, after selecting a region (section of measures) in the Chord Sheet.
Fixed: Drag and drop to or from the Drop Station could fail when using certain multi-monitor display arrangements.
Changed: 'Left Toolbar Library menu | Open as embedded panel' now opens the MultiPicker in a full embedded window instead of MultiView (Shift-click now opens in MultiView)
Fixed: F7 hotkey did not close the MultiPicker if Filter field was active.
Fixed: Save As Video might not work if Audio rendering was set to individual tracks.
Improved: Save As Video - Save dialog defaulted to root hard drive and empty filename - now defaults to appropriate filepath.
Improved: File SaveAsVideoDebug.txt added to Data/avim folder can be used to troubleshoot video creation.
Fixed: Minor localization fixes and dialog adjustments.
Summary of fixes for build 1008 (since 1003)
Fixed: Chord Sheet navigation could feel sluggish on some systems. It is now much more responsive.
Improved: Mixer and Tracks Window related updates are more efficient and should feel more responsive.
Fixed: Possible crash during StylePicker slow rebuild.
Fixed: Crash could occur when printing from the Lead Sheet.
Fixed: Stems Splitter Player - hint formatting, localization fixes.
Fixed: Floating Lead Sheet window would disappear if moved to another monitor.
Fixed: Embedded Notation or embedded Lead Sheet would be hidden when primary monitor is on bottom and secondary is on top in some versions of macOS.
Fixed: There could be a blank floating Notation screen or blank floating Lead Sheet screen after clicking on it for the first time after moving it to a different monitor.
Fixed: When printing Notation or Lead Sheet, there could be several issues such as a tiny chord font, ends of staves not having vertical lines, and other font size/placement problems.
Fixed: If you previously loaded a Band-in-a-Box file from the root of the drive, and then later tried to save a file to a different location, you would get an error message and the file would not be saved.
Added: Save XML dialog now has a "Save bends when saving tablature" check box that lets you save bend info.
Fixed: A few Playable RealTracks did not load (e.g. 057 - Trumpet Jazz Muted SN1033)
Improved: Prevent overlapping demo playback when auditioning demos from different dialogs.
Fixed: Possible 'Unable to create plugin_list_MIDI_x64.txt at bootup.
Fixed: Possible 'Invalid Date Specification' error during StylePicker slow rebuild.
Fixed: 'TMP*.sty' may appear after slow StylePicker rebuild.
Fixed: Possible crash at program shutdown related to audio rendering.
Improved: Audition files (pre-made demos) - improved messages if they cannot be played for some reason.
Fixed: For some audition files, the 'use internet' setting had no effect.
Improved: Behavior when one of the solo or band demos for an instrument is missing (message or downloaded if necessary).
Improved: "RealTracks/Data/Demo Downloads" folder for misc downloaded files (fallback to Band-in-a-Box/Data/DemoDownloads)
Fixed: Downloaded m4a demo might be invalid and fail to play.
Improved: Avoid unnecessary demo downloads if file already exists locally.
Fixed: Empty item in the Patches Demo menu
Added: Flash message for the Patches tab demos that says what file is being auditioned, or if there is any problem.
Fixed: Playable RealTracks and Drums online demos would not play.
Added: Some SynthMaster demos (auditions) were missing
Fixed: 'Convert Note-based Lyrics to Bar-based' is duplicated in the Edit | Lyrics menu.
Changed: Hotkey in track button's right-click menu | Track Settings | Solo, changed from Alt+Shift+Z to option+shift+Z
Added: Some missing strings for localized versions.
Fixed: Cut off label in Patches dialog.
Updated: Feature browser, PDF manuals.
Summary of fixes for build 1003
Fixed: Embedded windows might not receive certain keystrokes depending on cursor position.
Fixed: Crash if choosing Print Options from Lead Sheet window and then exiting that window.
Fixed: Crash could occur if there was a floating window onscreen and you added an embedded window.
Use a pressure washer, it's faster. A musician friend sent that video to me several days ago on Facebook. My reply was I sure hope that was AI generated.
As someone who also writes fiction and uses those black and white marbled notebooks from our school days, this song really resonated with me. Your piano and guitar blended so well with the BIAB bed, and of course your singing is to die for. This is my favorite track so far this year by anyone.
Thanks for the update! Done some testing and it feels like the destructive chopping issue is resolved. Very good! However, continuous looping is still a problem. It works ok for the first run, real tracks and user audio is in sync. With following looping things get out of sync. From what I can see it all works stable with continuous looping if tempos are equalized. If some audio editing has been done and the assigned tempo bars differs, it will get out of sync. The offset I mentioned in an earlier post is not fixed but depends on the timing of the bars.
heres a comparison of top tier usb audio interfaces from Julian Krause who is respected and uses test and measurement gear. anyone in the market for one i suggest you watch the vid. om
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I think this is the first time I've heard you sing. It's a shame you can't do this more often, because I think you have a really unique deep voice. Cool song. Enjoyed my listen
Great song! Just an excellent vocal, good write too. Totally pro job on the mix also. One of the best songs I've ever heard here actually, well done.
Thank you so much for the very kind words! Can't tell you how happy it makes me to find folks actually like it!! Again, BiaB did the hard work I just kinda tagged along.
Those new AI tools can really speed up experimenting, and if you ever end up wanting to build something a bit more custom around your workflow, I’ve used https://redeagle.tech/tools-and-downloads/bespoke-software-cost-estimator to get a rough idea of what software projects might cost. It helped me figure out whether a small internal tool or a fuller app made sense before talking to any developers.
Love the laid back groove on this one, Mario. Pretty good write, some great lines! Vocal not bad at all, fits the song, and love your B3 playing. Nicely done!
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MIDI Styles Set 92: Look Ma! More MIDI 15: Latin Jazz
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