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Re: Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

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Post by 0gs »

999900000999 wrote: post #13

I’m not really a fan here. I want to be able to rap like Twista. If I use AI to change my voice and speed it up, it’s kinda fake. Where’s the originality in that. I’ll never be *that good*, but I have fun doing it. Now I guess using AI strictly for mastering is OK , but even then the results haven’t been good for me.

it's pretty easy to make words that fast once you have the words written, fwiw. mostly breath control and there are things you think you could never do and you'll be doing it after a few times practicing. now writing the lyrics is a bit harder. twista is great

Re: Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

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Post by jacobgraf »

causality0 wrote: post #5

Have you considered processing the original recordings using AI? I've witnessed some truly amazing results. I've had twenty year old Skype call recordings sound like we were sitting in a recording studio.

Yes, that's exactly what we did here. We fed the originals to AI, but we did give it wiggle room to make a cover version and not follow the original exactly. I think I will play around with running a few tracks through and telling it to follow as close as possible to the original and see how it sounds!

Re: Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

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Post by CSaponara »

jrickert wrote: post #16

I think this is a super intriguing project! I’ve been experimenting with some similar work on my old unfinished songs from eons past. It’s been really fulfilling to take that old work and see the original vision spring to life through modern tools.

I think that is one of our biggest takeaways with this. The goal was never to make AI music just to get tons of streams. We were curious! And now we get to share these reimagined versions with friends and family and rekindle some great memories from back in the day.

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Post by quietfox »

As a first reaction, I loved the idea, since I have had a handful of bands in my life and really loved how you revived (or aimed to revive) the old days with modern tools. I really liked the web design and nostalgia of the old photos combined with the possibilities of new technology. Then I hit play. AI sucked the soul out of your music. I am happy for you if you liked the results. But for me, each of the comparisons proved me right to loathe AI music.

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Post by jacobgraf »

quietfox wrote: post #34

As a first reaction, I loved the idea, since I have had a handful of bands in my life and really loved how you revived (or aimed to revive) the old days with modern tools. I really liked the web design and nostalgia of the old photos combined with the possibilities of new technology. Then I hit play. AI sucked the soul out of your music. I am happy for you if you liked the results. But for me, each of the comparisons…

We appreciate you listening anyway! I enjoy the music, but it's definitely not for everybody!

Re: Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

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Post by jacobgraf »

CSaponara wrote: post #33
jrickert wrote: post #16

I think this is a super intriguing project! I’ve been experimenting with some similar work on my old unfinished songs from eons past. It’s been really fulfilling to take that old work and see the original vision spring to life through modern tools.

I think that is one of our biggest takeaways with this. The goal was never to make AI music just to get tons of streams. We were curious! And now we get to share these reimagined versions with friends and family and rekindle some great memories from back in the day.

Exactly. Even if just for Chuck and I, this was something both of us needed. It brought a lot of positivity to each of our lives for a lot of different reasons.

Re: Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

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Post by peab »

This is great! I disagree with some of the commenters here that the originals sound better.

The originals sound very much like demos, and from a producer's perspective are very low quality (no offense). They're definitely more raw, but objectively not as good - i.e harmonies aren't tight, the levels are not well balanced, etc.

It's funny that people hate that AI can improve this, because even without AI, modern music uses a ton of digital tools to mix and master - and true musicians don't care whether it's digital or not.

These commenters would be the same people who boo-ed bob dylan when he went electric.

Look at John Mayer - he uses AI to model amps, instead of lugging around giant heavy tube amps.

Question for you - what was the workflow exactly? I've been wanting to test out some AI tools to do similar things with my music.

Re: Show HN: Reviving my 2001 college band with AI

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Post by AnthonyR »

erikschoster wrote: post #21

The original recordings sound much better and more interesting to me. Way better. The AI generated versions sound slicker in some sense but... like the re-recorded versions of old hit songs from the 60s you hear at the grocery store sometimes. Technically the song is still there, but it blends in with the rest of the muzak. I'm sorry to be so negative, it's great you're returning to the material after all these years…

I'm glad to hear people share this sentiment. I think the human quality will be part of what people will start to enjoy more about music now that AI has improved so much in terms of it's ability to produce highly polished songs.
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