jalbert said:
I think eventually they will have something that can play like a human but it won't look like that thing. It will probably have something that resembles a pair of human hands(since that's what the guitar was designed for) attatched to something like human arms. And once you've gone that far you may as well have a torso and a head with a voice so it can sing. And then why not give it legs and the ability to do other things? Like drive or shop or walk the dog.
Actually the evolution will probably work the other way and guitar playing will be one of the last things that they master but don't think that it's not coming. We laugh at this thing but we'll probably live to see robots that fulfill all the promises that movies and Science-Fiction writers have made to us.
But I'm not too worried or upset about it. If someone can actually create something that can play better(not necessarily faster or cleaner) than most humans, I'll listen to it. And I won't feel like a traitor to the human race and I won't lay down my old guitar. But it's all about the feeling that the music conveys, right? Doesn't matter if you get there with sweat and tears or with solenoids and microchips.
So true man,
It will happen and I am not worried as well, but the truth is that the younger generation who will grow up with these machines will no longer know how the "real" thing sounded compared to the machine. Not really a problem eh? Since the machines will probably come very close, but still, the real feeling cannot be copied.
Now think about ampmodeling, right, if you have never played through a valve amp you may really dig the sound you may get from your ampmodeller. On the other hand if you have played through some of those well-known amps [think Marshall Superlead, JMP 45, Fender Twins, BAssmans etc.] you may feel different.
The thing with ampmodelling is: To get close to the sound of the modelled amp you would need to play through the same kind of speaker which was used in that particular amp. NOw buy some of those speaker cab. and you add up the price, so really you are defeating the object there. So ampmodeling is a quick fix, yes it is fine, but if you really like a certain sound, you might as well get that particular amp.
Okay perhaps a bit off-topic, but the same thing applies to this particular machine, it will be a quick fix for people who need instant guitarsounds to put on a record, so they can produce the music quickly, sell it, get over with it, and go the the next quick fix. ...........result is people will hear albums with have been made by robots, and in the long run we will get used to it.
Now a lot of this is already happening, what do you thing Protools does??? LIstnen and tell, and go back to the stuff which was made in the "old-fashioned" way...........................can you tell the difference? Off course you can, but you [that is us here, musicians, recordists and the like] are not like Joe Public, and records are not made for us, but for the masses, we can only serve the masses with our skills.
Eddie