miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
If someones small studio business is threatened by a $200 computer program, they really shouldn't be calling their studio a business. And if they can't outthink a $200 algorithm, they shouldn't be charging people money for the service. We're not talking about Kasparov vs Deep Blue here. Just let the people live in denial. You are choosing to let that bother you. As far as competition, this is a non-factor for any professional studio, small, medium, or large. It in no way enables a user to render a product competitive against that of a pro engineer.
First off...I'm not bothered by the potential loss of any studio biz....because I am not running a studio biz.
It was just a thought about what these auto-tools will do for the small studio biz.
Also...it's not about "a $200 computer program" itself...it's about thousands of home rec users opting for the program to do what they might have farmed out to a small studio. There are many online small studio service providers that have put up their DBA shingle in the last few years. We have a bunch of them here on HR.
My speculation was/is that if someone simply *thinks* that this program is going to do for them what the small studios guys are doing....they will opt for it.
It's go nothing to do with the small studio guys not being able to out-think $200 algorithm...it's more about the newbs not understanding the value of a using a real studio with people that know what they are doing...but that bit of denial is a tough nut to crack.
I don't care if auto-mixing takes potential business away from the small local home studio. I do care that auto-mixing is dumbing down music production even further than it already is, and it's pretty fucking dumbed down already. I'm not anti technology. I'm anti laziness and ignorance.
Yeah...me too.
The biz angle was just something that came to mind...but for me, it's most definitely about the dumbing down aspect.
I've gotten to the point where I will not bother to help anyone on HR when I see that their main goal is to find a quick, lazy solution to something, and/or when they reject the notion of putting in some time/effort to learn.
They just want you to tell them what button to press...and they don't want to know why.