The technology is interesting, to be sure. But what does it say about the state of artistry these days ? I recently read an interview with David Crosby, decrying the rise of autotune plugins and the like. He spent his energies on learning to sing on pitch. These days performers don't need to sing at all, they just mouth tracks that were autotuned in the studio. And another interview has James Brown saying: don't use a drum machine, learn to play the drums. The best music comes from the mastery of an instrument or vocal skill, not from editing. I have watched as I try various tools to bang my playing into shape, and am finally deciding that this is the wrong way to go. Spitiual death is around the corner. Live music is best. Music is meant to be PLAYED after all, not worked. Or worked over. A minority opinion from a nobody. Given the state of the "industry" though, it's going to be like Photoshop for audio, where there is no physical point of reference anymore, and anything can be morphed into anything.
