If AI replaces musicians, does the entire plugin industry die with them?

[ghettosynth]

One of these dayz, when I am up to it, I will post some Van Halen type of stuff for ya, BONES...

You will luv it!!!

Post it to the cafe, it's so rare that "KVR cafe" and "I love it" appear in the same sentence.

[TechHaus]

Semi-related: came across this news segment from Singapore.


Local music studios see budget cuts from clients amid faster, cheaper AI alternatives

Local music firms in Singapore have seen budgets for client projects cut by up to 60% over the past three years. This is due to music and voice-generating AI, which is faster and cheaper than human labour. However, they say AI cannot replace client servicing, artist and strategic development, as well as branding and community development. Studios are calling for better guidelines to protect human creators in the industry.

[zerocrossing]

I can’t say for certain if it’s applicable to the plugin industry, but the company my wife works for replaced most of its low level customer service with AI agents by decree of the CEO, and now they’re having major problems with the software spewing garbage to angry customers.

Another Sunos user was recently complaining that he was canceling his subscription, because no matter what the prompt he came up with, he was basically getting sight variations of the same song, over and over.

I tried OpenArt AI, and it was a disaster. Plenty of “influencer” videos showing great results, yet it spit out a bunch of jerky garbage for me.

I’m starting to get the feeling that my initial impression that this is largely a shell game was correct.

[ghettosynth]

Semi-related: came across this news segment from Singapore.


Local music studios see budget cuts from clients amid faster, cheaper AI alternatives

Local music firms in Singapore have seen budgets for client projects cut by up to 60% over the past three years. This is due to music and voice-generating AI, which is faster and cheaper than human labour. However, they say AI cannot replace client servicing, artist and strategic development, as well as branding and community development. Studios are calling for better guidelines to protect human creators in the industry.

"We had to cut freelance hiring by over a third", (emphasis mine) So, your business, which outsources labor rather than employ people, is not able to maintain your same profits now that the people they used to hire temporarily as a cost cutting measure over hiring them as employees is being threatened by cost cutting measures brought on by technology? Is that right? Moreover, often those hires themselves may not use studio rental because democratization of recording technology means that they could squeeze studios out of the profits that they used to earn? What is that in that video? Is that "plugin technology" that squeezed hardware manufacturers out of business by creating "simulacrums" of the hardware through advances in technology, which, further allows individuals to not pay studios their "profits"?

Just making sure that I understand the dynamics here.

I believe the saying goes something like "I didn't think that the leopards would eat MY face."

[Grizzellda]

One of these dayz, when I am up to it, I will post some Van Halen type of stuff for ya, BONES...

You will luv it!!!

Post it to the cafe, it's so rare that "KVR cafe" and "I love it" appear in the same sentence.

I will look at all the options at the right time. Not quite ready yet!

I do wanna post some stuff on KVR. Actually show myself. Would jancivil do that? Gotta wunder!