Terry Kelley

With all due respect, the items you get if you subscribe aren’t all that big of a deal. A few are nice additions but don’t stand out as must-haves. Are those supposed make a person want to upgrade? It doesn’t make sense to me. What am I missing?

Think we will start seeing ads?

AI has the ability to be a fancier Band in a Box. As said, generating ideas is it's strength, but I am not going to use it as the final and complete track. I just don't see myself feeling like I truly accomplished anything. I've gotten better over the years but as a one man-band (occasionally two) I'm restricted in just about every aspect of music making. I am also not a good singer. I can keep in tune but there is nothing especially interesting about my voice. I come off monotone no matter the dynamics of the singing. That's where I would certainly get someone that is interesting to sing it. But just generate it all via AI? It's not what I want. I prefer to keep working to get better. The journey is part of the appeal. I can also see the fancy results from AI actually being depression since I could never accomplish that. Now a band playing and improving one of my songs? That would be very pleasing. Still Bapu's creation is catchy!

My guess it times out, calls home and re-ups unless you finally pay and then it just calls home periodically to make sure it's still being paid.

I have no issue with AI music as long as people don’t claim they created it. I’m not talking about AI tools for fixing stuff like noise or distortion. Those will be useful. Even AI background vocals could be ok. But having an idea and actually turning that idea into something by playing instruments will always matter to me versus asking software to do it all for you. Unfair? Many things in life are unfair. Like poisoning the AI databases.

Oh name names. I can spell. If people start dropping back from the subscription to free, that’s not good. There must be a plan.

Too be fair there were/are singers that can't sing live what they sang in the studio originally. Ignore the "night after night" aspect. Night after night does take a toll even with training and care. The vocal gymnastics in the studio are great but when live deviates too much, well, no ... I would rather they thought about if they could sing it live regardless of singing it night after night. I love Led Zepplin but I never saw them live where Robert Plant was even remotely close to the record even in his twenties (or remember the correct lyrics.)

Yeah.

Starship, I wasn't directing an insult at you. If you believe that I offer my apologize. I was only critiquing the new offering and pondering the reasons.

I don’t think things went as planned. And something else is about to change. The newer Sonar is nice but it’s not must have software. It’s not a “I don’t care what it costs, I just have to have it!” I would gladly pay a subscription for something I can’t live without, but Sonar isn’t it. If a reasonable perpetual license became available, I would consider it. But as it stands, Sonar has its little pluses but I can do everything I want elsewhere. So I watch the show.

That's the reason its now free with a couple of restrictions? Right.

Why

Listen to some Gentle Giant to counter balance it. I have to learn how to work the internet.

Crank him up!

Gino Vannelli still sounds good but he says he used a vocal coach for many years to save his voice. It too will go at some point. He teaches sing now to boot.