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4 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said:

Prior art applies to patents (protected innovation). It does not matter for copyright (protected expression) or trademark (protected branding)

But yes, I don't think anybody would try to patent their voice (unless they are the Bene Gesserit...)

What I am alluding here more applies to the idea that a person's unique voice at least for now, always exists before the AI model which replicates it, meaning it could be considered part of their likeness and not to be used without permission.

6 hours ago, antler said:

This might be relevant too. A while ago, a footballer questioned who gave EA Sports the right to use their likeness in their FIFA games.

https://www.easportslaw.com/news/easports-image-rights-fifa

In short: a persons's name and likeness is their own property and they have a right to decide how it is used. Rockstar has been the target of a few lawsuits over the years because of that. Granted that doesn't quite work when you are football player playing for a team and your whole team is used. Although if I'm not mistaken, some soccer games sometimes don't have certain players in teams because the player in question didn't give permission to have his likeness used.

43 minutes ago, mettelus said:

LOL, quite true! Tom would be on the short list. But this has already been done several times in the newer Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Terminator, and even Gladiator to either "youthify" actors or outright use dead ones in scene. I am sort of CGI'd-out with movies and seems the general public is swaying that way as well. Flashy effects for lack of acting/script is a terrible trade off IMO. There are so many classic movies I have never seen and is interesting to be pulled into the story/acting rather than outrageous visuals (maybe why they are "classics" 🙂).

Like they did in Logan?

I'll concur that the vast majority, if not all, drawings, sweepstakes, contests and giveaways are either fraudulent or scams.

20 hours ago, pseudopop said:

I don't mean to belittle anyone (though I obviously am) but if all it takes to replace you is a software that sounds like you or a 3d model that looks like you, were you really that unique and skilled in the first place?

In order for you to be replaced by said software, a model of your voice must be trained by such, which is rarely a concern for nobodies of the internet like myself and potentially you and others.

1 hour ago, pseudopop said:

I would be surprised if studios weren't already planning something like this for the near future, without the drugging and killing, of course (probably).

Not really studios, but Spotify is. Making use of AI generated music would solve the primary problem they have currently, which is having to pay musicians to use their music. And they barely do that these days.

4 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said:

Copyrightable? very questionable. I would argue that no, it doesn't meet the requirements of a copyrightable "work" (of course, I wouldn't be shocked if politicians succumb to lobbying pressures and further erode the public domain beyond what the Constitution says)

Trademarkable? Possibly, but the requirements for maintaining a trademark/registered trademark need to be met (e.g., making an investment in creating a brand out of it)

Wouldn't all of those fall into prior art? Because we have yet to meet an algo that can train on models of real life stuff which doesn't exist yet.

11 hours ago, mettelus said:

I think this is the real issue, as this is the intent of some. Essentially stealing someone's brand and profiting off that is a clear-cut no-no.

This is one of the reasons why 15.ai doesn't exist anymore and Uberduck has removed several voices models which came from the former. The owners of these voices (people, actors and voice actors) demanded them to be removed off the platform.

6 minutes ago, Zo said:

So if i understand well , back then , the smaller the gui was the more control they tried to get in , and now that's it's super big : let  's put the lesser controls lol

And not only that. The new controls are also smaller too.

3 hours ago, PavlovsCat said:

While it is certainly a lot of money, I would love to hear it. Also, it's cool to see a bunch of fellow drummers here! 

Apparently all of them are pre-order, so no one has received theirs yet. Memphis Drum Shop usually has sound demos of most of the cymbals they sell, but not even them have anything past the promotional video.

Then what would you use Aux Tracks for?

We might see the brand new Active Incompetence Avid Pro Tools Komplete Brainworx Collectors Ultimate Edition DAW.

19 hours ago, Monomox said:

This is my non-developer take on developing (innovative) software:

• you think of a million things you can improve from the status quo, and
• create an innovating product that impresses people and makes them think "how innovative, if this is v1, imagine v6!!"
• however, every new version becomes more complex and, adding to the complexity, it has to be compatible with previous versions
  • in the case of Reaper this is probably worse since there's an ecosystem of 3rd-party extensions
• by the time v5 comes along people are "blah, what else is new.... uh! look! that other developer created a truly innovative daw, if this is v1, imagine v6!!"
• however, every new version.... blah blah blah

While this could probably be true in some places, music software users prioritize stability over features. Doesn't matter if your eye candy filled interface can slice you lunch, emulate a lava lamp and make you capuccino if it crashes all the time.  People are just gonna use something else.

I did download it and first impressions were meh to say the least. For starters, their installer doesn't let you select which plugin formats you want to install nor where they'll go. Which means I'll have to accept I'll have a VST2 where it shouldn't be and an AAX I'll never use taking disk space.

As per the plugin itself, I don't know if it installed correctly or not because I only have horns, woodwinds and violins as instruments I can use. Where are the other orchestral instruments?

On 8/2/2023 at 3:22 PM, InstrEd said:

It might not be the best sounding VSTi Piano but still very nice to play IMHO.

Modartt's goal seems to be more to make a piano plugins which responds like a real piano with most of the controls you'd have in the real thing than a nice mix ready piano sound you can wedge into a mix.

I'm not sure I remember, but Ritchie sure does:

2 hours ago, David Baay said:

Clips can only be looped at whole 'beat' boundaries and CbB considers a beat to be a quarter note regardless of the time signature.

This is perhaps the first time I've seen a DAW where you have quantization you can't turn off. That's a shame.

This is certainly one of the posts of the entire internet.

9 minutes ago, bitflipper said:

I believe that amp is his personal stage monitor and probably feeding FoH from a line out off the amp. I say that because there is no obvious microphone visible, and there is no cable plugged into the front panel where you'd normally plug in your guitar. In fact, the input jack seems to be covered with tape.

Plus every time he does a tone change it's from his pedalboard. When he switches guitars the tech, sitting next to said pedalboard, has already plugged it in. The Leslie is clearly an amp sim on the floor, possibly the same electronics used for all of his other tones.

But what do I know? I'm just a keyboard player.

 

You can see a cable plugged into the top head. Wild guess here is he's using the Dual Rectifier as a power amp for the Badger.

5 hours ago, kennywtelejazz said:

That was nice thanks .🙂

Sure if you got all the bucks it takes for all that expensive gear. When you factor in everything including all the time it takes to route it all up  for the show I get it You get an uncluttered , simple easy to maintain stage .

I knew he sounded too good to not be using an amp ...The proof is right next to his left leg .

Kenny

Hm... That most likely Dual Rectifier head under the possibly Suhr Badger is a bit hard to spot.

22 minutes ago, bitflipper said:

I was going to ask if anyone could identify that guitar. All I could make out in the video was "Yamaha" on the headstock. Pretty much everything on that stage was a Yamaha product. I couldn't identify the line array elements, but they're probably Yamaha, too. Wanna bet he's got a sweet endorsement deal? He was obviously a Strat guy in his early days. Except for his surfboard period.

Anybody else notice that his guitar tech was sitting beside him the whole time? At first, I was trying to figure out what instrument he was playing, then got a side shot of him tuning the other guitar and then handing it off. Usually, techs hide backstage and just run out when needed to swap instruments. I'm guessing that guy does way more than just tune guitars. He's probably a hotshot player himself, maybe even a luthier on the side. And still had to submit a resume along with 100 other people to get the gig.

I will confirm to you that the guitar you're looking at is a Yamaha SG-3000, more specifically a SG-T, which was a limited run of 200 made as a signature model for Takanaka.

https://www.j-guitar.com/products/detail.php?id=1000803

I'm gonna take a guess based on the back of his amp head he's using a Suhr Badger:

https://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/suhr-badger-30-2006-2016-1766440.jpg

Since we had at least two cover versions of Heroes...

3 minutes ago, Sheens said:

next version maybe he can add robot tuners....thing is pretty out of tune

The video I posted is not one of the recent Sky Guitars, but one of the older ones. They had robot tuners since his signature Dean.

9 minutes ago, Pragi said:

 

That´s a better idea.

Imho the sound  of the "sky guitar"above the 25th  the fret is .......( I dont want to be banned ) .😬

 

Thankfully, Uli himself doesn't use much of that high register himself. Even in songs where he needs those violin high notes, he often uses a Whammy pedal instead of going there. You have to use tons of distortion in that upper register because the strings are so short and under tension they don't vibrate much at all.

I think Sky Overture is one of the few examples where he goes up there for those high notes in the violin register.

6 minutes ago, Esteban Villanova said:

hahaha I love those Revstars

That's not a Revstar. That's one of the guitars Gibson wished they made, which is the SG-3000. Imagine a Gibson Les Paul Custom but 100 times better built and with a neck through body.

I'm more particular to the crazy guitar he had in the past which is a surfboard: