What is your favorite A.I. and/or Machine Learning Audio Software?
Why is it your favorite?
Why is it better than its non-intelligent counterparts?

 

I only got to test the Brit 73 from TBTECH (the R2R release time-bombed, I presume) and noticed something similar to what I get from NAM... It's hard to explain, but it seems to make the sound pop out, like a 2-D drawing coming alive. I have no particular bias for any of these companies and would be glad to learn that it's all some placebo effect, but this is what I can tell right now.

 

Neutron, masking managment is pretty comfy with it



obviously this didn’t require much AI, but at least it's convenient due to the multi-track simultaneous (inverse link) adjustment, and since AbletonL doesn’t have a dedicated mixer, this is what I went with as an all-in-one mix suite

"We did find that mixing with AI assistance felt like working through a checklist whereas, in comparison, regular mixing feels like crafting a bespoke piece of art using all of the accumulated knowledge and wisdom that you can bring to bear. This isn't a reason to avoid Neutron 5. Its individual processors are all excellent, and well worth the suite's cost, and whilst the AI helpers will be particularly welcomed by those who find mixing a frustrating process, it is entirely up to you whether to actually use them or not."
https://www.musicradar.com/music-te...-ai-powered-neutron-5-to-the-test-to-find-out

In other words, it won’t do the entire mix for you—thankfully—but it can speed up the boring parts, and that’s what matters

 

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shit, i own neutron and didnt even realize it had that inverse link. handy!

 

I learned it from Protoculture's series about the 3rd one.. https://www.sonicacademy.com/courses/how-to-mix-using-izotope-neutron-3-with-protoculture+ v4 https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/whats-new-in-neutron-4.html + v5 https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/whats-new-in-neutron-5.html and all their collected tips, tricks, arcticles https://www.izotope.com/en/learn/products/neutron.html

hub

eq

etc. I wouldn't have necessarily chosen this, but there's not much else as a hub-like mixer in Ableton Live, especially with AI, SSL 360 could also do something like this, but it's missing a lot of the modules that this one has, so I’d have to use both, which would only slow things down (And since it's hub-like, the global auto-gain compensation applies to the entire mixing setup, which is definitely not a drawback either.)

 

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I think this new AI mixing stuff is great for musicians, how many of us have spent decades learning how to mix like real producers? For them it won't be much use but for the rest of us it will save a lot of time and stress.

 

ai bad

 

iZotope RX: Known for its powerful audio repair tools, iZotope RX uses AI to remove noise and optimize sound quality.

Adorno, an influential German philosopher and sociologist in the mid-20th century, viewed pop music as the cultural product of a homogeneous society. For him, pop music had the (negative) potential to reduce the audience's critical ability as well as the creativity of artists.

 

I still absolutely adore Synplant 2. That thing is a treasure goldmine.

Sure I've mentioned it but my current favourite trick with it is to create a patch that's something of the sound I give it (the variations of the process help with coming up something close but distinct) and use it to double a part. Works great with synth leads, but also basses and guitars where you can get this odd shadow to the actual sound.

 

Accentize dxRevive Pro definitely my top ML plugin

 

Black Salt Audio Silencer

 

The OG for me has always been Gullfoss. Just helps things in a unique way.

 

Spectralayers ARA, never in my life thought such editing and extraction would be possible..