The Truth About AI Music Tools

[@BigZMusic]

Yooo what do you guys think about the future of AI in music? Let me know what you think about the graphs at the end of the vid

[@sushantsethi1]

whats the song called + is there a tutorial of yours i can watch on how to make the track

[@maxterwel]

It will replace stuff like commercial soundtrack makers soon just like digital artists

[@BigZMusic]

@@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69 I still haven’t tried it out - I produce almost entirely with 3rd party plugins so I just can’t see myself using it until there’s support for those plugins

[@BigZMusic]

@@sushantsethi1 the track is still unreleased, I’ll make a video about it when it’s released eventually 👍🏼

[@rcacavi6593]

agree, mate. You're so smart, bro! I love your intelligence and your way to understand and explan things. Thanks for sharing!

[@b33ins]

you honestly make my favourite content on youtube, so hyped for every upload

[@vsachy6005]

I highly recommend the Splice song generator tool. It does an AWESOME work but the generes available are limited bc is in beta version but u can make bangers w/that

[@clancybenedict6647]

Oh my God, I've been away from the channel for maybe 1 solid year now and it's good to be back. Your videos have only gotten better holy shit. The music is so damn good I had to go back a few times 😂 man I love your videos. We'd be in trouble w/out you dude

[@ranradd]

Great video and analysis of current AI plugins. Especially how it will effect music producers going forward. Just like a DAW, anyone can get one, from free to pricy, but that doesn't mean they will produce, or know how to produce great sounding music. Thanks!

[@sebando]

Spot on. I'm Using Ozone 10 a lot now and have noticed huge improvements to my final mix downs. Such a great tool. Whoever doesnt learn how to use these tools properly will be left behind. They're too powerful to ignore.

[@memphissmithhickoryhill]

Me too

[@ts4gv]

it's over

[@evieruth01]

Same n4 and ozone 4 are mind blowing 😊

[@immersionHEHE]

Do you use it on the entire mixbus or just individual instruments? I tried using the AI function on my mixbus but the results weren't that good. Maybe I did something wrong and gonna be one of those that gonna be left behind 😅 Currently just using it as a normal plugin and its insanely good

[@shanzyan]

with all the pessimism with AI as it relates to the music industry (I'm guilty of this), it's super refreshing to hear your take that not only does it make it easier for the general public to make music, but it also enhances existing musicians' workflows as well.. so it's not really as much of a threat as it appears to be

[@JosephDownUnder]

Yeah, your uploads are my favourite on KZbin. Well done !

[@pleiadi666]

There are 3 phases: 1. AI is trash, not useful at all 2. AI is a useful tool, but you still need humans. 3. AI is better than humans. We are now in the second phase, our skills still matter but that is going to change very soon.

[@pietart3596]

The worst is that there are musicians who rely on AI for the entire song composition, who's to say musicians won't use AI to gain commerical success? Authenticity is stripping down day by days. there's nothing better than the feeling of picking up and instrument and playing something solely by yourself without any technology, a raw performance will never change.

[@mirkomarkovic3438]

Can't replace human feel

[@Kalyosa]

@@pietart3596i think the best bet are live gigs for future musicians, thats something that ai cant replace

[@sheevum]

Well speaking for myself, AI empowers you Significantly..🎉

[@justjosh5725]

@@KalyosaI think you should google a hatsune miku live performance

[@xanataph]

Every time there is a new technological development that lowers the barrier of entry, it tends to create more noise to cut through and also reduces the revenue available both by dilution and cheapening the perceived value of the product.

[@chucknkd]

funny thing about the sonible eq is that their version they did with focusrite (FAST series) I find gives waaayyyy more useful results and its technically a 'lesser' plug. way more user friendly as well

[@dantestaccato]

Big Z!! need a new list for 2024 with all of the new tools that are out. My AI go-to's: Drums: Emergent Drums 2 Midi Sequencing: Orb Suite 3 Vocals: Vocs AI

[@dennisg967]

Love the tune you were using! The synth music line is absolutely awesome.

[@Rx.danstoncul]

Finally a real review honest and not a "commercial" one !

[@PrincipalAudio]

Oh, I need Backbone! Probably going to be my next purchase, so long as the car doesn't get jealous and throw some rusty parts off!

[@MirelCipu]

Yoo, BigZ, i'm super excited every time i see you upload a new video! Even though i produce music at a pretty high level, i'm learning something new from you with every video i watch. And your sound packs are incredible! Thank you for that! Btw, i really love your tracks in this melodic style! Are you releasing them? I really want to buy them! Peace! ✌️

[@snufkindan]

Good analysis and tips, thanks. Your tune in the background sounds great, are you going to release this one?

[@juliana.2120]

AI is such a buzz word especially in music production. most of them are just algorithms or machine learning trained algorithms but none of these have actual "AI". whats annoying me personally the most is that people cant tell the difference to true AI because of that and are potentially missing out on real AI tools which are becoming better every day. a few to look out for are HarmonAI (open source research project), musicLM (by Google) and MusicGen (by MetaAI). look into these to be working with actual AI, its quite exciting and youll be able to tell your friends that you working with some super early AI models and not just some fancy midi generators. sorry if this sounds negative but i am actually quite excited about all sorts of creative AI tools and just think its bad by the companies to state whats actually wrong! and great video like always :) oh and theres also "coucou" which comes close to a midi/melody generator but based on an ACTUAL ai model, cheers!

[@yellowgka]

Thank you for pointing out that in reality, in a music world that is going round in circles, and is exhausted by mass-producing and reproducing the same refrains, many (well-equipped) "youtubers" are praising production tools that are struggling to keep up, and that this whole industry is selling illusions, demonstrating that their livelihood depends on advertising.

[@jeremyserbee3720]

I love you big Z your content is far and away the best logic music production stuff out there. Learn so much from you

[@tonic1667]

Your outro track sounds so good on my monitors

[@snksarMusic]

this is life changing broo.... pls make pt 2

[@arellano4337]

12/10 Video - great analysis, nice plugins. Good work since a lot of people have misconceptions about AI.

[@celiaescalante]

Any suggestions for me? I just have the vocals and lyrics. I need accompaniment to match my melody. The least work, preferably. Thanks!

[@MarsLaaars]

Yo! I've been trying to sound design something like that impact lead around 0:16 - 0:17 , but I havn't come close at all. Does someone know if Big Z has that preset in some of his packs?

[@romanrojas8588]

Yeah, we are going into a brand new era in audoi production, col video.

[@michael3864]

I use AI as a partner. ChatGPT and Bard. Its like having JS Bach to John Lennon as a partner. For instance, I might come up with chords for the verse and chorus then ask ChatGPT, for suggestions for Bridge chords. I like what it comes up with 80% of the time. ChatGPT and Bard are amazing tools. It not only helps suggest ideas but helps you learn more about music as it tells you why it is suggesting what it does. I reposted this so others can see how to use AI as a partner.

[@ts4gv]

yikes

[@northsidermusic]

Sick video. I 100% agree with the graph. Stubborn producers are going to stay behind if they don't adapt to using tools like these.

[@emilyisoffline]

nice take at the end, always thought about it like that but everyone keeps jumping to conclusions

[@sheekteen]

Selamat pagi, jangan lupa untuk menghargai dirimu sendiri.

[@Vickey3Dmotion]

Very cool comparison and conclusion :) Is this a released song at 7:45, if so what’s the name? Really liking it :D

[@zafinmusic]

long time no seen, Hope everything is good with you. Don't forget about your self ❤

[@belleb1544]

Thank you for exploring this brave new world! Any suggestions for an academic who wants to turn short sentences or lists into a song that students can use to memorize information? Songr generated a great little tune when I plugged in these sentences I wrote: "After the Tower of Babel, man lived in tents foraging and wandering after game. Known as Nomads, they settled in the Fertile Crescent near the Tigris and Euphrates." But, I have over a hundred memory sentences for which I need music or chants, and at 5 downloads a day (and sometimes re-entering a sentence because the song wasn't catchy and easy enough), it's going to take a long time to finish. Are there any ai music generators out there that are as simple as Songr to use but allow me the ability to do more than just 5 a day? I don't mind paying for a subscription. In the future, I may want to make the songs downloadable for a fee (like $30 for 120 Memorization Song) so I would need to "own the rights."

[@peter.palashev]

Are you going to release the song at the end? Its a vibe!

[@dot.initial]

thx man appreciate the acceptance of AI and summing it up for us will test them all

[@Novalight]

3:03 btw GAN in DrumGAN is reffering to generative adversarial network. Which basically means it's training itself. It's not only producing an output but also checking if it's useful (based on data).

[@BigZMusic]

Yeah I did research generative adversarial networks for this vid but I’m definitely not the person to explain how that works haha

[@Edbrad]

10:45 OMG yes! This is EXACTLY what I’ve tried to explain to people about art and artistic stuff. Also anyone will be able to make artistic looking/sounding stuff, but most art is multidimensional and needs a meaningful context. AI will need to get a LOT better to make highly multidimensional “meaningful” content. But as you said, even when it can get better at that the ability of everyone who actually produces this stuff goes up. So when AI can make a game as good as they are today all by itself based on a short text prompt, imagine what kind of games game producers will be able to make that actually put thought and craft into it! The bottom line for artists though is FIND MEANING, because craft can be replaced. Humans want meaning and AI will make us appreciate hand crafted meaningful content more.

[@treybuchet]

this sounds like it makes sense but it absolutely doesnt.....

[@ajez597]

Was trying around with magenta, the time it took to fix up a drum rack, pick and choose between quite bad results. I couldve just programmed/cut paste the drums myself.

[@hleet]

the song in the background is really nice

[@Whywhatwherehowwhen]

Equalizer by Wavesfactory and gulfoss by sound theory are both really good.

[@TheNagualZone]

2024 - his quote changes to 'you have to use tools that fit producers into existing AI workflow'

[@coinxDaProducer]

You always bring rich and informative content. Thanks a lot I learnt something new today

[@MFGH0ST]

Great vid. Ending thoughts super on point

[@rudyruderabbit]

Make video of these a.i. vocals plugins? :) Its a lot of good ones

[@kordianronnberg9090]

Very reasonable point of view and examples. I'm also curious about AI vocal tools. A lot of people believe that AI generated voices will replace real vocalists, but from what I found most apps still need you to sing nice and allow only for voice timbre replacement, or works like melodyne and need brilliant producer behind to sound realistic at all. What do you think? All the best!

[@webstercat]

AI will bring dead singers “voices” back to life.

[@ryde2012]

I believe things are going to get so perfect with ai eventually, and people will be looking for imperfections

[@ryde2012]

@Felis Pardus totally agree

[@ryanbent9368]

Exactly, you don't win grammy's by creating perfect mixes. Yes there's technical tasks that it will assist with, but you still need to convey emotion in a mix.

[@PatrickStefan]

that's always been the case - see Fourtet as current example

[@DJAUDIO1]

Neutron has always been amazing. This update is incredible.

[@D3NXIE]

I do have a very challenging request but I know you're that capable. DROELOE x Sem - Facing The Sea. If you can remake this one, I don't think I will need anything else in life afterwards. It's an underrated masterpiece that every person should listen to.

[@guprovasi]

5:25 Amazing 🤯👏🏻

[@ryanrodriguez1234]

Dope content man, appreciate you doing the research!

[@NRG2]

Damn, the end is basically here. Artists replaced by prompters

[@MarkMichalowski]

20 slight variants of one kick?!!! NOOOO!!! Option paralysis!!! LOL

[@Thadnill]

As a classically trained musician and composer, I am a little worried of how AI might make my expertise and talent not as sought out after or necessary in the industry. I do feel that I have a gift for creating music and would love to share that gift to the world, but if AI makes it possible for every person to create equally advanced music with minimal effort and knowledge, I don't know - it just feels that people won't value talent as much anymore, and also that it will be harder to distinguish if someone really made something himself or just used some generation. I think it's a sad shift in the creative industry since it's all about self expression and creation, but now with technology it seems like it will be more about "doing something with as minimal effort as possible just so I can brag and show it to the world and say that it's all me who did it". People who have put decades in learning the art and craft, won't be as valued anymore, and this also applied so other creative fields such as artists, graphical designers, etc. Now that midjourney is here. People used to say that the last professions to be replaced by AI would be creative fields, but it rather seems to be these fields that AI are starting to fiddle with and as a creative myself who spent decades in perfecting my craft, I am worried in how the next 10-20 years will look like. People will most likely be able to tell the AI to create a symphony in the style of mozart blended with bethooven and get the output in 10 minutes and then tell that it's their own stuff, and then use some other AI to mix and master it in the style of some mixer probably. This is not what art is about in my opinion. Right now, we are safe, but seeing where things are going, I'm concerned. At least, I'm a metal guitarist in a band also, and this seems to be a field hard to replace, until we get guitar playing robots lmao. I just needed to vent a little, cheers people and keep creating!

[@aegeangaming8280]

Don't worry because music artists will still be sought out because there are a lot of people who prefer humans over ai

[@treybuchet]

@@aegeangaming8280 dont worry about guns, there are still (few) people in the world who collect swords

[@treybuchet]

Absolutely agree, plus the fact that its gonna kill most talent because there are tools to do anything thats remotely hard in a much easier lazier way. Which makes sure you will never learn any creative problem solving. This will have an impact on mankind well beyond Art.

[@aegeangaming8280]

@@treybuchet ai is more of a novelty while guns are an upgrade from swords ai is also more regulated than it is in movies like the terminator or in games like portal and portal 2

[@aegeangaming8280]

@@treybuchet ai is more of a novelty while guns are an upgrade from swords

[@AvalonFPS]

can you do Retrovision martin garriz hero remakje

[@evieruth01]

N4 and ozone has levelled me up ,🎉

[@iningumusic]

The song you are usinv at the end? What's its name?

[@Novalight]

1:17 thats not the definition of AI. Your definition is describing machine learning, which more advanced AI uses (nowadays pretty much every AI though). Not every AI uses machine learning but everything that uses machine learning is an AI. AI basically means a software is mimicking human intelligence. So stacking loops on top of each other based on some inputs could possibly be defined as AI, even though it's underwhelming.

[@BigZMusic]

Thanks for sharing a different definition 👍🏼

[@michael3864]

Does Nuetron 4 "listen" to the other tracks\mix to best ensure the changes it makes on the chosen track fit optimally in overall mix?

[@PavanMS87]

When you bite off more than what you can chew. So satisfying to watch ❤

[@pepthelad]

Yes anyone can make a good song in the future. But the thing artists need to focus on is becoming a remarkable unique act. That’s the thing AI can’t replace. Become a remarkable act within an ecosystem and leverage AI to help you get there as quick as possible 🚀

[@gillybabi5642]

Is there any decent AI vocal? Or, any license free vocal we can use to chop up? Thanks in advance.

[@artiemixx9319]

Is there an AI that allows a composer to download his compositions and generates new compositions in the style of the composer?

[@gravity00x]

Super good and informative video! Thank you!

[@danielbryant3323]

Great video! I’m also not worried about AI taking my job. Lol. These plugins provide a good starting point but you’ll still need to give it “taste”. I love the Sonible Smart EQ plugin, but none of these AI enhanced tools are absolute.

[@humble-l2x]

Big Z sir, can you do a full unedited version of remaking popular songs??

[@APaclin]

Yes.

[@dand6450]

The future is technology! Bottom line BUT I don't think the AI system will manipulate the creativeness of how a person wants to mix a song adding effects in specific areas THATS ALOT TO PUT IN A PLUGIN or information to organize but I think it will eventually get there. Where anybody can make music on spot. One day. But not now. We are getting a taste from AI. Artificial intelligence focuses on unrealistic things and the impossibility of things which is mixing and mastering music at a phone in hand

[@wildbird78]

If the compositions the AI sites are generating suck right now and are "going to get really good", why are they releasing everything now, and not when they are actually good?

[@cekirdekci32]

completely agree with you Big Z.

[@BOXINGDE]

Î could have watched this video for hours! Thank you so much Big Z!

[@DreamHeaven]

Absolutely agree. It's gonna take a while for ai to take our jobs. You forget to mention captain plugins , Wich aren't actually that bad

[@poyax.]

The Next GEN AI would be trained not to be trained in order to train itself to avoid from all the trainings of the past and come up with a new music that has never been heard before and sound amazing in a push of a button. Just kidding. Great and very informative video as always Master Sensei. Especially the Backbone Plugin you demoed. Edit: Yikes! Backbone is 149 Euros!

[@rachidow2125]

0:28 banger! Best song I´ve heard made by A.I. Even better than some original songs of Drake & The Weekend lmaoo. This is prob a good ghost producer. I heard he got an issue with big record companies. Not a lot profit for his work. I wish him the best and goodluck with his fight!

[@michael3864]

Nice start. What about Orb Producer, Scaler 2 and Capt Chords? Thanks.

[@edmcreativo]

Actually those are not AI... They have a massive library of patterns to chose from while doing in an organized way. A composing AI tool should be able to generate results by learning your own style and completing your drafts ... We are not there yet...

[@BigZMusic]

Yeah I totally agree with this guy^. Scaler 2 and capt chords have nothing AI about them, they’re just using massive banks of chord progressions, etc. they’re still very useful tools in their own right

[@michael3864]

BTW, I own your sound packs. They are professional and save so much time!

[@Xamanovo]

So true, thanks for the update ;)

[@quentinfielding2165]

Amazing video, thanks for making it! 😃

[@the_door]

pretty solid take on AI

[@joshtrent7945]

wonder if that drum ai plugin can rework hardstyle gated kicks

[@alancristopherparra8669]

Name of the song Sir? 💯🤟

[@haro82]

I think these things are useful when used as tools to assist the process by providing ideas. What im not for are the people that just use them to generate everything and then sit back and say, look what i made.

[@Arthur.H.Studio]

Subbed. Great sound too!

[@Vemrah]

awesome video great perspective

[@BenedictRoffMarsh]

Stumbling around, is not Craft. A Mix Engineer with skill & experience is not stumbling around. Starting with random (however semi-curated by the ignorant) does not make it anything but stumbling around. Matter of fact random that tells the ignorant it is "approved" or "perfect" leads everyone further astray. Would you fly a Boeing that semi-randomly assembled itself from watching a Disney movie about talking airplanes?

[@funkyboy3326]

Great overview!

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

As the artist, the worst feeling is to lose interest in a song because of the tedious nature of ‘doing everything’. If AI can clean up my demos…separate the kick/bass, pan competing instruments, etc…then I can get my music out there faster. Just having Melodyne saves my voice from having to get warmed back up for just one note.

[@Lous_taunau]

crazy!! thank you as always!

[@sword-and-shield]

Replace? No...Reduce your customer volume? For sure. What AI offers the most, is the ability for artist's to focus on creating a volume of art while not having to spend the time deep diving audio engineering skills. The subtle differences between a pro and AI will continue to diminish, and at the listener level will mean nothing if the song has the "hook" to make it rise anyway. Recording and or possibly mobile, come to you, recording skills will have the better shelf life allowing the artist even less of a gear cost expenditure.

[@musicandmusic9796]

I agree, especially on the end user where the listener will not care if its ai or real human made track. I would say that at some point you will talk to your phone and say I want edm with pop relaxed vibe and ai will generate a list of original songs just for you. No royalty issues, rights, etc…

[@sword-and-shield]

@@musicandmusic9796 I don't know, whether or not a listener will care if it is AI generated art or human generated art might surely "matter" to some..IF known. If there is no concern to know, like most, then yes the ability to blur the difference as time goes on is an absolute certainty. Especially from the mix, mastering side, which means squat to the consumers of the art, concerning the how, or who, as long as the end result is up to spec. Proper mixers are not artist's, unless of course an artist mixing their own art. Making that easier for artist's to accomplish allows them to avoid some hack mixer changing the intent of their art trying to play artist piggy backing on their customers art..... this from a biased former artist dealing with various mixers in the analog days.

[@musicandmusic9796]

@@sword-and-shield I just replied to someone in regards to analog days. I was starting out and I recognized immediately that digital would be the future and as you can imagine the “analog” pros told me how wrong I was, that I/you will never get a sound as good as analog from digital. My answer to that was that they were delusional and stuck. I would imagine that some of them maybe rembeber that conversation. Best analogy, combustion engine vs electric motor.

[@sword-and-shield]

@@musicandmusic9796 Solid analogy for sure. I have only dabbled in mixing in the digital realm, outside a Tascam 4 tracker with 2 mics strategically placed in the living room capturing live rehearsals, that is the extent of my analog mixing. But we sure shelled out a lot of never satisfied money on the semi pro local studios back in the day.

[@justinrivera1603]

I agree with you that’s pretty true. We are going to that route that AI is happening but human made the AI so yes I agree with you on that and yes, I agree with you. Even professionals are gonna use AI and become better. AI is kind of like a starting point on helping you through your journey and I agree 100%.😊

[@damiensimper]

Great video!

[@BassFunMusic]

Amazing video ☺♥♪ BRO

[@davidpurple3698]

Great video, thanks

[@Young_Zealous]

why make viddeo no link to plug in

[@yellowgka]

... because it's kind of nice to know that he's talking about AI that isn't AI :-)

[@RevIsnot]

wolfram tones has been doing it for 20 years

[@saintbyeffects]

Thank's for your content.

[@BorisBarroso]

Great comment about being replaced by a person that knows how to use AI

[@justinrivera1603]

And the main point is AI is good because AI actually helps you learn how music works right to😊

[@victornico]

Can you make a remake of ODESZA The Last Goodbye ? That would be awesome 😄

[@slendah]

Have you made a video of the worst ones yet?

[@lorens2143]

I really feel like "AI" in music making plugins, has REALLY become a "trendy" buzz word to just sell more. When its just simply plugins with "presets". So... people are getting a little bit fooled by many plugin developers that just pop in that word; AI. I mean... What is the differens really in using a plugin with a preset that an actual musisian has made, or a plugin that an AI made the preset by analysing "good sounds" (whatever that is... in the context of YOUR music, right?). Yeah.. thats my thoughts. :)

[@mattymenck]

very well said conclusion 👌

[@SinaJVH]

very use full