Originally Posted by zerocrossing ➡️

But that's not really the entire story. Your voice is a product of biology, and while I can sing, I've got a small range that just is what it is. No amount of practice or lessons can get it to be significantly larger than it is. Trust me, I've tried. So the music in my head is writing a melody that I can't sing. It's frustrating. I have no problem throwing it to someone else, but to be honest, I've never really found anyone that was a good fit.



That's just old-man-on-a-porch talk. There are plenty of good artists now, just like 50 years ago there were plenty of crap artists.

Where I think this is all going is just like things went with orchestral instruments. The synth "brass stab" didn't end the real horn player, though I'm sure it had some effect. What really happened was more people could put horn like sounds in their music and the horns were off enough that it became a separate thing. Maybe some of the good singers that suddenly find themselves less in demand will stop being untrustworthy prima donnas and step up their game and make themselves as easy to work with as the software. Ultimately, that's what I would want. Until then, I'm using software voices, because I'm a song writer, not really a singer. I'm not going to stop because I can't personally do it or I can't find someone who will work with me. Not when this technology is here and provides decent results.