Originally Posted by zerocrossing ➡️

Sorry, you just happened to hit a nerve. I've butted up against untrustworthy people in the music business so many times that I can't even count. It's almost always my desire to work with a human, but so often the hassle isn't worth it.

A few years ago I hired a woman to do vocals on a song and she no-showed twice, then finally showed up late, was sick, totally unprepared, and after I had finally gotten enough that I could sew together a decent take, she refused to sign a performance release. Not outright, though. She took the money and said she'd read it and sign it, and just never did, no matter how much I pestered her for it. I was on a deadline, and I ended up having to use someone else, who didn't do as good a job, but at least was good to work with. Ultimately, I wish I had access to AI, as it would have been as good a product and had none of the hassle.

So, maybe in some roundabout way, AI will force singers to behave in a more professional and reasonable way. I did all the sound for a video game last year and we did find two voice actors who were mostly great to work with. Then one of our producers decided to throw a part to one of our QA guys and it was a train wreck. I asked for 24 bit .wav files, and he sent me super compressed .opus files of him mumbling though the lines at very low levels. I didn't even bother asking for a second take. I just redid it myself. It was a robot voice that was going though some effects, so no one really noticed.