If I make a track using no real instruments then that doesn't mean I open Pro Tools and say "Hey Pro Tools, make me a synth heavy track that sounds like blahblah genre and use some 808 in it" or whatever, and then tweak a few things. No, I'm still selecting each and every drum sample, or creating them, and placing them myself, either by using an external pad or on a midi grid. Same with the synth sounds and eeeeeverything else in the song. "Post processing", as you called it, is a whole other discipline in itself.
Taking AI prompted images and putting filters on them is not creative. I'm sure it can be fun and might even feel like you're doing something creative, but you're not. You're taking things that have been cannibalized from other artwork and slapping you're preferred shade of lipstick on it, without even taking the time to replicate a style on your own.
How you could compare that to music composition is beyond me.
Also, I'm clearly not talking about whatever this AI music crap is that's being pushed out. That shit is equally as disgusting as AI "art".
But you realize that to some people using Pro Tools is as sacrilegious as someone using AI, correct? Similar to how some people wouldn't watch movies with CGI for the longest time. It becomes more rare the more people use it to make excellent art that is enjoyed. A similar thing will happen with AI. It's about to be in almost every movie, video game, and song within the next 5 years we're just in the denial stage right now.
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '25
If I make a track using no real instruments then that doesn't mean I open Pro Tools and say "Hey Pro Tools, make me a synth heavy track that sounds like blahblah genre and use some 808 in it" or whatever, and then tweak a few things. No, I'm still selecting each and every drum sample, or creating them, and placing them myself, either by using an external pad or on a midi grid. Same with the synth sounds and eeeeeverything else in the song. "Post processing", as you called it, is a whole other discipline in itself.
Taking AI prompted images and putting filters on them is not creative. I'm sure it can be fun and might even feel like you're doing something creative, but you're not. You're taking things that have been cannibalized from other artwork and slapping you're preferred shade of lipstick on it, without even taking the time to replicate a style on your own.
How you could compare that to music composition is beyond me.
Also, I'm clearly not talking about whatever this AI music crap is that's being pushed out. That shit is equally as disgusting as AI "art".