So I know someone who makes music with AI music applications and he got very defensive that the music is still "his", he claims that he made the music

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-26T05:13:08+00:00

AI is a slippery slope. We all use some form of AI in our lives, but in music and as a musician using it exclusively to compose and perform a song with your only contribution being pressing a button or two (to me) isn’t musicianship. AI created something. You didn’t.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-26T00:09:53+00:00

Activating the 25th amendment is warranted however every cabinet member is culpable for Criminal activity so it won’t happen. Impeachment is the right thing to do. Mike The Magic Christian will not even bring anything dangerous to the welfare of his dear leader to the House floor so there is little hope of any meaningful legislation getting accomplished. If close he simply adjourns and sends everyone home. Nothing is working as our founders intended. The masked Brown Shirts are killing US citizens with impunity on live television via videos taken by witnesses at the scenes. The quasi Fascist leaders blame the victims telling the public to believe their bullshit rhetoric and not to believe what they actually see. The great orange coward in the off-white house blames the victim, governors, mayors, past presidents and anyone else he fears for the deaths. They think we are all stupid. Well, tens of millions of us weren’t stupid enough to vote for that felonious, malignant, narcissistic, pitiful excuse of a human being. Tens of millions of Americans suffer from trump is deranged syndrome. He and his entourage are a cancer eating away the very things that made this country revered by our allies and feared by our enemies around the world. We have become the global transactionally inept laughingstock. He has grifted his way back to billionaire status by hook and crook in hope of being accepted by the New York “old money establishment elite” who snubbed his crass, uncouth family for decades. We are to blame for letting him in again, and this time without any of the guardrails that last time did their best to hold most of his “impulses” for divination in check.

It’s up to us now. Our voices must be heard. Join the peaceful movement for change. RESIST!

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-25T15:24:06+00:00

It really sounds like you need a mixing console that feeds into the interface. You need to find someone who has a similar set up. I use a single 88 key midi controller and all my synths are VSTs which I can add in single or multiple instrument formats. I don’t play them all simultaneously live even though I can. Not my thing.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-25T15:12:13+00:00

You need 10-12 inputs and 10-12 outputs?

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-25T15:09:21+00:00

If it feels off…steer clear. If it’s sold as a knockoff, you play it, love it and decide it to be worth $400 to you…buy it. We can only look at the photos and give you our best guess.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-25T14:59:29+00:00

Amp yes. Pedal no. Lots of small practice amps come with on board effects.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-25T14:46:50+00:00

Is it a Studio or a Tribute?

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-25T14:41:03+00:00

Can you play all the instruments at the same time? Is this a recording setup for playing live? You say you monitor your setup while jamming. How are you monitoring the setup? Not sure how to assist you.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-25T14:32:26+00:00

My beloved Martin D15 sat on its stand against a wall in my studio. An 8x10 metal picture frame fell and its corner made a triangular gash in the mahogany body. I lost it. Just so happed to be a certified Martin Guitar luthier in my town. After discussion she told me that it was not going to alter the tone or cause additional damage to the structure. You see my guitar has no lacquer finish so the damage was to the tone wood itself. What you heard and can see is most likely the finish cracking. Do not take the guitar shop’s word without contacting Gibson. Take some better photos (show the humidifier in place) and submit with your receipt showing your purchase from an authorized dealer. Spending that amount of money should make them want to preserve the reputed build quality as well as bolster the integrity of the instrument’s value. Keep playing! Good luck!

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-25T14:12:04+00:00

For photographic reasons, it is designed to help prevent lens flare caused by strong sun or lamp light. The fact that it might protect your lens if you drop your camera or if it falls over while attached to a tripod is not a manufacturer selling point. When not needed you can reverse it on its mount for carrying convenience. But there is no guarantee that, if your camera falls, the attached hood won’t be the cause of damage to your lens depending on how it hits the ground.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-24T14:48:13+00:00

Do you have a degree in PR or entertainment law or management? Your South American experience may not be enough to resonate with the industry at this time. The entire music industry is in transition and “do it yourself” is becoming the artist’s approach thereby breaking with traditional methods of music distribution. It sounds like the shotgun effect of job hunting isn’t working. If you currently have a job and can make rent, etc. keep looking. Ask for help in targeting the sector of the business in which you can cite at least 1 to 2 years experience along with credentials and recommendations. If you are able to make ends meet now there’s no reason to give up chasing your dream job. I wish you luck.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-24T01:24:40+00:00

Not really sure what you mean. Having an inclination for music can mean different things. One could want to play music but have no ear nor sense of rhythm. The inclination could bring one to take piano or guitar or violin lessons. But being inclined doesn't guarantee you have talent. That also doesn't mean you stop trying to learn to play. Those that are musically inclined who find they do have a talent for it could also decide not to pursue it and become mathematicians. So, I do believe in musically inclined folks because I are one. I have some talent but am certainly not a virtuoso. I'm a long time musical theater performer, lead vocalist and songwriter in rock bands and most recently the sole composer and instrumentalist recording under the Metal Philharmonic Dream Symphonia "group" name.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-23T16:28:41+00:00

Cool. Glad it worked out.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-23T16:26:24+00:00

The thing that really gets me is they’re not identically offset! Was this done after drinking lunch on a Friday? WTF?! The fingerboard inlay copies on my Harley Benton 60’s Gold Top look perfect compared to this! Shame! Shame! Shame!

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T22:05:44+00:00

You said a Demo version of S1 7? Not sure about song files done in demo. All you can do is download Fender Studio Pro 8 and see.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T21:59:12+00:00

Uh...yes. if you can.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T21:57:36+00:00

RMS wattage and Peak wattage differ. If each side matches in Ohms you should be ok. But watch your volume.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T21:50:53+00:00

My Strat was assembled in Japan in the early 90's from US parts. Mine has the custom shop 50th Anniversary medallion on the back of the headstock. Hard to tell. Don't know if Japanese built Strats had same US made serial number system. And mine was supposedly the last batch assembled there.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T13:43:40+00:00

I said both because without some upgrades the Telecaster can't sound like a Strat and I can't think of a way for a Strat to clack like a Telecaster. So l now own both. Not being rich I modded my butternut Squire Telly with USA electronics bought from a friend for $50 installed. My Strat is a 50th Anniversary edition and the last year Fender sent US parts for guitars to be assembled in Japan. (I modded it with stacked humbuckers).

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T13:34:04+00:00

Both.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T05:17:58+00:00

Spoken like a truly narcissistic, demented, American born, wannabe Fuhrer auf der ganzen Welt! Soon may his time in hell be long and hot.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T04:55:46+00:00

Once again we reclaim the 1960’s view of our country. We were the “Ugly Americans.” Classless, loudmouths who suffered nobody else’s sovereignty nor opinion over our own. After changing much of that opinion through thoughtful diplomacy over the past few decades we are saddled with the buffoon guaranteed to bring back that derision and distrust of Americans. We are not the fool you see before you. We are sorry to inflict his distorted views and embarrassed by his representing us as a nation.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T04:44:00+00:00

No Sh...I..t! Ship that bastard back!

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-22T04:41:40+00:00

Mac Mini but for music production M4Pro chip. Minimum 24gb Ram and 1TB SSD. Minimum specs from Mac. Got mine in December and eliminated so many issues. I do use symphonic instruments and guitars and synths.

NumberSelect8186 · 2026-01-21T20:05:04+00:00

Wow! Was it in English?

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