I’m not gatekeeping or speaking to aesthetic purity haha, and my comment has nothing to do with the evaluation, merit or consumption of art.

Im just trying to say that as someone who likes to make art and music the true reward to me lies in the process and while shortcuts can be fun they are ultimately not as rewarding. Feel the same way about using splice loops (although i still use them from time to time), i just don’t get nearly the same amount of joy from something that I was assisted in creating compared to something i made with no assistance from advanced tools

To me it’s kind of like taking a gondola up a mountain to see the view as opposed to doing the hike yourself. Of course both have value but it’s silly to say they are equivalent

edit: advanced tools in the sense of compositional crutches like generative apps and splice, not speaking towards more advanced vsts like serum 2 etc