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Next Member Livestream - Tuesday 21st November - 18.00 GMT - LIVE 12 SNEAK PEAK!

Livestreams

What do you reckon then guys? and Mr Millington? More excited about Live 12 now? What looked most interesting? Does it look worth it to get Suite?

For anyone who hasn't seen the stream, the main USPs of Live 12 Suite over Live 12 Standard are...

• Max 4 Live - bit of a biggie really, although I think it may still be sold separately?

• Meld (pretty cool new synth - reckon it will have some nice presets when they're done)

• Roar (very cool new audio effect) 

• all of the audio effects you didn't get in v 11, e.g. Echo, Hybrid Reverb, Amp, Cabinet, Spectral stuff like Resonator, plus all the Max 4 Live ones!

• other Suite instruments like Operator, Sampler and Wavetable

• Packs! There are a hell of a lot and I also have very few but there may well be a lot of quality ones - 198 are currently available to download in my browser. I'll have to delve into some of them and let you know...

So that's quite a lot of gooood stuff there, a fair bit of which would be quite sorely missed if you had to downgrade. If you do have a great plugin collection though and wouldn't miss those instruments and particularly effects, or can buy some of the ones you would as @deltadio said, then maybe standard is fine.

For anyone who won't be upgrading, the good news is you get Analog, Collision, Tension and Electric (former Suite instruments) in the Standard version from v12!

Next Member Livestream - Tuesday 21st November - 18.00 GMT - LIVE 12 SNEAK PEAK!

Livestreams

Join Rob at 18.00 UK TIME on Tuesday for a look at Ableton Live 12, some tips for the Xmassignment, plus the usual giveaways and latest PT news...

Check the LIVESTREAMS section to tune in.

live 12 megga excited !!!!

DAW or Software Questions

It's great isn't it! Naturally, we'll be featuring in our next stream, so you can all take a closer look next week....

Jafunk Livestream Tomorrow 18.00 GMT!

Livestreams

Don't forget to join Jafunk tomorrow for a livestream in advance of his new course coming in December. He'll be sharing some invaluable production tips and tricks and answering any of your questions... go HERE to join.

See you there!

Xmassignment - Win Big Prizes!

Announcements

Our latest assignment is to rework a festive song into a recognisable, instrumental, electronic track of your own. Our favourite track wins a MASSIVE PRIZE with a runners up prize for second place as well. You have to the end of the year to do it and then winners will be chosen in a feedback session on Zoom in the first week of January 2024! 

Full details of the challenge in our intro vid in the ACTIVITIES area.

Good luck!

updated by @ptmembership: 11/30/23 12:01:08PM

Would you admit to using AI in music?

General Producer Chat

It's a good use of ChatGPT. I like this bit...

"Nonetheless, irrespective of the professional prospects, the personal gratification derived from the countless hours invested in honing my musical craft and expanding my knowledge remains invaluable."

So true!

Plus the last paragraph aligns with my feelings moreorless. Although maybe we're giving our species too much credit! Perhaps the aspects of music that we might consider to be "human" are mostly just mechanistic emotional responses that can just as easily be learned by AI, and the formulaic nature of music theory could then be connected to this understanding in vivid detail to produce music of a deeply evocative nature. My point really is just that our emotions feel like the most human part of us but yet are in some way the most robotic.

updated by @ptmembership: 11/12/23 05:11:39PM

Would you admit to using AI in music?

General Producer Chat

Also, yes I reckon hating on AI is mostly fear of change and brainwashing from films, although Sam Harris and others do make compelling arguments about the possible threat to humanity! It's fascinating to watch where people are embracing it though, e.g. on social media with AI instagram accounts and influencers now! Will we ever go to watch AI DJs play? (Probably not if they're playing the Tech House you linked above, although it isn't that bad and is likely to get much better.) Seriously though, I think we need other humans to idolise for the most part

updated by @ptmembership: 11/04/23 04:28:57PM

Would you admit to using AI in music?

General Producer Chat

In my mind, there's a limit to how much the AI could do before it becomes 'cheating' and most producers won't reach that limit. The people who are most likely to use it to the extreme, e.g. use a prompt of make a track in the style of so and so with lyrics made by Chat GPT and then hitting go, are people with zero skills or interest in making music but just those needing a track quickly without any effort. YouTubers for instance, in need of some backing for their videos. 

That said, if you're a producer who uses samples regularly and you get hold of AI that can create high quality samples for you, like making epic drum loops or coming up with totally original basslines, then I'm sure you'd have no issue making the most of that - it's the same as before, only the samples you use will only be owned by you (and perhaps better and quicker to make)! People who call using samples cheating right now (which is ridiculous) will definitely think the same in that instance, although there's not much difference really.

I'd certainly be curious to play with a system that was capable of that. It could mean the end of the sample industry though so that's not great! If I'm honest though, if there was technology capable of sample creation of that nature, I would definitely use it on occasions but if would never completely replace the desire to design sounds and produce beats, and all the fun you can have getting into that yourself. It depends on the day, what mood you're in, how much time you have... etc.

As they briefly said in that article, it will probably most likely just provide tools that will help speed up workflow and allow producers to go in new and different directions, much like it has already in the world of video and gaming. I'm mostly excited about what the future holds and just hope it doesn't put anyone out of pocket in the process!

New Indian Percussion Samples

Announcements

For members this week....

A selection of Indian Percussion Loops from 107-135bpm   Available in the DOWNLOADS area.

ENJOY! 

updated by @ptmembership: 11/04/23 03:57:29PM

Track Feedback Zoom Sessions

Livestreams

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Have something in progress at the moment. Aim to have it finished in the next few weeks. Hopefully all in key!!  welcome this forum to share and get feedback.

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Nice! Looking forward to hearing it