For purposes of producing the finest possible sound for my music tracks I shopped various software products by which a computer can accomplish what only a complete recording studio could do in the not very distant past. This was because the subscription I had to “MIXPAD” had expired, and I thought to look around for comparison; this was for the purpose of engineering the soundtracks of my recordings and the music videos on my YouTube channel, I had spent several years recording only single-track performances that can be played exactly the same on stage before a live audience. But when I realized I could virtually orchestrate my piece Battle Music it opened for me a door to multitrack recording, playing various “instruments” on my Yamaha DGX-660 keyboard (sort of like Paul McCartney has done a few times with various instruments in his private home studio). What I was looking for was software to empower me to do the work of sound engineers and producers to balance the tracks, to eliminate distortion and to bring out the best sound quality for what has been recorded. Instead, I found out just how corrupting the influence of Artificial Intelligence has become.
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