mixolyd
Lazy member
The more I listen to Udio stuff the more both the strengths and weaknesses stand out. The timbre and subtleties in some moments of individual performances are just stunning: world class and beyond. I tried prompting for an imaginary gospel-funk version of one of my songs and the disjointed mess that came out had one of the most glorious, crunching grooves I’ve ever heard: just perfection. Another song I clicked on randomly had one of the best Zeppelin/Sabbath rock riffs I’ve heard in ages: all of it from the tones to the playing to the note choices to the slurs was of classic standard.
When it comes to the purely aural subtleties of groove, mix and tone, I don’t think even the very best are going to be able to compete with the levels reached by AI. You’ll either use it as part of the process or you just won’t hit the same levels. It reminds me of the heightened mixes some movies have in their soundtracks, like Guardians of the Galaxy, but more so. It also has something in common with sampling: perfect little gems of sound-in-a-moment that can only be found and not made and also have that heightened, unreal, highly stimulating quality.
It’s going to be interesting to see how listeners take to it once it’s mature enough to make cohesive pieces that really hold together (likely with human intervention beyond just prompting and tweaking parameters). If it becomes widespread in media, listeners may come to expect those levels of hyper stimulation.
The weaknesses, I’m hoping they stay there for a while. The drunken, rambling quality, the complete tin ear for melody, melodic development and lyrical phrasing.
When it comes to the purely aural subtleties of groove, mix and tone, I don’t think even the very best are going to be able to compete with the levels reached by AI. You’ll either use it as part of the process or you just won’t hit the same levels. It reminds me of the heightened mixes some movies have in their soundtracks, like Guardians of the Galaxy, but more so. It also has something in common with sampling: perfect little gems of sound-in-a-moment that can only be found and not made and also have that heightened, unreal, highly stimulating quality.
It’s going to be interesting to see how listeners take to it once it’s mature enough to make cohesive pieces that really hold together (likely with human intervention beyond just prompting and tweaking parameters). If it becomes widespread in media, listeners may come to expect those levels of hyper stimulation.
The weaknesses, I’m hoping they stay there for a while. The drunken, rambling quality, the complete tin ear for melody, melodic development and lyrical phrasing.