My pianos *DEBUNKED*

I see that digital photos will outnumber film photos because of mobile phones and digital cameras. Most music records are samples. Are they worthless? AI is developing faster than ever, will it replace all human beings? Racing games are loaded with hundreds of modelled super sports cars. Will the games replace real experiece of driving a super car? Jokes aside, people have different tastes. No need to force others to accept one's favorite flavors. I will surely be happy to see a better modelled solution, but also believe that samples will coexist with modelled products for a long time. Of course, this opinion could be changed over time.

Also always keep in mind that there is no modelling without previous sampling; the modelling algorithm does not know what to aim for unless it has a specific goal. That goal is provided by samples. (Theoretically, the goal could be chosen in some other way, but the result would not be useful).

Hey, you two! I’ll have you know that Kurzweil is a genius inventor and futurist!

And whilst I use my balls (made of crystal) to predict the future, he uses hard data 📈, and yes, his prediction, “singularity, I say,” was thought preposterous back in the 70s; yet now, those very “experts” are saying, “perhaps he’s right.”

Per freaking-usual, the so-called “experts” claim expertise (redundant, I know), but never get it right, yet in hindsight they will always claim, “oh yes, I always saw the singularity coming; only I needed a little more data to confirm it back then”………BS!

Don’t you see, we’re now talking about AI overtaking us (yes, The Terminator is coming for you), whilst quantum computers will take seconds to figure out a cure for Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and the meaning of it all, “why are we here, Daddy?”

Do you think it a challenge for a quantum-based Terminator 2.0 to figure out the piano?

In half a second AI will figure out the piano, and then what? will you stick to your precious samples running on an outdated thing called a desktop; using nothing but ON/OFF commands; whereas, Q-bits will attack the piano from all angles at the same time (not just 0/1; ON/OFF)?

Don’t say I didn’t warn you:

Start dumping them samples on unsuspecting suckers NOW; whilst the samples are still worth something.

“But Pete, I’ll lose some money if I trade my samples now,” you say; and yes, that is true, but isn’t it better to cut you losses short now instead of losing it all a few years down the road?

P.S.

I’m trying to help you, stubborn samplers, yet what do I get in return? it ain’t love; that’s for sure!

There will be no "singularity". All there will be, unless mankind rises up against the regime, is government-controlled AI (i.e. the only type allowed) used to make people suffer more than their parents did. The regime will for the foreseeable future not change anything about digital piano's, nor about Pianoteq, because these are already providing above average human suffering.

pipAT ….but also believe that samples will coexist with modelled products for a long time….

I’m sorry, Sir, but this is too romantic a notion.

Did the candle coexist with the light bulb; the hand-cranked washing machine with the powered one; the typewriter with the modern ‘keyboard’; Sony’s Walkman with the iPod; the DVD with streaming?

NO!

And please don’t tell me, “but Pete, candles still exist,” for that is a lame argument, because, whilst candles still hang around 🕯️ they are relegated to a nostalgic past, but are no longer relevant in practical terms; that is, unless, you can show me someone with access to lightbulbs preferring the messy -whale sperm based- candle!

Yes, samples will stubbornly stick around, but that doesn’t mean they will “coexist” with modeling, and as with candles, only the nostalgic-romantic will evoke samples from the past whilst the much better, practical, cheaper modeling is available….

P.S.

I ask, when was the last time you saw a pianist perform with a candelabra sitting atop the piano?

I rest my case!

An online buddy from the piano forums (Chummy) did recently write that - technically - recorded acoustic piano music - and broadcasted to us with the 'modern' tech, the acoustic piano becomes a didge piano. And soon, I'm going to be uploading (in a different thread) my first didgeridoo playing hehe ...... where the acoustic didge becomes a didge didge --- aka digital didgeridoo. And yes - I think that even a vacuum cleaner pipe can become a didge as well. Either way - whether we have a vac cleaner pipe or a actual wood pipe, it contributes/contributed toward the 'carbonisation'.

Okay, I’ll put my money where my mouth is!

I’ll bet y’all samplers that modeling overtakes samples by the end of the decade!

I don’t think I’ll be around by then, but I’ll have the executor of my humble estate (a van, one P-515, a stove, a fridge, and some loose change) collect the winnings and donate them to some charity, “the poor chillun of Somalia,” or something like that.

People do blow out candles when they celebrate birthdays. Sometimes birthday cakes could be decorated with LED lights. If you believe AI will replace real pianos or any piano related products, I would have more faith in the unknown Universe and Alien technology. Area 51 and the wars against Aliens. LOL.

pipAT People do blow out candles when they celebrate birthdays

My point exactly!

It doesn’t get more romantic and/or nostalgic than celebrating one’s date of birth, for you see, unlike romantic belief, being born into this (mess) is not something worth celebratin’!

IMHO!

Pete14 I’ll bet y’all samplers that modeling overtakes samples by the end of the decade!

The red line covers the sofia effect.

“The Sofia Effect;” I like that!

I nominate sofia for "woman" of the year, possibly of the century.

Pete14 IMHO!

Nice to see that you have become Humble again Pete🤣

Rubens I nominate sofia for "woman" of the year, possibly of the century.

Even if She is a He or an It or AI 😜

InstrEd Even if She is a He

Or maybe “they”? But not in terms of that modern pronoun stuff but literally plural, because it can be a bunch of people who are behind the hoax.

Sofia is the gift that keeps on giving!

Here we are, past the samples, discussing pronouns, AI, and the meaning of life, “what does it all mean?”

I’m sorry, but a simple hoax cannot achieve this much, and, dare I say, that future generations will continue discussing Sofia!

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if a newly modeled piano is named after her, Sofia, my immortal beloved, my angel, my other self!

You see, I, too, have fallen in love with Sofia, so don’t take offense when I poke fun at you, for I, too, fell hard for Sofia, the 22-year-old Italian student!

Con men, generally, are not gifts that keep on giving, and the "Sordid, Openly Fiendish, Immoral Activites" company in particular is not one such either.

Pete’s been desperately trying to defend Sofia, to make it appear as a success, as noble and whatnot and that hysteria makes me think he might be one of “them” 😀 What do you say in your defense, hm?

CyberGene What do you say in your defense, hm?

I think Pete identifies as a him/he 😆

InstrEd him/he

Pete/Karen