My pianos *DEBUNKED*

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

InstrEd Even if She is a He or an It or AI 😜

Pretty sure "Sofia" has confirmed that he is not a she in real life.

Which makes sense, because in my experience this type of strange, obsessive behavior doesn't often manifest itself in women, at least not in relation to a subject as esoteric and geeky as digital piano VSTs.

Not to say it's impossible, but unlikely.

HZPiano Pete/Karen

Pete is our very own Drama Queen

InstrEd AI 😜

Not an AI. Otherwise, what would an AI need all the Coffee for that people have been buying it?

Cheers and happy ☕,

HZ

Thanks HZPiano for reminding me to go for a nice refill