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I produce music but can’t sing to save my life. If I had access to an on-demand pitch perfect AI singer, I would likely release way more of my music to the public.

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The thing with musicians are that there are so many talented musicians out there who can straight up show up and sight read a complex piece they never played before and put it on a record. Many who will work for free or close to it as a result of this saturation of talent. You could probably go on instagram and book a singer for your work by the afternoon.

that's the thing. something that would take 4+ hours and $100 or more can now be done for free in under an hour.

That depends on if its faster to come up with the prompts to sing the song you are imagining in your head as a producer versus just hiring a cheap singer. Sometimes yes sometimes no I’d expect is the answer to this question, and given uncertainty some people do pay extra for certainty. Musicians pay extra for marginal quality gains too. If it was all just a race to the bottom all fender and gibsons would be made in China because no one cares, but thats not the case. American models that are sonically almost the same sometimes as a cheaper made in japan or thailand model command premiums due to the perceived quality.

https://www.vocaloid.com/en/

I just ask you don't forget about the little people when you become famous

> pitch perfect AI singer

Just don't actually have it sing in a pitch-perfect manner. That's uninteresting.

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