this one looks interesting

[musictop]

Some interesting ideas and tools in this one

https://kodasampler.com/

[Lindon]

@musictop yes apparently these people have signed up for it:

soniccouture, soundiron, realitone, and joshua bell

[David Healey]

@musictop I guess the figma integration is appealing to a lot of people.

[dannytaurus]

Tangentially related - over time I believe more and more that HISE will be left in the dust in the coming years, as AI-powered software development brings a large number of apps and services to the market, aimed at creating plugins and tools for music production.

It's depressing and exciting at the same time.

[Oli Ullmann]

@dannytaurus
Another possibility:
The production of audio software that goes beyond a simple sample player is very complex. From knowledge and skills regarding DSP technology to knowledge regarding the tools, frameworks, or third-party software to be used, a lot of know-how is required to produce a plug-in that is truly competitive.

I don't think this will be achievable in the next few years through AI alone, as we are not currently seeing any real development in AI technology. The only development is: “Let's build bigger data centers.” I think it's clear that this cannot work in the long term and does not lead to any real further development.

Therefore, the future could be that AI is used as an additional tool, but in the end, there is still a programmer behind it who has to put everything together. And HISE is wonderfully suited for this. HISE is great at combining code from multiple directions (e.g., RNBO, Faust, etc.) and creating an end product from it. Therefore, it could also be that HISE will continue to grow with the support of AI workflows.

[dannytaurus]

@Oli-Ullmann I agree that humans will still be required to make competitive plugins. When I said "AI-powered software development" I meant software that is developed with the enhancing (speed and breadth) power of AI, not that AI should make the software itself.

Up until a year ago, if I had an idea for a sample management app, or plugin organiser app, etc, it was very difficult to tackle those ideas from the ground up as a solo developer. But now those apps are starting to appear, and they're being made by one person with the help of AI.

With music production being a niche software market (compared to things like social media, finance, etc) the potential ROI for an app had to very large for a company or team to consider building it. Just because our market is niche, it doesn't mean the software is any easier to build.

But now, those ideas and be explored and taken to fruition by a single dev.

HISE has an unusually large barrier to entry that new AI-minded developers won't endure.

Everything will still probably be based on JUCE, until a new audio framework comes along, but the abstraction wrappers around JUCE will get a lot better.

[Oli Ullmann]

@dannytaurus said in this one looks interesting:

HISE has an unusually large barrier to entry that new AI-minded developers won't endure.

What exactly do you mean by that?