Neuromix isn't a product of some grand vision for audio engineering, or a burning desire to change the current ways of doing things.

Nor is it a shovelware LLM wrapper designed to raise a bunch of VC cash eventually resulting in an exit valued at tens of millions of dollars.

This project was born out of a simple "what if" statement, a nerdy idea, an exploration of interesting technology driven by curiosity.

And out of anger and frustration with how AI is being implemented to degrade the pursuit of writing good music, with ridiculous sums of money being invested into projects that are actively trying to remove the human from the music creation process - projects that are backed by the most powerful entities in the music industry.

(I don't think they ever got over Napster honestly)

And I know that in the era of outrage, clickbait and engagement farming there are infinite upsides to calling out the individuals and companies pedaling this AI slop - and maybe I'm a dinosaur, but I'm a big fan of business ethics and integrity (humility was pretty cool as well, we as a species used to value it once upon a time) so that's not something that I want to do. I'd like to try and build something instead.

So, Neuromix is (a)live.

It's by no means perfect, and it certainly isn't trying to replace audio engineers or pass itself off as some revolutionary upgrade to an audio engineering workflow.

Rather it is aimed at bedroom producers who want to get their ideas out faster, or those who might not have a complete grasp on how a compressor works yet, or singer-songwriters with a guitar, cheap mic and a Scarlett audio interface and something they want the world to hear.

It has a tonne to improve and iterate on, and plenty that needs polishing. But for now, this is a small step towards a future where it’s still OK - still worthwhile - to learn an instrument, to sing, to learn production or to become an engineer. Because that’s what makes music special - the years and decades that someone puts into their craft to be able to tell their stories, made up of their individual trials and tribulations, joy and sorrow, love, death and robots.

Because the next Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, Biggie, Linkin Park or Sleep Token will not arise from prompting their way to brilliance.

-Y