Tech TangentsWhat every self respecting software engineer is thinking inside as they watch AI wreck everything.
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"Look! We used AI to remove vocals from songs!"
*meanwhile in the 80s*
"We accidentally got some wires backwards and realized we could usually remove the vocals, so here's that in a box"
From: https://books.google.com/books?id=0AAAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA122#v=onepage&q&f=false
VWestlife@TechTangents Here is the demo disc for the Thompson Vocal Eliminator: https://youtu.be/3NmUq0CpOuI
Thompson Vocal Eliminator 1980 demo flexidisc
Christopher Snowhill@vwestlife @TechTangents Doesn't that 80s solution only work if the vocals are perfectly center panned, and also ruins the stereo image of the audio?
Lux 
@chris @vwestlife @TechTangents I think that in a karaoke session, you don't care that much for stereo.
@orange_lux @vwestlife @TechTangents Also, part of me wonders why they'd bother shoving such precision tech into a karaoke box, I was thinking in the mindset of someone who's done lazy music processing and splitting. Unless they somehow think the segment of AI techbros will just snap up that overpriced and overkill tech. Could even be a better grift if it's just the 80s tech in disguise.