AI generation of presets

[andrewcel]

Hello! I play bass in a covers band and I have been using AI to generate presets where I can't make what I want. Results are pretty good but takes a few mins to get in to the system I asked chatGPT to then give me the .pgp file which it did, but when I try to import it says target is incompatible. Has anyone tried and got round this?

 

Thanks

[silverhead]

I’d be very surprised if an AI could produce a working *.pgp file, but I’d never say never about it. I think the main issue would be the legality of it since the file structure is probably IP protected. It would certainly bite into the entire premise of the Helix Marketplace,  namely that good preset construction requires some skill and art for which content creators are paid. 
 

There’s lots of ongoing or pending litigation about the legality of an AI using copyrighted materials in its training.

[silverhead]

I looked into this a little bit. Like you I was able to get ChatGPT to generate a pgp file that it claims is a POD Go preset. Also like you, it failed to load. All pgp files are able to be opened in a basic text editor like Notepad on Windows. The ChatGPT file looks like it could be a suitable format but comparison with an actual legitimate pgp file shows the format to be inaccurate and incomplete. POD Go Edit refuses to load the incompatible file.

 

It's certainly possible that Chat GPT could be trained further to generate a fully compatible file format (it's just a text file after all) but, again, I would question the legality of that training. The courts will decide on these limitations someday I guess.

 

On the positive side, the AI generated file does provide enough info to manually create the target preset using POD Go Edit. I am going to do that and report back.

[silverhead]

So I asked the ChatGPT AI to generate a Jimi Hendirx preset. No more detail that that. It generated a pgp text file that I opened in Notepad. It lists the blocks it selected alll of which are indeed blocks contained in the POD Go, It also limited itself to 4 Flex blocks - Distortion (Arbitrator Fuzz), Modulation (Uni-Vibe), Reverb (Spring), and Delay (Transistor Tape). It chose a Brit Plexi Brghtt amp. I think all of those selections are appropriate. It also gave appropriate parameter values expressed as a fraction (e.g. 0.8) which I translated to the % format used in POD Go Edit (e.g. 80%).

 

The preset I created manually from that information sounds like a reasonable Jimi Hendrix tone although I found the Fuzz Face settings somewhat extreme. 

 

My conclusion? Chat GPT could be a good alternative to Customtone. You generally need to tweak a Customtone, and you will need to manually create the ChatGPT tone from its text file information.

 

@andrewcel : Try doing the above with your ChatGPT generated tone and see if it's anything like you would expect.

[silverhead]

I don't know why I'm still playing with this but ... I posed the following request to Chat GPT:

 

"Generate a preset file for Helix Rack that captures the tone of George Harrison's 12-string guitar on Ticket to Ride"

 

It immediately responded : "I can't generate actual preset files, but I can guide you on how to create one for your Line 6 Helix Rack that emulates George Harrison's 12-string tone on Ticket to Ride."

 

It then went on to do exactly that, suggesting amp, cab, and FX models with detailed parameter settings. Attached is the resulting preset that I created based on those specifications. I think it's at least a reasonable attempt using a Variax Chime2 model through studio monitors. Interesting that the amp choice was Fender not Vox. Certainly better than anything on Customtone (for which there are none for this song!).

 

Confirmed my earlier statement that ChatGPT is a reasonable alternative to Customtone, even for song specific rather than just artist specific tones..

 

GPT-Ticket.hlx