I will not go into too much detail on music production, but already in 1992 I purchased a programme called "Band In A Box" for the Atari ST that would basically give you all the stems for drums, keys, bass according to the key, tempo and style you entered. That was MIDI-data and had to be fed to an assortment of MIDI-devices like samplers, synthezisers, romplers and drum-machines. Even earlier, auto-accompanyement of organs already did that and was always used by artists instead of a real band. Many of the early synthezisers classics actually have these rhythms and bass in there, just very cleverly produced. I don't see any difference between "Band in a Box" and the AI, as both are automations, helping solo artists to make their visions real. When I became more and more capable of playing the instruments myself, I dropped "Band in A Box" (around "The Crimson Dance E.P." - which does not use automation). But the AI is much more versatile and c