The Max Rebo Band

A little teaser for something I am working on:

This preservation aims to restore the full version of the music created for Jabba’s Palace.

There are some existing versions on YouTube that blend audio pulled from ROTJ and an ILM documentary. I am using several of these as a source.

The full clips are then being processed through AI to clean up the “lost” segments with the goal being to improve the lower quality to match the surrounding better quality audio.

I also intend to release an extended version once completed that extends out the music to 5-ish minutes instead of just 2.

More to come soon!

Might want to find an AI that can properly recreate a red ball jett organ’s keys, instead of that ridiculous inverted, not-quite-right piano keyboard it gave you.

benduwan said:

Cool. You restore the full video?

Nope, just the audio.

timdiggerm said:

Might want to find an AI that can properly recreate a red ball jett organ’s keys, instead of that ridiculous inverted, not-quite-right piano keyboard it gave you.

Good catch! I’ll give it a shot. I’m at my limit for image creation for the day but I saved a bunch of pics of Rebo’s setup that I can feed in for the AI to reference.

Grand Admiral Thrawn said:

timdiggerm said:

Might want to find an AI that can properly recreate a red ball jett organ’s keys, instead of that ridiculous inverted, not-quite-right piano keyboard it gave you.

I’m at my limit for image creation for the day

May you reach that limit sooner and sooner every day

timdiggerm said:

May you reach that limit sooner and sooner every day

Okay, you’ve inspired me. The main post has been updated with a non-AI cover I put together 😄

Grand Admiral Thrawn said:

timdiggerm said:

May you reach that limit sooner and sooner every day

Okay, you’ve inspired me. The main post has been updated with a non-AI cover I put together 😄

Thank you. I have been reading this post and I think it’s spot on.

I should also point out that, due to the use of AI, this might count as a Fan Edit, not a Preservation

timdiggerm said:

I should also point out that, due to the use of AI, this might count as a Fan Edit, not a Preservation

Not that it is the same caliber, but would you consider AI being used on The Beatles’ “Now & Then” to isolate and clean the noise on Lennon’s vocals a preservation or an edit? It’s a bit of a gray area. It is not creating, only cleaning and adjusting levels and removing static and background noise.

Grand Admiral Thrawn said:

timdiggerm said:

I should also point out that, due to the use of AI, this might count as a Fan Edit, not a Preservation

Not that it is the same caliber, but would you consider AI being used on The Beatles’ “Now & Then” to isolate and clean the noise on Lennon’s vocals a preservation or an edit? It’s a bit of a gray area. It is not creating, only cleaning and adjusting levels and removing static and background noise.

That’s a good point! I look forward to hearing your results, of course

Okay I was feeling more inspired and updated the cover art again. I think I should have this ready tomorrow.