thank you all for the comments (yes i read all 1000+ of them) and making this my most viewed video as of yet. happy out of touch thursday. Update: thank you all so much for 1,000,000 views!
I mean is more the original audio skill and the classy voice of the engie actor These AI covers are basically just paper above the original audio, so if the original has amazing singing is very probably that the Ai cover will sound fine too, if the voice is well trained of course
@@NugsForPugs remember that the first ai stuff (the really croppy stuff which could still copy the mercanary voices) became popular 2 years ago. now its almost fully clear, and its only been like 2 years lmao im guessing in under a year
AI voices are going to revolutionize modding for games like Skyrim where you might want to have voiced lines with vanilla characters. This has been an issue for so long, making modded characters fit seamlessly into a world and this would do a LOT to help with that.
I don't even think it's gonna take like 10 years. My assumption is that it will be perfected in 2-5 years. I mean look at the progress we've already made.
So true. It’s hard to imagine what it will look like in even one year with how fast it’s improving. The next few months will be insane. I’m calling it here.
I mean it can only go so far with the amount of source metarial because TF2 has alot of screaming and angry voices so even if AI improves it can only imitate whats there.
Be an actor for decades Get a job at a video game company voice acting Move on back to acting and never return to voice the character again - 15 years later somebody takes every single one of those voice clips and forces a robot to string together a rendition of Out of Touch by Hall and Oates Huh?
I'm sorry but "forces a robot to string together a rendition" sounds like the AI was held at gunpoint to make this. As if it was scared of its own creation
Hearing this sung in a voice I'm not used to but with the same inflection, timing and passion makes it so obvious how talented the original artists were. Wow can they ever sing, Hall and Oates are insanely talented musicians.
Yeah, I was surprised to find that listening to this really made me appreciate the artistry of the original!! It really highlights the talent as you say. I do also love TF2 so that's a bonus too : ) Love this vid
Holy shit I was not expecting this to be so good. And you can totally tell that its engie singing, most of these sound nothing like the person it's supposed to be
Why is this, of all things, the best ai cover? It sounds like proper, English language singing, passion burning through, no hiccups. And it's Engineer singing Out of Touch.
That's a charming idea for a SFM music video! I can imagine Engineer going really ham and soulful on the mic and Heavy and Scout exchanging "not bad" looks in the background.
Its actually creepy how realistic it sounds, like normally the AI voices always have a crack here or there where you can go "oh yea its an AI making the voice," but with this, its _DAMN_ hard to find those moments
@@TheGielnik For the pony autists they channeled the pure autism to manually manipulate the vocals. Not to discredit AI it's just doing what people would anyways faster.
This is truly, TRULY incredible. It makes me think of just how far the TF2 Community has come to get to this point and makes me wonder just how far we'll keep running with the funny video game mercenaries far into the future.
I'd say the amount of authenticity coming from this lil AI concoction is scary, got me wondering just how far they can push these voices to make songs. Legitimately have my drink in hand as I was watching this and as always I sung along, but really, it's flipping phenomenal this stuff, the parts where Engie vocalizes with pure soul. Got me wishing I could make any TF2 character sing a playlist of goodies. Thank you for this 🤠
"Wow... I am truly humbled by your kind words. It's an honor to hear that my cover has had such an impact on the community. I just love to sing, you know? It's my passion, and to know that it can have such a powerful effect on the minds and hearts of others is truly a blessing. Thank you so much for your kindness, it means the world to me. I hope to continue making music for all of you in the future, and to continue bringing joy to the world through the power of my voice." -The Engineer, responding to the community's support of his cover
voice actors: ai will replace us we gotta stop it before they start using ai trained on our voices without permission in media model trainers: haha make him sing 80s classics
God DAMN that new AI that piggybacks off dialogue is impressive. Pretty soon people'll be able to make their own full-blown scripted shorts. Imagine a fan-made continuation of the Expiration Date pilot!
U already can lol. Its hard tho cus for accents like demoman and stuff, it doesnt really change it. But it makes voice actors do an even better job tho
The AI is so good at singing this avoids being funny altogether and is just a high quality cover. I’d expect nothing less from someone smart enough to be an engineer
This is absolutely gorgeous, I love how they don't sound like a mix of different phrases. I know that the mixed sentences are a staple of TF2 memes, but it always trew me off a little. But anyways, really good work!
What the actual fuck, this sounds so good Seriously, this is going be my favourite version of this song And the perfect high notes too, the ai is getting out of control
Now THIS is how you use AI - as a *tool*, not a crutch. Your mixing and mastering of the audio turns this funny little Engie cover into a masterpiece all its own. Thank you for the breath of fresh air!
The actual sanest one would be Spy or Scout. Engineer has a god complex and cut his arm off to replace it with a cybernetic one for the luls. He is the smartest merc though, 100%.
@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan yeah you right about spy to be fair, but idk about scout. though also, i think just about anyone capable of such a feat would 100% change out one of their arms for a sweet technoprosthesis
thank you all for the comments (yes i read all 1000+ of them) and making this my most viewed video as of yet. happy out of touch thursday.
Update: thank you all so much for 1,000,000 views!
Wow, Impressive
thank you so much! I love it!
This is the most in touch i've ever felt, ironically. Thank you for this instant classic the art us just perfect too.
good job
I have so many songs for engie to sing if you want a list lol
hearing tf2 characters singing without them sounding like dismembered robots feels so weird
You could say it feels... Out of touch?😂
@@Ninetale3z I would rather say it feels out of time
I'd rather say dicfjnesbbsisjfbrndodufbdb
But I’m outta my head when it’s not around.
Its out of touch
WE MAKING IT OUT THE COMPETITIVE QUEUE WITH THIS ONE
"competitive"
halfway into PUG "your competitive queue was ready"
🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
No we aint
We don't LIVE in the competitive queue
Love how the entire TF2 community collectively agrees that Engie is the best singer out of the cast
He's simply the most charismatic and kind hearted one and he knows how to play the guitar. This sounds pretty gay and idk maybe it is
Howdy the engineers in the field…
I’d say that I can only imagine Medic and Spy singing and their style of music is probably slow somber music in their native tongues
@@sundaddy1077 ik what u mean, also buffed engineer 🥴
No, I would consider that the sniper.
I love how Engi unironically has a good singing voice.
Course he does, he's from Texas
@@bluephoenix7565 He's an enginner afterall. That means he solves problems.
I mean is more the original audio skill and the classy voice of the engie actor
These AI covers are basically just paper above the original audio, so if the original has amazing singing is very probably that the Ai cover will sound fine too, if the voice is well trained of course
@@thirdanimator3347 not problems like "What is beauty?" Because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.
@@Memezuii he solves practical problems.
I just love how Engineer sounds when he starts singing with all his passion, as if he was actually enjoying it
HEE HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Your pfp is one of the best things I've ever seen
@@Her_Imperious_Condescension So real hee ho
As if?
it's boys karaoke night!
WE MAKING IT OUT OF DUSTBOWL WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
Unlike dell from emesis blue 💀
@@sundaddy1077 ah heck naw💀
it's beginning to look a lot like dust bowl....
@@sundaddy1077 "It’s eternity in there"
@@GoldenFoxy-vw1eg seentries everywhere
The ending part at 2:52 really got me imagining engineer pouring his heart and soul into singing with such a strong passion.
“IM OUTTA TIIIiiIiIMme”
@@smartfella7914“I'm outta my HEEEaadd”
@@johnveriloyson6639 WHEN YA NOT AROOOOHOUNDD
@@smartfella7914 I'M OUTTA TiiIIIme
@@ZniperToast Lmfao Thanks bros
ENGINEER DOESN'T NEED AUTOTUNE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
*HE IS THE AUTOTUNE* ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
THE AUTOTUNE NEEDS HIM 💯💯
AUTO TUNE LIVES OFF HIM
Engi is autotune
@@dilophosaursniper5399
"What kind of an autotune is this?"
"I AM THE AUTOTUNE"
Great, now do the final one with engie, demoman, medic and scout all singing it in a quartet.
maybe
@@LazilyLegendaryHotTub Now draw them pregnant
@@Jamley-my1ei D:
@@Jamley-my1ei wtf
@@Jamley-my1ei boy preggers ehe~
This is so amazing. It helps me remember that TF2 is still going strong.
has it ever not?
This game, if I get a PC with tower, I will get Steam only for this one
its outlasting overwatch at this rate too from the looks of it
The longevity of this game is incredible. I played it when it was new and spent my gap year on it.
80% of it is bots
Oh yes, Daryl Conagher & Dell Oates: "Out of touch for Buildin' a sentry". A truly memorable tune from 2fort, indeed.
*Builder League United;* Presents! This ⤴
Sweet I was like number 666.
Also build them sentries boys.
Wow I did not expect engie's voice to be this clear. It may not be perfect yet but it's really good. AI is becoming more advanced.
In 5 to 10 years it'll be indistinguishable.
@@NugsForPugs remember that the first ai stuff (the really croppy stuff which could still copy the mercanary voices) became popular 2 years ago. now its almost fully clear, and its only been like 2 years lmao
im guessing in under a year
@@penguinscanfly5796 the machines learn too fast
AI voices are going to revolutionize modding for games like Skyrim where you might want to have voiced lines with vanilla characters. This has been an issue for so long, making modded characters fit seamlessly into a world and this would do a LOT to help with that.
This is a real singer, actually. He's credited in the description.
Brings a tear to my eye - been waiting for too long for it to become a reality.
honor hearing that from you lad
@@LazilyLegendaryHotTub thanks :'')
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The amount voice AI has advanced in the past 5 years alone is insanely impressive.
i think its more like in the past 2 years
more like 3 months
more like 4 weeks
More like 10 days.
More like 17 hours
"As part of their many front companies, BLU also dabbled in the music industry with their own record label."
RED went really quiet when they heard this banger
I mean, it doesn't sound perfect but it literally blows mind how powerful the AI is. I cannot imagine how it'll look in next 10 years.
It’s not about perfection; it’s about the possibility
I don't even think it's gonna take like 10 years. My assumption is that it will be perfected in 2-5 years. I mean look at the progress we've already made.
So true. It’s hard to imagine what it will look like in even one year with how fast it’s improving. The next few months will be insane. I’m calling it here.
I mean it can only go so far with the amount of source metarial because TF2 has alot of screaming and angry voices so even if AI improves it can only imitate whats there.
screw 10 years, we'll probably have life-like AI voices in a year or two
Be an actor for decades
Get a job at a video game company voice acting
Move on back to acting and never return to voice the character again
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15 years later somebody takes every single one of those voice clips and forces a robot to string together a rendition of Out of Touch by Hall and Oates
Huh?
I'm sorry but "forces a robot to string together a rendition" sounds like the AI was held at gunpoint to make this. As if it was scared of its own creation
@@thomashambly3718 held at hose point
@@Mystic-Midnight bro threatened to Jarate the server room
@@Mystic-Midnightsing or it gets the hose again
"Am I so out of touch..? No, it's the children."
WE MAKIN' IT OUT OF THE CTF BOT INFESTATION WITH THIS ONE BOIS🔥🔥🔥
WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE BADWATER BASIN WITH THIS ONE
Hearing this sung in a voice I'm not used to but with the same inflection, timing and passion makes it so obvious how talented the original artists were. Wow can they ever sing, Hall and Oates are insanely talented musicians.
yes they are
Yeah, I was surprised to find that listening to this really made me appreciate the artistry of the original!! It really highlights the talent as you say. I do also love TF2 so that's a bonus too : ) Love this vid
Holy shit I was not expecting this to be so good. And you can totally tell that its engie singing, most of these sound nothing like the person it's supposed to be
This is probably the best version of tf2 characters singing that I've heard I'm incredibly impressed
Why is this, of all things, the best ai cover? It sounds like proper, English language singing, passion burning through, no hiccups. And it's Engineer singing Out of Touch.
Rick Astley singing "Ride on time" is divine
Scout singing Billie Jean is a good one
Frank Sinatra singing Five Nights at Freddy's and Michael Jackson singing Smile by Pinkie Pie.
@@zaichizaijan4235 cringe, sorry
Strangely the ones with Dio Brando seem to have very good AI covers despite the VA not even speaking english throughout the series.
"Take a look around" sounded like it could just straight up be a voiceline
The engineer knows how to sing 🕊🕊🕊🕊
did he die? why the dove emojis
The fact you can hear him breathing in sometimes is absolutely insane.
WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE BOT CRISIS WITH THIS ONE
WE BREAKING THROUGH THE CHOKEPOINT ON DUSTBOWL WITH THIS ONE BOYS!
I didn’t even realise this wasn’t the original till about 3/4ths of the way through
Same but it was when it was 1.5/4th of the way their
Honestly. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This is a really good song, and you just brought a whole lot of people some grooves.
Everytime someone brings this song into the spotlight, it makes me glad people are learning of this song for the first time.
Been listening to this banger of a song for years, insta-clicked when I saw engineer singing lol
It's almost horrifying how good this is but it's too mesmerizing to truly question
this really helped me out of a mental breakdown, thank you
hope youre feeling better mate
@@LazilyLegendaryHotTub much better man, thanks for checking
@@genuinelygrievous1442 glad to hear it
Engineer got the energy and charisma to sing. Is nice.
_Imagine this with the 12" version of this song._
Gosh, if only Poppy Joe could hear it wherever he is now on Pet Heaven.
It's so uncanny how accurate the engineer sounds like Hall and Oates
When someone randomly gifted the TF2 Mercenaries with a Karaoke Machine.
That's a charming idea for a SFM music video! I can imagine Engineer going really ham and soulful on the mic and Heavy and Scout exchanging "not bad" looks in the background.
*AUDIO ENGINEERING*
This AI voice sounding more and more accurate is begginning to concern me lol.
Why? This is amazing, I wish the quality was even better.
@@dudeguy9081 the memes are fine, im referring to people with bad intent posing as someone else
yeah, we are unfortunately sleepwalking into a media nightmare
@@supsick But the memes dude. Think of the memes!
@@Cloudwalk9fax...
it’s perfect- the mercs singing videos are my some of favourite tf2 media
Engi mains when they have to watch their nest slowly dying during respawn timer
That album cover is hilarious and yet knowing it’s with in game cosmetics, that proves to me this game was perfect
Its actually creepy how realistic it sounds, like normally the AI voices always have a crack here or there where you can go "oh yea its an AI making the voice," but with this, its _DAMN_ hard to find those moments
You must've not heard any of the pony songs bronies have made if you think so highly of this one
@@TheGielnik For the pony autists they channeled the pure autism to manually manipulate the vocals. Not to discredit AI it's just doing what people would anyways faster.
This is truly, TRULY incredible.
It makes me think of just how far the TF2 Community has come to get to this point and makes me wonder just how far we'll keep running with the funny video game mercenaries far into the future.
This is amazing dude!!! Extremely uncanny, extremely familiar at the same time. Beautiful work ❤
I'd say the amount of authenticity coming from this lil AI concoction is scary, got me wondering just how far they can push these voices to make songs.
Legitimately have my drink in hand as I was watching this and as always I sung along, but really, it's flipping phenomenal this stuff, the parts where Engie vocalizes with pure soul. Got me wishing I could make any TF2 character sing a playlist of goodies.
Thank you for this 🤠
"Out of Touch" by Sentry Hall and John Dispenser
you mean sentry hell right ? *right?*
this is great as all hell. Engie straight up having the time of his life in this one
2009- sentence mixing
2023- freakin AI magic
Fine addition to my micspam playlist
Imagine this song plays after blue successfully drop the payload on the point lmao
"Wow... I am truly humbled by your kind words. It's an honor to hear that my cover has had such an impact on the community. I just love to sing, you know? It's my passion, and to know that it can have such a powerful effect on the minds and hearts of others is truly a blessing. Thank you so much for your kindness, it means the world to me. I hope to continue making music for all of you in the future, and to continue bringing joy to the world through the power of my voice."
-The Engineer, responding to the community's support of his cover
Nice
you've been touched
the Conagher Brothers musical career was underappreciated in it's time. a shame what happened to them, rest in peace Zed and Maynard.
Dear god why does it sound so good?
It's a great song
voice actors: ai will replace us we gotta stop it before they start using ai trained on our voices without permission in media
model trainers: haha make him sing 80s classics
This is so incredibly well made it barely even sounds like AI. I thought it was someone singing with an Engineer accent at first.
"It's... perfect"
-Spy Tf2
When the engineer is "out of touch" after seeing his turret getting sapped by spy
Rumor has it that Engineer does karaoke on Saturday nights
There is literally a cosmetic for anything in TF2 almost.
true
WE PUSHING THE PAYLOAD WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hall and Oates is such an insane group to listen to. I would say they are the epitome of timeless 80’s music
When you're so 80s you break time itself and just become beautiful for any decade
the picture for this is by far my favorite AI cover image yet
Now someone needs to recreate the original MTV music video in SFM with Tf2 characters.
WE MAKING OUT OF THE 15 MINUTE LONG DUSTBOWL DEFENSE WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥 🗣️🗣️🗣️
I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH AND ENGI AHHHHHHH
Criminally good!
Real fans saw them back in '84
Engineer just singing to the radio as he builds his dispenser and sentry 20 feet behind the rest of his team
When you realise when the last update was and your turret turned into an anime girl.
Very nice. Very, very nice!
These AI covers are getting cleaner over time. I like what I'm hearing here.
"Congratulations. We have been awarded additional time."
God DAMN that new AI that piggybacks off dialogue is impressive. Pretty soon people'll be able to make their own full-blown scripted shorts. Imagine a fan-made continuation of the Expiration Date pilot!
U already can lol.
Its hard tho cus for accents like demoman and stuff, it doesnt really change it.
But it makes voice actors do an even better job tho
The AI is so good at singing this avoids being funny altogether and is just a high quality cover. I’d expect nothing less from someone smart enough to be an engineer
damn engi's hitting those notes
outright frightening how far ai has come in the last decade
The amount AI has improved in the past 1.5 years is strange
It's only going to get stronger.
WE MAKING IT OUT OF THE SPAWN ROOM WITH THIS ONE BOYS🔥🔥🔥
This is *alarmingly* well-made.
This song is an inside joke between me and my brother and this video started it. Thank you
youre welcome
I remember listening to this in the background on loop for like, 20 mins and forgetting that this was an AI cover
And only NOW have I realized that it was an AI cover
This is absolutely gorgeous, I love how they don't sound like a mix of different phrases. I know that the mixed sentences are a staple of TF2 memes, but it always trew me off a little. But anyways, really good work!
What the actual fuck, this sounds so good
Seriously, this is going be my favourite version of this song
And the perfect high notes too, the ai is getting out of control
"You're out of ammo, i'm out of metal, but i'm out of my head when you ask for another dispenser"
This is how I discovered the original.
thats crazy
That's super well done, sounds like an actual real singing voice
Now THIS is how you use AI - as a *tool*, not a crutch. Your mixing and mastering of the audio turns this funny little Engie cover into a masterpiece all its own. Thank you for the breath of fresh air!
I actually love this song and this made it 10x better thank you for showing this in my recommended
engineer is probably the sanest character in tf2
The absolute least sane without a doubt
The actual sanest one would be Spy or Scout. Engineer has a god complex and cut his arm off to replace it with a cybernetic one for the luls. He is the smartest merc though, 100%.
@@Mate_Antal_Zoltan yeah you right about spy to be fair, but idk about scout. though also, i think just about anyone capable of such a feat would 100% change out one of their arms for a sweet technoprosthesis
@@mildly_miffed_man1414 have you heard medic talking? lmao
@@teancrumpets5685 I said Scout because he's just a regular ass guy. Like, yea, he's a little stupid and an incel, but he's normal.
Red's Engineer been real quiet since this dropped.
This is what all of humanity needed the most
Took me a minute to notice the voice was different, and I only noticed because it was clearer.
Engie looks like he was meant to be Daryl Hall. John Oates too for that matter of fact
Road to 1M views. Now that's some engi' gamin' right there boy !
Dell and Oates - Out of Metal
WHY DOES THIS SOUND SO LEGIT
Engie without his dispenser:
He should make a The Who's Baba O' Reily with the TF2 engineer. But call it "The Blu - Wrangle O' Sentry"
This is literal perfection
We making 1 million visits with this one lads! Scream those lyrics as loud as if the Japanese Mafia has broken your legs!
When the mercs have karaoke nights at the base.xD