Lex Luger Releases GenAI Model Based on His Sound; RoEx Expands with SDK, Boombox Deal
#204 | Your Weekly Dose of AI Music News
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ChatGPT hallucinated about music app Soundslice so often, the founder made the lie come true
Earlier this month, Adrian Holovaty, founder of music-teaching platform Soundslice, solved a mystery that had been plaguing him for weeks. Weird images of what were clearly ChatGPT sessions kept being uploaded to the site.
AI music-production startup RoEx expands with SDK and Boombox deal
Startup RoEx’s AI mixing and mastering tools have now been used on more than 3m tracks. Now the company is building on its momentum.
Why AI Can Never Replace Radio
As a society and in the media business, we continue to grapple with AI. How will it be used, can it augment existing skillsets, and how do consumers feel about its use?
Trap producer Lex Luger releases generative AI model based on his sound
Lemonaide's Collab Club is a suite of AI models that can be used to generate audio and MIDI clips in the style of successful producers using the company's Seeds app.
'The Velvet Sundown' and AI Music: What People Are Getting Wrong
So the band's career is blowing up, as the kids used to say. But The Velvet Sundown doesn't actually seem to exist. All signs suggest everything credited to the band is entirely AI generated: the music, the band photos, the album covers. All of it is created by computers.
Levellr puts AI to work analysing music fans’ Discord messages
Levellr is the startup that has been helping labels including UMG and WMG build fan communities on Discord for their artists.
The Tangled Web of Music Metadata: How We Got Here
Jacob Varghese, Founder and Director at Noctil, a no-code metadata platform, explores the origins of the metadata mess.
The Future Sound Awards are new music awards 100% focused on rewarding AI-derived music
Reckon that your AI tune doesn’t get the love that it should? A new competition aims to celebrate the best new AI music and its makers.
⚙️ Tools
I’ve tested Waves Illugen, the AI sample generator — I’m impressed and concerned
AI startup transcribes audio tracks to sheet music in minutes
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🎼 Innovation
TikTok to integrate Chordal’s sync licensing tech with its commercial music library
UMG's Michael Nash: 'AI can be fundamental to the future of music'
From Sensual Butt Songs to Santa’s Alleged Coke Habit: AI Slop Music Is Getting Harder to Avoid
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I guess the fact that Velvet Sundown is still up on streaming services now that we've found out it's AI doesn't bode well