Stability AI Releases a Sound Generator; Udio Users Make an Average of 864K New Songs Every Day
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Stability AI releases a sound generator
Called Stable Audio Open, the generative model takes a text description (e.g. “Rock beat played in a treated studio, session drumming on an acoustic kit”) and outputs a recording up to 47 seconds in length. The model was trained using around 486,000 samples from free music libraries FreeSound and the Free Music Archive.
Hal Leonard Launches MuseClass
One notable MuseClass feature is AutoGrade, the AI-powered practice tool. This pioneering technology listens to a student’s performance and provides immediate feedback on timing and pitch, even for polyphonic instruments like piano or guitar. The tool can inspire students to repeat their practice sessions, or a teacher can set an AutoGrade challenge as an assignment.
Downtown taps SymphonyOS AI-marketing tech for its artist
Downtown has been testing SymphonyOS’s suite of tools with artists including Hunter Hayes, mehro and Ryan Nealon.
Udio Users Make an Average of 864K New Songs Every Day
Udio users are surely revelling, churning out 1,200 free songs a month. It starts with text prompts: you type in a description of a music genre, topic, lyrics, and (as the company’s press release oh-so-eloquently puts it: “artists that inspire”), and voilà—a piece of music materialises within 40 seconds.
AI won’t replace music producers anytime soon, but many need to adapt
The CTO of Masterchannel, Simon Hestermann, argues that AI will categorically become part of music production — and that it’s time to embrace it.
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