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AI in music

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ConsequenceScenesKid Rock Reveals He Used AI on New Song with Eminem Kid Rock’s song “Heal My Faith,” featuring his bud Eminem, also contained a previously unknown collaborator. Artificial intelligence.

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AMAZONA.deEuropeFingerlab BloopMachine, TB-303 Klon mit generativen Sequenzer Fingerlab BloopMachine, TB-303-Nachfahre mit Mutate-Funktion für iOS und macOS Fingerlab BloopMachine ist ein monophoner Synth-Sequencer für Acid-Linien, glitchige Texturen und generative…

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Music FeedsScenesUrthboy Takes Aim At Tech Billionaires & AI On New Album ‘Reckless Bloom’ Urthboy | Lee Illfield / Supplied After more than 25 years in Australian hip-hop, Urthboy isn’t interested in going quietly into the night.

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Digital Music NewsIndustrySuno Is Keeping the Pressure on the Mechanical Licensing Collective; Court Orders MLC Subpoena Response by Monday The Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building. Photo Credit: Antony-22 Suno is charging ahead with its Mechanical Licensing Collective subpoena, and the MLC now has until Monday to…

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Mix OnlineGearCraig Anderton’s Open Channel: The State of AI (as of This Millisecond) Before we discuss the current state of AI, please read the following instructions: Insert “At least as of now…” before every sentence.

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Complete Music UpdateIndustrySpotify aiming to get AI remix product live in early 2027, even though it remains unclear if artists and fans are all that interested in it Spotify is aiming to launch its new AI-powered remix and covers service in early 2027, according to a report in the Financial Times , although its sources concede that an exact timeline is yet to be…

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Music AllyIndustryUMG talks AI music: ‘The volume is growing faster than the safeguards’ Universal Music Group’s quarterly financial earnings-call yesterday saw boss Sir Lucian Grainge sounding the latest alarm around AI music.

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Music Business WorldwideIndustrySuno fights to make Apple testify on whether Apple Music could survive without UMG and Sony, claiming the majors use their catalogs ‘as a cudgel’ to win anti-AI concessions Suno also wants an Apple witness to testify about Apple’s current licensing talks with both majors and streaming fraud on Apple Music. Source

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Music Business WorldwideIndustrySuno’s new MCP tool lets users make songs inside ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini – as its developer API gets a sign-in portal but remains in beta Suno has unveiled a tool that lets users create songs from inside AI assistants including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

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SleepfreaksJapan【期間限定・最大50%OFF】VocAlign 7 ProやReason Rackがお得に | LANDR・Synchro Arts・Reasonのブラックフライデー・年末セール LANDR・Synchro Arts・Reasonのプラグインが特別価格に このたび、LANDR・Synchro Arts・Reason Studiosの3ブランドで、ブラックフライデー・年末セールが同時に開催されます。

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Recording Studio Rockstars

Recording Studio RockstarsVoicesRSR582 Nathan Dohse - Smart Strategies for Writing and Releasing Music in the Age of AI What does it really take to get your music heard if the algorithms might be working against you? My guest today is Nathan Dohse , a Nashville-based songwriter, producer, and founder of Eager.

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Gitarre & BassEuropeZoom NEURIG: Neural-Modeler mit eigener DNA-Engine, NAM-Captures und KI-App (Bild: Zoom Corporation) Mit dem NEURIG stellt Zoom einen kompakten Amp- und Effekt-Modeler mit Akku vor, der zwei Ansätze verbindet: eine neue, selbst entwickelte Neural-Engine namens DNA und die…

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5 MagazineScenesOn Spotify Everything is an AI-Generated Remix Labels are lining up for a cut of Spotify's latest scheme with questionable listener interest.

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SleepfreaksJapanDTMユーザーこそ押さえておきたいAIエージェント入門|Codexの導入からDAW操作まで AIエージェントで、パソコンの作業をAIに任せる ChatGPTやGeminiは使っていても、文章を送って答えを受け取るところで止まっている方も多いのではないでしょうか。 その先にあるのが「AIエージェント」です。 AI

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Digital DrummerDrumsAudioPrism puts stem separation on the desktop Stem separation is hardly new, with DAWs such as Logic Pro offering the ability to split recordings into individual parts.

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Ari's TakeIndustryHow the Major Labels Use AI Fans To Market Music Listen on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Acast This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with Joe Lim, founder and CEO of Floodify, a marketing technology…

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The Pro Audio SuiteVoicesIs AI Killing Voiceover? Not So Fast AI is killing voiceover. Or is it? An email to George kicks off a much bigger conversation this week about what artificial intelligence is actually doing to voiceover and audio production right now…

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MOTU

MOTUMakersDigital Performer 12 Ships with support for Dolby Atmos™ mixing, AI-powered stem separation MOTU is now shipping Digital Performer version 12, a major upgrade to their flagship audio workstation software.

09.15
Ableton Music Producer Podcast

Ableton Music Producer PodcastVoices#212 - Flosstradamus & Underbelly: AI, New Production Tools & The Future of Music Flosstradamus and Underbelly talk about the rapidly changing world of music production, AI, and new tools for Ableton Live.

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PerformerVoicesWhat AI Can (and Can’t) Do for Your Music Let’s address the elephant in the studio: artificial intelligence is dominating music industry headlines, and as an independent artist, you are rightfully protective of your craft.

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Synth AnatomySynthsFingerlab BloopMachine: the TB-303’s glitchy, generative sibling for iOS/macOS Fingerlab BloopMachine is a new TB-303-style Synthesizer for iOS and macOS that lets you explore the glitch and generative side of baselines.

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MusicTechGearZeds Dead on two decades of sampling: “The interest is in the history; AI has no history” Zeds Dead are equal parts historians and musicians. Hooks (Zachary Rapp-Rovan) and DC (Dylan Mamid) have been running their production partnership and alternative electronic project for nearly 20…

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IQIndustryWhat does the future of AI ticket search look like? AI-based conversational ticket discovery could remain a “modest” portion of the ticketing landscape unless it finds a way to “inspire” event choices, leading ticketers say.

10.29

Guitar WorldGuitarsDanny Sapko’s YouTube copyright strike removed after allegedly exposing viral bassist’s fake playing The online guitar community has rallied in support of YouTuber and bass player Danny Sapko, who recently found himself at the center of another fake guitar player scandal.

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