Was dead wrong about AI music generators until I heard one trick my ear

I've been a musician for 20 years and always thought AI music was just noise. Last week my buddy showed me Suno V4 and had it generate a track in the style of a 90s alt-rock band I like. The first pass was garbage. Then he typed in "add a walking bass line after 30 seconds" and it actually did it. Sounded like a real session player. I still think it's cheating but I can't deny the output is legit now. Anyone else get converted by a specific prompt trick?

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blake30212d ago

Same thing happened to me with Suno V3 like 6 months ago lol. I told it "glassy clean guitar intro that fades into distortion" and it actually nailed the transition. That moment changed my mind completely. Still feels weird using it for songwriting though like I'm not doing the real work. But if you treat it like a really talented session player who needs specific directions it just works way better than fighting it.

ryan71912d ago

Wait, "glassy clean guitar intro that fades into distortion"? That's nuts, I didn't know you could get that specific with the prompts. I figured it was just "make a 90s rock song" and you get whatever you get. Maybe it's just me but that changes things a lot if you can basically tell it exactly what the band should do.