Suno doesn’t just produce AI-generated songs anymore; it can also transform them into new styles. The company has released a new feature called Covers that reinterprets your songs into new genres, almost like a photo filter or asking ChatGPT to mimic an author’s style, but for audio. The feature is currently in beta and transforms audio inputs, whether it’s you singing in the shower or produced songs, in multiple musical forms, while retaining the original melody.
The idea is to keep the essence of the original song, but with a new stylistic interpretation. To create a cover, you can select a song from your library and then choose the “Cover Song” option from the menu. The AI will process your song in the style you select.
A nice touch is that you can rework an existing song and add lyrics that fit the new genre to a song without vocals. While the AI will automatically generate lyrics that fit the new style, Suno says it’s better if you edit the lyrics to make sure they make sense. You can hear a bit of how it works in the video below and here playlist.
“We know that music is personal, and Covers gives you the tools to explore even more ways to connect with your music,” Suno explained in a blog post. “Whether you’re experimenting with genre-crossing remixes, adding vocals to an instrumental, or just curious about how your track would sound in a different context, Covers opens up a world of possibilities.”
Turning Acoustic Sessions Into Country Hits With Covers 🤠 @MichaelCarychao What have you covered so far? 👇 pic.twitter.com/ynVvbBj3reSeptember 16, 2024
Reinterpret the music you love with Covers! Covers can transform anything from a simple vocal recording to a fully produced song into an entirely new style, while preserving the original melody that’s uniquely yours. Our newest feature, available now in early-access beta,… pic.twitter.com/B8JzBReJreSeptember 12, 2024
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Suno’s Covers feature comes at a time when AI is increasingly being used to democratize creative processes. AI tools are becoming increasingly sophisticated, allowing users to engage with creative mediums like music, art, and writing in new and innovative ways. For musicians and producers, Covers can serve as a way to try out different arrangements and styles for their work, or showcase how their songs could sound in different genres without having to manually recreate them.
The Covers feature fits into Suno’s ongoing rollout of new features and accessibility. Suno has had a deal with Microsoft for nearly a year to offer a plugin for Suno’s lyrics-to-music tool for Microsoft Copilot and recently released a mobile app, despite some legal clouds on the horizon. The company and other AI music generators like Udio are currently facing lawsuits from major music labels for copyright infringement. There are also larger questions about whether using existing music as training data for AI models is legal.
The Covers feature is available to Suno Pro and Suno Premier subscribers. Those subscribers get 200 free cover generations to experiment with the tool, after which each new cover generation costs ten credits, similar to the cost of creating a new song from scratch.