Suno no longer just produces AI-created songs, but can also revamp them with new styles. The company has launched 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. Currently in beta, the feature transforms audio inputs — whether you sing in the shower or produced tracks — into multiple musical forms while preserving 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 to adapt it to the style you select.
One fun feature is that you can remake an existing song and add lyrics that fit the new genre to a track without vocals. While the AI automatically generates lyrics that fit the new style, Suno says it's best if you tweak the lyrics to make sure they make sense. You can hear a bit of how it works in the video below and through this playlist.
“We know 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 might 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
Reimagine the music you love with Covers! Covers can transform anything from a simple vocal recording to a fully produced track into a completely new style, all while preserving the original melody that is uniquely yours. Our newest feature, now available 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 more sophisticated, allowing users to interact with creative mediums like music, art, and writing in new and innovative ways. For musicians and producers, covers could serve as a way to test out different arrangements and styles for their work or show how their songs might sound in different genres without having to manually recreate them.
The Covers feature fits into Suno’s ongoing addition of new features and access. Suno has had a deal with Microsoft to offer a plug-in for Suno’s text-to-music tool for Microsoft Copilot for nearly a year and recently launched a mobile app, despite some legal troubles on the horizon. The company and other AI music generators like Udio are currently facing lawsuits from major record labels for copyright infringement. There are also larger questions about whether it’s legal to use existing music as training data for AI models.
The cover art feature is available to Suno Pro and Suno Premier subscribers. These subscribers get 200 free cover art generations to start experimenting with the tool, after which each new cover art generation costs ten credits – very similar to the cost of creating a completely new song.
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