If you’ve played with generative AI at all, you know how impressive it can be, moral scruples aside. ChatGPT can generate pages of text, while DALL-E can compose an illustration based on a uncomplicated request. (Whether these results are made up or not stolen that’s another story.)
But I don’t think anything has impressed (or scared) me more in the age of artificial intelligence than music generators. Sure, it’s frigid, ChatGPT can instantly write an essay or a poem, but I had a bot that wrote it to me song With vocal AND Lyrics IN seconds. The future is going to be wild, people.
Suno is a bit too good at generating brief songs for free
While many AI music generators are coming onto the scene, I’m the most impressed so far sun. This bot was developed by a team of musicians and AI experts from Cambridge, Massachusetts. If you try Suno for yourself, you can see that the people behind it know what they are doing. What scared me the most was my first attempt: Feeling a bit cheeky, I asked Suno to generate for me an old-school hip-hop track about the terrifying consequences of high-quality AI-generated music. Suno has processed the request, then he spat it out.
Of course, you wouldn’t call it a “real” song, but it’s too close for comfort. I don’t like how naturally the AI was able to rap: “But wait, listen carefully, AI poses a threat/Creativity replaced by a mere stranger.” Reader, it has been sent shudder down my spine.
These songs are usually around 30-60 seconds long (though you can make them longer if you want) and you can’t request a specific artist (copyright issues, etc.). However, you can get original and focus on very specific requests to see what Suno will generate.
How to generate your own AI songs for free
You can exploit the Suno website to generate free songs without any hassle. Just create an account, then enter a description of the song in the “Song Description” box before clicking Create. Suno gives you 50 “credits” per day for free. This essentially means five requests per day, as each request generates two different versions of the song, each charging five points. If you want to be more specific, you can select “Custom Mode,” which allows you to enter your own lyrics (Suno recommends eight lines or two verses for best effect), music style, and song title. song.
If you want to expand the song further, you can click the three dots next to the song and then select Continue from this clip. Here you can create a song extension in custom mode and then click To continue generate.
However, if you’re a fan of Copilot, you can generate songs directly in Microsoft’s AI bot without having to sign up for a Suno account. First, open Copilot in your browser of choice (it used to be Microsoft Edge only), then sign in to your Microsoft account. From here, click on the Plugins menu and make sure the Suno plugin is enabled. Then enter your song request in the text box and submit it. While Suno generates your song, Copilot will return AI-generated search results for your desired genre, which is… fine, I guess? With Copilot, you also get five Suno requests per day.
You can easily share your route using the share button, which copies the link to your clipboard. You can also download it if you want to have it handy: On the Suno website, click the three dots next to the song, then select Download Audio. In your browser, you should be able to right-click on the song and then click Save audio as. (In my exploit, this works in Microsoft Edge.)
Just remember: Suno owns everything generated by its services, even though it offers the ability to download songs for later exploit. Just don’t accidentally generate another viral pop hit.
