YouTube is trying out two new AI tools that let users easily make short songs. One tool is called Dream Track, and it uses the voices of nine popular artists to create 30-second music tracks for YouTube Shorts.
Dream Track
To use it, you just type in what you want to hear and pick a singer from the tool’s options. Which include artists like John Legend, Sia, and T-Pain. These musicians agreed to be part of the program. Earlier reports in October mentioned that YouTube was developing AI technology to help content creators make songs with famous singers’ voices. But it wasn’t launched then because of ongoing talks with record labels. Dream Track seems to be that same AI tool.
Initially, Dream Track will be offered to a small group of American content creators using mobile devices. There’s no information about when or if it will be available more widely or as a desktop version.
The announcement includes a couple of videos demonstrating the feature. In one video, a user asks the AI to create a song about a sunny morning in Florida using T-Pain’s voice. It seems to do a good job of capturing his style and creating lyrics on the spot. Although the performance sounds like it has an Auto-Tune filter.
Music AI Tools
The second experiment is called Music AI Tools. It can generate short tracks by transforming an uploaded vocal sample. For instance, a brief clip of humming can be turned into a guitar riff. It also works in reverse, transforming chords from a MIDI keyboard into a choir.
An image on Google’s DeepMind website shows a potential user interface for the Music AI Tool desktop app. Instead of a simple layout like Dream Track, it looks more complex. The interface resembles a music editing program with a timeline at the top, highlighting the input and various editing tools. These tools could allow users to adjust specific elements in a generated track, such as reducing distortion on a guitar riff or increasing the piano section.
Google is currently testing this feature with participants in YouTube’s Music AI Incubator program, an exclusive group comprising artists, songwriters, and producers from the music industry. There’s no information about when the feature will be widely released.
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