Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: The State of AI (as of This Millisecond)
If consumer acceptance is any indication, AI fails at the big picture. However, it also has real potential in the studio for accelerating workflow.
AI
Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: The Collapse of Artistic Ambition
Sometimes we can lower our ambitions without even realizing it; recalibrating them, however, can remind you why they matter so much.
news
ARIA Bans AI From Charts
The Australian Recording Industry Association has banned recordings generated wholly by AI from its charts.
news
Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine Advocate for Use of AI Tools in Music Production
A lot of people are using it in some form, they note, and “...when gifted people have AI, they’re going to make better records.”
Business
New EU AI Act Has Global Impact on Audio Production
The European Union's new AI Act goes into effect today; here's how does it affects audio professionals around the world.
Business
New Partnership Protects Canadian Music Creators
Canadian performing rights organization SOCAN and Musical AI have entered a partnership focused on protecting music creators.
Facilities
Roundhead Studios Sets ‘No AI’ Policy
Roundhead Studios, one of New Zealand’s most prominent recording facilities, has launched an in-house AI Music Tools Policy.
Live Sound
Sensibly Applying AI to AV Projects
At InfoComm, presenter Bill Fons discussed ways to implement human checkpoints—and accountability—when working with AI‑generated materials on AV design and installation projects.
Blog
Editor’s Note: So Many Ways to Make Music
The symbiotic relationship between Talent and Technology has always driven pro audio innovation, from the adoption of nonlinear editing to the expansion of the...
Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: And So the Backlash Begins…
For wisdom about AI in music...listen to those who matter—and I’m not even talking about the artists, but the listeners.
New Products
LALAL.AI’s Plug-in Brings Stem Separation to DAWs
Music AI technology provider LALAL.AI has released a new VST plug-in that brings the company’s stem-splitting offerings into DAWs.
Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Has Music Technology Made Us…Lazy?
Is AI making your production work effortless, less effort or no effort?
Blog
From The Editor: Back to the Future of AI Music
A look back at a music tech revolution from 86 years ago can shed some light on what may lie ahead for AI music.
New Products
Antares Launches Metamorph AI Voice Transformer Plug-In
Antares’ latest offering, Metamorph, is an AI vocal transformation plug-in that lets users radically change vocals via 12 voice models.
Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: AI and the Fingerprint Factor
Craig shares how to verbally smack down anyone who suggests that AI scraping the web for examples is the same as musicians drawing on...
Events
Game Audio 2025: Higher Pay, More Outsourcing and the Role of AI
Annual GameSoundCon Game Audio Industry Survey now available; conference to take place in late October.
New Products
UA’s Free Luna DAW Updated with AI ‘Listening’ Features
Universal Audio’s free Luna DAW has a new update, v1.9, which adds a selection of AI-powered features.
Reviews
Dreamtonics Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro — A Mix Real-World Review
Dreamtonics Synthesizer V Studio 2 Pro is a vocal synthesizer that uses MIDI sequence data to trigger AI-controlled voices—and we put it to the...
Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Are We Having Fun Yet?
Some AI evangelists think musicians feel it's "not really enjoyable to make music." Craig sets 'em straight.
Live Sound
Gingerly Adopting AI in Event Production
AI is making inroads into many corners of live event and film production, but how are pros using it—and do they trust it to...
New Products
Type Something, Hear Something with New App
Waves Audio has announced Illugen, an AI-powered desktop app that turns text prompts into custom-generated audio.
New Products
Ethical AI Voice Platform Launches
Every voice in the Auribus catalogue belongs to a real performer who is paid each time their model is used.
New Products
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 20 Adds AI Audio Features
Blackmagic Design’s new update to DaVinci Resolve 20 adds more than 100 new features, many of them AI-powered, including to the Fairlight audio editor.
Business
Merlin Issues Statement Opposing UK’s AI Reforms
Independent label digital music licensing partner Merlin has issued a statement strongly opposing the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright laws for artificial intelligence...
Blog
Mix Blog: Who Wrote That? AI and Copyright Law
The Copyright Office released the second part of its Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), with a mix of good and uncertain news.
Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: The AI Cesspool Has Arrived
Not only is the AI genie out of the bottle, the genie has acquired tactical nuclear weapons. Welcome to 2025.
New Products
See Something, Hear Something
Krotos' AI Ambience Generator v2 enables creators to generate audio ambiences directly from an image.
Blog
Mixing Prince on Saturday Night Live—and What That Has To Do with AI
An evening at Audio-Technica's new NYC engagement space, Technica House, revealed a cool audio story about Prince on SNL.
Business
Spike AI — A Mix Product of the Week
Spike AI, an AI-based mixing plug-in being developed by engineer Mark “Spike” Stent, is expected to be released in early 2025.
Blog
From the Editor: Can Generative AI Make a Twister?
Mix co-editor Tom Kenny brings some fun context to the audio efforts behind 1996's Twister and this summer's semi-sequel Twisters.
Blog
Mix Blog: Fake Art. Real Money
Well, it had to happen sooner or later… AI-generated “art” being used to scam money out of the music industry.
Business
Roland Future Design Lab Launches
Roland Corporation announced it has founded a specialized R&D group, Roland Future Design Lab, to explore and suggest “the future of music creation.”
New Products
Vocoflex AI Voice Transformation Plug-In Launched
Tokyo-based Dreamtonics has introduced Vocoflex, a real-time, AI-powered voice creation and transformation plug-in.
Business
Music Industry Support Grows for AI Guidelines
First issued in March, Roland Corporation and Universal Music Group (UMG)'s "Principles for Music Creation with AI" are reportedly gaining traction in the industry.
Music Production
BT’s SoundLabs, UMG Team to Clone Artist Vocals with AI
UMG will allow its artists to create vocal models of themselves for their own exclusive use via SoundLabs' AI technology, MicDrop.
Reviews
Triniti AI — A Mix Real-World Review
AI tools are increasingly trying to make inroads into the recording world. Of course, a skilled mixer/remixer can do better—for now.
New Products
Apple Logic Pro Update Adds New AI Features
New AI-powered features—Session Players, Stem Splitter and ChromaGlow—are highlights of the latest Logic Pro updates, due out May 13.
New Products
Techivation AI-Loudener Plug-In Debuts
Techivation has launched AI-Loudener, a new AI-powered audio plug-in for adding loudness, harmonic excitement, and warmth.
Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Can You Negotiate With AI?
The music industry desperately needs revisions to the copyright laws to take AI changes into account—but it can’t just stop there.
New Products
Mixhalo Adds AI-Powered Translation Capabilities
Mixhalo real-time audio streaming software has added Mixhalo Translate to its features.
Plug-ins
LANDR Mastering Plug-in – A Mix Real-World Review
LANDR has offered online mastering for years; now the company's new AI-powered plug-in brings that directly into your DAW.
Business
Adobe Teases AI Voice Separation Tech
Adobe has unveiled Project Sound Lift, an AI-powered technology that separates speech from background sound.