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Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool

Suno is releasing Studio 2.0 with significant upgrades that push it closer to an actual digital audio workstation (DAW), rather than a bare-bones audio editor with generative AI features. The biggest addition is undoubtedly MIDI support. Suno says that MIDI was its most requested feature, and it’s basically a prerequisite for any modern DAW. Unfortunately, Suno Studio doesn’t appear to support third-party plugins or VSTs yet, so you’re stuck using its proprietary built-in synth. That synth appears to be a basic two-oscillator wavetable plugin with three envelopes and four envelopes.

The point is less about using your favorite Arturia vintage synth emulation, though, and more about using that MIDI data as a prompt. You can play in some chords, then ask Suno to turn that MIDI into audio, extend a melody, or write a B-part based on what you played. Another standard DAW feature being added in Studio 2.0 is...

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