Among many other things, AI can also be used to make music . It's truly amazing to see how artificial intelligence is also capable of producing great creations in areas where creativity is the goal. This is what OnePlus AI Music Studio demonstrates.
This is a generative application designed to create melodies and musical compositions using artificial intelligence. We tell you all the details of this ambitious technological proposal in the following paragraphs:
Until now, the Chinese manufacturer OnePlus had focused its activity on the production of tablets, mobile phones, headphones, smartwatches, and similar products. One of the hallmarks of this brand was offering products of quite acceptable quality at very reasonable prices. Now, however, it is embarking on a new and ambitious venture in which artificial intelligence will play a prominent role.
The company has been announcing for weeks the launch of a new music-related product, playing a bit of a distraction. In fact, many thought it was a speaker or something similar. Almost no one could imagine that what was coming was an AI tool for making music.
After the initial surprise, there are many questions that arise: How does OnePlus AI Music Studio work? How is the quality of your results? We will try to answer these and other questions below.
How Does It Work?
There's no doubt that OnePlus prioritized ease of use in designing this tool, ensuring that any user can use it without too much difficulty. It's fully accessible. However, there is one essential requirement: you need to create a OnePlus account to access it.
Once registered, the website will ask you to choose a music genre. There are several options to choose from, and many more are expected in the future. Next, you need to select a mood and a theme . These options are used by OnePlus AI Music Studio to structure the song within the genre you previously selected.
To further refine your music creation process, you can provide additional information for generating songs using keywords. Once you're happy with the generated text, simply click "Continue" to create a unique piece of music.
In addition to the music, the AI ​​also generates a series of images inspired by the lyrics and melody to create a video clip.
Incredible results, but they could be improved
Those who have already used OpenPlus AI Music Studio to "make music" know that the resulting creations are truly amazing . It's striking to see what anyone can achieve, even without the slightest musical training. However, the level of quality is lower than that offered by other Artificial Intelligence tools.
In other words, there's room for improvement. For example, in the vocal aspect. The artificially generated voices don't sound natural enough ; they sound somewhat "robotized." It must be said that this is a common problem with these types of tools, but some of them (generally the paid ones, like OpenAI ) use real voices from well-known singers to improve the final results.
We have tested OpenPlus AI Music Studio: this is the result
To see for yourself what this tool promises, there's nothing better than registering and trying it out . That's exactly what we did. Our "creation process" consisted of choosing some options at random and then entering some words (in my case, "sun" and "water sounds"). This was the result:
It must be acknowledged that both the music and the visuals of this 1:10 video clip are pleasant, although I think it's quite presumptuous to call it a "musical creation." In reality, there's very little creativity involved. Anyone could have achieved a similar result with three simple clicks and a couple of words . Almost no credit can be given to the human (in this case, me) behind it. Not even the track title ( Energetic Beats ), which was also generated by AI.
Another experiment, this time with lyrics . We chose the combination "rap-sad-nature". This is where the lyrics come into play. OpenPlus AI Music Studio suggests text that we can either accept or reject (pressing "Regenerated" will create new lyrics for the song). Accepting the AI's output, this is what we got: a curious rap called Deadly Silence:
As you can see, the voice sounds a bit artificial. The video clip is nice, although too simple. For the rest, both the music and lyrics are exclusively a matter of the tool. To be honest, human influence on creation is minimal, almost anecdotal.
Conclusion
It's safe to assume this is just the first step on a long road. The truth is, the future development of this tool, and of AI for music production in general, will involve introducing many more options, resulting in increasingly precise and personalized results.