Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced a new partnership with SoundLabs, an artificial intelligence technology company focused on providing ethically trained tools to music creators.
The partnership will equip UMG’s artists and producers with artificial intelligence technology sound lab‘ microphone dropUMG announced the launch of an AI vocal plug-in on Tuesday (June 18).
MicDrop, launching this summer, is an instant vocal plug-in that allows artists to create high-fidelity vocal models using their own voice data.
Unlike some AI tools, artists retain full ownership and creative control of their models. MicDrop is compatible with all major digital audio workstations and works in AU, VST3 and AAX formats.
The tool enables artists to perform various sound transformations such as voice to voice, voice to instrument, voice to singing and language transposition.
SoundLabs was founded by Grammy-nominated producers, composers, software developers and electronic artists BT. With a career spanning over 25 years, BT has worked with A-list artists including David Bowie, Madonna, Sting, Death Cab for Cutie, Peter Gabriel and Seal, and has scored number one box office and Oscar-winning films such as monster and fast and Furious.
“Artificial intelligence, when used ethically and with consensual training, has the Promethean ability to unlock unimaginable new creative insights…The tools we design are not designed to replace human artists, but to amplify them. human creativity.
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As a software developer, BT develops music tools that have produced over $70 million in total sales. He developed and patented audio plug-ins such as Stutter Edit, BreakTweaker (iZotope), Polaris, and Phobos (Spitfire Audio).
“It’s a huge honor to be working with the forward-thinking and creative Universal Music Group. We believe the future of music creation is absolutely human.
“If artificial intelligence is used ethically and with consensual training, it has the Promethean ability to unlock unimaginable new creative insights, reduce friction in the creative process, and enable everyone to Democratizing creativity for artists, fans, and creators of all types. We design tools not to replace human artists, but to enhance human creativity.
SoundLabs’ founding team also includes software developers Joshua Dickinson and Dr. Michael Hetrick of unfiltered vocal.
UMG said the partnership is in line with its commitment to the responsible use of artificial intelligence in music. The company recently partnered with an instrument manufacturer Roland – Known for synthesizers, drum machines, etc. – Establish Artificial Intelligence Music Creation Principleschampioning transparency and artist control in this evolving field.
Commenting on the new deal with SoundLabs, chris Horton“Universal Music is committed to putting artists at the center of our AI strategy so that technology can serve the art, not the other way around,” said Universal Music’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Technology.
“BT understands how performers view and value their voices, and SoundLabs will allow UMG artists to use speech-to-speech AI to push creative boundaries, sing in languages they don’t speak, duet with their younger selves, and restore imperfection recordings, and more.
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“We are delighted to be working with SoundLabs and BT, who have a deep personal understanding of the technical and ethical issues surrounding artificial intelligence. Through direct experience as a singer and working with many vocal collaborators, BT understands how performers view and value their voices, and SoundLabs will allow UMG artists to push creative boundaries by singing in languages they don’t speak using speech-to-speech AI, duet with their younger selves, repair imperfect recordings, and more.
The partnership with SoundLabs comes as UMG continues its commitment to the responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence in the music industry. Back in October, UMG partnered with band lab science and technologyparent company of social music creation platform band labwhich they call “a broad, industry-first strategic relationship focused on artificial intelligence.”
The partnership aims to “drive the company’s shared commitment to [the] Ethical use of artificial intelligence and protection of the rights of artists and songwriters,” UMG said at the time.
UMG is also one of the major music companies to oppose the use of music for artificial intelligence development without appropriate consent, credit or compensation. this International Federation of Music PublishersUMG is part of this, launching a program called Rights Protection Artificial Intelligence Network In April, rights holders can retain rights to their works to prevent unauthorized exploitation.
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