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Hands-on coverage of AI music tools, vetted for musicians.
- 01 Sept
Tool News & Updates 01 SeptTONE3000 launches free open-source guitar and bass plugin with 700,000 tones
- TONE3000 released the free, open-source TONE3000 Plugin and standalone app on September 1, 2026.
- The plugin streams the full library of 700,000+ NAM captures and impulse responses directly inside the plugin window, with no downloading or file management.
- It ships as VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP, LV2 and standalone for macOS, Windows and Linux, and runs in every major DAW.
- 28 Aug
Tool News & Updates 28 AugSeatGeek builds Ask SeatGeek into its search bar instead of bolting on a chatbot
- SeatGeek launched Ask SeatGeek, described by the company as a conversational AI search experience.
- The feature sits inside SeatGeek's existing search bar rather than in a separate chatbot panel.
- SeatGeek is pitching promoters on natural-language search surfacing events with more context than a price and a section number.
- 28 Aug
Tool News & Updates 28 AugDreamtonics' Instrument X models breath pressure and bow friction instead of triggering samples
- Dreamtonics announced Instrument X, an orchestral plugin built on what the company calls Neural Acoustics Modelling.
- The plugin uses AI to control physical playing behaviour such as breath pressure and bow friction rather than switching between recorded samples.
- A 3D Sound-Field Control feature places instruments into mockups of spot, Decca Tree and ambient pair microphone setups.
- 28 Aug
Tool News & Updates 28 AugReason Free puts 15 Rack devices including the Europa synth into any DAW at no cost
- Reason Studios released Reason Free, a plugin carrying 15 Reason Rack devices for VST3, AU and AAX hosts.
- Reason Studios says it is free forever, with no trial period, no expiration date and no watermark.
- The set covers 4 instruments, 5 effects and 6 utilities, led by the Europa wavetable synth and its 600 plus patches.
- 28 Aug
Tool Roundup 28 AugBest AI Stem Splitter Tools in 2026 (Free and Paid): 7 Tested
- Moises gave me the cleanest browser stems at a subscription price, AudioShake beat it stem for stem, and LALAL.AI is the one to pay for when you need 6 stems in a single pass.
- SoundBoost is the best free stem splitter in the browser: 5 stems, a metronome and a practice studio with no signup, up to 750 MB per file.
- Ultimate Vocal Remover (UVR5) is the free quality ceiling, but it needs a desktop, a GPU and 15 minutes of setup.
- 27 Aug
Tool News & Updates 27 AugElevenMusic's Composer lets you rewrite a chorus without regenerating the whole song
- ElevenLabs launched Composer in ElevenMusic on August 25, 2026, and it is live now.
- Each section of a track can be edited and regenerated on its own, with the rest of the song left in place.
- You can paste your own lyrics into any section and regenerate only that section to hear them sung.
- 24 Aug
Tool News & Updates 24 AugAdobe opened Firefly's music, speech and sound effects generators to everyone
- Adobe moved Generate Music, Generate Speech and Generate Sound Effects out of limited release and into general availability on August 20, 2026
- Generate Music runs on the Firefly Music Model and outputs what Adobe calls universally licensed tracks cut to a video's length and mood
- Generate Speech runs on the Firefly Speech Model with ElevenLabs available as an alternative engine inside the same interface
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- 21 Aug
Tool News & Updates 21 AugTamber v2 splits its assistive AI suite into 5 apps and adds Windows support
- Tamber released v2 on August 20, 2026, turning its 5 core tools into dedicated apps on one account.
- Gestures, Tamby, Librarian, City Packs and Sonic Atlas now open individually instead of loading the whole platform.
- Tamber v2 runs natively on Windows for the first time, alongside the existing Mac build.
- 19 Aug
Tutorial 19 AugHow to build your own audio plugin in Suno Studio by describing it
- Suno Studio 2.0 builds working audio plugins from a text description in the chat bar, complete with named knobs.
- The prompt pattern that works: name the effect, name the reference sound, then name the controls you want.
- Studio shows a build plan first, explaining the signal chain and each knob, and waits for your approval.
- 19 Aug
Tutorial 19 AugHow to mix a track in Suno Studio with all 7 audio effects
- Suno Studio 2.0 ships 7 built-in audio effects: compressor, EQ, reverb, convolution, delay, gate and distortion.
- Suno Studio is not compatible with VST or Audio Units plugins. The chat bar builds custom effects instead.
- Sidechain compression, per-band EQ and impulse-response convolution cover the core of a conventional mixing chain.
- 19 Aug
Tutorial 19 AugHow to record vocals in Suno Studio: setup, takes and comping
- Suno Studio 2.0 records real audio with input selection, latency calibration, count-in, pre-roll and up to 2 simultaneous inputs.
- Take lanes stack repeated passes under one clip, so you comp the best phrases into a single vocal.
- Latency calibration measures your setup's round-trip delay with a click test, keeping takes on the grid.
- 19 Aug
Tutorial 19 AugHow to separate stems in Suno: Auto Split, Split from Mix, Advanced Split
- Suno's stem update adds three modes: Auto Split (classic 12 stems), Split from Mix (one instrument plus a backing track), and Advanced Split (regenerated custom stems).
- Advanced Split rebuilds each stem from scratch with Suno's latest model, so the output is cleaner and free of the bleed you get from frequency filtering.
- Advanced Split lets you target close to 100 instruments, down to a single violin, 808, or didgeridoo.