Stability AI Launches Stable Audio to Generate Original Music and Sound Effects

Stability AI launched Stable Audio, its first music and sound generator.
Stable Audio can create up to 90 second songs for commercial use through a process called "latent diffusion".
Users type prompts like genres, instruments, and mood to generate up to 20 seconds of audio for free or 90 seconds through a subscription.
Stability AI says Stable Audio can help musicians create samples and soundtrack ads and creator content.
This follows HarmonAI, Stability AI's open-source audio label to create generative music tools.

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Stability AI Launches Stable Audio to Generate Original Music and Sound Effects

Stability AI launched Stable Audio, its first music and sound generator.
Stable Audio can create up to 90 second songs for commercial use through a process called "latent diffusion".
Users type prompts like genres, instruments, and mood to generate up to 20 seconds of audio for free or 90 seconds through a subscription.
Stability AI says Stable Audio can help musicians create samples and soundtrack ads and creator content.
This follows HarmonAI, Stability AI's open-source audio label to create generative music tools.

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Relevant topic timeline:

8/2/2023

Meta open sources models for generating sounds and music

8/17/2023

Kurt Cobain of Nirvana: Here's a 'New Interview' Created by Artificial Intelligence - Audio Ink Radio

9/1/2023

9/8/2023

AI Music Tools Spark Debates on Originality and Regulation as Computers Encroach on Human Creativity

9/18/2023

AI Songwriting Tools Generate Music, But Can They Replace Human Creativity?

9/18/2023

AI-Generated Heavy Metal Band Sparks Debate Over Copyright and Emotional Connection in Music

9/19/2023

Google Opens AI Labs for Public Testing of New Experiments like Search with AI and MusicLM

Google has a variety of AI projects under development that can transform workflows and generate music, and users can sign up for early access to these experiments through Google Labs.

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New AI System Stable Diffusion Generates Realistic Images from Text

10/2/2023

AI Creates Thousands of Free Audiobooks for Classic Literature