Udio Launches 'Audio Uploads' Feature to Extend and Remix User Clips

After months in closed beta, Udio moved to a public launch on Wednesday , enabling anyone to access the new music generator from the Udio website for free with a new feature called "Audio Uploads''. Users can upload an audio clip of their  choice, and extend this clip either forward or backward by 32 seconds using up to 2 minutes of context.

The new feature allows users to upload their own audio files to extend or remix their songs to use as inspiration for AI-generated songs. This can include household sounds, music, instrument recordings or even their own voice by adding various sections, changing genres, and modifying the lyrics.

The feature also includes quality of life updates such as downloadable WAV files and mobile improvements while requiring its users to confirm that they own the rights to the uploaded audio and that they have the right to use and distribute it. 

“There is nothing available that comes close to the ease of use, voice quality, and musicality of what we've achieved with Udio -- it's a real testament to the folks we have involved,” said David Ding, co-founder and CEO of Udio.

The audio upload feature in Udio provides users with a new level of creative control and flexibility in generating music. 

Recently, there's been a stream of new AI text-to-audio applications similar to the surge of AI chatbots that emerged after ChatGPT was released. 

Former Google Deepmind researchers launched an AI music generator called Udio in December 2023. Udio is a generative artificial intelligence model that produces music based on simple text prompts. It can generate vocals and instrumentation. 

Initially it received financial backing from venture capital firms and musicians. Critics praised its ability to create realistic-sounding vocals, but raised concerns over the possibility that its training data contained copyrighted music. 

Apart from Udio, there is Suno.ai which is a generative AI music creation program, engineered to create authentic songs, blending vocals and instrumentation seamlessly. It has been readily accessible since December 20, 2023, following the rollout of a web application and a collaboration with Microsoft.