Ethical AI Music Production with Udio and Kits.ai

Learn to ETHICALLY create an original song with Udio and then CHANGE and ADD new vocals AND harmonies with Udio and Kits.ai!
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Amazing AI Music Generator: udio.com
If you think there are no ethical uses of AI in music…
Or if you find yourself judging the quality of the output of the recent AI generators with expectations of perfection…
Then this video is for you!
We’ll create a song in Udio and then use the tools in Kits to:
Separate the vocals
Convert the vocals to create a new lead singer.
Convert more vocals, including from a model I created with my voice, to create backup singers.
Then we’ll put it all together in a simple multi-track audio project to add a new take to the original, and clean up some vocal artifacts!
Tons of fun here, so enjoy!
00:00 Introduction to Creating Songs with AI
00:35 Exploring Kits AI: Updates and Features
01:26 Ethical Sourcing and Training AI Voices
03:56 Crafting a Song in Udio: From Lyrics to Music
08:55 Converting Vocals with Kits AI: A Step-by-Step Guide
12:08 Finalizing the Track: Mixing and Adding Effects
13:29 Tackling Vocal Adjustments and Mixing Challenges
14:30 Exploring Pitch and Time Effects
15:26 Adding and Adjusting Additional Voices
18:29 Harmonizing and Finalizing the Mix
22:15 Creative Editing and Ending the Track
24:56 Reflections on the Creative Process and AI Tools
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[@ElaraArale]

I gonna say, for me, you are the best a.i, music channel, its your knowledge that made me do my first a.i, music clip, do the enginering and fine tuning of my a.i music. thanks again.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Nice of you to say. This whole AI music angle snuck up on me. The channel has been mostly dedicated to more "visual" AI - but it's clear that music needs to be a significant part of it. The channel really grew exponentially when I started focusing on music. So...

[@Maplefoxx-vl2ew]

@@BobDoyleMedia using udio produced music as your own product is illegal.. they litereally have this in their legal terms.. whatever you make on there is theirs.. not yours.. and ti's all non profit.. otherwise Universal Music would sue the pants off them, which they probably will anyways.. it's stealing copyright material..

[@BobDoyleMedia]

@@Maplefoxx-vl2ewI have no interest in using these tools to create the end product, but to inspire ideas for the the end product , or to simply play for fun.

[@MysteryFinery]

@Bob Doyle Media, as an artist involved in painting, video, and various audio projects, I've observed a consistent pattern across all these mediums with AI. When AI wasn't fully competent it left more room for human creativity to flourish allowing us to fill in the gaps and produce truly wonderful works.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I love that approach.

[@Edbrad]

It’s still not fully competent. It’s just more fully competent. Udio requires some work to make a good track, as it doesn’t generate a track all at once and the best lyrics from start to finish requires custom lyrics, or at least a lot of work choosing the right extentions

[@BobDoyleMedia]

@@Edbrad Agreed!

[@thomashambrecht6435]

I think it's much more fun to write a song yourself, play the instruments and have them sing. Then you have full control over 100 Tracks and every single note. And get your individual song. It takes a lot longer, but you're even more proud of your work.

[@nolow_life]

Have fun!

[@eswarjuri]

Who cares and why are you here then?

[@thomashambrecht6435]

@@eswarjuri Quite simply - I'm interested in how many idiots like this artificial nonsense.

[@BigInhale]

You're comment was made to make yourself feel better. Did it work?

[@albert8997]

you cant stop the wave.. you can only swin in right direction

[@EdVizenor]

I am so happy I found your channel 🎉😊

[@Starsweeper-OG]

I think this same thought, almost every day. Thanks Bob!

[@dangerusstopics]

You take a pretty solid approach to AI! And I agree with you about much of what you said regarding musicians not going anywhere and AI being soon worthy of charting music. There is definite potential there and it's growing and very incorporable and becoming more malleable. A lot of what people are talking about sounding like garbage though is specific generations or bad writing not necessarily the AI not being anywhere near ready yet. I have several opinions I'll likely put a video together for but for reference there are several pieces I've done on my page using different elements featuring AI. A few covers showing potential and for fun and a lot of clearly unique pieces. I also use tools like FL Studio and Band-in-a-box, etc. in work. So, AI alone has some work to do, and I hope they continue trying to keep everything ethical. We need to honor art and musicians. But we can't stifle creativity by being too restrictive. I look forward to seeing the future of this whole evolution of AI entering the world. Keeping hopeful and trying to use my interactions for good. If we don't use technology though to its fullest, we're going to fall behind. History has been a great teacher on that.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

It's an amazing time for open-minded creative people!

[@billhenley2332]

I firmly believe the new AI Music Tools are a great opportunity for studio (or want to be) musicians. The novice, the untrained, etc. are looking for both voices and instrumentals which meet their needs. In addition to studio musicians, real, yet to be acknowledged sound engineers are also looking for content to work with. So the bottom line is that AI needs data to work with from every genre, style and instrument. An industry which right now is small could, and will, grow into something much larger. THAT MEANS JOBS!

[@OPOCOP]

Bob, great video. Thanks! I learned a lot. 🙂

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@pisandonalingua]

Excellent! We want the full song!

[@Toxicflu]

Thank you for showing us this option.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

My pleasure! Have fun!

[@altabestudio]

Thank you, we need Ethical AI creation tools that's fair to the artists being sampled from. This video is really helpful.

[@oneroom2660]

For the timing you should adjust the length of the wav file but for Harmony, I recommend using Vocalsynth 2 and a keyboard.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I"ll look into these. Obviously, there are always multiple ways to do these types of things, and I guess my point is to show how to do it with these particular tools. Hard to keep up with all the various solutions, but I always appreciate learning about other solutions from folks like you who take the time to comment. Much appreciated!

[@oneroom2660]

@@BobDoyleMedia I'm just wondering how Udio is making harmony because it almost sounds perfect. Hope one day we can just sing a reference or drum on the table and let ai output the rest by filling in the correct commands.

[@pongtrometer]

Superb practical overview 🎉

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Thanks so much for saying so!

[@AIsymphony-lo6de]

I love your videos. Thanks

[@stephenrodwell]

Great videos! Thanks.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@LilYassofficial]

You the man !

[@oliviersonneville5890]

Many thanks, Bob. Your video is fascinating. It really takes a fresh look at all these AI tools, because it puts the emphasis on usage and not on the "buzz" around AI tools. What's more, it sheds an ethical light that's missing from 99.9% of videos on the subject of AI music. I've subscribed to your channel. Keep treating these subjects with real pedagogy.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Thanks so much for the kind words! I appreciate you watching!

[@ElaraArale]

Thank you again

[@normjones6916]

great ideas

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@iamalijahmorton]

Finally someone that gets it!

[@colfaxmann7039]

I agree with you Bob. Fiddling with AI, in my experience, inspires creativity, as you said. Also can cure creator's block and remove some of the drudgery in creating. TYTYTY!!!

[@DavidODell1977]

Do you think in a future update Udio will let us download our songs with as a MIDI option? Aiva has that option but I like Udio much better. I sent Udio an email but no reply as of yet. Thanks for keeping us updated 🎸😎

[@bobhawkey3783]

This is pretty exciting for me because I could now do multiple singing characters in a video with male and female voices.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Exactly. But I've got something even better for that coming... :D

[@midlifeadventures3138]

Finally someone else who talks & shows the positive ways ai can be used for creativity instead of ai Bad, ai is devil, ai steal your girlfriend stop ai. I appreciate your channel.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Thanks very much. I really appreciate that!

[@Turbigoo]

I knew this would come😊 Just to know, what is your multi-track editor?

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I'm using Adobe Audition

[@jomo5932]

Absolutely enjoyed to bits ,that chorus had me pull my guitar out and jam along cuz I started to get Stevie Ray Vaughan vibes all of a sudden ;) (its midnight ) I agree with you and this cool cat song should be on spotify ....can of worms for a another day :)

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Thanks so much!

[@Edbrad]

Please make more on using Udio with other tools like Rip X Daw Pro because it looks like the only “frequency separator” that can split up enough instruments. I want to see the best way to remix an Udio track.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I absolutely have that exact use case on my schedule for a video!

[@piyushtembhurne7649]

own voice can aad in song created by using the kits ?

[@Eric-dd8bk]

It will be nice if one can write a song in sheet music, upload it to a websight, and the AI just produces the songs with the specified instruments, mixes the instruments and masters the song, then boom, ready for publishing. Or it will be nice if one records a song using one or mroe instruments, uploads to an AI host, and then the AI just adds more instruments missing in the track as the user specifies like session musicians do amongst each other. Of course the AI has to get so many stuff right such as the dynamics, but it doesn't seem too far or rather already there having listened to a few number of AI generated songs.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I agree that both of these would be cool, and I'm QUITE sure are going to happen, if these solutions aren't already around. The sheet music -> audio idea in particular seems like something that might be out there somewhere, but if not, I honestly don't see that as being that difficult for today's tech!

[@DJMatze885]

can you do this with suno? Since the problem with suno is that the lyrics often times is "cut" off. The words are not understandable. When you try to convert, the model won't recognize the same words... Thanks!

[@mwdrum]

The original male and female voices without effects and backup vocals was very good. Your prompt to imitate a Dr John clone was interesting. Pertaining to the platforms intellectual property credo, it sure sounded like Dr John. These voices and their similarities will eventually be in court. When Taylor Swift gets pissed something will happen.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I think you’re probably right that a lot of this will change. This is why I actually focus on the process of creation after this initial generation. Switching out voices completely. And maybe even changing the lyrics and instrumentation, simply using this generation from AI as an initial creative inspiration.

[@twilightfilms9436]

If you wanna dub a lead, it has to be a bit off. In studios we use Eventide, but I’m sure Audacity should have something similar. In any case, since we are in this subject, the main problem AI apps have is that they don’t dub the lead (among other simple thing like tempo or key)…..anyways, thanks for keeping us up to date with this tools!

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I’ll be reviewing a tool that does that very soon.

[@hugocoolens]

I was wondering whether there are also similar tools to add or substitute a drum track to a guitar track?

[@BobDoyleMedia]

That’s where we’d use a tool like Band-in-a-box which I’ll be doing in a future video.

[@CrypticSoundFX]

Hi Bob! I recently discovered the Applio RVC Fork, and I was wondering if it had actual performance improvements compared to the official version, other than the text to speech feature and user-friendly modding?

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Well, this is the first I’m hearing about that fork, but now you’ve given me a fun adventure!

[@CrypticSoundFX]

​@@BobDoyleMedia Haha glad to hear it! From what I can say from using it so far (just conversions, I haven't had the time to make a dataset for a full model inference),The UI and command line are much cleaner than the original RVC. It's got that voice blender feature like Kits too I believe. I haven't had a chance to test it out yet, but I'm looking forward to it, especially from what I've seen online about Kits' version of it. On Applio's website they say they have tensor board built in, which is really cool because setting it up with Mangio was a bit of a hassle (I was using Mangio612's RVC Fork before this). Anyway, it would be interesting to see what you think of it. A future video perhaps?👀

[@BobDoyleMedia]

@@CrypticSoundFX Most certainly a future video if it's easier and more accessible!

[@CrypticSoundFX]

@@BobDoyleMedia That's great to hear! It's definitely easier to set up, it's just one executable than installs everything by itself. Looking forward to hopefully hear your thoughts on it :)

[@jaysonp9426]

That cat song is fire 🔥🤣

[@OmniSoundAI]

Even though yes I don't see AI music taking over the artists that go on tour and have concerts but there is such things as vocaloids and even though more popular in other countries I could see them possibly becoming more a thing in the states even more so with VTubers being so mainstream now. Plus now with so many things being able to be done with AI it wouldn't cost a fortune to make everything happen like it normally would.

[@fuzexi]

This is so cool! I’m going to have to waste some time on this!

[@AbsolutionHB]

Hey. How do you produce the "music videos" for the songs?

[@BobDoyleMedia]

That’s using AI animation tools over at Leonardo.ai.

[@reinortega23]

Orange cat song deserves a Grammy lol

[@LilYassofficial]

Can you do an Ai voice version of Randy?

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Randy?

[@thoseepiccommentsmedia5488]

Bro make one video about Changing the lyrics of an existing song😢 been waiting for that long since. Thanks

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Coming next week!

[@thoseepiccommentsmedia5488]

Will love seeing that​@@BobDoyleMedia

[@user-zt2ob3le7e]

I think you have professional deformation. People just want to listen good music, they don't care if it was completely generated by AI or written by human, or something mixed.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I actually agree with you 100%, and it's a point I make in many other videos. These tools are great for having fun, creating hilarious novelty songs, or something personal and meaning ful for someone, and that's the draw for MOST of the population I would imagine. I'm simply pointing out that these tools can also be used in a professional environment. And I'm certainly not saying there won't be people generating income from this stuff who have no inherent talent. Just saying that true musicians may need to pivot a bit and adjust, but they're not out of the game completely. But time will tell.

[@nicomuziek]

So, you are not a producer :-) ... ok.... your knowlidge is amazing and your info very understandible... thanks for that

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Thank you!

[@FSK2]

This song made on udio (just audio). kzbin.infoLYEyuUwuf0U?si=nV9RVUwz9ZXEPx2R

[@manVSgoldNorthToAlaska]

Poor Van Morrison

[@johnhawkinshawkins1284]

level is NOT pitch.

[@ElaraArale]

i disagree when you say that we are not using these music for publish, for me that is the ideal, like, you can write the lyrics, and the i.a the rest, like ghostwriting, a common thing in music industry, or other ways, to monetize, and publish music, actually that is my main goal with a.i music.

[@ElaraArale]

even if the a.i do all the steps, for music, even lyrics, its really, whatever.

[@BobDoyleMedia]

I totally understand where you’re coming from. It’s all about the type of data you’re using. My concern is that people will get invested in creating commercial songs with the current technology and then later some kind of lawsuit might come up that would cause problems for content created with anything that was sourced using peoples voices or performances without their consent. My point is that there’s a safe way to do all of this for those who are interested.

[@ElaraArale]

@@BobDoyleMedia yeah, in the end, ethical use of AI that's what about, chaos or using other people voices whitout consent, does not sound, good, especially if you wanna monetize it.

[@unexplored_hardtrance]

Great video! Wich quality sound we can download from Udio? Mp3 120kbps?

[@mehranmosaddeq]

Putting Ethical next to Udio is weird. What can be ethical about a company even not mentioning how they Model's been trained? What Artist's work being used without their permission.

[@LoserDub]

No ine likes suno lol

[@PlatonsArm]

Can’t wait for this youtuber to be replaced by AI!

[@BobDoyleMedia]

How do you know I’m not the replacement?

[@Keema-zr6pb]

@platonsArm luckily Ai wants to replace Bob. But if it's you? Naaah Ai would totally refuse, you're brain is so small. Ai will not be able set up their system in your small brain.

[@jerrymcpommes8473]

I can’t stand these music youtubers glorifying AI songs. But they have one thing in common. Non of them was ever really succesfull with their own music. They never wrote well known hit songs. So with this limited talent that they have I can understand their hope in AI to help them writing something really good one day.

[@KA-he7fw]

There is nothing cool about this. Total nerd shit.

[@ianmac9161]

How boring! I would much rather produce a track the old school way and actually work for it! All the FUN is in the challenge of getting a song to work and the genuine contentment when you finally finish it.. This just cheapens the whole process..

[@BobDoyleMedia]

Again, it really depends on your intentions . If you’re a musician who enjoys the process of creating music, then your way of looking at things is totally logical, and I actually tend to agree with you. But there are certainly use cases for this approach to creating music. Even though I know a lot of hard-core musicians have a hard time with that concept. Personally, I don’t.

[@ianmac9161]

@@BobDoyleMedia Yeah for sure i can see use cases in the way you are doing it. It can be a fun way of exploring music.. Sorry i was just speaking about it from my perspective as have been producing music for years but there are definitely other way to look at it. I can see how it can work for some people. So yeah man keep doing what you doing! I didn't mean to be negative 🙂 Cheers

[@BobDoyleMedia]

@@ianmac9161 No worries! It's definitely a tricky topic!

[@PhenAtypicals]

Udio is crap, you have to sit through hours of poorly generated material to get anything that is in any way usable. At the moment these clip generations are free, but once they switch to a commercial model you will be paying for this garbage. Also the people who run it act like teenage incels to user complaints. I ended up having to send them a copyright infringement notice when they used lyrics I wrote along with offensive garbage about someone shitting their pants in a music clip they made with their ai software. They treat creators like excrement. It is not worth the time or angst using this application.

[@mrpillows]

You sound like the type of person to all of the sudden start saying your favorite actor sucks at acting because they said no to your selfie request 😂