Developer Audialab has released Deep Sampler 2, a free AI-powered music production tool for macOS (a Windows version is coming soon).
Audialab is passionate about the future of AI in music production and is on a mission to bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and aspiring artists.
The driving force behind the developer’s charge to bring AI technology to the masses is the Audialab Engine.
The Audialab Engine allows you to download and run open-source generative models locally on your system without any programming or coding knowledge.
In addition to providing more control and flexibility, Audialab Engine’s local processing means all that power is at your fingertips without an internet connection.
We’ve already seen Audialab harness the power of artificial intelligence with plugins like Humanize, Emergent Drums, and the original Deep Sampler.
The innovative developer is back with Deep Sampler 2, the first plugin built on Audialab Engine.
Deep Sampler 2 expands on the capabilities of its predecessor, bringing generative AI into your DAW.
Audialab published a walkthrough video that details some basic setup steps, such as connecting to the Audialab Engine and selecting an AI model; you should check that out before getting started.
Once connected to the Audialab Engine with an AI model ready to go, Deep Sampler 2 can do a few things: it can modify existing samples or generate custom samples.
Each process is straightforward. Modifying an existing sample is a simple drag-and-drop right into the plugin.
Modifications and custom sample generation are prompt-based; you provide a positive and negative prompt describing what you’d like Deep Sampler 2 to create.
For example, you could ask for a sad piano loop at 90 bpm and adjust other parameters like the number of bars and beats to fit your requirements.
You can browse every sample you’ve generated with any AI model inside the plugin’s Library (each model has a dedicated folder).
Prompt-based generative AI is everywhere now, and however you feel about it, it’s fair to say that the integration into music production must be done carefully.
Audialab established ethicaluse.com, a non-profit organization advocating the ethical use of artificial intelligence.
From a purely creative point of view, I still have mixed feelings about AI in music. I’m all for tools that assist our creativity, but there’s a cutoff where the artist’s personality is gone, and I don’t want to reach that point (although I fear the worst at times).
As a pianist, I wish I had the chops of Cory Henry; I don’t, but if I had to choose between AI playing like Cory or me playing like me, I’d stick with sounding like myself (if I could take Cory’s ability for myself, like some musical version of Space Jam, maybe my ethics would be tested).
What are your thoughts on AI-powered audio tools like Deep Sampler 2? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
Download: Deep Sampler 2 (FREE – email required)
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