Jacob Collier has partnered with Google on a fresh new AI music production tool, MusicFX DJ.
MusicFX DJ aims to “revolutionise” music creation, allowing users to create entire tracks from simple prompts. Available on aitestkitchen.withgoogle.com, the tool allows users to explore instruments and other sonic palettes.
Sharing the news via Instagram, Collier calls the tool a “master-amalgamator of sonic elements”.
He says MusicFX DJ has the potential to create “non-linear, weird, continuously evolving tapestry”. He’s even donned his brightest outfit to reflect the technicolour ‘tapestry’ of sounds the tool can experiment with.
“As somebody who has long been obsessed by never-before-heard sounds, this process has fully delighted me,” Collier notes. “[MusicFX DJ’s] continuous, evolving nature makes it feel like orchestrating or arranging – a marvellous sort of sonic soup that can be steered in meaningful and uncharted directions.”
Collier puts a heavy focus on this “uncharted” territory that AI tools will be able to explore. “In this rushing tide of new technology, I think it’s important to cultivate tools that facilitate new and unusual creative thinking, and are not just imitative of what already exists,” he says.
“What I love about this tool is that it’s not designed to replicate my style or that of any other artist. Rather, it explores and forges fresh and unique materials in real time, that can inspire and feed into the music making process.”
Learn more about MusicFX DJ at aitestkitchen.withgoogle.com.
