Plugin and virtual instrument purveyor Output has unveiled Output Co-Producer, a plugin designed to help find the perfect samples to compliment your music projects.
Compatible with any DAW, Output Co-Producer uses AI to analyse your track’s harmony and rhythm, serving up the perfect musician-made, royalty-free samples in order to reduce your time spent searching.
After being served a selection of samples, producers can audition them in the context of their track, synced to the session’s key and tempo. Users can also refine results with a simple text prompt, or explore sounds similar to any chosen sample.
These samples can then be dragged and dropped from Co-Producer directly into a session – meaning everything is done within the DAW, and users can also drop samples into Output’s Arcade sampler to slice, chop and transform them into playable instruments.
“We built Co-Producer to address the real frustrations of music makers,” says Gregg Lehrman, founder and CEO of Output.
“After talking with thousands of writers and producers, it was clear that endlessly scrolling for samples held back creativity. Artists want sounds that fit their track from the start, with the ability to preview them in context and drag-and-drop directly from within their DAW.”
Lehrman also explains that from the company’s research, producers “don’t like the credits system that many companies have”, so Co-Producer offers unlimited access to all samples for $9.99 per month, with new samples added daily.
Output also addresses producers’ desire to stay in control of their workflow while tapping into AI algorithms.
“We’re not using AI to generate audio – we’re using it to improve how music makers work,” says Spencer Salazar, Output’s Head of R&D.
“By combining language models, audio analysis, and a scalable engine, we deliver high-quality, musician-made results that are 100% free and clear to use. Today, musicians discover samples they love in 73% of their searches – and with continuous improvements, that number is only going up.”
Co-Producer is available now for $9.99 per month. To celebrate its launch, though, Output is offering existing Arcade subscribers the chance to get it free for 60 days.
For more information, head to Output.
