Description
Review of Suno AI.
Suno AI was brought up by my brother, so I gave it a try, and it is pretty good.
The Good
- You can create music that is geared specifically to the things that you are thinking about to drive your own motivation free from outside influence.
- The music sounds awesome if you get the right combination of styles, and words of course.
- If you pay for the Pro plan (At the time of this writing, you apparently own it).
- Incredible speed - Generate full songs with vocals in just 30-60 seconds.
- No musical knowledge required - Complete beginners can create professional-sounding tracks.
- Versatile genre coverage - Can produce everything from rock and pop to classical, jazz, hip-hop, and electronic.
- Lyric generation - Can create both music and lyrics from simple prompts, or use your own lyrics.
- Easy iteration - Simple to regenerate and refine songs until you get something you love.
- Community discovery - Browse and discover music created by other users for inspiration.
- Accessibility - Makes music creation accessible to people who can’t afford traditional equipment/lessons.
The Bad
- Can’t really use your own voice, you can record your voice and it can create a style relative to your voice, but it’s still not close to your own voice.
- Depending on what menu you are in, I have found that I need to leave the app and then come back in in order to get it to generate a song.
- Limited creative control - Can’t fine-tune specific instruments, adjust mix levels, or make detailed production changes.
- Repetitive patterns - Songs can fall into formulaic structures and repeat chord progressions.
- Copyright uncertainty - Legal landscape around AI-generated music is still evolving.
- Credit system limitations - Free users get limited credits, paid plans have monthly limits. But you are unlikely to exceed these limits on the paid plan, unless you are doing nothing else but making songs.
- Inconsistent quality - Results can be hit-or-miss, sometimes muddy or poorly structured output.
- No stem separation - Can’t export individual instrument tracks for remixing or post-production.
- Generic vocal styles - Vocals often sound artificial and lack unique human character.
- No real-time collaboration - Can’t work with other musicians like traditional DAWs allow.
- Limited song length - Typically generates shorter segments that need extending.
Alexa Integration
Suno AI now has an Amazon Alexa integration, which is a great addition for those of us with Alexa devices around the house. You can enable the Suno skill directly in the Alexa app and link your Suno account to start playing your created music hands-free.
How to Set It Up
- Open the Amazon Alexa app on your phone.
- Go to More > Skills & Games and search for “Suno”.
- Enable the Suno skill and tap Link Account to connect your Suno account.
- Once linked, you can ask Alexa to play your Suno music: “Alexa, ask Suno to play my songs” or “Alexa, open Suno”.
This makes it really convenient to enjoy your AI-generated music through any Echo device in your home without needing to pull out your phone. If you have multiple Echos, your music follows you room to room just like any other Alexa-connected music service.
Sample Songs
Check out some tracks from my profile @castlerockstar:
