https://www.vocals.co/blog Guides to making music with AI and editing it, from Vocals. en Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://www.vocals.co/blog/ai-music-prompts https://www.vocals.co/blog/ai-music-prompts Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Making songs with AI A good music prompt is short but names six things: a specific genre, one or two mood words, two or three instruments, optionally a tempo and key, the song’s shape, and who sings what about. For example: “Dreamy indie pop with warm Rhodes and soft strings, 100 BPM in A minor, a quiet intro that builds to a big chorus, breathy female vocal about driving home at dawn.” https://www.vocals.co/blog/edit-ai-generated-song https://www.vocals.co/blog/edit-ai-generated-song Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Producing and editing To edit an AI song you need it as separate tracks, not one mixed file. In Vocals, open the song in the studio: it is split into vocals, drums and bass, and each instrument it hears becomes notes on a track. Change any note, sound or level yourself, or ask the AI Producer in plain words; every change can be undone. https://www.vocals.co/blog/hum-a-melody-to-midi https://www.vocals.co/blog/hum-a-melody-to-midi Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Singing and your voice Voice to MIDI listens to a sung or hummed take, finds each note’s pitch and timing, and writes them down as MIDI that any instrument can play. In Vocals, press the mic on a track, sing 1 to 8 bars over your song, and the notes land in time and in key on that track’s instrument: any of 72 recorded instruments, the synths or a drum kit, where “boom, tch, ka” becomes kick, hat and snare. https://www.vocals.co/blog/make-a-song-with-ai https://www.vocals.co/blog/make-a-song-with-ai Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Making songs with AI Describe the song in one sentence (a genre, a mood, two or three instruments and what it is about), choose lyrics or instrumental, and press Create. In Vocals, Coproducer v2.0 returns a finished, mastered song with vocals in a few minutes. Then open it in the studio: it splits into tracks and notes you can change. https://www.vocals.co/blog/make-music-with-claude-mcp https://www.vocals.co/blog/make-music-with-claude-mcp Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT AI agents and MCP Claude can produce music through MCP, the protocol that lets it use apps’ tools. The Vocals Mac app is a built-in MCP server with 49 tools: in Settings, Connect AI apps, add it to Claude Desktop in one click or copy the command for Claude Code. Then ask for a song; Claude adds tracks, writes notes, mixes, masters, renders the audio and analyses it to fix what it hears. https://www.vocals.co/blog/music-for-a-video https://www.vocals.co/blog/music-for-a-video Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Music for video Music fits a video when its changes land on the cuts and it ends with the last frame. In Vocals, drop the video on Create: it finds every cut on your computer, reads the mood of each scene from one still per scene, picks a tempo that puts the cuts on bar lines and writes a song whose sections follow the scenes. Download it as an MP4, or as a WAV for your editor. https://www.vocals.co/blog/release-ai-music-on-spotify https://www.vocals.co/blog/release-ai-music-on-spotify Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Releasing and rights Yes, if the tool you used gives you the rights. Check its terms for ownership and commercial use, then upload through a distributor and follow its rules on disclosing AI. Songs made with Vocals are yours for commercial use with no royalties to Vocals: export a mastered WAV and release it. Your own edits, lyrics and arrangement also strengthen your claim to authorship. https://www.vocals.co/blog/royalty-free-music-for-youtube https://www.vocals.co/blog/royalty-free-music-for-youtube Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Music for video Royalty-free means you pay once, or nothing, and owe no royalties each time the music is played; it doesn’t mean the music has no copyright. Before using a track on YouTube, check that its licence covers commercial use, whether it needs a credit, and keep a copy of the licence. Vocals’ library has 5,000 AI-made songs you can use commercially with no royalties and no credit. https://www.vocals.co/blog/separate-vocals-from-a-song https://www.vocals.co/blog/separate-vocals-from-a-song Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMT Producing and editing Use a stem splitter: an AI model that pulls a mixed recording apart into vocals, drums, bass and everything else. In Vocals, Split & rebuild does it on your own computer without uploading the file, finds the tempo, key and sections, then rebuilds the drums, bass and other parts as editable MIDI while the vocal stays as audio. Use it on recordings you own or may use.