Earlier this year, Songzap became a finalist in the 40th NAMM TEC Awards, up against industry giants such as Avid/Sibelius, Roland, Yamaha, and Steinberg/Cubase. We had the pleasure of being interviewed by Emmy award-winning journalist, AI evangelist and tech storyteller Lindsey Mastis, who’s been asking the question: Is AI Ruining Music? Watch Lindsey’s epic piece on AI in music, as she asks musicians, companies and creators the tough questions.
Loops just got smarter in Songzap V3! You can now build full songs from simple ideas in a matter of seconds, import external loops and record (headphone-free) in two different modes: Pre-Roll and Live. We’ve introduced these Premium new loop features to let you easily integrate external sounds into your mobile workflow and cater for different styles of music making.
In this post, we provide a breakdown of Claudia McKenzie’s ‘Rain Down Hell’ production – a song that she performs for us on acoustic guitar and voice, before recording herself using only an iPhone, adding bass and leveraging Songzap’s Arrange feature to beautifully shape the song’s narrative. Watch the ‘making of’ video and enjoy Claudia’s dynamic performances as she gets to grips with Songzap’s many production features.
Alright, so Songzap seems pretty focused on singer-songwriters and tracking acoustic instruments. But what about electric instruments? Specifically, what if you’re an electric bass player? In this blog post, I’ll focus on the electric bass, show you how to best mic your amp, and harness Songzap’s AI power to create grooves and arrangements that will infinitely support your bass practice.
Do you need to record a demo song? Virtually every songwriter will need to record a demo song at some stage in their career, and often this is the first moment where a musician is faced with the dilemma of paying a music producer to help, or to take a leap of faith and learn to make a demo song themselves…
Songzap’s AI-powered Bass instrument introduces a novel and intuitive way to add expressive basslines to your music. As part of the Groove Designer feature in Songzap Premium, it intelligently responds to your recorded performances, interpreting your rhythm, chords and dynamics (even your song structure) in order to provide automatic accompaniments for your music.