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.
In this post, we provide a breakdown of Ethan Ash’s ‘Cry Baby’ demo – a song that he performs and records on guitar and voice using only an iPhone, with the help of RT60 directors Dr Mike and Prof Rob. Watch the ‘making of’ video and enjoy Ethan’s dynamic performances, as he gets to grips with Songzap, jams with Mike, then exports all of the song’s assets to continue working with Rob and Mike in a professional studio.
Wow, 2024 has been an amazing year for Songzap and our parent company RT60, led by Prof Rob Toulson and Dr Mike Exarchos. We went on a wild and varied adventure of technology, creativity and business development – some which was reported through our social channels and some which just passed us by a bit too quickly to mention! So here’s a quick roundup of our most exciting events that happened through the year…
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 Pad instrument brings the power of a supportive keyboard session player to the palette of sounds available to you when making music. Pad AI is part of the Groove components in Songzap Premium and, like the Beats and Bass instruments, it intelligently responds to your recordings, embracing your performances with lush keyboard arrangements.
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.
Songzap’s AI (artificial intelligence) features are subtle but powerful and are designed to help musicians to work faster, expand their creativity, and learn musical concepts to a deeper level.