NotebookLM shared with system prompt and other contexts
Click Crash Courses for grounding sources in NotebookLM
Udio AI is a generative artificial intelligence platform that allows anyone to create full, studio-quality songs from simple text descriptions. Founded by former researchers from Google DeepMind, the platform produces incredibly realistic vocals and complex instrumentals across nearly any musical genre, including pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, and electronic music. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Key Features
- Text-to-Music Generation: You type a description of the vibe, mood, and genre (e.g., “10th-century celtic folk ballad” or “80s synth-pop”), and the AI builds the arrangement, instrumentation, and vocals. [2, 4, 5]
- Flexible Lyric Options: You can write your own custom lyrics, let the AI autogenerate them based on a theme, or create completely instrumental tracks. [4, 6]
- Advanced Track Editing: You can build short 32-second clips and use the Extend tool to stitch together intros, verses, choruses, and outros into full-length songs. [6, 7, 8]
- Inpainting & Audio Remixing: The platform includes tools to pinpoint and re-record specific parts of a track or remix an existing clip to introduce subtle variations. [7, 9]
- Voice Control & Audio Uploads: Subscribers can choose and reuse consistent vocal styles or upload their own audio clips to use as a custom melody or style reference. [10, 11, 12]
- Stem Downloads: Professional creators can download individual audio stems—isolating the vocals, drums, bass, or instruments—to mix further in external audio software. [6, 9]
Pricing Tiers
You can review the full breakdown of options on the Udio Pricing Page: [13]
- Free Plan: Gives you 100 credits per month to test the core loop, capped strictly at 10 credits (around 10 short clips) and 3 full-length song generations per day. [11]
- Standard Plan (~$10/month): Grants 2,400 monthly credits and unlocks paid-only tools like Voice Control, Style Blending, lyrics editing, and audio uploads. [11]
- Pro Plan (~$30/month): Grants 6,000 monthly credits and provides advanced features like 5 concurrent generation slots for heavier workflows. [11]
- Pay-As-You-Go: Non-expiring credit packs ($3 for 100 credits or $25 for 1,000 credits) are available if you prefer not to subscribe. [11]
How to Get Started
- Go to the official website at udio.com and sign up for an account using Google or Apple authentication.
- Click Create and type a detailed description of the song you want to make into the prompt box.
- Choose whether you want the track to be Custom (input your own lyrics), Autogenerated, or Instrumental.
- Hit the pink Create button to generate two different 32-second variations of your concept.
- Listen to the outputs, pick your favorite, and use the Extend or Remix features to flesh out your complete track. [1, 5, 6, 8, 14]
If you are planning a specific project, let me know what genre of music you want to create, whether you have your own lyrics ready, or if you would like me to help you write a prompt to get the best possible result from the AI.
[3] https://tad.ai
[7] https://www.musiccreator.ai
[11] https://www.eesel.ai
[13] https://www.soundverse.ai