Using AI To Remaster Your Greatest Hits 👂

Welcome back to the AI For Humans Newsletter!

Remember Suno? That AI music generation app we’ve raved about on AI for Humans? Well, they’re back, and V4 is here to blow our minds… again. This latest version is a real sonic upgrade which turns a stale “Hot Dog City” into something far beefier — it’s like the Kirkland Signature of music remastering.

Expectations Don’t Ruin the Experience

So here’s the thing: you expect tech to get better; you assume it’s going to improve. But we got a preview of the soon-to-be-released Suno V4, and I’m giddy over what it does to sound quality. With V4, you can remaster your old tracks with a click. Which means you can take older songs and ideas you’ve created on the platform, and instantly breathe new (cleaner/clearer) life into them!

Songs that I created months back are suddenly so crisp that I’m picking out instruments I didn’t even know were there. Clarinets are finally doing their thing, drums snap, and vocals come through clean and clear.

🎧 Listen for Yourself: Just a Little Thing 🎧

To give you a taste of what Suno V4 can do, here’s a little experiment I ran with one of my old GarageBand files. I had this bluesy, country-western-ish riff—a quick melody I abandoned eons ago, complete with a basic drumbeat, some tambourine, and a hint of guitar twang.

I liked the vibe but left it in the “maybe someday” pile.

With just one pass through the remaster tool, Suno transformed it into a full-bodied, polished track. It brought out nuances that made it feel real, adding performative touches that I’d only dreamed about. Tremolos, guitar string bends and little accents were bringing the piece to “life”.

I took things a step further. I bounced out stems (separate tracks for each instrument), so I could isolate the drums, guitar, and vocals, rearrange them, and send it all back into Suno. And each time I did this, it generated something fresh and exciting; more like collaborating with a whole band than just remixing a track.

This process took minutes, not hours, and now the result is something I can see performing live. Which is, something I can’t wait to get back to my drums and accomplish with some very real, very human pals…

Feel free to loop this lil’ thang while you read the rest of the newsletter. Hope you dig it.

-Kevin & Gavin

We 💛 This - Descript

We love flashy AI solutions as much as the next Twitter thinkperson, but Descript has built AI into nearly every aspect of its product in a way few others have.

What started as a children’s video editor has sneakily grown into a powerhouse editing suite (one we use every week) offering a host of features you can’t even get from pro tools professional tools. The best part is they’re integrated in a way that makes you forget you’re using AI, which, isn’t that the point?

Some of our favorite AI features:

• Remove retakes - Analyzes the script to identify additional attempts, removing all but the last one

• Overdub - Replace a word or phrase with something different in your own voice

• Regenerate - Replace with the same thing in your own voice, because you said it weird or bumped the mic

• Eye contact - Forces your eyes to be locked on the camera because millennials make videos too

It’s among our favorite examples of AI done 🤌🤌