Roland is getting into generative AI music with Melody Flip
TL;DR
It's not quite the "push button; get song" of Suno, but Roland's new Melody Flip tool marks the company's foray into generative AI music. Available as a plug-in for your digital audio workstation (DAW), Melody Flip offers around 250 "Palettes," which are essentially themed collections of musical ideas sorted by genre. You can start from scratch and ask it to generate any combination of melody, chord progression, bassline, or drums.
Nauti's Take
Melody Flip is worth a look for small music teams, because the generative parts come from a hardware maker and aim at the existing DAW workflow rather than a walled-off web service. The catch is the licensing of generated ideas and the open question of whether Roland keeps expanding the Palette library.
Producers who need fast variations should benefit; anyone expecting finished tracks will be disappointed.
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