Benn Jordan’s video “AI Mastering Is Stupid” presented a large‑scale blind test comparing AI‑driven mastering services to professional human mastering engineers. In 2024, Jordan – an electronic music producer and YouTuber also known as The Flashbulb – set out to determine whether algorithmic mastering tools could compete with the nuanced touch of human experts. He … Read more
Introduction The human experience is saturated with music, yet within this vast auditory landscape, certain moments possess an uncanny power. A short melodic phrase, a unique rhythmic pattern, or a single lyrical line can detach from its parent song, embed itself in the collective consciousness, and propagate through cultures with the speed and tenacity of … Read more
Updated 28th, July 2025 A Technical Review of Perceptual Evaluation, Genre-Adaptive Models, and the Emergence of Autonomous Agents Try the latest technology in AI Mastering. The central challenge in developing any artificial intelligence for a creative task is the quantification of “quality.” Before an AI can learn to master audio effectively, a robust and reliable … Read more
Start here: A cold loop, someone’s snare crawling over a bassline pulled from the ether. A voice cracks. A sampled scream. This isn’t 1993 and it’s not the Bronx—hell, it’s not even the timeline you know. This is hip-hop in the age of AI, and the studio is everywhere. The engineer’s name? BeatsToRapOn, or maybe … Read more
Rap and hip-hop artists have traditionally faced high costs and technical hurdles in producing music videos. Google’s Veo3 – a state-of-the-art AI video generation model – is poised to change that. Announced at Google I/O 2025, Veo3 can generate realistic video with synchronized audio for music videos from a simple text prompt (see demo). This … Read more
1.1. Introduction: AI’s Crescendo in Visual Storytelling Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming creative industries, and video production is no exception. The advent of sophisticated AI video generation models, prominently exemplified by Google’s Veo 3, signals a potential revolution in how music videos are conceptualized and created. Announced at Google I/O 2025, Veo 3 distinguishes … Read more
Elevate Your Sound: Why Valkyrie AI Mastering is the Undisputed Champion for Urban and Rhythmic Genres, Leaving LANDR in the Dust In the hyper-competitive arena of modern music production, particularly within the vibrant and bass-heavy realms of Rap, Hip-Hop, R&B, Trap, Afrobeats, Reggae, and impactful Instrumentals, the final master can make or break a track. … Read more
A New Dawn in Sound: Unveiling the Unprecedented Clarity of Aurora’s Self-Evolving Vocal/Stem Splitter For decades, the ability to perfectly isolate vocals, drums, bass, or any individual instrument from a finished song has been the holy grail for musicians, producers, DJs, and content creators. It was a challenge often met with compromise: fuzzy separations, unwanted … Read more
Stop. Before you press play on your next track, consider this: a legion of digital agents—each an expert in bass articulation, midrange impact, high-frequency sheen, dynamic compression, saturation, stereo imaging and loudness policing—has already dissected your mix. This isn’t magic. It’s Valkyrie: Beats To Rap On’s fully autonomous agentic AI mastering swarm, built to resurrect … Read more
The needle drops, not on wax, but on a WAV file dragged into the digital maw. A click. A whir—no, not even a whir anymore. Just the silent, ominous hum of the server farm, the digital Valhalla where tracks go to die and get reborn. Or so they tell us. Valkyrie, they call this one, … Read more