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Introduction to AI Song Covers
Tools You’ll Need to Make an AI Song Cover
How to Make Your AI Song Cover: Step-by-Step
Tips for Making Your AI Song Cover Stand Out
Closing Thoughts on AI Song Covers

How to Make AI Song Covers: A Beginner’s Guide

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AI-powered tools have revolutionized music creation, allowing even beginners to produce impressive song covers using artificial voices. This guide explores the process of making AI song covers, from separating vocals and instrumentals to using popular software like RVC and online platforms such as Kits AI to transform vocals into the style of various artists.

Introduction to AI Song Covers

You've probably seen those AI song covers, the ones where your favorite singer is performing a completely random song, or featuring famous artists from the '60s who passed away decades ago

. But have you ever wondered how those AI-generated song covers were made? How did users on TikTok or YouTube create a song that sounds like it's performed by someone else, even though they never actually recorded it?

In today's article, we're going to deep dive into the tools you need to create AI song covers, how to use them, and what to keep in mind to make your covers sound amazing

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Tools You’ll Need to Make an AI Song Cover

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Here's the great news: making AI song covers isn't as complicated as it seems. You just need to know the right tools and have a little bit of patience. I can't really help with the patience, but I've put together a list of some of the best AI song cover tools to make your life easier:

Vocaloid: This is probably the most well-known tool for creating AI-generated voices. While it's typically used to create completely new songs with fake singers, you can also use it to recreate voices and apply them to covers.
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Uberduck.ai: A fun, easy-to-use platform that lets you generate AI songs based on existing voices. Uberduck has a huge library of different voices, from celebrities to fictional characters, so you can get creative with who's "singing" your cover.
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Synthesizer V: This is another tool similar to Vocaloid that uses deep learning to generate realistic vocal performances. You can tweak the voice's pitch, timing, and expression to match the feel of the original song.
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OpenAI's Jukebox: If you're feeling more advanced, OpenAI's Jukebox allows you to generate music, including covers, using a neural network trained on a huge dataset of music. While it's a bit more complicated to use than some of the other options, it offers greater creative freedom.
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How to Make Your AI Song Cover: Step-by-Step

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Alright, now that you've got your tools ready, let's dive into how you actually make an AI song cover. This might sound technical, but trust me, once you start to understand how it works, you'll spend much more time being creative than thinking about the technical aspects of all of this.

Choose the Song and Artist
For your first AI song cover, start by deciding which song you want to cover and whose voice you want to recreate. As an example, you could start by recreating Adele's "Someone Like You" but make it sound like it's being sung by Frank Sinatra. Pro tips: Having a clear idea of what you want the final song to sound like is really essential before diving into the tools.
Get the Instrumental Track
You'll need an instrumental version of the song unless you want the AI to generate everything from scratch (which can get really tricky). You can usually find karaoke versions of popular songs online, or you can use software like Audacity to remove the vocals from the original track
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. If you're not sure how to do that, there's a ton of tutorials on YouTube that will show you exactly how to do so step-by-step. Trust me, starting with a clean instrumental will make the final cover sound way better.
Upload the Song to Your AI Tool
If you decide to go with Uberduck or Vocaloid, this is where you will have to upload your instrumental track and start generating the AI vocals
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. I suggest you start playing around with the settings first to get the voice to sound as close as possible to the artist you're aiming for. You can usually tweak things like vocal expression, timing, and pitch.
Match the AI Vocals to the Instrumental
Once you've got the AI-generated vocals, you'll need to mix them with the instrumental track using tools like Audacity or GarageBand
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. Make sure to align the timing of the vocals with the instrumental as well as the volume levels.
Polish It Up
No cover is perfect on the first try. Listen to your AI song cover, and don't be afraid to go back and adjust the vocals or re-upload a new instrumental if needed. You'll probably need to do some fine-tuning here to get the best results, but that's also part of the experience of creating an AI song that sounds just right.

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Tips for Making Your AI Song Cover Stand Out

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Before I let you go, here are a few more things I wish I knew when I just started AI song covers: Experiment with different voices: Don't just stick to one artist, even if you really like them—mix it up! I promise it can be really hilarious to hear Harry Styles' "As It Was" covered by Billie Holiday.

Adjust the emotion: Most tools let you control the emotion behind the AI vocals. Want a happy version of 'Hope Is a Dangerous Thing for a Woman Like Me to Have – but I Have It' by Lana Del Rey? Go for it!

Don't overdo the effects: I know that adding effects like reverb or pitch correction can be tempting, but be careful not to overdo it.

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Closing Thoughts on AI Song Covers

With AI tools getting better at recreating song covers, playing around and creating the song you've always dreamed of hearing is now easier than ever. In fact, the hardest part isn't figuring out how to use the tool—it's deciding which artist and song to experiment with first.

All you have to do is download an AI tool, choose a song you'd like to remix, and let your imagination run wild.

You might end up with something that sounds really great or totally unexpected, but it's surely an experience you'll remember.