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AI PRODUCED JINGLES

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Radio Bob

I read an article a few weeks ago about using A I to produce radio jingles. As usual I lost track of where I saw it. This one even had examples which were very good. Does anyone out there know of an ap that can produce jingles via A I ?
 
Radio Bob said:
I read an article a few weeks ago about using A I to produce radio jingles. As usual I lost track of where I saw it. This one even had examples which were very good. Does anyone out there know of an ap that can produce jingles via A I ?
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Suno.AI is a decent Freemium site for AI music in general, but it doesn't make short songs, so you'll have to handle trimming it on your own.
 
A related question: "How can you tell if a jingle is AI produced? "

Two I hear often that I suspect were made that way:
  • Auto Accident Help Desk
  • Optimum Tax Releif
Both are just the name of the company so there was no creativity involved.

If AI I guess they're effective and low cost.
 
Last year, I produced a bunch of image songs for the J1 Radio family of streaming stations using Suno. They were met with a flat reception by listeners, but here's a link to them if you want to listen:

J1 Radio Image Songs / イメージソング

J1 Loves Japan
www.j1fm.tokyo

You may find our sung TM, JAM and other jingles to be more digestable:

Our Jingles

J1 Loves Japan
www.j1fm.tokyo
 
I will never knowingly allow or use AI tools to do what human voices are best at. Part of the value of radio is the human connection to the audience, and I'm not going to foist artificial voices on a station or audio project I'm responsible for. It degrades the product and erodes trust.

And I can always tell when I hear an AI produced product, too. It's simply not as good as an actual human.
 
Andy Travis said:
I will never knowingly allow or use AI tools to do what human voices are best at. Part of the value of radio is the human connection to the audience, and I'm not going to foist artificial voices on a station or audio project I'm responsible for. It degrades the product and erodes trust.

And I can always tell when I hear an AI produced product, too. It's simply not as good as an actual human.
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I mean, on the one hand, I agree with this.

On the other hand, something like voicetracking without being upfront about that is also tricking the listener and I'd argue unless done very well (which it usually isn't) is circumventing the human connection a bit.

Why is voicetracking used? Usually to save $$s. Which is likely the same reason someone would use AI elements. $$s.

Lest we forget the canned phone calls stations use as part of liners and IDs, too.

I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion here but oh well...
 
I am hearing more and more commercials using AI voices. You can tell because the delivery is flat and emotionless, and the pauses between words are in odd places, like saying a 1-800 phone number as "one (pause) 800..." instead of "one800 ...".

For example I'm pretty sure all of the radio ads for the New Jersey State Theater are using AI voices.
 
My argument with voicetracks is it's still human input. My thing is when you're using AI to replace a human being. My voice tracks can be updated practically instantly with the tools we have today. To me, AI is just a tool for doing tasks, it's not one I'd use to replace a human voice, live or pre-taped. I've never been a fan of canned drops either. I've always gotten those from actual listeners.
 
RadioDJ Dude has updated his take on Suno made AI Jingles - with a few tricks for the prompts.


I'm using a few AI made jingles on "Yacht Rock AM" during our test phase, most with a new twist on the old 'Rythm of the City' jingles, but I'll probably fix/re-do them with Suno 4.5 as suggested by Jeff.
 
I actually offer AI radio jingles and my clients have been pretty impressed with them. Especially with the newer iterations of AI modals out there. Those who don't embrace change get left behind. I'd rather be out in front than caught struggling to catch up. Wish I would have learned that and pursued coding in my younger years.
 
Kasper said:
I actually offer AI radio jingles and my clients have been pretty impressed with them. Especially with the newer iterations of AI modals out there. Those who don't embrace change get left behind. I'd rather be out in front than caught struggling to catch up. Wish I would have learned that and pursued coding in my younger years.
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Had you pursued coding, AI would now be taking your job away the way it's now taking away TM's and Jam's.
Andy Travis said:
I will never knowingly allow or use AI tools to do what human voices are best at. Part of the value of radio is the human connection to the audience, and I'm not going to foist artificial voices on a station or audio project I'm responsible for. It degrades the product and erodes trust.
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This. I am already getting AI slop fatigue.
 
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yeoldeschool said:
Had you pursued coding, AI would now be taking your job away the way it's now taking away TM's and Jam's.
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Technology has always been taking jobs away in radio and will forever continue to do so.

From the early years of syndicating (from reel-to-reel and landline), to when there was automatic cart machines (and the calamity of when the machine would drop a cart).

Recently, say 25 years ago, it cost an arm and a leg to get a voice-over guy to do station IDs. Then along came the internet, and then cheap home studio set-ups which crashed the dollar per hour/read rate of voice-overs, as everyone could do it.

AI Jingles and Voice-Overs are just the next phase (like so many before) in the evolution of radio. The trick is not to hate it, but think of how you can exploit it to your benefit.

I'm already working with a guy on some AI software that will come in real handy (and be a cost saver) for LPFMs and Internet stations, but can't say too much at this stage. All I can say is the basic operation works, there's just some code tweaking and UI appearance to be worked on.
 


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