Soundful is far and away the best AI music generator tool that exists right now. Simply select a genre, BPM, and key, and Soundful will give you an entire track in seconds.

Price: Basic Plan is Free, Premium Plan starts at $20/month

Pro Tip: You can download stems and MIDI from the tracks you create in Soundful. Use them to improve upon the AI-generated music, or better yet, start your own idea, and then create a track in the same genre, BPM and key, and add your favorite parts to your track.

AIVA (Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist) uses AI to compose music for films, video games, and other media. It can create a complete composition from a few inputs, such as genre and mood. While the full songs are not as professional sounding as Soundful, you can create individual instrument compositions, like a solo piano piece that can spark your next idea in a few seconds.

Price: Basic Plan is Free, Premium Plan starts at $15/month.

Pro Tip: Don't be afraid to experiment with different inputs – AIVA can generate a surprisingly wide range of music.

Unison’s Bass Dragon blew me away. Regardless of the genre (you can select from 30 of them), Bass Dragon can write and sound design incredible bass lines for you at the click of a button. While MIDI Wizard doesn’t seem to deliver as positive results, it is also a great tool to generate ideas and get inspired.

Price: Both plugins start at $297.

Pro Tip: Bass Dragon can create a bassline to perfectly fit whatever chord profession your song uses. Don’t be afraid to write your chords first and apply Bass Dragon to match the composition later.

Scaler is a powerful music theory workstation that helps you find chords and scales that match well together. It’s great for chord inspiration and even generating unique and human-sounding melodies.

Price: Starts at $59.

Pro Tip: Explore the genre-specific presets for instant inspiration regardless of what genre you produce.

LALAL.ai is an AI-powered audio splitter that separates vocals, as well as other layers from instrumentals, which can be useful for remixing, sampling, mashups and even for research purposes.

Price: Basic Plan is Free, Professional Plan starts at $10.

Pro Tip: Use this tool to isolate stems from a production you aspire to. Use those stems directly in your music as a starting point, or sample them to give your music an instant sonically commercial reference point.

Splice Stacks allows you to pick a style and Splice AI will show you millions of musical combinations that no one's ever heard before, featuring sounds made by the world’s top producers on Splice.

Price: Starts at $12.99 per month.

Pro Tip: You can mute layers, solo layers, or generate new layers if you want to replace one layer only for example.

Use Musicfy to create AI vocals with ease. Simply load or record an acapella, select an AI voice, and watch the magic happen. 

Price: Starts at $7.99 per month.

Pro Tip: Make sure to use as raw of a performance as possible. This means ideally, no compression, no reverb, and no delay... but don't be afraid to experiment if your acapella has those things. It can still do a great job.

Ok, it's time dive in to some intelligent plugins that can aid your mixes, masters, and generally, provide incredible amounts of information that you can use to improve the quality of your music. 

Reference helps you compare your mix to other tracks. The amount of knowledge you can gain by using Reference is unparalleled. Create extremely accurate mixes compared to your reference across the frequency spectrum, as well as through stereo imaging and compression. Mixroom, on the other hand, is an EQ that analyses your music and suggests the best settings to give you optimum richness and clarity.

Price: Both plugins start $59.

Pro Tip: See how the average tonal balance of your song compares with your reference track, or their genre-specific presets. All of these were created using sonic profiles from commercially successful tracks. Mixroom uses optimized filters for the mid-range and high-end to give you ultra-clean mastering-grade EQ adjustments (without a hit to your CPU).

Ozone and Neutron are intelligent plugins designed to enhance the mastering and mixing process, respectively. They employ AI and machine learning technologies to deliver professional results with minimal effort, making them suitable for both beginners and experienced producers.

Price: Both Ozone & Neutron start at $129.

Pro Tip: Use the AI-powered assistants as starting points, but trust your ears for the final decision.

Soothe2 is a dynamic resonance suppressor. It identifies problematic resonances on the fly and applies matching reduction automatically. This results in a smoother, more balanced sound and saves you from having to notch out frequencies by hand. The reduction only kicks in when and where needed, without affecting nearby frequency areas.

Price: $219.

Pro Tip: Use Soothe 2 not only for taming harsh frequencies but also creatively for sound design purposes. By exaggerating its parameters, you can create interesting, filtered effects that can bring a new flavor to your sounds or mix. Just remember to apply it judiciously, as extreme settings can significantly alter your audio material.

Vocalign is a must-have for any music producer working with vocals. This AI-powered tool automatically aligns and synchronizes vocals with your reference tracks and background vocals, which is especially useful for doubling or layering vocals, saving you hours of time.

Price: VocALign Project 3 starts at $149.

Pro Tip: Use VocALign when layering vocals to ensure extremely tight synchronization, helping you create a more professional, polished, and compact vocal result.

Trackspacer is a sidechain plugin that creates space in your mix by reducing the frequencies of one track to make room for another. While simple in theory, this plugin allows you to sidechain any sound against another sound, set thresholds, and dynamically reduce sounds to create a more spacious and transparent mix.

Price: $59.

Pro Tip: Use Trackspacer to create room for vocals in a busy mix by applying it to your instrumental buses. Set Trackspacer at around 5-8%, and target the midrange, allowing your vocals to shine through.

Gullfoss operates as an intelligent equalizer that assesses an audio signal and refines it in such a way that your auditory perception can grasp maximum details. This real-time analysis is propelled by Soundtheory's model of auditory cognition, enabling Gullfoss to identify which audible aspects are vying for your focus. Gullfoss facilitates rapid and accurate corrections that would typically be infeasible or demand substantial time and expertise to address.

Price: $199.

Pro Tip: Start with Gullfoss's automatic equalization on a moderate setting to maintain the original character of your mix, and then gradually increase the effect if needed. Remember, Gullfoss is not just for fixing issues; it can also be used creatively to shape your sound and bring out hidden details in your mix.