NetherlandsMedia and entertainment2023 – ongoingUniversal Music Group
AI source separation for catalogue remixes
Universal Music Group used AI source separation to remix catalogue recordings
Problem
Producing catalogue recordings in new audio formats required adapting existing recordings for new mixes.
Approach
Universal Music Group's chief digital officer confirmed that its studios already used AI in production. He identified music source separation as a method used to produce updated catalogue mixes in new audio formats.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
The disclosed use concerned production work on existing recordings. UMG did not quantify its effect on costs or catalogue revenue.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Media and entertainment
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovationProduct and service innovation
- AI technology
- Predictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Off-the-shelf tool or platform
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The minutes recorded management's account of AI use in studios at the May 2023 meeting. The chief digital officer identified source separation for catalogue remixes, without naming software or reporting performance figures.
Full details are in the original sources.
