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Udio

Udio — User Guide

High-quality AI music in many styles.

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Strengths
  • Free version has 600 song quota per month
  • Excellent sound quality, close to professional recording studio standards
  • Supports many music styles (classical, jazz, electronic, folk, etc.)
  • Can generate lyrics and sing
  • Support song extension (extend existing songs)
Best for
  • Video background music generation
  • Personal music creation and exploration
  • specific style of music material
  • Brand and event theme songs
  • Learn different music styles

Generate music quickly

Udio's operation is simple, just enter a description to generate high-quality music.

Scenario

Generate background music

Prompt example 
Enter in the Udio creation interface:




"Peaceful ambient music for studying,


soft piano and strings, no vocals,


calm and focused atmosphere,


120 BPM"




Click Create and wait about 30 seconds
Output / what to expect

Generate 2 versions of learning background music,

Piano and strings match naturally,

The rhythm is steady and suitable for focused work.

Tips

Adding "no vocals" to the description can generate pure music, suitable for use as background music.

Scenario

Generate songs of a specific style

Prompt example 
"A melancholic indie folk song about 
missing someone far away,
acoustic guitar, soft female vocals,
intimate recording feel,
lyrics about distance and memories"
Output / what to expect

Generate complete indie folk songs,

Contains vocals and guitar accompaniment,

The lyrics match the emotional theme,

Delicate sound quality.

Tips

Udio excels at generating music of specific emotional styles, where describing emotion and atmosphere is important.

Song expansion function

Udio supports expanding the generated song fragments into longer complete songs.

Scenario

Extend song length

Prompt example 
Steps:


1. Generate a satisfactory music clip (about 30 seconds)


2. Click the "Extend" button below the clip


3. Choose to expand forward or backward


4. New descriptions can be added to guide the expansion direction


5. Repeat expansion until desired length is reached
Output / what to expect

Through multiple expansions,

Can expand a 30 second clip into a full 3-5 minute song,

Maintain consistency in musical style.

Tips

Keep the same style description when expanding to ensure a unified musical style before and after.

Compared with similar tools

ToolStrengthBest forPricing
Udio This toolThe best sound quality, generous free credits, and diverse stylesPursue high quality, video background music, music creationFree 600 songs/month / Pro $10/month
Suno AIFaster generation and more natural vocalsNeed to quickly generate, complete songsFree version / Pro $8/month
ElevenLabsSpeech synthesis is more natural, focusing on dubbingAI dubbing, no complete music requiredFree version/paid version
Adobe PodcastProfessional audio processingThere is an existing recording that needs post-processingFree version/paid version

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