How to Make a New Song from Your Own Audio

You do not need a polished recording to have a useful starting point. A voice memo, a sung melody, or a rough instrumental sketch can give a new song a direction that words alone may not capture.

Your goal: bring one recording into AISongsMaker, decide whether you want a new interpretation or a continuation, and listen for the part of the source you wanted to carry forward.

This guide shows the real Cover and Extend forms. The screenshots show where to choose a source and set a direction; they are not a claim that the pictured fields produced a particular song.

Prepare the recording you want to use

Pick a file you made or have permission to use. Listen to it once before uploading. Ask yourself what matters most: the vocal idea, melody, groove, or a specific ending. Keep the original file on your device so you can compare it with the new result.

The upload control accepts MP3, WAV, OGG, M4A, and FLAC. Choose a recording in one of those formats. If the upload form gives you a size or length limit, follow that limit rather than repeatedly submitting a file that fails validation.

Choose the change you actually want

1. Decide between Cover and Extend

These actions answer different questions:

For a sung melody you want to hear in a fuller arrangement, try Cover first. For a verse that needs an ending, try Extend. Neither action edits the original recording in place: listen to the new result as a separate version.

If you only have lyrics and no recording, follow How to Turn Your Lyrics into a Song. If you have only a story or mood, start with your first song.

2. Add your source audio

Open the tool you chose. Under Source audio, select Upload music to bring in a file from your device. If the recording is already in your workspace, choose From My Music and pick a generated song or saved upload.

Wait for the source to be accepted and shown in the form before moving on. If an upload fails, check the format and the limit shown by the uploader. Do not assume that clicking the upload row has already started a paid music generation; submission happens at the tool's Create or Extend action.

Make one version with a clear purpose

3. If you chose Cover, describe the new interpretation

Cover asks what you want to do with the source. Choose Lyrics if you want to supply words, Describe if you want to describe the lyric direction, or Instrumental if you want no sung words. Then open Style and describe the new sound in ordinary language.

For example, if your source is a simple piano-and-voice sketch and you want to hear a warmer arrangement, a useful Style direction is:

This asks for a direction, not an exact copy of the melody or singer. Review the source, content choice, Style, and displayed credit amount. Submit Create cover once, then wait for the result.

4. If you chose Extend, describe what comes next

In AI Music Extender, select the same kind of source. Choose Auto lyrics, Describe, or Instrumental for the continuation. The What comes next? field is optional; use it when you have a specific destination, such as “a bigger final chorus, then a quiet outro.”

The Style choice starts at Original to continue the source's musical direction. Choose Change only when you want the next part to move in another direction. Review the continuation point offered by the form, the displayed credit amount, and your inputs before selecting Extend audio.

Listen to the source and result together

5. Check whether the important idea survived

When the task is complete, play your source and the new result at a similar volume. You do not need to score every detail. Answer three questions:

1. Can I still recognize the musical idea I wanted to keep?
2. Did the new style or continuation move in the direction I asked for?
3. Which one moment would I change next?

For Cover, compare the feel of the hook or melody rather than expecting the same recording with only its instruments swapped. For Extend, listen at the transition and at the new ending. If the result gives you a part you like, save it as a Favorite or keep it in a Project before making another version.

If the change missed your intention, make one specific adjustment to the direction you wrote. A note such as “less busy drums in the chorus” gives the next attempt a purpose. Compare two versions and choose what to change next walks through that decision.

You have finished this guide when you can say what the original contributed, what the new version changed, and whether you want to keep it.