Beatoven.ai announced the launch of Maestro, a generative AI foundation model for music that the company says is trained entirely on licensed datasets with rightsholder partnerships and revenue-sharing arrangements.
According to Beatoven.ai, Maestro underpins its generative AI and Music Intelligence tools and will allow users to create instrumental tracks, with sound effects and vocals expected later. The datasets were licensed via Musical AI, a rights management platform that enables attribution of outputs and payments to rightsholders. Data partners listed in the announcement include Rightsify, Soundtrack Loops, Symphonic Music, Bobby Cole, Vadi Sound, and Pro Sound Effects.
Maestro uses datasets licensed in collaboration with Musical AI, a rights management platform that allows AI companies to attribute generative outputs to specific tracks and pay music rightsholders accordingly. Data partners include Rightsify, Soundtrack Loops, Symphonic Music, Bobby Cole, Vadi Sound, and Pro Sound Effects, with more to come.
Commenting on the development, Mansoor Rahimat Khan, co-founder and CEO of Beatoven.ai said, “Human creativity and AI can go hand in hand. Our vision at Beatoven.ai has always been to create a model that generates the world’s most interesting sounds. Most tools try to mimic humans, whereas AI should push human creativity forward by generating what we’ve never heard before. Hallucinations in foundation models are a feature in music, not a bug.”
The company said its 2 million registered users, who have generated more than 15 million tracks on previous models, will gain access to Maestro. It added that the model can be fine-tuned to address new genres and styles. For catalog owners, Beatoven.ai said its Musical Intelligence tools will provide features such as instrument identification, metadata generation, and search support.
“This new model from Beatoven.ai is great to see. If you respect musicians, you license their music. Beatoven.ai is providing yet more compelling evidence that generative AI doesn’t need to be built by scraping the music of the world’s musicians,” Ed Newton-Rex, CEO of Fairly Trained, former VP of Product at Stability AI & founder of Jukedeck (acquired by TikTok), said.
Further adding to the statement, Sean Power, CEO of Musical AI said, “In our partnership with Beatoven.ai, we’re building the future that everyone knows will result in real support for artists, composers, and rightsholders, while creating the best, most innovative AI possibilities. We’re showing the world what a fair AI deal looks like: attribution, respect of rights, and ongoing payouts every time a work contributes to an output. Maestro is a major step towards this better future.”