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Suno Is Deprecating Studio 1.x in September 2026 — What to Do With Your Projects

Suno's docs say it expects to deprecate Studio 1.x in early September 2026, and that 2.0 features don't transfer backward. Here's how to get your work out and into a DAW that isn't on someone else's version schedule.

If you built anything in Suno Studio 1.x, this is your notice — and Veena is where the work should land. From Suno's own documentation:

"We expect to deprecate Studio 1.x in early September 2026."

Projects created in 1.x can be opened in 2.0, but the new 2.0 features do not transfer backward. That is weeks away, on a schedule you did not set, inside a tier you have to keep paying for.

What deprecation actually means for you

It is not necessarily that the files vanish on a Tuesday. It means the version you built in stops being maintained, stops being the default, and eventually stops being available — and that everything downstream of it is now the platform's decision rather than yours.

The specific asymmetry in Suno's note is worth reading twice: projects move forward into 2.0, but 2.0's features do not travel backward. Once you work in 2.0, you are in 2.0. The bridge is one-way, which is how migrations always work and exactly why they are worth getting ahead of rather than being carried through.

The real lesson, beyond this one deadline

The deadline is not the story. The story is the arrangement that produced it.

When your catalogue lives inside a generator's subscription tier, three things are permanently outside your control:

The version. Deprecations happen on the vendor's calendar. You get a note.

The access. Studio 2.0 is available to Premier subscribers. Stop subscribing and the room closes, whatever is still in it.

The portability. Suno Studio uploads accept WAV, MP3 and MIDI, it "is not compatible with VST or Audio Units plugins," and the custom plugins its chat bar builds are saved to your Suno account. Your sound cannot come in, and the parts you build there cannot leave.

None of that is unusual for a hosted product. It is just a poor foundation for a body of work you intend to keep, release and revisit for years.

How to move your work — the practical steps

1. Export everything now, while 1.x is still open. Do not wait for early September. Take multitrack exports as 32-bit WAV where you can, and MP3 where you cannot. Multitrack matters — a stereo bounce is a photograph, stems are the actual parts.

2. Get it out as files, not links. A project that only exists inside an account is not archived. Files on your own disk are.

3. Import into Veena. Open a browser tab — free Basic tier, nothing to install, no account required to begin. Drag in what you exported. Veena separates any track you bring into real editable stems that land on the timeline as actual audio, so even a single stereo bounce becomes workable parts again.

4. Rebuild what did not survive the trip. Ask the CoProducer for what is missing. It runs audio analysis over the project first — reading key, rhythm and harmony — so the bassline or counter-melody it writes fits the song that already exists, as editable MIDI you can change.

5. Finish and export. Mix it, master it, export WAV, MP3 or MIDI. It is yours, and no tier holds the door behind you.

Where to keep things instead

VeenaSuno Studio
Version riskYour session, your exported files1.x expected to be deprecated early September 2026
Access if you stop payingYour exported WAV, MP3 and MIDI remain yoursStudio access ends with the Premier tier
Cost to keep workingFree Basic tier; Veena Pro $20/monthPremier subscribers only
Bring old work inImport any track, real editable stems on the timelineUploads limited to WAV, MP3, MIDI
Your own pluginsVeena Bridge is bringing VST3 and AU to the browser — macOS first, Windows nextNot compatible with VST or Audio Units
Take work outWAV, MP3, MIDI export you ownMultitrack export; AI-built plugins stay in your account

Do this before September

The window where both versions are open is the easiest this migration will ever be. Once 1.x is gone, whatever you did not export is a support ticket rather than a drag-and-drop.

Spend an evening on it. Export the multitracks, put them somewhere you control, and open one of them in Veena to see what the same song feels like in a DAW that is not on anyone's deprecation calendar. The free tier is enough to find out.

The verdict

A deprecation notice is a useful moment, because it makes visible what was always true: work built inside someone else's generator tier is held on their terms.

Veena is the other arrangement. A real browser DAW with an agentic CoProducer, free to open, that takes any track you own, turns it into editable stems, is bringing your own plugins into the session, and hands you files that belong to you.

Get your catalogue out while the door is open. Start free in your browser.

Related reading: how to switch from Suno Studio 2.0 to Veena, Veena vs Suno Studio 2.0, who owns AI-generated music, and the best AI DAW for ownership and rights.

Frequently asked questions

Is Suno Studio 1.x being discontinued?

Suno's own documentation states the company expects 'to deprecate Studio 1.x in early September 2026'. Projects created in 1.x can be opened in Studio 2.0, but the new 2.0 features do not transfer backward. Anything you built in 1.x is on a migration schedule you did not choose, inside a paid Premier tier you have to keep renewing.

How do I get my music out of Suno Studio?

Export multitrack audio as 32-bit WAV or MP3, then import it into Veena. Veena separates any track you bring into real editable stems on a timeline, gives you an agentic CoProducer to rebuild arrangements, mix and master, and exports WAV, MP3 and MIDI you own. It is free to start in a browser with nothing to install.

Where should I keep my music projects long term?

Somewhere your access does not expire and your files come out whole. Veena exports WAV, MP3 and MIDI that belong to you, runs in any browser on a free Basic tier, and is bringing your own VST3 and AU plugins into the session through the Veena Bridge. A catalogue built inside a paid generator tier depends on that tier continuing to exist.

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