Make a Song

Updated September 2026By Veena Studio

The easiest way to make a song today is to work with a producer, and Veena puts one in your browser for free. Describe the song in plain words, hum the melody or drop in a voice memo, and CoProducer builds drums, bass, chords, melody, arrangement and mix as real tracks you can change, record over and export.

It works on the first try more often than not. In Veena's own data, 3 in 4 new users (75.7%) whose first request asks for a new song get a finished first result on day one, and 81.5% do when the request names a genre.

Make a song with AI in five steps

  1. Open daw.veena.studio and sign in with Google. A new project opens with six empty tracks and the CoProducer panel beside them. Nothing to download or install.
  2. Tell CoProducer the song. Genre, tempo, key, the instruments you hear, the shape. It acts on your first message: it picks the layers, sets the tempo, maps the sections and starts writing. For example:

Make a 96 BPM indie pop song in G major: verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, final chorus. Brush kit in the verses, Pop kit in the choruses, Electric Bass, strummed acoustic guitar, a Bright Pluck hook and a String Ensemble lift in the last chorus.

  1. Pick your parts. For every new part, CoProducer offers 3 options. Hover to hear them, browse with the arrow keys, press Enter to keep one. Nothing that depends on that part is written until you choose, so the bassline is written against the chords you actually picked.
  2. Shape it in plain words. "Half-time drums in the bridge." "Swap the acoustic guitar for the Upright Piano." "Make the second chorus 16 bars." Each change CoProducer makes is one Ctrl+Z away.
  3. Export it. From the account menu, choose Export: a 24-bit/48 kHz WAV or a 320 kbps MP3 of the full mix, every track as stems in a zip, or the MIDI.

CoProducer in Veena answering "Build me a Hip Hop beat": it writes the bassline with the drums as context and offers 3 results to browse

Three ways to start a song

From words. An empty project and one sentence are enough. CoProducer plans the sections (intro, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bridge, drop, outro and more), writes each part and arranges it. The AI music generator page shows exactly what one prompt builds, and create music with AI explains how CoProducer decides what to write.

From a hum. Sing or hum the hook into your mic. CoProducer transcribes it into an editable MIDI part on a new track, or re-voices the take as another instrument ("turn my humming into a synth pad"), then writes chords and bass that fit the melody you sang. The full walk-through is on the voice to instrument page.

From your own recording. Drop in a voice memo, a guitar demo, a loop or an old bounce. CoProducer measures its tempo and where the phrases fall, sets the project to match, and builds every new part around your take instead of over it.

Song prompts that work, by genre

Name the genre and you give CoProducer the single most useful fact about your song. Here are prompts to start from, with the share of new users whose first request in that genre got a finished first result on day one, in Veena's own data.

GenrePaste this into CoProducerFirst result on day one
Techno130 BPM techno in F minor, TR909 kit, rolling kick, offbeat hats, an Acid Bass line, a 16-bar build into the drop91.7%
R&B88 BPM R&B in E flat major, soft swung drums, Electric Piano chords, Round Bass, space for my vocal89.0%
Pop118 BPM pop in C major, verse, pre-chorus, chorus, bright plucks, a four-on-the-floor chorus87.3%
Hip hop90 BPM boom bap in A minor, dusty drums, an Upright Piano loop, Sub Bass under the kick82.1%
House124 BPM house in G minor, House Organ Bass, offbeat open hats, Warm Pad chords, a vocal chop hook81.7%
Cinematic70 BPM cue in D minor, Cello ostinato, String Ensemble swells, a Dark Pad, a big hit at bar 1780.3%
Lo-fi72 BPM lo-fi in D minor, the Brush kit, Electric Piano seventh chords, a soft Sub Bass, vinyl texture76.5%

More genres, with their structures and sounds, live under make music by genre.

What you can change once the song exists

A song CoProducer builds is a session, not a file, so nothing is locked:

  • Any note. Open a part in the piano roll, drag a note, redraw a fill, change velocities.
  • Any sound. 61 instrument presets and 7 drum kits: turn the Electric Piano into a String Pad and every note stays where it was.
  • Any section. Add, rename or delete sections on the song-section ribbon, or ask CoProducer to "add a bridge after the second chorus".
  • Your own parts. Record a vocal or a guitar take on its own track, play MIDI from your computer keyboard, or load your VST and AU plugins through the Veena Bridge helper app.
  • Any audio. Split a track into 4 stems (vocals, drums, bass, other), lined up on your timeline.

Make a song free: what costs nothing in Veena

Veena is an AI DAW, and free means the whole studio: the timeline, the piano roll, recording, the 10 built-in effects, stem separation, your plugins, real-time collaboration, and export with no cap and no watermark. The free plan comes with a daily CoProducer allowance. Veena Pro, at $20 a month, removes the daily request cap and unlocks the premium models. And the song is yours: Veena's terms say "you own the Output you generate through your use of the Service."

Make a song online, on the laptop you have

Veena runs in your browser, and the AI models behind CoProducer run on Veena's servers, so you don't need a graphics card or a fast machine. It works on Mac, Windows, Linux and Chromebook laptops, in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc or Firefox. Projects save to your account as you work, and a friend can join the same session from their own laptop. For the browser studio itself, see make music online and the online DAW; if you are brand new to making music, start with the free music maker guide.

Veena vs the tools people use to make a song (September 2026)

VeenaSunoBandLabSoundtrap
Price to startFree, with a daily CoProducer allowanceFree, 50 credits a dayFreeFree
Who writes the partsCoProducer writes, arranges and mixes every part; you pick from 3 options for eachOne prompt returns a finished song as a single audio fileSongStarter offers 3 ideas at a time in one of 11 genres; you build the restYou build it from 7,640+ loops and 450+ instruments on the free plan
Every part on its own trackYes, freeOnly in Suno Studio, on the $30-a-month Premier planYes, up to 16 tracks and 15 minutes per projectYes
Record your own vocalYes, freePro and Premier onlyYesYes; vocal tuning is paid
What the free plan holds backOnly volume: a daily CoProducer allowance and up to 5 projects; every studio feature is freeDownloads, stems and commercial use32 tracks, AutoMix, Audio-to-MIDI and the upgraded SplitterAutomation, vocal tuning, mastering styles and high-quality downloads

Suno hands you a finished audio file, not a session. Its help centre says Suno "outputs your song as one audio file containing all music and words", "Get Stems" is for Pro and Premier subscribers, and Suno Studio comes only with Premier at $30 a month ($24 billed yearly). On the free plan, Suno's terms (effective 3 September 2026) limit your songs to "lawful, personal and non-commercial purposes".

BandLab gives you a free studio but caps each project at 16 tracks and 15 minutes (BandLab's help centre, September 2026), and puts AutoMix, Audio-to-MIDI and its upgraded Splitter behind a paid Membership. Its AI, SongStarter, hands you three ideas at a time in one of 11 genres; turning one into a song is still your job, note by note.

Soundtrap is a studio without a producer. Automation, vocal tuning, mastering styles and high-quality downloads all sit on paid plans from US$9.59 to US$16.59 a month billed yearly (Soundtrap's pricing page, September 2026).

Veena is the one place where the producer, the studio and the export button all come free. Paste the prompt below into CoProducer, change the genre, tempo and key to your own, and make a song you keep.

Try this in Veena

Make a 96 BPM indie pop song in G major: verse, pre-chorus, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, final chorus. The Brush kit in the verses opening up to the Pop kit in the choruses, a warm Electric Bass (finger), strummed Acoustic Guitar (steel), a Bright Pluck hook, and a String Ensemble lift in the last chorus. Leave space for my lead vocal.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I make a song with AI for free?

Open daw.veena.studio, sign in with Google and describe the song in one message. Veena is an AI DAW with a personal music producer built in. Describe the song you want and CoProducer builds it with you — beats, chords, melody, arrangement and mix — as real tracks you can edit, mix and export. Free, in your browser.

Can I make a song from a melody I hum?

Yes. Record the hum straight into Veena, or drop in a voice memo, and ask CoProducer to turn it into an editable MIDI part or to re-voice it as another instrument ("make my humming a saxophone"). Then ask for the rest: chords under the melody, a bassline, drums, an arrangement. Every part CoProducer adds lands on its own track.

Do I need to know music theory to make a song in Veena?

Theory helps, but it isn't the entry fee. Describe the feel in your own words, like "sad but hopeful, slow, piano and strings", and CoProducer turns it into chords, a key, a tempo and a structure. Open any part in Veena's piano roll to see exactly which notes it chose, change one, and hear why it works.

Can I make a song with vocals in Veena?

Yes, with your own voice. CoProducer builds every instrumental part around it, and you record the vocal in Veena from your microphone, with a count-in and a red box showing where the take will land. Add the Auto-Tune effect with your key and scale if you want it. Veena doesn't generate AI singing: the voice on your song is yours.

Who owns a song I make in Veena, and can I release it?

You do. Veena's terms say "you own the Output you generate through your use of the Service," on the free plan and on Veena Pro. There is no watermark on your exports, and you can export a 24-bit/48 kHz WAV of the mix, every track as stems, or MIDI as often as you like.

Can I make a song online with a friend?

Yes. Real-time collaboration has been live in Veena since 12 September 2026, on every plan. Click Share, send your friend an invite link, and you both edit the same song at once, with live named cursors on the timeline. Each of you can talk to CoProducer in a private chat or in a shared one.

How is making a song in Veena different from Suno?

Suno "outputs your song as one audio file containing all music and words" (Suno's help centre, September 2026), and its multitrack studio comes only with the $30-a-month Premier plan. Veena builds your song as separate tracks from the first minute, free: change one bass note, swap the drum kit or re-record a verse without generating the whole song again.

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Free, in your browser. Describe the song you want and CoProducer builds it with you.

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