We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/write-a-melody-in-a-daw Write a melody in your DAW, even if you can't play https://wearethemusicmakers.co/learn/write-a-melody-in-a-daw To write a melody in a DAW without playing an instrument, draw single notes in the piano roll on the notes of your chords, keep the rhythm simple, repeat a short phrase and change its ending. The AI-assisted way lets you describe a hook or hum it into a microphone and turn it into any instrument as editable notes. Both routes, side by side. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:30:00 GMT We are the music makers daw-101melodysongwritingpiano-rollbeginnersai-daw https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/melody-guidance-audio-diffusion-without-retraining Melody guidance paper steers audio diffusion models to a tune without retraining https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/melody-guidance-audio-diffusion-without-retraining A new arXiv paper from Cristobal Andrade, Sebastian J. Schlecht, Ben Maman and Meinard Müller makes an existing audio diffusion model follow a given melody, using a pitch detector during sampling instead of training a new melody-conditioned model. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 03:30:00 GMT We are the music makers airesearchaudio-generationdiffusionmelody