In case you’ve never heard of it, Suno is an AI tool that lets you create music with the help of some pretty sophisticated algorithms. Pretty cool, right? At the time of writing, it’s on version 5.5.
I’ve always loved making music. I used to build loops in FL Studio all the time, and I even had a band back in college. These days, though, it’s hard to find the time, or even coordinate with friends, just to jam. Suno, for me, opens up a way to keep that passion alive without needing to commit to a full band setup, if that makes sense.
So I gave it a try. I’m currently on the Pro plan (not Premium), which means I don’t have access to the latest Suno Studio features.
That said, the Pro subscription still gives quite a lot. You get a generous amount of credits to generate songs through prompting. Although “prompting” might not be the best term, Suno tends to work better when you describe styles using comma-separated keywords rather than full instructions.
As for the results, they’re decent, but not amazing out of the box. Tonally, the output leans heavily toward mainstream or generic sounds. It also tends to improvise quite a bit, which makes the song structure feel loose, sometimes it’s hard to clearly distinguish verses, choruses, or bridges. On top of that, the overall mix quality isn’t great. It often sounds muddy, with everything sitting in the center and lacking spatial depth.
To get something closer to your taste, I wouldn’t recommend relying on prompts alone. It helps a lot if you already have a direction in mind, or even better, some rough ideas prepared. In my case, I started with beats, chords, and melodies I had already built in FL Studio. That gave Suno a clearer foundation and helped steer the output in a more intentional direction.
Mixing and mastering is probably the toughest part. I’m not sure how much control Suno Studio offers here, but what I ended up doing was exporting the stems and finishing everything in FL Studio. The stems aren’t exactly clean, there are quite a few artifacts, so it takes a fair amount of EQ, compression, and cleanup to get things sounding right.
Overall though, it’s been a really fun experience.
Here’s one of the tracks I made, if you’re curious to hear it:
https://on.soundcloud.com/tGy5QkpSSxz9qqLdCq
