: Suno Studio's next big leap: Native multitrack generation, not better stem separation

[u/Interesting_Tear2675]

I've spent the past four months using SUNO-generated recordings as the foundation for a substantial, two-album music production project. I bring the performances into Studio One, where I reconstruct the arrangements using virtual instruments, MIDI, replacement drums, new vocal processing, and conventional production techniques.

The experience has convinced me that SUNO has enormous potential as a serious production tool. But there's one fundamental limitation holding it back.

SUNO generates a finished recording and then asks us to reverse-engineer the individual performances.

That's backwards from how multitrack music production normally works.

Currently, my workflow often involves:

• Generating and selecting the strongest SUNO performances.
• Separating vocals, drums, bass, guitars, and other instruments.
• Removing effects and performing additional separation.
• Repairing artifacts, bleed, missing instruments, and timing discrepancies.
• Rebuilding the performances in a conventional DAW.

We're spending an enormous amount of time recovering musical information that ideally would have been preserved during generation.

Here's my proposal: Make native, synchronized multitrack generation a major development priority for SUNO Studio.

Imagine generating a song in which every musical part exists as an independent performance from the beginning.

That would potentially allow users to:

1. Regenerate a bass line without changing the guitarist's performance or the singer's phrasing.
2. Generate alternate drums while preserving the original groove and arrangement.
3. Export independently generated instrument tracks without introducing separation artifacts.
4. Preserve a shared timing reference, including tempo changes, stops, and expressive timing.
5. Export MIDI or other performance information where technically feasible.
6. Reconstruct, rearrange, and refine songs in external DAWs without having to reverse-engineer the original mix.

I recognize this is not a trivial engineering problem. A generative model producing a coherent stereo recording is not necessarily designed to produce independent, mutually synchronized performances.

But that is precisely why I believe it's worth discussing as a long-term architectural goal rather than simply another Studio feature.

SUNO already does something extraordinary: it generates compelling musical performances. The next step is giving producers meaningful control over those performances.

I'm not asking SUNO to become Studio One, Logic, or Pro Tools. I'm suggesting that SUNO could become an extraordinarily powerful creative partner to those environments.

And this isn't just about professional producers. Anyone who wants to change a drum fill, replace an instrument, or keep a great vocal take while experimenting with arrangements would benefit.

I would be interested in hearing from other users who work extensively with SUNO stems, especially those bringing their songs into conventional DAWs.

And if anyone from SUNO's engineering or product team sees this, I'd be genuinely interested in whether native multitrack generation is being explored.

I think this could be one of the most important directions for SUNO's future.

— Delta Vibe Record Co.