TL;DR
What did jrickert use Suno for?
A lifelong musician and producer noticed tempo drift in Suno tracks and built automations that snap them to the grid when importing to Ableton. They say they now have "automations that do it for me now when I ingest Suno tracks into Ableton for follow-up production work."
What they did
They generate tracks in Suno and bring them into Ableton for follow-up production. Because the tracks have "all kinds of subtle tempo drift," they quantize them to the grid to make chopping and editing easier, and now have automations that do it on import.
How it went
They say they now have "automations that do it for me now when I ingest Suno tracks into Ableton for follow-up production work."
Worth knowing
- Suno output drifts in tempo, so it needs fixing before editing. They also point out that low-effort Suno tracks are "flooding music distributors."
- Price check: Suno: free plan; Pro: US$10/month, or US$8/month on a yearly plan (US$96/year) (checked Oct 26, 2026).
Try it yourself
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I'm bringing AI-generated song stems into my DAW for editing. Give me a step-by-step routine to detect tempo drift, build a tempo map, and quantize the audio to a fixed grid without obvious artifacts, plus what to check by ear afterward.
Original post
See jrickert's original post on Hacker News → (Oct 22, 2026)
Sources
- jrickert on Hacker News, Oct 22, 2026 — the original post
- Suno pricing — checked Oct 26, 2026