Bridge
How it’s made
Every inkAsong release states who did what. Not as a disclaimer — as a credit.
The lyrics, the style direction, the mix and the master are human work. The musical foundation and the vocals are generated. Some tracks carry parts played by hand; some carry no words at all.
The split differs from track to track, so it is published per track rather than as one claim covering everything. A song with no lyrics has no lyrics credit — which is a different thing from having written them.
The stages
Nine stages, in the order they happen. Who worked on each one is listed with the track, not here.
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01
Lyrics
Every word is written by hand before anything is generated. Some songs are in Swiss German, because that is the language they were thought in.
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02
Style direction
A written description of the sound: genre, instrumentation, tempo, room, mood. This is the other half of the writing, and it is where most of the work sits.
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03
Samples
Sometimes a part is played and recorded, and goes into the track. Not every song has one — where there is none, the credit says so.
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04
Music
The musical foundation is generated from the lyrics and the style direction. The work here is choosing, steering and discarding.
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05
Vocals
Sung by a model, following the written lyrics. The phrasing is chosen, not accepted as it comes.
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06
Arrangement
Sections cut, reordered and shortened. Usually the stage where both sides have their hands on it.
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07
Mix
Balance, space and level, done by hand. This is where a generated take starts to sound like a record.
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Master
The last pass before release: loudness, top end, the final listen. By hand, every time.
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09
Cover art
Generated from a written brief. It is credited like everything else, because a cover is part of what gets released.
Rights
inkAsong holds the rights to everything it releases, including the generated audio.
That is what makes the account above useful rather than decorative: a track can be licensed, and what went into it is written down. For sync, film or advertising enquiries, the contact page is the shortest route.
No percentages
There is no “70 % human” anywhere on this site. A weighted number is something nobody can check and everybody can quote out of context. What is published instead is the list of stages — longer to read, and possible to argue with.
Hear it first
A short note when a track is finished. No schedule, no filler — it goes out when there is something to hear.