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RoEx
RoEx, as described on the show by David Ronan.
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David Ronan, founder and CEO of RoEx, explains how AI mixing and mastering tools get a track to ninety percent so a human can finish the creative ten percent.
Questions these episodes answer
Why doesn't RoEx try to fully automate mixing instead of assisting a human mixer?
Ronan says mixing is deeply subjective and tied to emotional intent that is hard to explain to a machine, like telling a mixer a song is about an ex-girlfriend. RoEx instead gets a mix to about ninety percent automatically and leaves the remaining creative decisions to a human so the artistry stays intact.
From: The Truth About AI Mixing, Mastering, and the Future of Music Tech
How much does it cost to get a track mixed and mastered with AI versus a freelancer?
Ronan says a typical Fiverr mix and master costs about one hundred and twenty dollars, while RoEx's platform can do it for around five dollars, making professional-sounding mixes accessible to creators who could not otherwise afford to pay an engineer at all.
From: The Truth About AI Mixing, Mastering, and the Future of Music Tech
What happened to AI Music, the startup where David Ronan worked before founding RoEx?
AI Music used AI to stitch together loops and samples made by human music producers rather than generating pure computer-composed MIDI, which Ronan says kept the output sounding human. The company built genre-specific YouTube channels that helped it get discovered, and it was eventually acquired by Apple.
From: The Truth About AI Mixing, Mastering, and the Future of Music Tech
How did David Ronan's PhD research shape what RoEx builds?
During a four-year PhD at Queen Mary University of London, Ronan built intelligent audio production tools and researched the emotional impact of mixing, finding that people with critical listening skills notice differences in mix quality that most casual listeners do not, which shaped RoEx's assistive approach.
From: The Truth About AI Mixing, Mastering, and the Future of Music Tech
Where is RoEx expanding its AI audio tools beyond music production?
RoEx has launched an SDK aimed at getting its mixing and mastering technology into more DAWs and mobile apps, and Ronan says the same technical problems apply to film and TV post-production, dialogue-focused work for user-generated content, and video games, so the company is expanding into those areas next.
From: The Truth About AI Mixing, Mastering, and the Future of Music Tech