Roland Launches Melody Flip Generative-AI Music Plugin

What changed

Roland has launched Melody Flip, a generative-AI music plugin for digital audio workstations that produces simple musical loops rather than fully arranged songs with vocals. It offers about 250 genre-based “Palettes,” including 80s disco, 90s R&B, Kawaii Future Bass and Anime World. The Verge

Users can generate combinations of melody, chord progression, bassline and drums, or provide a reference track for the plugin to develop melodic ideas from. Controls are limited to genre, note density, BPM and key; Melody Flip does not accept detailed text prompts or generate complete productions. Its general-MIDI-style sounds are intended to be exported as MIDI into a DAW for further editing and sound selection. The Verge

Why it matters

Melody Flip puts Roland into generative AI music with a tool designed for music-making workflows rather than one-click finished tracks. Creators receive editable musical starting points, while retaining the arranging, sound-design and production work needed to turn those loops into a finished song. The Verge

Impact assessment

For DAW-based music creators, Melody Flip adds a source of MIDI-oriented melody, harmony, bass and drum ideas, but its output control is constrained to settings such as genre, density, BPM and key. The Verge

For Roland, the product expands its offering into generative AI music. Its reception remains uncertain: The Verge reported that broader skepticism toward generative AI in music could limit goodwill for the launch. The Verge