Did you think people only used Suno to make songs for their friends and family – or in the hope of siphoning royalties from the streaming services?
Not so: Suno Studio, the company’s browser-based digital audio workstation (DAW), is geared toward the professional end of music-making.
Today (August 13), the AI music company launched Studio 2.0.
The update adds features such as MIDI support, a beta AI chat bar, and “advanced” stem separation, plus new audio effects and automations.
Suno claims that “Grammy-winning artists” have used Suno Studio in the past to “make chart-topping hits.”
Today’s news comes shortly after Suno confirmed that it will cap the number of songs its users can download each month, with changes taking effect on September 3.
Free Suno users will be limited to seven downloads for the lifetime of their account; Pro subscribers (on $8–$10 a month) to 20 a month; and Premier subscribers (on $24–$30 a month) to 60 a month.
Suno said these limits will “make it harder for bad actors to mass-export music”.
Yet Suno Studio, available only to Premier subscribers, will have “no download limits” moving forward, Suno said.
In today’s Studio 2.0 announcement, Suno reiterated that Premier subscribers can export 32-bit/48kHz multitracks and stems from Studio 2.0 “without limitations.”
For those who wish to, Studio 2.0 allows real musicians, playing real instruments, to record music into the platform before manipulating it using Suno’s tools.
Henry Phipps, Suno’s Studio Product Manager, wrote in a blog announcing Studio 2.0: “Perhaps our biggest takeaway from spending time with artists is their deep appreciation for the instruments and tools that have earned a place in their studios,” he wrote. ”
“There is a long lineage of pre-AI music technology that many musicians (along with us folks building Studio) love and rely on.
“These modern music foundations, like guitars, drum machines, synths, effects and step sequencers are tried and true, and those familiar ways of interacting with sound ought to be available in the next generation of music software, including Suno Studio.”
MIDI support, which Suno describes as the most requested addition to Studio, lets users import, record, and edit MIDI on the timeline.
In what Suno says is a feature unique to Studio, MIDI clips can also be used as a prompt for new audio generations.
The chat bar, launching in beta, lets users talk to Studio “like you would any other collaborator”.
Suno says the chat can create instruments and vocals, help build custom plugins, and even “tidy up your session”.
Text prompts are useful for finding inspiration, Phipps wrote, and Studio‘s chat can conjure “a funky spoons ensemble playing the clave.”
But he said prompts are “no substitute” for playing a part on a MIDI keyboard or recording with a microphone.
Suno launched Suno Studio in September 2025, initially in beta for Premier subscribers.
The tool built on Suno‘s acquisition of WavTool, a browser-based DAW, earlier that year.
Studio 2.0 also arrives a day after Suno announced a global licensing alliance with BMG, on Wednesday (August 12).
It made BMG the first rightsholder to license Suno since Warner Music Group settled its litigation and struck a deal with the company in November 2025.
Major music companies Universal Music Group and Sony Music, however, remain in copyright litigation against Suno in the US.
Suno also faces action from Denmark’s Koda and Germany’s GEMA, which won a copyright ruling against the company last month.Music Business Worldwide