Guide · 2 min read
What is Daydream
Daydream is a family of AI-native tools for music creation. Built on cutting-edge audio synthesis research, each tool gives you near-real-time control over audio generation — feed it sound, and it continuously generates new music in response.
Every Daydream tool runs on the same real-time generation engine: it continuously creates brand-new audio that you shape live with prompts and parameter updates. Lean on your source material — a loop, a stem, a sample, a full mix, even white noise — or fabricate from scratch. Generation typically runs on Daydream's servers and streams back into your session, and a local option is available for those who have access to a GPU. The tools differ in how you play them:
The tools
- DreamSampler
- The VST3 Instrument — feed it a source, then play slices of the live, ever-regenerating output buffer with MIDI or your keyboard.
- DreamMAX
- Daydream as a Max for Live device, running inside Ableton Live alongside your transport.
Things to know
- Output is audio, not MIDI
- If you need editable notes, run the output through a separate pitch-to-MIDI step.
- Output is a full mix
- Solo instruments coming soon.
- The output is yours
- Creating music with Daydream involves human skill beyond prompting; the audio you generate is your creative output and belongs to you.