I've spent the last few years trying to figure out where AI actually fits into music production without just becoming a novelty that eats time instead of saving it. The honest answer is: it depends entirely on whether the tool respects your actual workflow or tries to replace it with something new.
When I'm deep in a session, the last thing I want is to export stems, upload them to a web app, wait for processing, download files, and import everything back. That breaks momentum. What I actually need is something that sits inside the DAW and talks to me the way I work—where I can ask for a chord progression, get usable MIDI I can edit or reject, and keep moving. I use VixSound while working in Ableton because it lives there; I just open a chat window, describe what I need, and the MIDI lands on a track. That directness matters.
The real skill with AI in production isn't prompt engineering. It's knowing what you don't want to spend brain cycles on anymore. I used to waste twenty minutes auditioning drum loops or manually transcribing a guitar part. Now I describe the vibe or drop the audio in, and I have something to respond to instead of starting from silence. The AI does the grinding; I do the decisions. That's the trade that actually speeds up writing without making the work feel outsourced.
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