AI that hears music: How does AIMS' audio-based search work?

Instead of relying on metadata, AIMS search analyzes a track's sound content — finding patterns that capture a vast spectrum of musical traits. The results are instant and, with advanced AI that recognizes endless patterns, shockingly accurate.

We’re used to finding what metadata allows us to find. Instead of following an idea, we put creativity on pause as we figure out keywords — hoping our flow doesn’t break, and that we’re not missing out on great songs because of subjective or inconsistent tags. Many times, we find music despite search, not thanks to it. 

But when a search tool understands music, rather than the labels we’ve assigned to it, the whole process changes. Search becomes something that helps you discover music. 

AIMS gets as close to hearing music as AI can 

Once implemented, AIMS “listens” to your entire catalog and captures each song’s distinctive traits. With every search, you’re essentially working with a seasoned music expert on hyperdrive — one that knows your catalog top to bottom, understands music similarity and, thanks to Prompt Search, can translate any thoughts or needs into music.

The search feels natural, easy. There’s no science to using AIMS — but a whole lot behind it. We explain our technology below, as simply as possible.

How AIMS’ audio-based search tech works (simplified)

In short: AIMS doesn’t “think” like a human — it finds patterns in massive data.

• Each track is analyzed by a machine learning model, which converts its sound into a set of numbers called embeddings. 

• Embeddings capture musical traits like rhythm, melody and style, as well as the relationships between them. 

• AIMS recognizes an astonishing range of musical traits, and it understands how these traits work together to give each track its unique vibe.

• The result is unbeatable accuracy across all AIMS products, from finding tracks based on similarity or your own words to curation and auto-tagging.

Want to know or see more? 

If you’re tech-minded and want to shoot some rapid-fire questions our way, we’re always up for a more in-depth conversation. Technology is the backbone of AIMS — so of course we love talking about it. Just reach out! 

For those ready to try AIMS, to see and feel the difference yourself, please schedule a demo — which we’re happy to set up using your catalog, ready to go in just one day. 

Test out the search used by Universal PM, Warner Chappell PM and many others: https://www.aimsapi.com/book-a-demo