Is Cover the same as the AI Cover Song Generator?

No. Create-page Cover keeps the melody and remakes style, arrangement, and vocals. The AI Cover Song Generator is a separate page that applies a voice model to uploaded audio and charges by the minute.

Is Cover a Pro feature?

Yes, in the product. The menu shows a Pro badge, and opening it without a subscription shows the upgrade modal.

What does Cover keep from the original?

The core melody. Genre, arrangement, instruments, and vocals are regenerated. Start with the original lyrics so the melody has a familiar shape.

Can I cover an upload?

Yes. Uploads and generated songs both work as the source.

How many credits does Cover use?

Generate uses the same credits as generating a new song on the selected model. It is not billed per minute.

Does Cover overwrite my original song?

No. Generate starts a new task. The original completed song stays in your list, so you can compare and keep the better version.

Do I have to stay in Custom mode?

Cover opens in Custom so you can see the source Audio block, lyrics, and Styles. Stay there for the first run. Simple is still available if you only want a one-line description.

Why did the new cover lose the melody?

Usually the first run changed too much at once — new lyrics plus a dense style prompt. Put the original lyrics back, shorten Styles to one genre, and generate again.

Can I apply a Persona while covering?

Yes, in Custom mode with Rao v1.0 or Rao v1.5 and a saved persona. That steers style and vocal character.

When should I use Extend or Replace instead?

When the arrangement is already right. Extend remakes everything after a cut. Replace rewrites one middle window. Cover remakes the whole song around the melody.

All guides

Keep the melody. Remake the style around it.

Use Cover when the tune is worth keeping and the genre, arrangement, or vocal feel is not. Do not use it to swap in a named singer — that is a different tool.

Cover keeps the core melody and regenerates everything around it.

Cover is a Pro action. Open a completed track on Create, choose Cover from the song menu, and Pro accounts land in Custom mode with the source Audio block on top. There is no waveform cut; the whole song is the input. Lyrics, styles, and title are prefilled from the original. Change the style, keep the lyrics on the first run, then click Generate. Free accounts see the upgrade modal.

KEEP — the core melody

The original tune is the thing Cover is asked to hold onto.

CHANGE — genre, arrangement, instruments, vocals

The new song is a full generation in a new feel, not a local waveform edit.

Cover a song in six moves

These steps follow the real Create page, including the button label Generate.

1
Open a completed song on Create
The track must be finished. Pending or failed songs cannot be covered. Uploads and generated songs both work.
2
Open ⋯ and choose Cover
Cover is a Pro action. Without a subscription, RaoMusic opens the upgrade modal instead of the editor.
3
Check the source Audio block
Cover opens in Custom mode. There is no cut point and no middle window — the whole song is the input. Use Exit cover to leave.
4
Change the style. Keep the lyrics at first.
Styles, title, and vocal gender are prefilled from the original. Change the genre or feel in Styles. Leave the lyrics alone on the first run so the melody has something familiar to hold.
5
Click Generate
The submit button says Generate, not Cover. Generate starts a new task. It uses the same credits as generating a new song on the selected model.
6
Compare against the original
RaoMusic returns two candidate songs and the original stays in your list. Cover mode stays open so you can run again. Listen for the melody first, then the new arrangement.

What to type for a cover

Cover needs a new job for the arrangement, not a second song. The melody is already the input.

Do

Keep the original lyrics on the first run.
Name one genre and the instruments you want — for example intimate acoustic guitar, close vocals.
Change one thing per generation: genre, or energy, or vocal feel.
After a good cover, use Replace Section or Extend for local fixes instead of covering again.

Avoid

Pasting a named artist as if Cover were a voice-model tool.
Rewriting lyrics, style, and structure in one run.
Using Cover to continue a song past its ending — that job is Extend.
Confusing this with Album Cover or Cover Image, which only change artwork.

Cover vs AI Cover Song Generator

Same word, two products. Cover remakes style around a melody. The other page applies a named voice model.

Create-page Cover

Keep a melody and remake genre, arrangement, and vocals.
Start from a song already in your Create library.
Credits follow the selected music model, same as a new song.

Wrong job for Cover

A celebrity or character voice — that is AI Cover Song Generator.
Per-minute billing. Cover does not bill that way.
Album Cover or Cover Image, which only change artwork.

Easy to get wrong

There is no KEEP / RECREATE waveform. Cover remakes the whole song. A middle rewrite is Replace Section. A new ending is Extend.

Changing lyrics, style, and voice in one run often drops the melody. Keep the original lyrics on the first pass.

Cover is a new generation, not a splice. The original stays in your list so you can compare.

If the new take lost the hook, the style prompt probably fought the melody. Shorten Styles to one genre and the instruments you want, then generate again.

Cover opens in Custom so you can see the source Audio block, lyrics, and Styles. Start there for the first run.

Album Cover and Cover Image change artwork. They do not remake the song.

Cover vs the other Create-page edits

Cover remakes the whole song around a melody. Use a different menu item if you only need a local edit — or a different page if you want a named voice model.

If you want to…	Cover	Use instead
Keep the melody, change genre, arrangement, instruments, or vocal character	This is the job	Extend and Replace keep more of the original arrangement
Swap the singer for a named voice model	Wrong tool	AI Cover Song Generator
Keep the opening, remake the rest	Would remake the opening too	Extend
Fix one middle span	Would remake both sides too	Replace Section
Blend two tracks	Wrong tool	Mashup

Keep the melody, change genre, arrangement, instruments, or vocal character
- Cover:This is the job
- Use instead:Extend and Replace keep more of the original arrangement
Swap the singer for a named voice model
- Cover:Wrong tool
- Use instead:AI Cover Song Generator
Keep the opening, remake the rest
- Cover:Would remake the opening too
- Use instead:Extend
Fix one middle span
- Cover:Would remake both sides too
- Use instead:Replace Section
Blend two tracks
- Cover:Wrong tool
- Use instead:Mashup

Cover FAQ

: No. Create-page Cover keeps the melody and remakes style, arrangement, and vocals. The AI Cover Song Generator is a separate page that applies a voice model to uploaded audio and charges by the minute.
: Yes, in the product. The menu shows a Pro badge, and opening it without a subscription shows the upgrade modal.
: The core melody. Genre, arrangement, instruments, and vocals are regenerated. Start with the original lyrics so the melody has a familiar shape.
: Yes. Uploads and generated songs both work as the source.
: Generate uses the same credits as generating a new song on the selected model. It is not billed per minute.
: No. Generate starts a new task. The original completed song stays in your list, so you can compare and keep the better version.
: Cover opens in Custom so you can see the source Audio block, lyrics, and Styles. Stay there for the first run. Simple is still available if you only want a one-line description.
: Usually the first run changed too much at once — new lyrics plus a dense style prompt. Put the original lyrics back, shorten Styles to one genre, and generate again.
: Yes, in Custom mode with Rao v1.0 or Rao v1.5 and a saved persona. That steers style and vocal character.
: When the arrangement is already right. Extend remakes everything after a cut. Replace rewrites one middle window. Cover remakes the whole song around the melody.