Dark Bridge Records

Use of artificial intelligence

Where AI does the work, where it only assists, and where it is not used at all.

Why we spell this out

Three reasons, none of them marketing. Platforms increasingly require a declaration of whether AI was involved. Modelling a voice without the performer's consent infringes their rights. And a client buying music for a film or a campaign needs to know exactly what they are buying — particularly if authorship has to be proven later.

How the music is made

Instruments are played live or realised in FL Studio 2026. All audio processing — mixing, dynamics, space, mastering — happens in that same environment. It is a chain of human decisions: every move is made by an engineer, not a generator.

Where AI is used

As a tool for a specific job, never as the author:

  • Processing and repair. Noise removal, stem separation, rescuing a take that went wrong. Technical work whose result is a cleaner version of the same recording, not a new one.
  • Mastering. Algorithmic tools serve as a second ear and a measuring device. The engineer makes the final call — automated mastering with no human judgement is not a service we sell.
  • Voice modulation. Pitch correction, character, effects. Applied only to the performer's own voice, and only with their written consent.
  • Video creation. Backgrounds, visualisations and supporting graphics for releases and this site. The background motifs here are generated programmatically.

Where it is not used

  • We do not model anyone else's voice. No performer's voice without their consent — living or dead. That is not a technical question.
  • We do not pass off generated work as played. If a piece is generated at its core, the client is told and the platforms are told.
  • We do not train models on your material. Tracks, demos and sessions you send are never used to train a model, nor passed on for that purpose.

What this means legally

Copyright protects human creation. Output generated by a machine alone has no copyright in many jurisdictions, or a contested one — which matters the moment a work has to be licensed, registered with LATGA, AGATA or ASCAP, or defended against copying.

So every contract states which tools were used and which part is human authorship. If you need a work with no AI involvement at all, that is possible, and it goes in writing.

Declaring it on platforms

When we release a record, AI involvement is declared wherever the platform requires it and in the metadata. A hidden declaration eventually means the record is taken down — and that happens once it has started to work.

Questions

Does using these tools make my song an “AI song”?

No. Noise removal or a mastering meter no more makes a work generated than retouching makes a photograph a drawing. Declaration applies when AI takes part in the creation itself, and we always say so in advance.

Can I ask for no AI at all?

Yes, and it goes into the contract. For some projects — those where unquestionable authorship matters — that is the right call.

Do you train models on my demo?

No. Material you send is used only to assess it and, if we agree to work together, to deliver the project.

What about voice modulation?

It is applied only to the performer's own voice and only with written consent stating the scope. We do not model anyone else's voice under any circumstances.