Suno is trying to look more like a real music production tool

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Suno released Studio 2.0, its most significant update to the audio production interface. The headline addition is MIDI support — Suno's most-requested feature and a prerequisite for any credible DAW positioning. Users can now play in chords or melodies via MIDI, then ask Suno to extend them, write variations, or generate audio from that input. Automation lanes for volume and panning are also new. A built-in chatbot is now embedded in the Studio interface. Unlike a standalone generator, it pulls context from the active session — so prompts like 'make this vocal track sound better' result in the chatbot applying reverb, EQ, and compression to that specific track. This reduces the separation between text-based prompting and audio production decisions. The most unusual feature is the ability to create custom AI effects plugins — users can describe a unique reverb or compression character, save it, and reuse it across projects. This parallels Polyend's Endless AI guitar pedal approach but runs inside a cloud DAW. Key limitation: Suno Studio 2.0 still does not support third-party VSTs or external plugins, locking users into Suno's proprietary two-oscillator wavetable synth. For professional producers, this remains a significant gap.