Cyanite has upgraded its AI music tagging technology with the launch of Tagging 2.0.
The AI music intelligence platform says the release introduces new AI tagging models and a scalable REST API, in addition to automatically enriching audio with detailed metadata, making catalogues "easier to search, organise and work with".
Tagging 2.0 introduces several new music understanding models, including Lyric Analysis, Tempo, Vocal Style, Music For/Use Case and Structural Segmentation, while existing models have also been "significantly" improved.
The update has been adopted by companies including US music marketplace BeatStars; Dutch distributor The Source; Japanese label Rambling Records; and US sonic branding agency Human Worldwide.
"AI is changing how the music industry works with music catalogues," said Cyanite CEO and co-founder Markus Schwarzer (pictured). "But these new workflows are only as good as the music understanding behind them. With Tagging 2.0, we're strengthening that understanding layer – the foundation that makes intelligent music workflows possible."
Every month, we process hundreds of thousands of new tracks, so both metadata quality and platform reliability are critical
Anirudh Mani, BeatStars
According to the company, tagging granularity has increased from 15-second to 10-second segments, generating up to 2,500 data points per minute of music for a more detailed understanding of every track.
Beyond metadata enrichment, Tagging 2.0 also enhances Cyanite's Free Text Search and Similarity Search by adding richer musical context to every search result, making recommendations more transparent while providing the structured understanding AI-powered applications increasingly rely on.
"Every month, we process hundreds of thousands of new tracks, so both metadata quality and platform reliability are critical," said Anirudh Mani, chief science officer at BeatStars. "Cyanite's Tagging 2.0 gives us the music understanding we need to create a better discovery experience for our creators."
Cyanite says it works with more than 200 music companies in total, including Epidemic Sound, Warner Chappell, LANDR and APM.
