# MiniMax Music Pro

> Music-2.6 (latest pro family). Higher fidelity than Music-2.0, richer arrangements. Still ~19× cheaper than ElevenLabs Music for production-tier output.

Human version: https://kymaapi.com/models/minimax-music-pro
Live JSON: `GET https://kymaapi.com/v1/models` (no auth required)

## Facts

- **Model ID**: `minimax-music-pro` — pass this as `model` in the request body
- **Creator**: MiniMax
- **Released**: 2026-04-10
- **Price**: $0.21 / track

## Call it

```bash
curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/audio/speech \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KYMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "minimax-music-pro", "prompt": "..."}'
```

## Positioning

MiniMax Music Pro generates high-fidelity audio tracks from text prompts, targeting developers who need production-ready music at a balanced cost. It is optimized for offline generation workflows rather than real-time streaming.

## About

MiniMax Music Pro (Music-2.6) converts text descriptions into complete audio files. It delivers higher fidelity and more complex arrangements than the base Music-2.0 variant, operating in the frontier-open quality tier.

On Kyma, the model accepts text input and returns audio output with automatic request failover. Responses include exact generation costs in the usage object, and the X-Kyma-Model header confirms which variant executed the request. Repeated prompt prefixes are cached and billed at 10% of the standard rate.

Generation latency is higher than turbo variants due to the focus on audio quality. The endpoint does not support structured outputs, vision, or reasoning, and it is strictly limited to music generation rather than speech synthesis or voice cloning.

## Use cases

- **Premium background music** — Generate high-fidelity instrumental tracks for applications or video projects.
- **Brand soundtracks** — Produce consistent audio assets for marketing campaigns and product demos.
- **Podcast intros** — Create short, polished opening sequences from descriptive text prompts.
- **Video scoring** — Sync custom audio tracks to visual content without external licensing.

## Not ideal for

Do not use this model for real-time voice synthesis, interactive audio streaming, or tasks requiring structured JSON outputs.

## Pick something else when

- You need faster audio generation → `minimax-music`
- You need human-like speech synthesis → `minimax-speech-turbo`, `eleven-turbo-v2-5`
- You need the highest production audio quality → `elevenlabs-music`

## See also

- All models: https://kymaapi.com/models.md
- Pricing: https://kymaapi.com/pricing.md
- Other models by MiniMax: https://kymaapi.com/models?q=MiniMax