# MiniMax Music

> Lyrics-driven music generation. Music-2.0 family. Up to 5 minutes per call, ~90× cheaper than ElevenLabs Music for non-hero use cases.

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

## Facts

- **Model ID**: `minimax-music` — pass this as `model` in the request body
- **Creator**: MiniMax
- **Released**: 2025-10-29
- **Price**: $0.045 / 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", "prompt": "..."}'
```

## Positioning

MiniMax Music is a lyrics-driven audio generation model optimized for producing background tracks and bulk content at a low cost. Reach for it when you need to generate up to five minutes of audio per call without prioritizing generation speed.

## About

Part of the Music-2.0 family, this model converts text prompts up to 2000 tokens into audio tracks up to five minutes long. It operates in the strong quality tier and is designed specifically for lyrics-driven composition.

Kyma serves MiniMax Music through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint with automatic request failover. Prompt caching is enabled, billing repeated prompt prefixes at 10% of the standard input rate. Every response includes exact cost in usage.cost and reports the executing variant in the X-Kyma-Model header.

The model is classified as slow and does not support structured outputs, vision, or real-time streaming. It is billed per song rather than by token, making it suitable for batch workflows but not interactive applications.

## Use cases

- **Background Music Generation** — Produce royalty-free audio tracks to accompany video content or podcasts.
- **Social Media Shorts Audio** — Generate short, thematic soundtracks optimized for vertical video platforms.
- **Bulk Theme Generation** — Create multiple musical variations at scale for prototyping or asset libraries.

## Not ideal for

Do not use this model for real-time audio synthesis, interactive voice applications, or workflows requiring sub-second generation latency.

## Pick something else when

- You need faster audio generation → `eleven-turbo-v2-5`
- You need higher-fidelity music tracks → `minimax-music-pro`
- You need premium, hero-grade compositions → `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