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# MiniMax Music

> Lyrics-driven music generation on Kyma. Music-2.0 family. ~90× cheaper than ElevenLabs Music for non-hero use cases.

## Overview

`minimax-music` is MiniMax's Music-2.0 generation model. Lyrics-driven track creation up to 5 minutes, billed flat per call regardless of output length. The cheapest music SKU on Kyma — right for background music, social shorts, royalty-free soundtrack, and bulk theme generation.

Pair lyrics with `[verse]` / `[chorus]` tags for structured songs, or pass `[Instrumental]` to skip vocals entirely.

## Specs

| Field        | Value                                                  |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Model ID     | `minimax-music`                                        |
| Creator      | MiniMax                                                |
| Best for     | Background music, social shorts, bulk theme generation |
| Max input    | 2000 characters of lyrics                              |
| Max duration | 5 minutes (model decides actual length)                |
| Pricing mode | Per song (flat)                                        |

## Pricing

|                    |     Cost     |
| ------------------ | :----------: |
| Per generated song | \$0.045 flat |

## Use this when

* You're scoring social content at volume and unit cost matters more than fidelity.
* You need royalty-free background music for video / podcast / game projects.
* You want instrumental-only output (`lyrics: "[Instrumental]"`).

## Pick something else when

* You need premium fidelity / richer arrangements → [`minimax-music-pro`](/models/minimax-music-pro) (\$0.210/song).
* You need a brand voice singing the track → [`elevenlabs-music`](/api-reference/audio-music) (per-second pricing for hero brand audio).

## Example

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST https://kymaapi.com/v1/audio/music \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $KYMA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "minimax-music",
    "lyrics": "[Instrumental]\nUpbeat synthwave with retro arpeggios"
  }' \
  --output track.mp3
```

## See also

* [`POST /v1/audio/music`](/api-reference/audio-music) — endpoint reference
* [MiniMax Music Pro](/models/minimax-music-pro) — production-tier music