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MiniMax Music 3 AI audio generator

MiniMax's open song model: complete songs up to five minutes that sing your own lyrics, or instrumentals.

No installation. No credit card required. Private by default.

At a glance

MiniMax Music 3 is an open-weights audio model that Mage hosts on its own GPUs. On Mage it makes audio from a prompt in tracks of 30 to 300 seconds. It costs from 40 Gems (about $0.04) per clip and runs unlimited from the Basic plan, and new accounts get 300 free Gems to start.

  • 40Gems per clip, from
  • $0.04About, in US dollars
  • BasicUnlimited from
  • 30–300 sLength

Overview

What is MiniMax Music 3?

MiniMax Music 3 is MiniMax's open-weights music model, which Mage runs on its own GPUs. You write the lyrics and describe the music, and it performs a complete song: verses, choruses, and a bridge, with expressive vocals and an arrangement that develops from the intro to the outro.

The description sets the genre, tempo, key, mood, singer, and instruments section by section, and section tags in the lyrics set the structure. Turn on Instrumental for music with no vocals, and add MiniMax Music 3 LoRAs for a sound of your own.

Samples

Made with MiniMax Music 3

Generated on Mage with MiniMax Music 3. A prompt under a sample is the exact prompt that made it.

  • An indie folk ballad that sings its lyrics

    Prompt: Indie folk pop ballad, 84 BPM, G major. Tender and hopeful, opening hushed and swelling into a wide, glowing final chorus. Vocals: warm female lead, close and breathy in the verses, opening up with soft stacked harmonies in the chorus. Arrangement: fingerpicked acoustic guitar and felt piano carry the verses; cello and brushed drums enter at the first chorus; a gentle string swell lifts the last chorus, then the song falls back to guitar alone.

  • An alternative rock anthem

    Prompt: Alternative rock anthem, 140 BPM, E minor. Defiant and cathartic, quiet-loud dynamics that explode into a stadium chorus. Vocals: raspy, powerful male lead, restrained in the verses and belting in the chorus, with a gang-vocal shout behind the hook. Arrangement: palm-muted clean guitar and bass in the verses; the drums kick in on the pre-chorus; distorted, wall-of-sound guitars and crashing cymbals in the chorus; a melodic guitar solo in the bridge; the final chorus doubles with layered guitars and the gang vocals.

  • Synthwave pop for a night drive

    Prompt: Synthwave pop, 108 BPM, A minor. Driving and nostalgic, night-drive energy that builds to a euphoric chorus. Vocals: clear male tenor lead with a touch of reverb, doubled in the chorus, airy falsetto ad-libs at the end. Arrangement: pulsing analog bass arpeggio and gated-reverb drum machine from the start; shimmering pads and a bright lead synth hook in the chorus; a saxophone-like synth solo in the bridge; big 80s snare and chorus-drenched guitar in the final chorus.

  • Boom bap rap with a sung hook

    Prompt: Boom bap hip-hop, 90 BPM, D minor. Confident and reflective, head-nodding groove that never rushes. Vocals: male rapper with a warm, gravelly baritone and crisp, rhythmic delivery in the verses; a soulful female vocal sings the hook. Arrangement: dusty vinyl-sampled piano chops and a deep upright bass loop, punchy kick and snare with swung hi-hats, record scratches between sections, a muted horn stab in the hook.

  • Modern country with a singalong chorus

    Prompt: Modern country with Americana roots, 96 BPM, D major. Warm, sunlit, and nostalgic, rising to a big singalong chorus. Vocals: male lead with a gentle Southern twang and an easy, storytelling delivery; a female harmony joins in the chorus. Arrangement: strummed acoustic guitar and harmonica open the song; pedal steel and a steady kick-snare groove enter in the first chorus; banjo rolls in the second verse; a fiddle line soars through the last chorus.

  • A Mandopop ballad sung in Mandarin

    Prompt: Mandopop ballad, 76 BPM, E-flat major. Bittersweet and tender, building to an emotional final chorus. Vocals: soft, clear female lead sung in Mandarin Chinese, intimate in the verses and soaring in the chorus, with light layered harmonies. Arrangement: solo piano opens; strings and a soft drum groove enter in the chorus; an electric guitar melody answers the vocal in the bridge; the last chorus lifts with full strings.

  • A cinematic orchestral instrumental

    Prompt: Epic cinematic orchestral score, 72 BPM, D minor to D major. Begins mysterious and fragile and grows into a triumphant, emotional climax. Arrangement: a lone solo cello over soft sustained strings and distant piano; French horns introduce the main theme; taiko drums and low brass build tension; a full orchestra with choir 'ah' pads bursts into the major-key theme at the climax; it resolves on a quiet piano and harp coda. Wide concert-hall reverb.

  • A lo-fi hip-hop instrumental

    Prompt: Lo-fi hip-hop beat, 80 BPM, F major. Mellow, cozy, and steady, for late-night studying. Arrangement: dusty Rhodes electric piano chords with a lazy swing, warm upright bass, soft boom-bap drums with brushed snare and vinyl crackle, a gentle muted trumpet melody in the second half, light rain ambience throughout. Tape-saturated, slightly detuned, intimate mix.

Strengths

What MiniMax Music 3 does best

Best at

  • Full songs that sing your own lyrics, word for word
  • Song structure: verses, choruses, bridges, solos, and outros in the order you tag them
  • Arrangements that build, with instruments entering and dropping out by section
  • Instrumental tracks and scores from a detailed description
  • Songs in English and Mandarin Chinese

Trade-offs

  • You write the lyrics: it does not write them for you
  • No audio references: it cannot copy a voice, a melody, or a recording
  • Length is a limit: the song often ends sooner, and a long lyric sheet is cut off at it
  • Tempo, key, and structure are followed as guidance, not exactly

Prompt guide

How to prompt MiniMax Music 3

Tips that work on this model, then example prompts to start from.

Tips

  • Put the words in Lyrics and the description of the music in the prompt.
  • Write each section tag, such as [verse] or [chorus], alone on its line: words on a tag's line are dropped.
  • Always describe the singer: gender, timbre, and how they sing in the verses and the chorus.
  • Lay out the arrangement in time: what plays first, what enters at the chorus, how it ends.
  • Pick a Length that fits the lyrics: about a verse and a chorus a minute.
  • Leave Lyrics empty or turn on Instrumental for an instrumental.

Example prompts

  • An indie folk ballad

    Indie folk pop ballad, 84 BPM, G major. Tender and hopeful, opening hushed and swelling into a wide, glowing final chorus. Vocals: warm female lead, close and breathy in the verses, opening up with soft stacked harmonies in the chorus. Arrangement: fingerpicked acoustic guitar and felt piano carry the verses; cello and brushed drums enter at the first chorus; a gentle string swell lifts the last chorus, then the song falls back to guitar alone.
  • A rock anthem

    Alternative rock anthem, 140 BPM, E minor. Defiant and cathartic, quiet-loud dynamics that explode into a stadium chorus. Vocals: raspy, powerful male lead, restrained in the verses and belting in the chorus, with a gang-vocal shout behind the hook. Arrangement: palm-muted clean guitar and bass in the verses; the drums kick in on the pre-chorus; distorted, wall-of-sound guitars and crashing cymbals in the chorus; a melodic guitar solo in the bridge; the final chorus doubles with layered guitars and the gang vocals.
  • A cinematic instrumental

    Epic cinematic orchestral score, 72 BPM, D minor to D major. Begins mysterious and fragile and grows into a triumphant, emotional climax. Arrangement: a lone solo cello over soft sustained strings and distant piano; French horns introduce the main theme; taiko drums and low brass build tension; a full orchestra with choir 'ah' pads bursts into the major-key theme at the climax; it resolves on a quiet piano and harp coda. Wide concert-hall reverb.

Specs

MiniMax Music 3 specs and inputs

Made byOpen weights, hosted on Mage's GPUs
OutputAudio
Lengths30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 seconds
Image inputsNone: it generates from the prompt alone
Mentions by @handleNo
Where to use itThe Mage app, the Mage assistant, Claude and ChatGPT through the Mage MCP server, and the Mage API

Pricing

MiniMax Music 3 price and plans

Every price comes from the same pricing that bills your generations.

ModelSettingGemsPerUSDBasicProPro PlusMax
MiniMax Music 3—40–300clip of 30–300 s$0.04–$0.3Unlimited up to 60 sUnlimited up to 180 sUnlimited up to 300 sUnlimited up to 300 s

Prices in Gems, and in US dollars at the list price of the 10,000 Gems pack ($10). Each plan column shows what that plan runs unlimited, up to the longest length it covers; anything else costs Gems. Other settings, such as quality levels and extra input images, can change the price.

FAQ

MiniMax Music 3 questions

How much does MiniMax Music 3 cost?
MiniMax Music 3 costs from 40 Gems (about $0.04) per clip. Gems come with every paid plan and in Gem packs, you pay only for what you generate, and a generation that fails is refunded.
Can I use MiniMax Music 3 unlimited?
Yes. MiniMax Music 3 runs unlimited from the Basic plan ($10 a month) for tracks up to 60 seconds. Longer tracks can need a higher plan or Gems; the pricing table shows every setting.
Can I try MiniMax Music 3 for free?
Yes. New Mage accounts get 300 free Gems, enough for 7 generations with MiniMax Music 3. No credit card is needed to start.
What can I give MiniMax Music 3 as input?
A text prompt, plus image inputs: none: it generates from the prompt alone. It takes no saved Characters or references by @handle.
What lengths does MiniMax Music 3 support?
Lengths: 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, 300 seconds.
Can I use MiniMax Music 3 through an API, or in Claude and ChatGPT?
Yes. The Mage API runs it as the minimax_music model, and the Mage MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, and other assistants generate with it after quoting the price.
Is what I make with MiniMax Music 3 private?
Yes. Everything you generate on Mage is private by default: it appears in Explore or on your profile only if you post it.
Who makes MiniMax Music 3?
MiniMax, the lab behind the MiniMax-H3 video model and MiniMax H3 Image. It released MiniMax Music 3 with open weights on Hugging Face. On Mage you run it in the browser on Mage's GPUs, with nothing to install.
Where do I write the lyrics?
In the Lyrics setting on the Advanced page, one sung line per line, with section tags such as [verse], [chorus], and [bridge] alone on their own lines. The prompt describes the music.
Does MiniMax Music 3 write lyrics for me?
No. It sings the lyrics you write. Leave Lyrics empty for an instrumental, or use Eleven Music, which writes its own lyrics from a description.
How long can a song be?
Up to five minutes. The Length you pick is a limit: the model ends the song when its lyrics and arrangement are done, so write enough sections for the length you want.
Can it copy a voice or a song?
No. MiniMax Music 3 takes no audio references, so describe the singer and the sound instead of naming an artist.
Does MiniMax Music 3 support LoRAs?
Yes. Pick a MiniMax Music 3 LoRA under Model, or import one from Hugging Face or CivitAI on the Import page.
Can I use the songs commercially?
A commercial license comes with every paid Mage plan, and your songs are private by default. MiniMax Music 3 is released under the MiniMax-Music3 Community License.

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