Generates complete stereo songs from lyrics and a style prompt, with duration, seed, and format controls up to 5 minutes.
MiniMaxAudio GenerationReleased Aug 13, 2026Native InferenceNewGenerates complete stereo songs from lyrics and a style prompt, with duration, seed, and format controls up to 5 minutes.
Also known as MiniMax-Music3
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MiniMax Music 3 runs through POST /v1/audio/generations. The request returns a job_id right away; poll GET /v1/jobs/{job_id} until the job completes and read the output URLs from the result. Get an API key from the EmpirioLabs dashboard.
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/audio/generations \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "minimax-music-3",
"prompt": "Describe what you want MiniMax Music 3 to generate."
}'curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/jobs/JOB_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/audio/generations",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"},
json={
"model": "minimax-music-3",
"prompt": "Describe what you want MiniMax Music 3 to generate.",
},
)
job = response.json()
# Generation runs as an async job. Poll until it completes.
import time
while True:
status = requests.get(
f"https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/jobs/{job['job_id']}",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY"},
).json()
if status.get("status") in ("completed", "failed"):
print(status)
break
time.sleep(5)Request parameters supported by the MiniMax Music 3 API on EmpirioLabs. Defaults apply when a field is omitted.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Range / values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prompt | string | - | - | Style and arrangement instructions for MiniMax Music 3. Describe genre, mood, vocal character, and instrumentation. |
| lyrics | string | - | - | Song lyrics. Required for a vocal track. Hidden when Instrumental is on. Put one structure tag on its own line before each section. Supported tags: [Intro], [Verse],... |
| instrumental | boolean | true | - | When on, the model writes an instrumental track and lyrics stay hidden. Turn this off to write a vocal song. |
| audio_duration | number | 10 | 10 to 300 | Length of the generated song in seconds. MiniMax Music 3 accepts 10 to 300 seconds and bills a 10 second minimum. |
| seed | integer | - | - | Random seed for reproducibility. Same seed and identical params produce the same song. |
| format | enum | wav | wav, flac, mp3 | Audio container format. WAV is uncompressed, FLAC is lossless, MP3 is a smaller file. |
| response_format | enum | url | url, b64_json | How the worker returns the audio. url returns a signed URL; b64_json inlines the bytes. |
| return_base64 | boolean | false | - | When true, the response includes the rendered audio as base64. |
Supports prompt (style and arrangement), lyrics with structure tags, instrumental mode, 10-300s duration, seed, and WAV, FLAC, or MP3 output. URL or base64 response format.
On EmpirioLabs, MiniMax Music 3 is billed pay as you go. The live rate card on this page always matches what the API charges.
MiniMax Music 3 is served through POST /v1/audio/generations on api.empiriolabs.ai with standard bearer-token authentication.
Yes. The EmpirioLabs playground runs MiniMax Music 3 in the browser with the same parameters the API exposes, so you can test prompts before writing code.
Create an EmpirioLabs account, then generate a key under API Keys in the dashboard. Billing is pay-as-you-go credits, so you only pay for the requests you make.
Check out our pricing or reach out if you want your own model deployed on our stack.
