MiniMax Music 3

minimax/music/3

MiniMax Music 3 by MiniMax composes a complete song up to five minutes long with expressive vocals and evolving arrangements from a style prompt and lyrics.

Base price
$0.12USD / run
Execution
async
Model type
audio
Input fields
4
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Input
Music description: style, mood, vocals, instrumentation, and arrangement.
Lyrics to sing. Put structure tags such as [intro], [verse], [chorus], [bridge], [instrumental], and [outro] on their own lines.
1300
Upper bound on the generated song length in seconds (1-300). The model may stop earlier; billing uses this upper bound. Range: 1 to 300.
Random seed for reproducible results. Omit for a random seed. Range: 0 to 2147483647.
OutputExample
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Examples

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  • Input
    {
      "duration": 30,
      "lyrics": "[verse]\nMorning light filtering through the pine\n[chorus]\nSoftly the world begins to breathe",
      "prompt": "Genre: acoustic pop. BPM: 96. Warm and intimate. Vocals: soft female lead."
    }
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Specifications

Pricing

Base price
$0.12 / run

Context & modalities

Input
Schema-defined
Output
audio

Capabilities

Chat
Not supported
Vision
Not supported
Reasoning
Not supported
Structured output
Not supported
Function calling
Not supported
Audio input
Not supported

Access

Provider
MiniMax
Model ID
minimax/music/3
Execution
async
Base URL
https://api.sandbase.ai
API
Unified Run API
Endpoint
/v1/run

API README

MiniMax Music 3

MiniMax Music 3 composes a complete song up to five minutes long, with expressive vocals and evolving arrangements, from a style prompt and your lyrics.

Fields

FieldTypeDefaultNotes
promptstring, required—Style: genre, mood, instruments, tempo.
lyricsstring, required—Song lyrics; mark sections like [verse], [chorus].
durationinteger 1–30060Song length in seconds (1–300).
seedinteger 0–2147483647randomFix it to compare prompt changes.

Billing

$0.002 per second of music; the final charge uses the generated length.

SongPrice
30s$0.06
60s$0.12
180s$0.36
300s$0.60

Failed runs are not charged.

Prompting

  • Keep style and lyrics separate: style in prompt, words in lyrics.

Limits

  • Up to 5 minutes.

Also on SandBase

Related: minimax/music/2.6.

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OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.

Production API
Unified Run API endpoint
https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run
Model ID
minimax/music/3
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
  -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
  "model": "minimax/music/3",
  "lyrics": "[verse]\nMorning light filtering through the pine\nEvery quiet street is yours and mine\n[chorus]\nSoftly the world begins to breathe",
  "prompt": "Genre: acoustic pop. BPM: 96. Key: C major. Warm and intimate, building gently into the chorus. Vocals: soft female lead, close and breathy, light stacked harmonies in the chorus. Arrangement: fingerpicked guitar and soft piano; brushed drums and upright bass enter in the chorus.",
  "duration": 60
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
  status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
  case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
  sleep 2
  result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
    "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"

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Questions

FAQ

How do I call MiniMax Music 3 through SandBase?

Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "minimax/music/3" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.

Do I need a separate MiniMax account?

No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to MiniMax Music 3 and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with MiniMax separately.