MiniMax Music 2.6
MiniMax music model for full-arrangement AI compositions with rich instrumentation.
Music 2.6 is a cloud music-generation model from MiniMax. It composes original music from a text description. It runs through Runware and Replicate using your own API key, from about $0.15 per generation.
- Released
- Apr 2026
- Pricing
- $0.15 per generation
- Type
- Music generation
Samples
Generated with Music 2.6 via Runware: the same briefs given to every music model in the catalog, so the only thing that changes between two models’ clips is the model. The sung brief is only given to models that can sing.
Texture and restraint
Slow ambient piece for a rainy morning: warm analog pads, soft tape hiss, and a simple four-note piano motif repeating. No drums.
Arrangement and dynamic build
Cinematic orchestral build: low strings and a distant horn, tension rising over eight bars into a full brass swell with timpani.
Rhythm, groove, and low end
Downtempo electronic groove at 96 BPM: dusty breakbeat, deep sub bass, a filtered Rhodes chord stab, and light vinyl crackle.
Sung lyrics, diction, and melody
Upbeat indie pop song at 104 BPM with a warm female lead vocal, strummed acoustic guitar, hand claps, and a light kick drum.
[Verse] Window open wide and the kettle on Sunlight on the table where the night has gone [Chorus] Hold on to the morning, hold on to the light Sing it out together, everything feels right
MiniMax
MiniMax is a Chinese AI lab whose speech and music models are widely used for multilingual voiceover and generative music.
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