ElevenLabs Music — Describe the Track, Get the Track
Production-Ready Music from a Single Prompt
ElevenLabs Music turns a plain-language description into a finished piece of music. Write what you hear in your head — 'mysterious jungle soundtrack, woodwinds over busy tribal percussion' or 'warm lo-fi beat for late-night studying' — and the model composes, arranges, and renders the full track. You control the exact length from 3 seconds to 10 minutes, which makes it as comfortable scoring a 15-second ad bumper as a 6-minute ambient bed. Need music without vocals? One toggle forces a purely instrumental result. Built by ElevenLabs, the team behind the industry's leading AI voice technology, the model brings the same production polish to music: coherent song structure, clean mixes, and audio quality ready for publishing.
What distinguishes ElevenLabs Music is how much production intent survives the trip from prompt to waveform. Genre terms set the palette, but the model also responds to texture and arrangement language — 'sparse', 'building', 'saturated analog synths', 'live drum room' — and to emotional direction like 'hopeful but restrained'. The result is less a loop and more a composed piece: intros establish, sections develop, and endings actually end rather than fade out arbitrarily.
Length control is precise and practical. Set a target duration and the composition is structured to fit it — a 30-second cue gets a complete musical thought, not a truncated song. The supported range runs from 3 seconds to a full 10 minutes, covering everything from UI stingers and ad bumpers to podcast beds, meditation tracks, and long-form ambient pieces. Leave the duration on auto and the model picks a natural length for the material.
The instrumental toggle is a hard guarantee, not a suggestion: enable it and the output contains no vocals at all, which is exactly what you want under dialogue, narration, or on-camera speech. When vocals are allowed, the model writes and performs them to fit the prompt's mood and language.
Tracks render as 44.1kHz MP3 by default and are cleared for commercial use, so they can ship directly in client videos, games, apps, and monetized content. For creators who currently dig through stock-music libraries hunting for 'almost right', the workflow inverts: describe exactly right, and generate it.
How to Generate Music with ElevenLabs Music
Describe the Music
Write a prompt covering genre, mood, instrumentation, and energy — for example 'cinematic orchestral trailer, slow build, massive percussion finale'.
Set Length & Vocals
Pick an exact duration from 30 seconds to 3 minutes or leave it on auto, and flip the instrumental toggle if the track must stay vocal-free.
Generate & Download
Click Generate and preview the finished track in minutes. Download the MP3 directly — every generation is also saved to your dashboard gallery.
ElevenLabs Music Technical Specifications
| Provider | ElevenLabs |
| Platform | fal.ai (partner endpoint) |
| Input | Text prompt describing the music |
| Track Length | 3 seconds to 10 minutes (or auto) |
| Instrumental Mode | Yes — guaranteed no vocals |
| Vocals | Supported, follows prompt mood & language |
| Audio Output | MP3, 44.1kHz, 128kbps (default) |
| Commercial Use | Supported |
| Processing | Asynchronous, typically 1–3 minutes |
Why Choose ElevenLabs Music
Exact Length Control
From a 3-second stinger to a 10-minute ambient bed, the composition is structured to fit your target duration — complete musical thoughts, never awkward cut-offs.
Guaranteed Instrumental Mode
One toggle ensures zero vocals in the output — the safe choice for music under dialogue, narration, and on-camera speech.
ElevenLabs Production Quality
From the leader in AI audio: coherent arrangements, clean mixes, and 44.1kHz output that drops straight into client work and monetized content.
ElevenLabs Music vs Other AI Music Models
| Feature | ElevenLabs Music | MiniMax Music V2 | Stable Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Input | Text prompt | Style prompt + your lyrics | Text prompt |
| Length Control | Exact, 3s–10min | Song-length | Up to ~3 minutes |
| Instrumental Guarantee | Yes — one toggle | Lyrics-driven (vocal-first) | Instrumental-focused |
| Vocals | Yes, prompt-driven | Yes, from your lyrics | Limited |
| Best For | Soundtracks, beds & full songs | Original songs from lyrics | Sound design & loops |
What Can You Create with ElevenLabs Music
Video Soundtracks
Score YouTube videos, ads, and short films with music that matches your edit's exact length and emotional arc — no more trimming stock tracks.
Podcast Intros & Beds
Generate signature theme music and low-key instrumental beds that sit cleanly under speech, with the instrumental toggle guaranteeing no vocal clashes.
Game & App Audio
Produce menu themes, level music, and ambient loops in consistent styles — describe the world once and generate a matching family of tracks.
Social Media Content
Create original hooks and trends-ready audio for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts without licensing worries on monetized posts.
Meditation & Ambient
Generate long-form calm: 10-minute ambient pieces for meditation apps, sleep content, focus playlists, and spa environments.
Brand & Event Music
Produce walk-in music, product-launch stings, and on-hold audio tailored to your brand's tone — consistent, original, and cleared for commercial use.
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Frequently Asked Questions About ElevenLabs Music
How precise is the length control?
You choose a target duration and the model composes to fit it — the piece is structured for that length with a real beginning and ending, rather than being cut off. Supported lengths run from 3 seconds to 10 minutes; on this page you can pick presets from 30 seconds to 3 minutes or leave it on auto.
Can I guarantee there are no vocals?
Yes. Enable the instrumental toggle and the output is guaranteed vocal-free — it's a hard constraint, not a hint. This is the recommended setting for music that sits under dialogue, narration, or any spoken content.
What makes a good prompt?
Cover four things: genre ('cinematic orchestral', 'lo-fi hip hop'), mood ('hopeful', 'tense'), instrumentation ('strings and taiko drums', 'warm analog synths'), and energy or structure ('slow build to a massive finale'). Concrete texture words consistently outperform vague ones like 'nice' or 'epic'.
How long does generation take?
Usually one to three minutes depending on track length. Generation runs asynchronously — progress is shown on the page, and the finished track is also saved to your dashboard gallery, so you can navigate away safely.
Can I use the music commercially?
Yes. Tracks generated with ElevenLabs Music support commercial use, including monetized videos, advertising, client deliverables, games, and apps. Download your file within 7 days — gallery media is cleaned up after that window.
How is this different from MiniMax Music V2?
ElevenLabs Music is prompt-first: describe the track and the model handles everything, with exact length control and a guaranteed instrumental mode — ideal for soundtracks and beds. MiniMax Music V2 is lyrics-first: you supply the words and structure tags, and it performs your song — ideal for original songs with vocals you wrote yourself.