Meta MusicGen
Meta AI (FAIR) class B live
Open controllable text/melody-to-music LM (AudioCraft); instrumental-only, no realistic vocals; MIT code but CC-BY-NC non-commercial weights.
Layer 1 — factual axes
| API & price | public via Replicate (community; price unverified) | secondary | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max length | ~8-30s clips, longer via continuation | secondary | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
| Vocals | instrumental only | official | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
| Weights | open · CC-BY-NC 4.0 (weights); MIT (code) | official | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
| Free tier | open self-host | official | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
| Commercial rights | NON-COMMERCIAL — CC-BY-NC 4.0 weights forbid selling generated music; MIT code forkable | official | source ↗ 2026-07-04 |
Layer 2 — output quality
No independent measure yet. We publish a quality figure only when a named external benchmark ranks this model — we don’t invent one.
Open controllable text/melody-to-music LM (AudioCraft); instrumental-only, no realistic vocals; MIT code but CC-BY-NC non-commercial weights.