Pick Mureka 9.5 lyrics-to-song when you want a complete vocal song from lyrics you wrote: full lyrics are required, and one request returns a finished track with lead vocal, harmonies and arrangement. Pick MiniMax Music 2.6 when you want a shorter sung demo, automatic lyric writing, or an instrumental from a single description.
Both models are live on HiAPI. Open the Mureka 9.5 lyrics-to-song page to turn lyrics into a track — new accounts get 200 free credits — or open MiniMax Music 2.6 to try automatic lyrics and instrumentals.
At a glance
| Mureka 9.5 lyrics-to-song | MiniMax Music 2.6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Input fields | lyrics required + optional prompt and gender | Music brief + lyrics (may be empty) |
| Lyrics | Required, 1–5,000 characters | Optional; empty means auto-written |
| Style input | Optional direction, 1–2,000 characters | Music brief covering genre, instruments, vocals |
| Vocal gender | female / male | Described inside the music brief |
| Sung vocals | Yes, full lead and harmonies | Yes |
| Instrumental | Separate route: mureka-9.5/instrumental, one description | Instrumental mode on the same model |
| Output format | MP3, 44.1 kHz stereo, about 256 kbps | Also MP3, 44.1 kHz stereo, 256 kbps in this run |
| Price | $0.3215 per generation | $0.21 per song |
| Length in this run | 3:44 | 1:05 |
Both bill per successful generation, so a batch costs the unit price times the number of tracks. Neither model lets you set a duration: the length comes from the lyrics and the style.
The same lyrics, sung by both
Same lyrics, same style direction, one generation each. Copy either block verbatim.
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Streetlights hum along the empty lane
Coffee steam is drawing on the pane
Every window holds a quiet room
Every quiet room is waking soon
[Chorus]
Morning comes in slow
Like a song we used to know
Hold the light a little longer
Let the city find its glow
Style direction:
Warm indie-folk song with a gentle female lead vocal, fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft brushed drums and a light string pad, unhurried, hopeful early-morning mood.
The link carries the style direction only. After the page opens, paste the lyrics above into the lyrics field and set the lead vocal to female.
| Mureka 9.5 lyrics-to-song | MiniMax Music 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Length 3:44 (223.7 s) | Length 1:05 (64.8 s) |
| MP3, 44.1 kHz stereo, 256 kbps | MP3, 44.1 kHz stereo, 256 kbps |
| Listen: Morning Song on Mureka 9.5 → | Listen: Morning Song on MiniMax Music 2.6 → |
Same lyrics, same style direction, one generation each; both files are MP3 44.1 kHz stereo 256 kbps.
The difference you can hear is structural. Mureka 9.5 sings the full lyric through and spreads it across 3:44. MiniMax Music 2.6 compresses the same lyric into 1:05. If you need the long shape of a full song, one Mureka 9.5 request covers it; if you need a short sung snippet, MiniMax Music 2.6 returns one.
Which one for which job?
- Full song demo to send to a collaborator → Mureka 9.5 lyrics-to-song.
- You have lyrics but no style in mind → MiniMax Music 2.6, leave the lyrics empty and let it write them.
- Score, podcast bed, anything without vocals → Mureka 9.5 instrumental route, one description.
- A fifteen- to sixty-second cut for a short video → MiniMax Music 2.6.
- A fixed lead gender, male and female versions side by side → Mureka 9.5, set
genderexplicitly. - A long, itemised style direction (instruments, tempo, vocal texture) → Mureka 9.5, up to 2,000 characters.
Both produce sung songs. The choice comes down to how long the track needs to be and how much of the input you want to control.
How hard is switching?
Easy. Both use POST https://api.hiapi.ai/v1/tasks with the same API key, both return a taskId, and both are read back from GET /v1/tasks/{taskId}. Two changes:
model:mureka-9.5/lyrics-to-songorminimax-music-2.6.input: Mureka 9.5 splits intolyrics,promptandgender; MiniMax Music 2.6 takes the style and vocal character in the music brief and the lyrics separately, empty meaning auto-written.
Full request examples are in the Mureka 9.5 API guide.
FAQ
Can Mureka 9.5 write lyrics for me?
No. lyrics is required. For automatic lyrics, use MiniMax Music 2.6 and leave the lyrics field empty.
Can both make instrumentals?
Yes, by different routes. Mureka 9.5 has a dedicated instrumental model, mureka-9.5/instrumental, that takes one description; MiniMax Music 2.6 offers an instrumental mode on the same model.
How far apart are they on price? Mureka 9.5 is $0.3215 per generation, MiniMax Music 2.6 is $0.21 per song, both billed once per successful generation.
Can I run the same lyrics through both before deciding? Yes — that is exactly what the comparison above is. One generation on each model, then choose by the structure you hear.
Hear it for yourself: paste the style direction or the lyrics into the Mureka 9.5 model page, or try automatic lyrics and the shorter cut on MiniMax Music 2.6.
Related: Mureka 9.5 pricing: $0.3215 per song · How to use the Mureka 9.5 API · Mureka 9.5 prompts: 6 real examples
