How is it different from MiniMax Music 3, MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD and MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo?

MiniMax Music 2.6: Full songs with vocals from a style prompt and your lyrics. MiniMax Music 3: Songs up to five minutes long from a style prompt and your lyrics. Without lyrics it makes an instrumental. A song can end before the length you ask for, which is what the run is billed. MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD: MiniMax's studio-quality speech, with emotion and over 30 languages. MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo: MiniMax Speech 2.8 at a lower price, for volume. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.

How much does a run cost?

A track costs $0.21. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.

Is MiniMax Music 2.6 free to try?

No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.21 (a track), so $5 covers 23 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.

Can I use what I make commercially?

Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.

Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as minimax/music-2.6, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.

Do I need a MiniMax account?

No. Leap sends your request to MiniMax's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs MiniMax Music 2.6 and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

MiniMax Music 2.6AI music generator

Full songs with vocals from a style prompt and your lyrics. On Leap, it sits beside 174 other models in one studio.

Music

No subscription
Every top model, one account
Pay per run, priced before it starts

Listen / Country pop: Old Red won't start

0 / 76 s

Listen / 90s R&B: say it in the group chat

0 / 62 s

AI music generator

MiniMax Music 2.6 at a glance

MiniMax Music 2.6 is a music model from MiniMax. It makes music from words.

Newer version: MiniMax Music 3.

Made by: MiniMax
Makes: Music
Starts from: Words
Prompt: Up to 2,000 characters
Price per run: $0.21
Updated: October 4, 2026

01Write the words, pick a voice
02See the exact price, then press go
03Keep it in your library, or take it further

Pick the right one

MiniMax Music 2.6 and its siblings

Model	Best for	Length	Price per run
MiniMax Music 2.6 (this page)	Full songs with vocals from a style prompt and your lyrics.	–	$0.21
MiniMax Music 3	Songs up to five minutes long from a style prompt and your lyrics. Without lyrics it makes an instrumental. A song can end before the length you ask for, which is what the run is billed.	1 to 300 seconds	$0.0027 to $0.81
MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD	MiniMax's studio-quality speech, with emotion and over 30 languages.	–	$0.135 per 1,000 characters
MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo	MiniMax Speech 2.8 at a lower price, for volume.	–	$0.081 per 1,000 characters

Start with an idea

Three ways to try MiniMax Music 2.6

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Why creators make it on Leap

01
Every top model, side by side
175 models from Black Forest Labs, Google, ByteDance, Kuaishou, Alibaba and more, side by side in one studio.
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02
One click, or full control
Character Studio, effects and recipes write the prompt for you. Or write your own for any model.
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03
Your work stays yours
Everything you make stays in your library while your account is active, and you own what you make here.
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04
One balance for everything
The studio, the API and your agents spend the same balance, and every run shows its price before it starts.
How pricing works

Questions

MiniMax Music 2.6, answered

What is MiniMax Music 2.6?: MiniMax Music 2.6 is a music model from MiniMax. Full songs with vocals from a style prompt and your lyrics. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.
How is it different from MiniMax Music 3, MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD and MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo?: MiniMax Music 2.6: Full songs with vocals from a style prompt and your lyrics. MiniMax Music 3: Songs up to five minutes long from a style prompt and your lyrics. Without lyrics it makes an instrumental. A song can end before the length you ask for, which is what the run is billed. MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD: MiniMax's studio-quality speech, with emotion and over 30 languages. MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo: MiniMax Speech 2.8 at a lower price, for volume. They all run in the same studio, so you can try one prompt on each.
How much does a run cost?: A track costs $0.21. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.
Is MiniMax Music 2.6 free to try?: No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $0.21 (a track), so $5 covers 23 of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.
Can I use what I make commercially?: Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.
Is there an API?: Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as minimax/music-2.6, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.
Do I need a MiniMax account?: No. Leap sends your request to MiniMax's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs MiniMax Music 2.6 and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Your idea, MiniMax Music 2.6.

Every run shows its price before it starts, and one that fails costs nothing.

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For developers

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API docs

Model ID: minimax/music-2.6
Makes: Voice and sound
Pricing: Per run, quoted first: POST /v1/quotes

Inputs

What the model takes. Leave out anything with a default.

Promptprompt

Text, up to 2,000 characters, required

Lyricssettings.lyrics

Text, up to 3,500 charactersLyrics of the song.

Is Instrumentalsettings.is_instrumental

On or off. Default: offWhen true, generates vocal-free instrumental music.

The request

The same envelope for every model; only the model and its input change. With prefer: wait=60 the answer holds the result when the run finishes within a minute; a longer one is read again by its ID. Agents can call it through the MCP server at app.tryleap.ai/api/mcp.

curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations \  -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY" \  -H "content-type: application/json" \  -H "prefer: wait=60" \  -d '{    "model": "minimax/music-2.6",    "input": {      "prompt": "A paper boat drifting down a rainy street at dusk"    }  }' # Video often outlasts the wait and answers "queued" or "running".# Put its "id" in GENERATION_ID and read it again until it is done:# curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations/$GENERATION_ID -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY"