Stable Audio
App : A product you use directly
Music and sound generation by Stability AI.
Useful for ambiences and effects, less so for songs.
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What it does, concretely
Creating original music or sound effects requires time, skills, and often expensive software. Stable Audio, developed by Stability AI, addresses this need by allowing users to generate instrumental tracks, loops, sound effects, and ambient textures from a simple text description, directly in the browser.
In practice, you describe what you want: a genre, a mood, instruments, a tempo, or a type of sound. The model, based on latent diffusion, encodes audio into a compressed representation, processes it according to your text and desired duration, then decodes it into an audio file. In multi-track mode, an agent first determines the arrangement, then records each part onto a separate track that you can mix, cut, solo, or regenerate individually.
The tool is aimed at video content creators, game developers, music producers, and anyone needing royalty-free audio assets without going through a studio. It also suits musicians who want to generate stems or textures to integrate into their own DAW.
However, Stable Audio does not generate sung vocals or lyrics: all models in the range produce instrumental music and sound effects only. Those looking to create songs with lyrics and singing will need to turn to other tools.
What it offers
- ·Generation of instrumental music, loops, and sound effects from a text description.
- ·Multi-track mode: the tool automatically breaks down the generation into separate tracks (bass, drums, guitar, etc.) that you can mix, cut, or regenerate individually.
- ·Audio-to-audio feature: transform an existing audio file by applying a new style or mood via a prompt.
- ·Inpainting: select a section of a track and regenerate only that part, with the rest preserved.
- ·Generation length control: choose between a 30-second loop, a one-minute short, a 1:30 song, or a 3-minute extended piece (longer durations require a paid plan).
- ·Tempo and key matching: attach a reference audio file so the generated arrangement automatically adopts its tempo and key (multi-track mode only).
- ·Stem export and commercial use rights (paid).
- ·DAW plugin to generate audio directly inside your music production software (paid).
In practice
- Price
- Freemium
- Commercial use
- Commercial use: paid plan
- Available on
- web
- FR interface
- No
Security and data
- Rating
- Security: one caveat, see the card
- Your data
- Data with the vendor
- Maintenance
- Active
Links and repository checked on 25 October 2026 · added on 1 September 2023