Let's make your music 2.5

Last time, I wrote a blog post about making music with MiniMax Music 2.0 — Let’s Make Your Music . Now that MiniMax Music has been updated to Music 2.5 , I’d like to update the article as well. MiniMax Music 2.5 Official links Launch announcement: MiniMax Music 2.5 — “Direct the Detail. Define the Real.” ( minimax.io ) Try it in the browser: MiniMax Music (Try now) ( minimax.io ) API reference: Music Generation API ( platform.minimax.io ) Two major updates (as described officially) MiniMax frames Music 2.5 as a step forward on two long-standing AI music challenges: controllability (can you express your intent?) and authenticity (does it sound “professionally real”?) ( minimax.io ) 1) Direct the Detail — Paragraph-level Precision Control Music 2.5 supports full-section tag control with 14 structure tags , so you can shape the emotional curve and pacing “like an arranger,” instead of generating tracks and hoping for a lucky roll. ( minimax.io ) Supported tags (API wording): [Intro], [Verse], [Pre Chorus], [Chorus], [Interlude], [Bridge], [Outro], [Post Chorus], [Transition], [Break], [Hook], [Build Up], [Inst], [Solo]. ( platform.minimax.io ) 2) Define the Real — Physical-grade High Fidelity On the “realism” side, MiniMax says Music 2.5 improves fidelity across vocals, style modeling, and mixing . Concretely, they call out smoother pitch transitions, more natural vibrato behavior, and more lifelike shifts in vocal resonance; plus style-aware mixing choices and reduced “muddiness” in dense arrangements. ( minimax.io ) Practical note (API spec that matters) For music-2.5 , lyrics is required (1–3500 characters), while prompt is optional (0–2000 characters). ( platform.minimax.io ) That means you can run an instrumental workflow by putting structure tags in lyrics and filling sections with [Inst] lines—without needing a separate prompt every time. ( platform.minimax.io ) I think this is a genuinely promising update — so I tried it right away. DANCE Pop Jazz House Note Right now I’m trying hard to generate long instrumental tracks , but I haven’t cracked it yet. Tracks with lyrics turn out great and feel much more stable, but purely instrumental long-form pieces are still hit-or-miss for me. If I find a reliable method, I’ll update this post. Closing MiniMax official demo (source link): file.cdn.minimax.io file.cdn.minimax.io file.cdn.minimax.io As MiniMax is promoting, this update genuinely feels like a big step forward—overall quality and control are getting really good. Give it a try and make something wonderful with it. See you — Let’s make your music.