{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/elevenlabs-music-v2-5/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/elevenlabs-music-v2-5/index.md","disclosure":{"written_by":"AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code)","editor":"human editor","policy":"https://postcutoff.com/about/"},"license":null,"id":"elevenlabs-music-v2-5","name":"Eleven Music v2.5","org":"ElevenLabs","family":"Eleven Music","released":"2026-09-11","status":"current","type":"music","modality_in":["text","audio"],"modality_out":["audio"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":{"per_minute":0.15,"unit":"per minute of generated music (API)","source":"https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api"},"price_line":"$0.15 per minute","access":[{"provider":"ElevenLabs API","model_id":"music_v2_5","endpoint":"https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music","docs":"https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/music"},{"provider":"Web app (ElevenMusic)","url":"https://elevenmusic.io"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Commercially cleared music generation","detail":"Richer melodies and live-sounding instruments, built for commercial use; lossless downloads on every plan incl. Free.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://elevenlabs.io/blog/music-v2-5-model"},{"name":"Composition plans and audio reference","detail":"Music v2 line supports structured composition plans and reference-audio generation (v2.5 default for prompted and reference generation).","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://elevenlabs.io/docs/models"},{"name":"Composition-plan chunks via API","detail":"API support rolled out 2026-09-14 with 6,132-character composition chunks; waveform visual data via with_waveform_visual (2026-08-03).","first":false,"discovered":"later","source":"https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog"}],"entry":"2026-09-11-elevenlabs-music-v2-5","notes":"Announced 2026-09-11 (blog + YouTube). music_v2 and music_v1 remain available (v1 'outclassed by v2/v2.5'). Preferred over v2 in a blind test of 47,885 sample pairs; biggest gains in R&B/soul, hip hop/trap, rock/metal, orchestral/cinematic. Downloads: Free 5 lossless/day, Pro 400/month; tracks based on other artists' songs cannot be downloaded (protections built with labels/publishers).","verified":"2026-09-29","body_md":"Text-to-music (vocals or instrumental) via API or ElevenMusic.\n\n```bash\ncurl -X POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music -H \"xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"prompt\":\"upbeat indie pop, female vocals, summer road trip\",\"music_length_ms\":30000,\"model_id\":\"music_v2_5\"}' -o song.mp3\n```\n\nLaunch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXlVQ8rMJM0\n\nSources: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/models , https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api , https://elevenlabs.io/blog/music-v2-5-model , https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/elevenlabs-music-v2-5/","standing":{"kind":"music generation","newer_count":0,"newer":[],"before":null,"after":null,"weights":"closed","licence":"proprietary","licence_permissive":false,"summary":"Closed weights; access is hosted only."}}