{"schema":"postcutoff/model@1","as_of":"2026-11-13T13:49:00+01:00","url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/lyria-realtime/","md":"https://postcutoff.com/m/lyria-realtime/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":"lyria-realtime","name":"Lyria RealTime","org":"Google DeepMind","family":"Lyria","released":null,"status":"preview","type":"music","modality_in":["text"],"modality_out":["audio"],"open_weights":false,"model_license":"proprietary","context_window":null,"max_output":null,"knowledge_cutoff":null,"pricing":null,"price_line":"Price not published","access":[{"provider":"Gemini API (Live music, WebSocket)","model_id":"models/lyria-realtime-exp","docs":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/realtime-music-generation"}],"capabilities":[{"name":"Interactive streaming music generation","detail":"Persistent bidirectional WebSocket session that continuously streams 48 kHz stereo 16-bit PCM; steer live with weighted text prompts and play/pause/stop/reset controls.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/realtime-music-generation"},{"name":"Live musical parameters","detail":"Adjust guidance (0-6), BPM (60-200), density, brightness, scale (12 key pairs) and mute bass/drums on the fly.","first":false,"discovered":"launch","source":"https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/realtime-music-generation"}],"entry":null,"notes":"Experimental model (status 'Experimental' on the Gemini API models page; no shutdown date announced). Instrumental only; output is SynthID-watermarked. No price listed on the Gemini API pricing page as of 2026-09-29. Release date not re-verified here (it first appeared in 2025 as an experimental model).","verified":"2026-09-29","body_md":"Real-time, steerable instrumental music stream for apps, installations and live performance. Use `client.aio.live.music.connect(model=\"models/lyria-realtime-exp\")` in the Google Gen AI SDK.\n\nSources: [Lyria RealTime guide](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/realtime-music-generation), [models](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/models), [deprecations](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/deprecations).","page_url":"https://postcutoff.com/m/lyria-realtime/","standing":{"kind":"music generation","newer_count":null,"newer":[],"before":null,"after":null,"weights":"closed","licence":"proprietary","licence_permissive":false,"summary":"Closed weights; access is hosted only."}}