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author Lyria Team
Caillon, Antoine
McWilliams, Brian
Tarakajian, Cassie
Simon, Ian
Manco, Ilaria
Engel, Jesse
Constant, Noah
Li, Yunpeng
Denk, Timo I.
Lalama, Alberto
Agostinelli, Andrea
Huang, Cheng-Zhi Anna
Manilow, Ethan
Brower, George
Erdogan, Hakan
Lei, Heidi
Rolnick, Itai
Grishchenko, Ivan
Orsini, Manu
Kastelic, Matej
Zuluaga, Mauricio
Verzetti, Mauro
Dooley, Michael
Skopek, Ondrej
Ferrer, Rafael
Petridis, Savvas
Borsos, Zalán
Oord, Äaron van den
Eck, Douglas
Collins, Eli
Baldridge, Jason
Hume, Tom
Donahue, Chris
Han, Kehang
Roberts, Adam
author_facet Lyria Team
Caillon, Antoine
McWilliams, Brian
Tarakajian, Cassie
Simon, Ian
Manco, Ilaria
Engel, Jesse
Constant, Noah
Li, Yunpeng
Denk, Timo I.
Lalama, Alberto
Agostinelli, Andrea
Huang, Cheng-Zhi Anna
Manilow, Ethan
Brower, George
Erdogan, Hakan
Lei, Heidi
Rolnick, Itai
Grishchenko, Ivan
Orsini, Manu
Kastelic, Matej
Zuluaga, Mauricio
Verzetti, Mauro
Dooley, Michael
Skopek, Ondrej
Ferrer, Rafael
Petridis, Savvas
Borsos, Zalán
Oord, Äaron van den
Eck, Douglas
Collins, Eli
Baldridge, Jason
Hume, Tom
Donahue, Chris
Han, Kehang
Roberts, Adam
contents We introduce a new class of generative models for music called live music models that produce a continuous stream of music in real-time with synchronized user control. We release Magenta RealTime, an open-weights live music model that can be steered using text or audio prompts to control acoustic style. On automatic metrics of music quality, Magenta RealTime outperforms other open-weights music generation models, despite using fewer parameters and offering first-of-its-kind live generation capabilities. We also release Lyria RealTime, an API-based model with extended controls, offering access to our most powerful model with wide prompt coverage. These models demonstrate a new paradigm for AI-assisted music creation that emphasizes human-in-the-loop interaction for live music performance.
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publishDate 2025
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spellingShingle Live Music Models
Lyria Team
Caillon, Antoine
McWilliams, Brian
Tarakajian, Cassie
Simon, Ian
Manco, Ilaria
Engel, Jesse
Constant, Noah
Li, Yunpeng
Denk, Timo I.
Lalama, Alberto
Agostinelli, Andrea
Huang, Cheng-Zhi Anna
Manilow, Ethan
Brower, George
Erdogan, Hakan
Lei, Heidi
Rolnick, Itai
Grishchenko, Ivan
Orsini, Manu
Kastelic, Matej
Zuluaga, Mauricio
Verzetti, Mauro
Dooley, Michael
Skopek, Ondrej
Ferrer, Rafael
Petridis, Savvas
Borsos, Zalán
Oord, Äaron van den
Eck, Douglas
Collins, Eli
Baldridge, Jason
Hume, Tom
Donahue, Chris
Han, Kehang
Roberts, Adam
Sound
Human-Computer Interaction
Machine Learning
We introduce a new class of generative models for music called live music models that produce a continuous stream of music in real-time with synchronized user control. We release Magenta RealTime, an open-weights live music model that can be steered using text or audio prompts to control acoustic style. On automatic metrics of music quality, Magenta RealTime outperforms other open-weights music generation models, despite using fewer parameters and offering first-of-its-kind live generation capabilities. We also release Lyria RealTime, an API-based model with extended controls, offering access to our most powerful model with wide prompt coverage. These models demonstrate a new paradigm for AI-assisted music creation that emphasizes human-in-the-loop interaction for live music performance.
title Live Music Models
topic Sound
Human-Computer Interaction
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04651