MiniMax releases Music 3.0, an open-weights model for full-length songs
Original titleMiniMax Music 3.0: Next-Generation Open-Weights, Production-Ready & Versatile Music Model
MiniMax introduces Music 3.0, a music generation model that composes, arranges, performs, and produces a complete song from a creative concept and optional lyrics.
The post describes an eight-layer RVQ tokenizer, a Hybrid-LM pairing an 8B Global LLM with a 0.6B Local LLM, and a flow-matching and Flow-VAE audio renderer.
It says songs can run up to five minutes and that the model focuses on creative intent, arrangement, and vocal naturalness.
The post explains how the model's pipeline targets structure, acoustic detail, and vocal realism, which helps readers judge where open-weights music generation stands.
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