Ace Step
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Try it on WavespeedAI!ACE-Step generates up to 4-minute music with lyrics from text and high acoustic fidelity; supports voice cloning, lyric edits, and remixing. Ready-to-use REST inference API, best performance, no coldstarts, affordable pricing.
Features
ACE-Step — Text to Audio 🎵
ACE-Step Text-to-Audio is a next-generation AI music generation model that composes complete songs — including vocals, instrumentals, and lyrics — directly from text descriptions. It enables creators to produce professional-quality music up to 4 minutes long, from a simple prompt and a few style tags.
✨ Key Features
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🎶 Text-to-Music Generation Transform plain descriptions into coherent music tracks with melody, rhythm, and lyrics. Example: “A soulful R&B song with emotional vocals and smooth piano chords.”
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🎚 Style Tag Control Enter multiple tags such as lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, trap, chill to guide genre, tempo, and energy.
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🎤 Vocal & Lyric Creation Generates original vocals and synchronized lyrics that fit your prompt’s tone and rhythm.
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🪄 Voice Cloning & Remixing (Advanced) Optionally replicate vocal tone or remix existing musical ideas using the same control interface.
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🎧 Fine-Grained Acoustic Fidelity Maintains dynamic balance, spatial quality, and instrument clarity for professional-grade sound.
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🕒 Flexible Duration Adjustable from a few seconds to 4 minutes (240 seconds) — ideal for everything from jingles to full songs.
🎵 Use Cases
- Music Production & Songwriting — Generate complete demos or backing tracks instantly.
- Film, Game & Media Scoring — Create mood-specific tracks with precise control over emotion and pacing.
- Advertising & Content Creation — Design catchy audio for short-form content or brand storytelling.
- Education & Experimentation — Teach structure, genre, or lyric composition with immediate feedback.
- Soundtrack Prototyping — Preview musical direction before full studio production.
⚙️ Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| tags* | List of genres or styles (e.g., lofi, hiphop, drum and bass, chill) |
| lyrics | (Optional) Provide custom lyrics or leave blank for auto-generated ones |
| duration | Music length in seconds (up to 240) |
| seed | Fix for reproducibility or randomize for new variations |
💰 Pricing
| Metric | Price |
|---|---|
| Per second of generated audio | $0.0002 / s |
🎶 Summary
ACE-Step Text-to-Audio empowers musicians, content creators, and storytellers to compose songs from words alone — blending lyrical intelligence, genre control, and acoustic quality into one seamless creative tool.
Authentication
For authentication details, please refer to the Authentication Guide.
API Endpoints
Submit Task & Query Result
# Submit the task
curl --location --request POST "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/wavespeed-ai/ace-step" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}" \
--data-raw '{
"lyrics": "",
"duration": 60,
"seed": -1
}'
# Get the result
curl --location --request GET "https://api.wavespeed.ai/api/v3/predictions/${requestId}/result" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${WAVESPEED_API_KEY}"
Parameters
Task Submission Parameters
Request Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Range | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tags | string | Yes | - | - | Comma-separated list of genre tags to control the style of the generated audio. |
| lyrics | string | No | - | - | Vocal content for the track. Use [inst] or [instrumental] for no vocals. |
| duration | number | No | 60 | 5 ~ 240 | Audio length in seconds. |
| seed | integer | No | -1 | -1 ~ 2147483647 | The random seed for reproducibility. |
Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| code | integer | HTTP status code (e.g., 200 for success) |
| message | string | Status message (e.g., “success”) |
| data.id | string | Unique identifier for the prediction, Task Id |
| data.model | string | Model ID used for the prediction |
| data.outputs | array | Array of URLs to the generated content (empty when status is not completed) |
| data.urls | object | Object containing related API endpoints |
| data.urls.get | string | URL to retrieve the prediction result |
| data.has_nsfw_contents | array | Array of boolean values indicating NSFW detection for each output |
| data.status | string | Status of the task: created, processing, completed, or failed |
| data.created_at | string | ISO timestamp of when the request was created (e.g., “2023-04-01T12:34:56.789Z”) |
| data.error | string | Error message (empty if no error occurred) |
| data.timings | object | Object containing timing details |
| data.timings.inference | integer | Inference time in milliseconds |