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Text to music generator describe a scene, hear it

A rainy night in Tokyo. A sunrise over the mountains. A heist. Type a scene or a feeling and the AI turns your words into music — instrumental or sung — in about a minute.

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Rain falling on a neon-lit street with shimmering puddle reflections
  • Scenes, moods or full songs
  • Instrumental or with vocals
  • Exact length for video
  • Free credits

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What is text to music?

Text to music means generating audio from a written description: you write a scene, a mood or a genre with instruments and tempo, and the AI composes a matching track. In Kenerate AI's Music Studio, Instrumental mode makes scores and background music, Song mode adds lyrics and vocals, and ElevenLabs Music can hit an exact length up to 10 minutes.

Key facts

Input
Any text: scene, mood, genre
Output
Instrumental or sung track
Exact length
10 s–10 min (ElevenLabs)
Free start
Starter credits
Engines
Ken Music, ElevenLabs Music, Mureka, MiniMax Music

Listen first

Four scenes, turned into music

Each track was made from the one-sentence scene on its card — nothing edited.

Lo-fi jazzInstrumental76 BPM

Rain on Shibuya

Made with Ken Music 1.5 · Instrumental

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PromptA rainy night in Tokyo: soft neon-lit lo-fi jazz, muted trumpet, gentle rain, warm piano, 76 bpm

OrchestralInstrumental

First Light

Made with ElevenLabs Music v2.5 · 75-second exact length

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PromptSunrise over the mountains: slow orchestral swell, warm strings, gentle French horn, hopeful and wide

Spy thrillerInstrumental110 BPM

The Vault

Made with MiniMax Music 3.0 · Instrumental

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PromptA heist movie scene: tense spy-thriller music, plucked strings, walking bass, brushed snare, sneaky and stylish, 110 bpm

Indie folkSong

Dear Ocean

Made with Mureka V9.5 · Lyrics written by the engine

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PromptA love letter to the ocean: dreamy indie folk song with ocean waves, ukulele, soft female vocals, gentle and warm

How to

How to use the text to music generator

Time needed
Steps
4 steps
  1. Step 1

    Open the Music Studio

    Sign up free, then /app/music.

  2. Step 2

    Choose Instrumental or Song

    Instrumental for scores and BGM; Song to add vocals.

  3. Step 3

    Write the text

    Scene, feeling, genre, instruments, tempo.

  4. Step 4

    Set a length if you need one

    ElevenLabs Music takes an exact duration.

Kenerate AI Music Studio tool card set to Instrumental, no vocals background music

Open Music Studio and pick a song from a prompt, a song from your lyrics, or an instrumental.

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Chapters

Engines

Engines for text to music

Facts from the app's engine list.

  • Ken Music 1.5 title card — a dreamy album-cover-like scene where a photograph dissolves into flowing musical waveforms and notes around a vocalist's microphone

    Kenerate

    Ken Music 1.5

    Length
    Up to ~3 min
    Modes
    Song · Lyrics · Instrumental

    Best for

    Default engine: full songs with vocals in any language; can take an image as inspiration

    Open Ken Music 1.5
  • Ken Music 1 title card — a stylised neon burst of a short catchy musical hook

    Kenerate

    Ken Music 1

    Length
    ~30 s
    Modes
    Song · Instrumental

    Best for

    Quick clips — hooks, jingles, intros

    Open Ken Music 1
  • ElevenLabs Music v2.5 title card — a pristine modern recording studio at night

    ElevenLabs

    ElevenLabs Music v2.5

    Length
    Exact length, 10 s–10 min
    Modes
    Song · Lyrics · Instrumental

    Best for

    Set the exact duration; clean studio mix

    Open ElevenLabs Music v2.5
  • Mureka V9.5 title card — an open notebook with completely blank pages

    Mureka

    Mureka V9.5

    Length
    Up to 4 min
    Modes
    Song · Lyrics · Instrumental

    Best for

    Writes its own lyrics from a prompt; style chips; MP3/WAV/FLAC

    Open Mureka V9.5
  • MiniMax Music 3.0 title card — a song structure shown as glowing coloured blocks of verses and choruses arranged like a city skyline

    MiniMax

    MiniMax Music 3.0

    Length
    Up to 4 min
    Modes
    Song · Lyrics · Instrumental

    Best for

    Follows [Verse]/[Chorus] section tags closely

    Open MiniMax Music 3.0

Prompt recipe

Scene prompts

Each opens the Music Studio with the text filled in.

Scene
Where and when: 'a rainy night in Tokyo', 'sunrise over mountains'.
Feeling
What it should feel like: tense, hopeful, dreamy.
Genre
The closest style: lo-fi jazz, orchestral, spy thriller.
Instruments
Two or three: muted trumpet, warm strings, plucked strings.
Tempo or length
A BPM — or an exact duration with ElevenLabs Music.
  • Rainy city

    A rainy night in Tokyo: soft neon-lit lo-fi jazz, muted trumpet, gentle rain, warm piano, 76 bpm

  • Sunrise

    Sunrise over the mountains: slow orchestral swell, warm strings, gentle French horn, hopeful and wide

  • Heist

    A heist movie scene: tense spy-thriller music, plucked strings, walking bass, brushed snare, 110 bpm

  • Road trip

    Windows down on a coastal highway: sunny indie-pop song, jangly guitars, female vocals, 122 bpm

More prompts (3)
  • Cozy café

    A cozy café on a winter morning: acoustic bossa nova, nylon guitar, soft brushes, 88 bpm

  • Space

    Drifting through deep space: ambient synth pads, slow arpeggios, vast and calm, 60 bpm

  • Final boss

    A video game final boss battle: epic orchestral metal, choir, double-kick drums, 160 bpm

Tempo

Mood → tempo

A quick way to turn a feeling into a number for the prompt.

  • Calm / sleepy

    55–75 BPM · Ambient, lo-fi, piano

  • Reflective

    70–90 BPM

  • Warm / hopeful

    85–105 BPM

  • Playful / sneaky

    100–120 BPM

  • Energetic

    120–140 BPM · Dance, workout

  • Urgent / action

    140–175 BPM · Chases, trailers

Tips

Writing text that turns into good music

Patterns from the demos above.

  • Lead with the scene, then a colon, then the musical details.

  • Translate adjectives into sound: 'tense' → plucked strings, low pulse.

  • Add ambience words sparingly: 'gentle rain', 'ocean waves'.

  • Scoring a video? Set the exact length instead of trimming later.

  • Keep it to one sentence — long paragraphs dilute the key words.

Example uses

How creators use text to music generator

Illustrative examples of typical workflows, not customer reviews.

  • Editing monitor with a sunrise clip and music track on the timeline

    Video editor

    An editor can describe the scene and set an exact length so the score fits the cut without trimming.

  • Monitor showing a fantasy boss arena from a game

    Game developer

    A game developer can type 'a final boss battle' and get an epic orchestral track for the fight.

  • Podcast microphone and coffee cup in a cosy cafe-style room

    Podcaster

    A podcaster can describe a cozy café morning and get a gentle bed that doesn't compete with speech.

FAQ

Text to Music Generator questions

What is text to music?

Text to music is AI that generates audio from a written description — a scene, a mood or a genre with instruments and tempo.

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How do I turn text into music?

Open the Music Studio, choose Instrumental or Song, write a one-sentence description with a scene, feeling, genre, instruments and tempo, and generate.

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Can text to music make songs with vocals?

Yes — Song mode adds lyrics and vocals; Instrumental mode keeps it wordless.

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Can I set an exact length for a video?

Yes. ElevenLabs Music in the studio takes an exact duration from 10 seconds to 10 minutes.

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Is there a free text to music AI?

Kenerate gives new accounts free credits, and every track you make can be downloaded.

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What should I write in a text-to-music prompt?

A scene or feeling, a genre, two or three instruments and a tempo — for example 'A rainy night in Tokyo: lo-fi jazz, muted trumpet, gentle rain, 76 bpm'.

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In depth

Text to Music Generator, explained

What works, what to avoid, and how the pieces fit.

Why scene prompts work

A scene packs mood, setting and pace into a few words. 'A heist' implies tension and movement; 'sunrise over the mountains' implies slow, wide and hopeful. Adding a genre and two instruments turns that picture into something the engine can follow closely.

By Last updated and reviewed

We build and run the Kenerate Music Studio. Every demo on this page is a real output of the engine named on it, made from the prompt shown; engine facts were checked against the app's code.

Sources: Kenerate Music Studio — engine list and modes

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